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]]> Welcome back from Thanksgiving break!

Since our class last met, I have worked lots on my third project! I recruited my friends at Virginia Tech to share images of their food with me during the week of class before break.  I began editing the images for Instagram and uploaded about three dozen post while I was home.  Additionally, I took screen shots of the posts and uploaded them to a Prezi presentation.

I worked through the many challenges and the short comings of the various programs I was using.  Towards the end of the presentation, I realized that the captions for my Instagram posts did not tell my story as completely as I desired.  I had several of my peers review my Prezi and got similar responses.

I will be presenting on Wednesday, but I still have revisions to make before my project is complete.  First, I need to edit several captions for post on the @very_hungry_hokie Instagram.  Second, I need to take screenshots of the edited posts and upload them to the Prezi presentation.  Finally, I need to update my “Work Cited” and figure out how I want to credit my peers that assisted me in this project.  Additionally, I am continually documenting the challenges I have faced to explain in my project three memo.


]]> Blog Post for November 5, 2014 http://fall14blogs.tracigardner.com/2014/11/05/blog-post-for-november-5-2014/ Wed, 05 Nov 2014 15:41:13 +0000 http://sarahfy.wordpress.com/?p=263

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]]> Last class I presented 2 ideas to the class base on childhood stories that incorporate Hokie Spirit into the tales.  I decided to work with A Very Hungry Caterpillar.  I want to use Instagram (possibly Presi) to incorporate the story into a freshman’s encounter with Virginia Tech’s premier dining facilities.  The risks that I am taking is with taking quality pictures, adding creative text, locations, planning the timeline of the story, drafting a solid conclusions, and possibly using Presi.

To organize my project, I have drafted a timeline to keep myself on track.

11/3:  Present topics to class; decide on topic

11/4:  Create Instagram Account and begin collecting images

11/5:  Outline timeline of project

11/7:  Research and gather information.

11/10:  Outline Story

11/12: Review Outline

11/14:  Work on gathering images and ensuring #tags and locations are optimal.

11/17: Presentation Sign Up; Decide if photo editing will be needed.

11/19: Rough draft of working on project

11/21: No Class, selfie of working on project

12/1: Have presentation complete and begin rehearsing.

12/3–12/10: In-class Presentations

12/10 at 11:55PM: Project Due


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