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After weeks of struggling to get pictures to show up how I want them in the Verification quest, the pain is over and it’s time to focus my attention on an even bigger pain: Twine. I’ve mentioned quite a bit of what I’ve been tasked to do using the free software.  Making a non-fiction video…

Well I feel relieved that’s over – not this class but the showcase preparation. From the other posts I’ve seen, I’m not the only one who’s like has gotten very chaotic and even stressful so it’s nice to have this taken off of my plate. That being said, I do really appreciate the opportunity the…

Oh boy, it’s the final post of the semester. It’s interesting posting this now. I’m looking back at all the posts that I had to make, how I started, and all the ones that I missed. Lord, I did miss quite a few of these posts. When I started, I had a fantastic format that…

Hello y’all I hope you have all had a good week! I certainly tried to! This week was characterized by being very busy.  Verification Quest Tuesday was the due date for the Verification quest, which I totally missed. I was dealing with some issues, so I asked for an extension. I then finished it on…

What a semester, what a year even. Finishing the PWR Showcase feels like we got over the top of the mountain, the climax of the semester, and are speeding down the other side to finish strong. It is crazy to think about how this time last year is when I decided to swap to a…

I’m writing this in my parents’ kitchen after the PWR showcase. What a week it’s been. I’ve turned in a Verification Quest, cobbled together a poster board about tabletop roleplaying games, and spent a good couple of hours writing links and commands for a Twine game. I think it goes without saying, but I’m exhausted.…

Working on our Interactive Nonfiction piece has been a whirlwind of emotions—equal parts frustration and excitement. Let’s start with the frustrating bits: CSS. Oh boy. I’ve always admired the ability to do web design, but actually creating it? It’s a whole different story. Trying to make everything look cohesive and visually appealing while wrangling CSS…

Wow! Can you believe this is our last post of the semester! I can’t believe how fast it’s gone by. I swear we just talked about what the expectations were for our first post, and now we just finished week 13?! Anyways, time is flying, but we knew this already. This week brought us a…

Well, we’ve finished Verified, we’ve wrapped up our Verification Quests, and now we’re well underway with our Interactive Nonfictions. The semester is coming to a close, much sooner than my internal clock tells me it should be. What can we take away from this past week’s classes? First, we discussed what we all learned from…

I have learned a great many things thanks to Verified and the projects we have/are doing in this class. Throughout my learning journey, I’ve come to appreciate the importance of skepticism and thorough research. Whether it’s checking the truth behind celebrity death rumors or understanding the nuances between a dot-com and a dot-org, I’ve learned…