1. Chelsea Backus

    Digital Citizenship

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    Reading all about the digital world and its effects on us as human beings has gotten me seriously thinking about how much the digital world has impacted us as a society. It’s frightening, but also quite invigorating at the same time. So many people don’t even realize the significance of …

  2. Chelsea Backus

    Digital Citizenship

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    Reading all about the digital world and its effects on us as human beings has gotten me seriously thinking about how much the digital world has impacted us as a society. It’s frightening, but also quite invigorating at the same time. So many people don’t even realize the significance of …

  3. Chelsea Backus

    Twitter Chat–A Wonderful Experience

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    This is the conversation I had on #engchat from 7-8 p.m. It was so interesting that I lost track of time! A few of the conversations I was having became a little heated with argument, but in the end we compromised and understand what the other was trying to say. …

  4. Chelsea Backus

    Twitter Chat–A Wonderful Experience

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    This is the conversation I had on #engchat from 7-8 p.m. It was so interesting that I lost track of time! A few of the conversations I was having became a little heated with argument, but in the end we compromised and understand what the other was trying to say. …

  5. Chelsea Backus

    Tutorial # Two!

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    For my second tutorial, I chose to explain how to create a Flickr account. I think that it is very important to have a website online where you can upload photos and videos, display your own profile, and it can be shared to twitter, facebook etc. We are living in …

  6. Chelsea Backus

    Tutorial # Two!

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    For my second tutorial, I chose to explain how to create a Flickr account. I think that it is very important to have a website online where you can upload photos and videos, display your own profile, and it can be shared to twitter, facebook etc. We are living in …

  7. Chelsea Backus

    Tutorial # One!

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    For my first tutorial I created an explanation of how to use the website Picnik! I chose this certain website, because I used it for many of my Daily creates throughout the semester. It is a great website to emphasize and enhance every one of your pictures. I created it …

  8. Chelsea Backus

    Tutorial # One!

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    For my first tutorial I created an explanation of how to use the website Picnik! I chose this certain website, because I used it for many of my Daily creates throughout the semester. It is a great website to emphasize and enhance every one of your pictures. I created it …

  9. Chelsea Backus

    Collaboration Is Where It’s At!

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    Collaboration is key to success. Simple as that. When I was younger, I always hated being in groups, because for the most part I was the follower and never knew what was going on. As I got older, I became more of a leader taking hold of any group collaboration …

  10. Chelsea Backus

    Collaboration Is Where It’s At!

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    Collaboration is key to success. Simple as that. When I was younger, I always hated being in groups, because for the most part I was the follower and never knew what was going on. As I got older, I became more of a leader taking hold of any group collaboration …

  11. Chelsea Backus

    The Daily Create: Beauty

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    For this daily create I had to show beauty in three seconds. I used Imovie, then youtube. I chose a picture of a sunset, my sister and I, and the sun shining on palm trees. All beautiful sights …

  12. Chelsea Backus

    The Daily Create: Beauty

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    For this daily create I had to show beauty in three seconds. I used Imovie, then youtube. I chose a picture of a sunset, my sister and I, and the sun shining on palm trees. All beautiful sights …

  13. Chelsea Backus

    Unbreakable

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    My sister Put this video on my facebook wall, telling me that I am unbreakable. This is an extremely powerful, breathtaking and meaningful video for the world to see. I am a victim, I am a survivor, I don’t use art to get me through, I use a paper and …

  14. Chelsea Backus

    Unbreakable

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    My sister Put this video on my facebook wall, telling me that I am unbreakable. This is an extremely powerful, breathtaking and meaningful video for the world to see. I am a victim, I am a survivor, I don’t use art to get me through, I use a paper and …

  15. Chelsea Backus

    May I Take Your Order?

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    For this assignment (for two stars) I had to change my accent completely to either British, Australian, or Southern… I think my accent is a mix between British and Southern. I tried really hard though, definitely realizing in the process that I am unable to do accents, but I thought …

  16. Chelsea Backus

    May I Take Your Order?

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    For this assignment (for two stars) I had to change my accent completely to either British, Australian, or Southern… I think my accent is a mix between British and Southern. I tried really hard though, definitely realizing in the process that I am unable to do accents, but I thought …

  17. Chelsea Backus

    Girl Talk Radio Show

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    The process for our Girl Talk Radio show was long, but successful and extremely beneficial. Our assignment was to create a twenty minute segment of a radio show of our choice, with a ten minute discussion about the process at the end.
    We chose to get this done and over …

  18. Chelsea Backus

    Design Assignment: Expression

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    For my last set of stars, I chose to do the assignment consisting of making something that expresses who I am. I used a picture that my sister took of me, adding words and symbols defining myself. I chose this picture because this is the most natural I could ever …

  19. Chelsea Backus

    Design Assignment: Clever Caption

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    For my last two stars, I chose the assignment in which I had to pick a picture that I took and make a clever caption. I chose the picture of my dog when I was home last week. Whenever my mom leaves for work she always puts blankets on the …

  20. Chelsea Backus

    Design Assignment: The Big Picture

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    For my third design assignment, I decided to choose the one where I had to take any photo from The Big Picture http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/ and overlay it with lyrics from a Top 100 song. I chose the picture with thousands of people on a bridge with different flags along with the …

  21. Chelsea Backus

    Design Assignment: Autobiography Cover

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    I chose the assignment of designing a autobiography cover if I were to ever write one. I used the website Picnik to play with the effects and add text to my picture. I chose a picture of a tunnel with a light at the end. My life seems to always …

  22. Chelsea Backus

    Design Assignment: Autobiography Cover

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    I chose the assignment of designing a autobiography cover if I were to ever write one. I used the website Picnik to play with the effects and add text to my picture. I chose a picture of a tunnel with a light at the end. My life seems to always …

  23. Chelsea Backus

    The Daily Create: What’s My Age Again?

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    I chose this carnation flower as an object that represents how old I feel mostly because these are the most beautiful times in a girl/woman’s life, especially as women, we age much faster than men. So simply put, this is the prime time in my life physically. But I also …

  24. Chelsea Backus

    The Daily Create: My Strength

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    I only have two tattoos. My strength tattoo is extremely meaningful to me. I have written stories and poems explaining the significance of what it means, “With the strength on my back, close to my heart, I am okay,” the last words of one of my poems. I could say …

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