Final Podcast Project Reflection

For the final project in the spring 2018 Composing Digital Media course, I chose to create a podcast advocating for cultural diplomacy. I titled this podcast Promote Culture, Promote Peace: Why Cultural Diplomacy Matters and How All of Us Can Contribute. I chose to create a podcast because it is a form that I have not […]

Twine Story Project Reflection

For the interactive media project in Composing Digital Media, we all created Twine files. With these files, we developed end products that would either be interactive fictional stories or video games. I chose to create an interactive fictional story. I initially had difficulty deciding what topic and story to pursue and then create a […]

Semester Reflection

This semester, I learned a significant amount about a variety of practical technical and communication skills that will be very useful in the professional world. I believe that I learned the most later on in the semester, and I believe this is largely due to the fact that I was more challenged by the later […]

Reflection on Mini-cast Project Act 2: ‘Foley Fairy Folk Tale’

For the Second Act assignment in the Foley Sound Effects and Minicast Audio Project, I performed a version of the tale of King Arthur and his legendary sword, Excalibur. I used a short version of this story that was available on the website of the University of Pittsburgh’s Folk Texts, Mythology, and Electronic Texts’ digital […]

Timeline Project Reflection

The Timeline Project using KnightLab software, and producing content to be used in its final form by the University Library System (ULS), was a very interesting but very involved project. It was difficult to fully understand the directions and the software at first, but eventually, through constructive group discussions and assistance from the instructors and […]

Timeline Tags for Feminism and Sexuality Studies

The Composing Digital Media class is performing research for the University of Pittsburgh Libraries System. The research consists of exploring publications focused on feminism and sexuality from the Archives and Special Collections. The publications range from comic books and rock-and-roll magazines to ‘fanzines.’ They all describe feminism and sexuality studies topics, but some explicitly describe […]

Workshopping the ULS Timeline

The Timeline software from Knight Lab is a very useful yet involved program for organizing digital information chronologically. It allows you to take information from a spreadsheet format and place it into a visually appealing timeline project. It takes time to fully understand and master the program. As a member of the Science Fiction Fan […]

Photoshop Introduction

The Lynda Photoshop Essentials Introduction was a very useful course that allowed me to start familiarizing myself with the most important features of this program. I believe that this is a versatile piece of software that could be put to good use in a variety of academic and professional contexts. One of the most useful […]

‘Pod Pals: Great Wordsmiths’ Reflection

The ‘Pod Pals: Great Wordsmiths’ mini-cast project was engaging and educational. Will and I enjoyed brainstorming different ideas and executing the project by recording our voices, selecting the sound and music effects, and mixing the audio tracks. This project was very useful because it taught us how to use Audacity, a widely-used free piece of […]

Mini-Cast Project and Audacity Help

I will be working with Will Humble on a mini-podcast with the working title ‘Pod Pals.’ Here is a link directly to the blog page of Will Humble’s own WordPress website. We are still considering options for what the first episode will be about, but a working title is ‘Pod Pals Episode 1: Great Wordsmiths.’ One of […]