Category: What I Did and Why

Working In Class 4/27

What I Did Since my last blog post, I started working on my in-class presentation.  I created a powerpoint and started working on a few slides – about my fount choices, design decisions, and overall ideas for the project.  I also looked at the questions from the book to guide my presentation. Why I Did […]

Working In Class 4/13

What I Did In class today, I created a timeline for my story remix: 4/15 – Create my mock-up or storyboard and maybe create a sketch of my infographic 4/17 and 4/20 – Work on my infographic and have a significant amount finished for peer review This will include collecting images, fonts and graphics; creating […]

Working on My Essay

What I Did I created the navigational structure for my project.  I added pages for each section of my web essay, and I created links between the pages. I also worked on my web essay.  I focused on the rhetorical analysis portion of interrogating my interface, and I was able to write an overview of […]

Working in Class 3/16

What I Did Today I looked through audioBoom more, and I started answering and thinking through the writer/designer analysis questions.  I mostly focused on the rhetorical analysis questions (which cover the audience, purpose, context, and author). Why I Did It This helped me to understand the purpose and readers/writers involved with my interface.  Looking back […]

Working in Class 2/18

What I Did I worked on creating my site information page today.  I wrote about using WordPress and selecting a theme and widgets.  I also started reading about how to add links to a page and how to add a gallery. Why I Did It Working on my site information page was something I needed […]

Working in Class 2/9

What I Did Today I added pages to my site for site information and for projects.  I also edited the menu to show these pages. I added another widget to the bottom to display posts by category, and I edited the categories for my previous posts. Why I Did It I made each project page […]

Customizing the Blog

What I Did I decided on the theme “Chunk” for my blog.  I also played around with menus and widgets.  I decided to add an archives widget to the bottom of my home page, which will link to blog posts archived by month. Why I Did It Though it doesn’t have a pretty name, I […]