Category: Daily Blog Posts

Day 24: In Class Work III

What I Did: Today I finished my Pinterest boards. I narrowed it down to three boards with 5-10 pins on each of them. I still need to adjust the captions on the photos, but all the content I need is there. Why I Did It: I want to have enough time to prepare my presentation, […]

Day 23: In class work II

What I Did: Today I officially set up a Pinterest account and created boards that I thought would be appropriate for my remix. I looked on image sharing sites, such as Flickr, for images to use. Why I Did It: I needed to officially decide how I was going to make these boards and what […]

Day 22: In class work

What I Did:
Today I planned out what boards I chose for my project. I also began thinking about my presentation.
Why I Did It:
I wanted to think of boards that are creative and would be good to present.

Day 21: Rough Cuts, Rough Drafts, and Revision Plans

What I Did: I didn’t have to make any decisions regarding the layout for my project because Pinterest provides an unchangeable one. I began saving images to use for my project. Why I Did It: I focused most of my time on searching for images because so much of my time was saved by the […]

Day 21: Mock-Up

What I Did: This past week I have put a lot of thought into my original idea of the story of Cinderella from the step-mothers perspective. I changed my project idea completely. Instead, I am going to do a Pinterest board from the Fairy Godmother’s perspective about prepping Cinderella for the ball. I created my […]

Day 20: Planning

Timeline: 4/15: Storyboard Completed 4/17: Have all photos 4/20: Have all content completed 4/22: Fix based on peer review 4/24: Final draft, get peer to check over again 4/27: presentation complete   What I Did: This class I researched what tools I can use for my project. I looked a lot into Weebly, which I […]

Day 19: Cinderella Story Remix

The story I chose to remix is the classic fairy tale ‘Cinderella’. I chose ‘Cinderella’ because it is my favorite fairy tale and I have always loved it. Because the original story is not extremely long, I have chosen to cover the entire story. The genre I have chosen to do is a digital scrapbook. […]

Day 18: Remix a Story

What makes a good remix: A good remix is visually appealing and informative to the audience. A good remix uses appropriate visuals that help tell the story but the author is able to add their own unique twist to it. A good remix allows the audience to know what the author is talking about, but […]

Day 16: Interesting Tool II

The tool I found most interesting was Pearltrees. I found it interesting because it had a very interesting visual organization that was appealing to me. I also thought it seemed like a really easy way to store photos and files. I would use it to save my photos and explore other peoples. I think it […]

Day 14: Interesting Tool

The tool that was presented today that I found most interesting was Videonot.es. I found it interesting because it seemed like a really simple, yet effective, way to take notes and keep them organized. I also thought it was interesting because I struggle to keep my notes organized, and having them in an online site would […]