The story I am thinking about remixing for project 3 is “Casey at the Bat” by Ernest Thayer. Despite the fact that this is actually a poem, I feel as though I have a good idea as to how to make it more modern. My plan is to turn the poem into a broadcast using […]
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10-17-14: Presentations
by mlg757 • • Comments Off on 10-17-14: Presentations
The tool I found most interesting from today’s presentations was Infogr.am. Stephanie presented this tool and showed us how you can use it to create your own infographics. This could be very useful to use alongside projects for those of us who wouldn’t be able to make an infographic by hand. It really simplifies the […]
10-15-14: Presentations
by mlg757 • • Comments Off on 10-15-14: Presentations
The tool that I found most interesting from today’s presentations was Canva. Rebecca presented on Canva and I found the tool to be very practical. I can see myself using this tool on a day to day basis. I could make flyers with it to advertise events in my hall, make useful Facebook cover photos, […]
10-13-14: Presentations
by mlg757 • • Comments Off on 10-13-14: Presentations
In Monday’s presentations, the tool that I found the most interesting and applicable was PicMonkey. Ricky presented about PicMonkey and described it as a tool that is much like Photoshop. I was under the impression that you could use enough of PicMonkey for free to make it a viable option to edit photos if you […]
Informal Proposal for Project 3
by drake942014 • • Comments Off on Informal Proposal for Project 3
For my Remix a Story project, I have chose to focus on a series of Appalachian folk tails. I think this will be appropriate seeing how living in the NRV, we live right in/near the heart of Appalachia. The stories I … Continue reading →
Blog Posts for October 27, 2014
by sarahfy • • Comments Off on Blog Posts for October 27, 2014
Write a blog post that informally proposes the story you will focus on for your remix, or in the language of Chapter 3 of Writer/Designer, “the what” you will focus on. Include the following information: Tell us the story you have chosen. Explain what portion of the story, if relevant. Give us the bibliographic citations […]
10.27.14
by emmaw9 • • Comments Off on 10.27.14
Starting Project 3: Today we are starting Project 3, Remix a Story. This project asks us to take a well known story and put a different spin on it. For my project, I am choosing to work with the classic Jane Austen novel, Pride and Prejudice, which is a story of romance, manners, morality, and marriage […]
Overview of Project 3
by joelyon18 • • Comments Off on Overview of Project 3
For my “Remix a Story” project I plan on retelling the tale of “Around the World in 80 Days.” It is a story about a group of men who are bet that they cannot travel around the world in 80 days or less. The group includes an inventor, a thief, and an artist, and they […]
Monday, October 27th
by nickrallen • • Comments Off on Monday, October 27th
Project 3: Remix a Story I’ve chosen “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” a classic short story by Washington Irving, to remix for this project. I think I’ll be able to tackle the whole story for this project; it’s relatively short and the gist and sensibility of it can be portrayed without necessarily including every detail. […]
Project 3 Brainstorming
by brookewms • • Comments Off on Project 3 Brainstorming
Portions of the Stories I Have Chosen Although a little outside the boundaries of our instructions, I would like to make a magazine in InDesign that portrays a few Disney princess in more of a feminist/role model light, rather than … Continue reading →