50 minutes spent on Project 3 outside of class: What I Did: I explored the MindMup website online using my laptop, connected my Google Drive account with MindMup, took notes on different things I found in creating maps on the site and saved the relevant screenshots to my computer for later use, reviewed terms from […]
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Project 3 Schedule
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Projected dates to have a rough draft of Project 3 by Friday, March 20 (and a presentation for the next week): Fri Mar 6 – Create a login for the tool, Research what the tool does and how it works Mon Mar 16 – Fill in Writer/Designer Analysis Questions Tues Mar 17 – Outline web […]
Learning from Examples
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In looking through the examples for Project 3, the thing that stuck out to me most was user accessibility and readability for the website. A “clear navigational structure” is listed in the assignment but for both the projects created in WordPress (Editorially and PowToon) I felt that it could have been much more clear. I […]
MindMup
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For Project 3 I’ll be focusing on the tool “MindMup.” It was actually one of the first ones I clicked on when I was exploring the entire list and I’m not sure why. I guess I like alliterations and didn’t know what a “mup” was so I clicked on it to find out. I played […]
*AUTOCORRECT
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Autocorrect cracks me up but I know one day it’s going to come back and bite me in the butt. I text my 13-year-old sister in a completely different way than I text my grandparents or Bible study leader or supervisor at work, but autocorrect doesn’t realize that and it’s led to a couple funny […]
Reflection Memo for P2
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TO: Traci Gardner FROM: Lindsay de Gastyne SUBJECT: Reflection Memo for Project 2 (Web Portal) DATE: February 23, 2015 My blog, or Web Portal, for this class is called “lindsay with an a.” I chose this title because the a in my name has become more important to me recently as more people have been […]
6. Jazzzz
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WHAT I DID: Today I added a background color to my homepage and three different widgets to my sidebar (calendar, gravatar, and follow button). I also added a Contact Me page and added it to the menu on the homepage. I changed my header picture as well. WHY I DID IT: I didn’t know I […]
5. Late but Done
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WHAT I DID: I’ve been really behind on updating this blog but today I did the multimodal communication exercise blog post, changed my theme one last time, revised my About Me page, and created my Site Info page. WHY I DID IT: These were all assignments and projects to work on in the last couple […]
4. Modes of Communication
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Multimodal texts I have with me: 1. “Women: Images and Realities: A Multicultural Anthology” textbook [LVS] 2. “Cases in Comparative Politics” textbook [LVS] 3. “The Essentials of Technical Communication” textbook [LVS] 4. “Introducing Comparative Politics” textbook [LVS] 5. Flashcards [LV] 6. Chapstick [LV] 7. 5-Subject Notebook [LVS] 8. Folder [VS] 9. Pack of Eclipse Gum [LVS] 10. Hokie Passport [LV] Reflection None […]
Particular
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WHAT I DID: Today I did some more logistical stuff: added pages to my site so it had more than just About Me. I updated the About page and picked a new theme as well. WHY I DID IT: I had to go with a new theme because I didn’t want something as flashy as […]