1-WordPress Bios

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This is our first in a series of workshops. WordPress is a digital publishing platform. It will be the framework we use to share and publish the multimedia we develop. This workshop establishes core skills for WordPress. wordpress logo

Objective: Participants will create autobiography posts in WordPress that can include text, links, images and videos. Participants will leave comments on the work of their peers.

Stage I

  1. In WordPress, create a post. Include your name in the title.
  2. Type a few sentences about yourself.
  3. Create a category (or categorize the post) with your name or nickname.
  4. Check the category title “WordPress Bios”.
  5. Publish your post.

Stage II

  1. Upload an image of yourself into your the post you created for stage I.
  2. Revise and/or extend the text you wrote for Stage I.

Stage III

  1. Include a few links of things that are important to you.
  2. Include links or embed audio or video of media that you created or that is important to you.
  3. View other participants’ posts and leave thoughtful and constructive comments

Next time: Watch Audacity Tutorials

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Digital Story

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Here is my digital storytelling assignment!

My name is Lexi Diamond, and I am a senior at Vassar College. I am studying music, drama, and education, and love pretty much anything that involves people and/or stories. I am originally from Los Angeles, California, where it does not snow. Needless to say, Poughkeepsie has been quite a transition, but it has been one that I have embraced whole-heartedly, and often dressed in more layers than I would have ever expected!

 

First Try!

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Here’s me trying to tell you about myself.

As you might have gathered, I’ve never done anything like this before. I can’t say making digital presentations or working with iMovie are things I enjoy. But here is a little bit more about me:

I just moved into a house with four other friends this semester and I absolutely love it! I get to cook all my own meals and my housemates are lovely. Thursday afternoons we watch movies together. My favorite movie is Amelie and it has been since I was 11. My second favorite is I Heart Huckabees. I also love comedic television: The Office, Parks and Recreation, 30 Rock, That ’70s Show and How I Met Your Mother. Despite a few years of shunning the radio, I’ve finally given in, and I love Carly Rae Jepson, Cher Lloyd, Taylor Swift, Lana del Rey, Beyonce and Nicki Minaj. I also like A Tribe Called Quest and Jurassic 5, but I don’t hear them too much on the radio. I’ve always loved to read, but rarely find time for my own reading between problems sets for my Chemistry Major and captaining the Vassar Women’s Ultimate Frisbee team. If I’m bored on a Saturday afternoon (which I rarely am because of school and frisbee!), I like to play Apples to Apples or paint my nails.

Paige’s Digital Autobiography

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Hi! My name is Paige. I grew up in Bellevue, Washington, but I feel most at home in New York.  Two of my favorite authors are Nicholas Sparks and Sophie Kinsella. TV shows provide me an escape, my favorite is Friends. I also love Grey’s Anatomy, Alias, One Tree Hill and Covert Affairs. My favorite song of the moment is Call Me Maybe, I am somehow still not sick of it. Here is my first try at a video about me, detailing two things that I really love and how I combine them.

Tarryn’s Digital Autobiography

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Hi everybody!

Here is my digital video. Hope you enjoy learning a little about me!

If you want to find out more, look down below or maybe we can get lunch some time.

My name is Tarryn. Various nicknames of mine include: T, Tee Tay, Tar Tar, Tare Bear, T Baby, Bird, and Paco. I come from Arvada, Colorado (Map) but unfortunately have never skied before. Along with my mom and dad, I have 3 older brother, an older sister, and my dog Samson. I also recently came back from studying abroad in Australia.

I’m a senior Media Studies major interested in Education and Economics. I live in the town houses across the street from the library this year. In my free time you can find me dancing…usually to some Beyonce song. At Vassar, I dance with a group called FlyPeople. We dance everything from Hip Hop to Ballet to Irish Step dancing.  I also love playing the flute and enjoy hiking/adventuring in the woods. My all time favorite food is ice cream.

 

Alli’s Digital Story: All About Me!

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Hi there! I’m Alli and I’m a senior at Vassar.  I’m a French major with an art correlate. I love to cook and listen to music. I live in an apartment with 4 of my friends and I love to make dinner for all of us every night.  I’m originally from Long Island where I live with my mom, my brother and my sister.  Last year, I spent a semester in Paris where I studied art history and french literature.  After I graduate, I want to be able to teach English as a foreign language so that I can be able to travel and teach english to kids in different countries.  Here is a short video about me: (don’t judge too harshly!)

All About Alli from Alli Rossetti on Vimeo.