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What I Did I honestly haven’t done much more with my project this week. I’ve mostly been thinking of ways that I could present my information. I decided a while ago that I wanted to do my project in InDesign, and I’m thinking about doing an infographic or a magazine, but I’m not entirely set […]

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I’ve chosen to work with The Princess and the Pea for my story redesign. I will work with the original Hans Christian Andersen version, a YouTube children’s channel video version, and a 2012 children’s book called The Pea that provides a slight twist to the story. The citations for each are below. “The Princess and […]

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Obviously my favorite program today was Storify, since it was the only option. I thought it was cool that it allows you to make many elements of social media together, and I would use it to create a comprehensive look at someone. Today, I fixed issues with my pages not lining up and shifted information […]

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My favorite tool presented today was Prezi. I always love it when people present in class using Prezi, and I’ve been curious about the tool. I think it’s really cool that the tool is so versatile, and it definitely shakes up the typical PowerPoint format. I think that it functions to grab the audience’s attention. […]

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I really liked Canva. It was actually my top pick for my presentation, and after seeing all of the features, I’m definitely considering using it for Project 3. I like that it allows the user to do so many different things. A lot of the applications we’ve seen are good at one thing, but Canva […]

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My favorite application was definitely 750 Words. I’m always happier when I make time to journal, but I’m pretty terrible at maintaining the habit. This site helps to solve that problem by creating a minimum and recognizing the user for doing it every day. The rewards may not mean anything, but they come with a […]

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What I Did I spent last night working on my web essay. I discussed my initial thoughts about the site, getting started on a project,and adding data. I added screenshots of the site throughout. Why I Did It I spent all of my class time (and about an hour outside of class) working on my […]

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What I Did I finished my infographic. I added statistics on female and corps enrollment. I used two kinds of charts. Why I Did It I think that letting females into the school and lifting the corps requirement is a lot of what allowed Virginia Tech to expand so greatly, and I think that women […]

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What I did I explored Infogram, which is a site dedicated to making infographics and charts. I took notes on the usability and began making an infographic. I started with a graph at the top that will ultimately show Virginia Tech’s enrollment from 1872-2008 based on information I found on the Virginia Tech website. I […]

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