The goal in creating this portfolio is to showcase my work that I have completed throughout the spring 2018 semester in my Digital Publishing course. Over the duration of the course, we completed three major assignments: a wiki entry, a remix project, and a transmedia project, as well as weekly blog posts that were contributed to a class blog.
At the beginning of the course, I had very little knowledge of most of the concepts that we discussed in class. However, now I believe I have gained valuable skills that will help me long after this semester is over in any potential career field.
Through the wiki, I learned about online collaboration. One of our readings explained that “users of [wikis] don’t just create a genre, they create a social world” (Meyers 21) and that “a sense of community is absolutely essential to [wikis]” (25). My classmates and I experienced this collaboration firsthand by editing each other’s posts and collaboratively expanding the general knowledge of our pages. I believe that this kind of collaboration is essential in any workplace, where coworkers can expand upon each other’s ideas and add to the knowledge and productivity of the company, and I think my knowledge of collaborative learning through this project will be helpful to me in obtaining a job in the future.
Through the remix project, I learned about copyright law and the rules of fair use claims. I believe ethics plays a key role in any job, but it is particularly important in dealing with producing and using digital media. As one of our readings said, “We’re living in this remix culture. This appropriation time where any grade-school kid has a copy of Photoshop and can download a picture … and manipulate [it] how they want” (Lessig 14). In this culture, it’s important that we are able to draw on others’ ideas, but it’s also important to know how to do so in ways that are legally and ethically commendable.
Through both the transmedia project and the blog posts, I learned about the concept of intertextuality, which is the connection of one work to another. In the blog posts, we were told to expand upon our classmates’ ideas through the use of hyperlinks, a traditional blog format. We also used hyperlinks to reference outside materials. In the transmedia project, this intertextuality allowed us to creatively blend together text across media platforms to create a unique and diverse storytelling method. With the increased use of hyperlinking in blogging, it’s important to know what intertextuality is and how it can be applied correctly.
Finally, through this portfolio, I learned how to showcase my talents and store my information using a website format. Starting as a beginner in website development, I believe that building this site has allowed me to explore my digital talents and create my own aesthetic of how I want to appear online. It has also allowed me to reflect on my work and pinpoint my strengths and weaknesses to use or grow upon in the future.
Overall, I hope that this portfolio emphasizes my educational progress and further establishes me as a growing professional in the digital publishing industry. To learn more, please go to my “About” section, where I have highlighted other key points in my academic and professional career.
Works Cited:
Lessig, Lawrence. “Introduction.” Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy, p. 1-19.
Meyers, Greg. “Genre: What is a blog? What is a wiki?” Discourse of Blogs and Wikis, p. 15-27.
At the beginning of the course, I had very little knowledge of most of the concepts that we discussed in class. However, now I believe I have gained valuable skills that will help me long after this semester is over in any potential career field.
Through the wiki, I learned about online collaboration. One of our readings explained that “users of [wikis] don’t just create a genre, they create a social world” (Meyers 21) and that “a sense of community is absolutely essential to [wikis]” (25). My classmates and I experienced this collaboration firsthand by editing each other’s posts and collaboratively expanding the general knowledge of our pages. I believe that this kind of collaboration is essential in any workplace, where coworkers can expand upon each other’s ideas and add to the knowledge and productivity of the company, and I think my knowledge of collaborative learning through this project will be helpful to me in obtaining a job in the future.
Through the remix project, I learned about copyright law and the rules of fair use claims. I believe ethics plays a key role in any job, but it is particularly important in dealing with producing and using digital media. As one of our readings said, “We’re living in this remix culture. This appropriation time where any grade-school kid has a copy of Photoshop and can download a picture … and manipulate [it] how they want” (Lessig 14). In this culture, it’s important that we are able to draw on others’ ideas, but it’s also important to know how to do so in ways that are legally and ethically commendable.
Through both the transmedia project and the blog posts, I learned about the concept of intertextuality, which is the connection of one work to another. In the blog posts, we were told to expand upon our classmates’ ideas through the use of hyperlinks, a traditional blog format. We also used hyperlinks to reference outside materials. In the transmedia project, this intertextuality allowed us to creatively blend together text across media platforms to create a unique and diverse storytelling method. With the increased use of hyperlinking in blogging, it’s important to know what intertextuality is and how it can be applied correctly.
Finally, through this portfolio, I learned how to showcase my talents and store my information using a website format. Starting as a beginner in website development, I believe that building this site has allowed me to explore my digital talents and create my own aesthetic of how I want to appear online. It has also allowed me to reflect on my work and pinpoint my strengths and weaknesses to use or grow upon in the future.
Overall, I hope that this portfolio emphasizes my educational progress and further establishes me as a growing professional in the digital publishing industry. To learn more, please go to my “About” section, where I have highlighted other key points in my academic and professional career.
Works Cited:
Lessig, Lawrence. “Introduction.” Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy, p. 1-19.
Meyers, Greg. “Genre: What is a blog? What is a wiki?” Discourse of Blogs and Wikis, p. 15-27.