Why I Did It:
The work I did today was the bulk of what I have been working on and will still need to continue on to finish my project. I first separate the part of the pictures I want from the PDF from the background, and will layer them on top of realistic pictures I want in order to make a full Instagram photo.

Why I Did It:
I worked on editing pictures all class because this is really the bulk of my project. I already have a good feel of what I want the captions to say for each Instagram and once I get the pictures edited how I want, I feel that the full captions will just come to me since I am usually pretty quick with things like that, so today was a very productive day!

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Why I Did It:
The two accounts I created were DaRealCatInTheHat because just TheCatInTheHat was taken. I created a second one for the brother and sister called SallyandShaun because the children’s book only gives Sally’s name and not the brother who is the narrator, and Shaun was the only other available account with boy name starting with an S following “Sallyand.” I then added profile pictures and names to each account and followed people who would follow back so that the accounts would look legit when I screen shot them to put together for my project.

Next…
I plan to edit my pictures to include the elements of my story line, but I want to try to do that with photoshop so I need to find a way to get that first

Why I Did It:
I first wrote out everything I wanted to include in my project in a list so that I would have something to refer to while making my storyboard and so that I wouldn’t be able to forget anything. I laid out my storyboard on paper because I think best through writing and drawing by hand. I knew as I plotted out my story and drew out the boxes, more would come to mind and I would continue to think of things I would want to include and details to better my project. Lastly, I updated my WordPress organization because I want to make sure to maintain my blog as best I can, even though my Story Remix project is my main focus.

I also created a timeline for my project which I have included below.

Timeline:
4/13–Plan and write timeline, finish gathering sources, begin story board
4/15–Finish mock-up or Storyboard, start the Instagram, & decide how to create citations
4/17--Begin citations & work on instagram
4/20–Presentation Sign-up, finish up Instagram in order to be ready for peer review next class
4/22–Peer Feedback, finish citations
Prepare & practice presentation
In-class Presentations on 4/29 to 5/6
Project Due by 11:55 PM on 5/6

Why I Did It:
I attempted to gather more sources because although I have the story book PDF, I felt I should try to have several more sources to use. However, like I said in a previous post, most of the search results for the Cat in the Hat are for Cat in the Hat related merchandise. Once I begin actually putting my story together and using the pictures from the PDF to create the fake Instagram, I will probably need to find and use other sources to properly edit the pictures and create the remixed scene I am going for. For now though, I cannot know exactly what I will be needing until I start the pictures and will just wait until then to start finding more sources. I started my storyboard and brainstorm as the first step of actually creating my project. Lastly, I made a timeline for how I plan to work the rest of my project as a way to plan ahead and stay on track. 

What makes a good digital story?
The “Chamber of PostSecrets” project was by far the project I felt did the best job, and the one I most enjoyed. I think visuals as well as the way the story moves are the most important part of a digital story. Although more words are clearly necessary since it is telling the story, I think keeping in mind the 1/1/5 organizational strategy for presentations would be helpful for this project. “Chamber of PostSecrets” was a smooth read with the majority visual elements and limiting the linguistic mode of communication. This type of organization was a much more pleasant and easy read, than projects that were text heavy such as “The Once Upon a Times.”

I think a set up with easy movement, such as a video or a project you can simply scroll/move through (like “Chamber of PostSecrets,” Prezis, and the Hunger Games magazine), is a crucial part to creating a good digital story. And although the only story that did not fall into what the presentational form with easy scrolling was “The Once Upon a Times” as a newspaper, I think some projects still did not accomplish easy movement. Although “Around the World in 80 Days” is a prezi, it felt overwhelming and difficult to navigate because of the large amount of arrows and graphics laid out on a map background for each slide.
Simplicity, I believe, is an important factor to what makes a good digital story.

Stories I am considering?
1. The Princess and the Pea
2. Cat and the Hat
3. Green Eggs and Ham
These are 3 stories I am considering remixing because I want to do a story that I am familiar with, but that I also feel hasn’t already been over-used. I think these stories are simple enough to remix without having too many plot line elements to consider, but are also interesting for everyone!