Author: rachelprill

Presentations Day #1

Out of all the presentations, I found Pearltrees to be the most interesting. I loved the fact that you could drag and drop items from your desktop or from web pages directly into the site. I would definitely use it as a way to organize my interests. I would  upload personal photos, files and notes. […]

Presentations Day #1

  Out of all the presentations, I found AudioPal to be the most interesting. I like that you can create audio and add it to a website or blog. I will definitely use AudioPal in the future to add audio to my blog. That way, my site will be instantly interactive and engage my website […]

What I Did #8

What I Did: I began my PowerPoint presentation. I created five slides as an outline for my presentation… Title Function/ how to use it Affordances Constraints Recommendation *If I need to expand on a section, I will add additional slides. Why I Did It: I made these five separate slides to organize the information in […]

What I Did #7

What I did: I created a page for Rhetorical Situation, Design, Affordances, Constraints, and Conclusion. Then I went onto my Interrogate an Interface page and created made two headings, Overview and Sections. I bolded and enlarged both of these headings. Then under the Sections heading, I made a list of the names of my pages […]

Online Work Day

What I did: First, I went  http://www.popplet.com/. Then I clicked the “Try it out tab” and followed along with the site demo. Immediately after, I clicked the “Sign up” tab and created my account. Then I logged into my account and created my very first Popplet board; I named it “Practice Board.” I spent the […]

Project Schedule

Outline for Project 3… March 6—Create login for a tool and research what tool does March 9—Fill in the Writer/Designer Analysis Questions March 11—Outline my web essay March 13—Take screenshots to support my analysis March 16—Draft my web essay March 18—Draft my web essay March 20—Draft my slideshow

Take Away from Example Essay

In the Editorially example essay, the author fails to… Create effective site navigation Include enough screenshots/pictures Reference the images in the text I will include these tree elements in my Interrogate the Interface project. By making my navigation easy and obvious, the reader will be able to quickly move through my site. Then when I […]

Tool for Project 3

I chose Popplet as my tool for Project 3 because I think and learn visually. This is exactly what Popplet does; it allows users to visualize ideas. I’m excited to explore this tool and to create graphic organizers, timelines, and other forms of visual organization. Popplet is both useful as a student, but also in […]