Friday, 8 March 2013
Wednesday, 6 March 2013
Finishing Up- Six Word Memoirs
#engchat #sixwordmemoirs -
It seems we are coming to the end of our work with "6 Word Memoirs", and that means that we need to finish polishing and editing, and publish them for the world to see! Exciting right? Ok, here's what you need to know:
(1) You must have 8 of your "Six Word Memoirs" for publishing.
(2) E-mail each of your finished 8 "Six Word Memoirs" to the class Flickr account:
not48effect@photos.flickr.com
(3) Each of these 8 "Six Word Memoirs" must be posted as separate entry, on your blog by Tuesday, March 12 .
(4) A "published" photo MUST HAVE a photography credit either on the picture or as a caption underneath the photo. You've take the photo yourself, you must have a photo credit.
(5) Each photo "Six Word Memoir" must have a Writer's Note attached to it. The Writer's Note is your opportunity to explain your process for writing the six words, as wells as how you selected the photo and how it connects to the six words. Each writer's note must be 100 words in length.
Things to write about in your Writer's Note:
(1) How does the image and the words fit together?
(2) What editing techniques did you performed on the photo? Why?
(3) How did you use punctuation to clarify your message?
(4) Discuss your font: color, style, placement. How was it appropriate for the text and image?
See postings below for examples and inspiration:
http://ateenreadersresource.blogspot.ca/2012/03/i-have-run-out-of-ideas-for-creative.html
http://captainxcabbage.blogspot.ca/2012/03/sixwordmemoir3.html
http://crizelyneve.blogspot.ca/2012/02/six-word-memoir-1.html#!/2012/02/six-word-memoir-1.html
It seems we are coming to the end of our work with "6 Word Memoirs", and that means that we need to finish polishing and editing, and publish them for the world to see! Exciting right? Ok, here's what you need to know:
(1) You must have 8 of your "Six Word Memoirs" for publishing.
(2) E-mail each of your finished 8 "Six Word Memoirs" to the class Flickr account:
not48effect@photos.flickr.com
(3) Each of these 8 "Six Word Memoirs" must be posted as separate entry, on your blog by Tuesday, March 12 .
(4) A "published" photo MUST HAVE a photography credit either on the picture or as a caption underneath the photo. You've take the photo yourself, you must have a photo credit.
(5) Each photo "Six Word Memoir" must have a Writer's Note attached to it. The Writer's Note is your opportunity to explain your process for writing the six words, as wells as how you selected the photo and how it connects to the six words. Each writer's note must be 100 words in length.
Things to write about in your Writer's Note:
(1) How does the image and the words fit together?
(2) What editing techniques did you performed on the photo? Why?
(3) How did you use punctuation to clarify your message?
(4) Discuss your font: color, style, placement. How was it appropriate for the text and image?
See postings below for examples and inspiration:
http://ateenreadersresource.blogspot.ca/2012/03/i-have-run-out-of-ideas-for-creative.html
http://captainxcabbage.blogspot.ca/2012/03/sixwordmemoir3.html
http://crizelyneve.blogspot.ca/2012/02/six-word-memoir-1.html#!/2012/02/six-word-memoir-1.html
Tuesday, 5 March 2013
Combining Visuals with Text
#sixwordmemoirs #picmonkey #engchat
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Now that you've written your six word memoirs, and have gathered the visuals you would like to use to represent them, we need to combine everything together. The best free site I have found (so far) for editing pictures and adding text to them is www.picmonkey.com
When editing your photos please make sure:
- The font colour and size you select is easy to read against the background of the image
- You add a photo credit/created by credit in the bottom right hand corner of your image
- Just to be safe, post the images on your blog, AND e-mail your final edited picture to yourself AND you save them to your folder on the network.
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Now that you've written your six word memoirs, and have gathered the visuals you would like to use to represent them, we need to combine everything together. The best free site I have found (so far) for editing pictures and adding text to them is www.picmonkey.com
When editing your photos please make sure:
- The font colour and size you select is easy to read against the background of the image
- You add a photo credit/created by credit in the bottom right hand corner of your image
- Just to be safe, post the images on your blog, AND e-mail your final edited picture to yourself AND you save them to your folder on the network.
Monday, 4 March 2013
Blog Visits!
#blogging #mbedu #engchat -
In the VERY near future your classmates will be visiting your blogs to check out what you've been up to. I will also be visiting your blogs for the purpose of assessment. You should have the following items posted by now:
(1) Intro Post
(2) Digital Footprint
(3) Weekly Reflections #1, #2, #3
(4) At least four personal additions- share some of those Daily Cre8tes!
At the end of class, come back to this post and leave a comment where you tell me about the progress you've made on ou blog so far!
In the VERY near future your classmates will be visiting your blogs to check out what you've been up to. I will also be visiting your blogs for the purpose of assessment. You should have the following items posted by now:
(1) Intro Post
(2) Digital Footprint
(3) Weekly Reflections #1, #2, #3
(4) At least four personal additions- share some of those Daily Cre8tes!
Weekly Reflection #3- Reading Only
This week's response has just a reading portion.
Reading Response Portion:
Book:
Author:
Pages Read: ______ - ______
·Share your opinions, questions, comments, predictions on what you have read.
·DON’T RETELL PLOT!!
·Your reflection should be written in full sentences, and should be around three paragraphs in length.
·There is no need for introductory or concluding paragraphs. Just jump right into it!
·Be detailed and specific, use supporting quotations from your novel.
(300 words in length)
Thursday, 28 February 2013
Daily Cre8te- Life in Five Seconds
#lifeinfiveseconds #engchat
Written Reflection:
-What did you learn about "visual storytelling"? Think about how you used: visuals, order, depth, symbols, narration/voice to tell your story.
- How could you extend this knowledge to your Six Word Memoir project?
Look here --> http://thenounproject.com/ for icons to digitise your "Life in Five Seconds" story.
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| special thanks to @lukeneff for the writing prompt! |
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| Use this template to help you develop your story |
Written Reflection:
-What did you learn about "visual storytelling"? Think about how you used: visuals, order, depth, symbols, narration/voice to tell your story.
- How could you extend this knowledge to your Six Word Memoir project?
Look here --> http://thenounproject.com/ for icons to digitise your "Life in Five Seconds" story.
Tuesday, 26 February 2013
Six Word Memoirs
#engchat #sixwordmemoirs #microforms
The first writing style we will be focusing on is a microform called six word memoirs. For those of you who haven't heard of this writing phenomenon, here's a short video to explain:
The first writing style we will be focusing on is a microform called six word memoirs. For those of you who haven't heard of this writing phenomenon, here's a short video to explain:
The Six Word Memoirs of last semester's students.
Your writing assignment:
-Write 8 different six word memoirs. One for each of the eight categories: love, hate, growing up, my past, my future, me, family, and confession.
- Select your best SIX and create visuals (photos, drawings/doodles, collages) to accompany them.
- All visuals accompanying your Six Word Memoirs must by originals, created by you.
Due Date: TBA
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