Remix 4: Show Me Therefore Teach Me

Remix 4: Show Me Therefore Teach Me

by Dametra Lester

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December 5, 2012

For the Remix 4 assignment I decided to choose the How To Tutorial. I have never made a tutorial or a video and broadcasting it to the world. So I thought it would be a good opportunity to explore. At least I know the process of how to record, edit, and upload. My remix 4 ...
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Remix 3

by Dametra Lester

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October 31, 2012

In ENGL 7741 I am on my third remix. For those new to the blog, remixes are visual, audio, multimodal texts created by an individual with their own twist. DS 106 creates or host the Remix projects . So enough of the boring and technical mumbo jumbo. For my remix I chose to do Learning By Design. ...
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Death of AutoTune

by Dametra Lester

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October 11, 2012

The assignment I chose was AutoTune Something. The directions were to take something that is not usually autotuned. So I decided to autotune this southern voice of mines. I had a lot of fun with this assignment although my clip is twenty-two seconds long, hahaha. Back to business I created this recording using the Garage ...
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Remix Blackout Poetry

by Dametra Lester

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September 26, 2012

So this assignment was taken from DS106. This is one of four of my remix assignments on a visual, audio, and film. The assignment is to find an article and blackout the words, and the words remaining (non-blackout words) will read a poem, short s tory, or just whatever. This assignment was tricky; it was ...
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A Little Birdie Named Twitter

by Dametra Lester

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September 23, 2012

Twitter has been such an influential tool for social and media purposes. Many of our students are in the know about the ins and outs of Twitter, while we are still in hesitation and confusion about the purpose or just simple pondering about what to write in that square box. In chapter 3, Howard Rheingold ...
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Power of Participation

by Dametra Lester

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September 18, 2012

So remember my post entitled “From World Book to Wikipedia“, well I have decided to do another posting of that nature , but an entry associated with pop culture. I have decided to choose an entry that most of today’s youth can relate to which is Dewayne M. Carter most commonly known as Lil’ Wayne. ...
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From World Book to Wikipedia

by Dametra Lester
September 13, 2012

This next posting is quite different from my previous posts. Since I failed to mention an introduction to my blog, I will provide a brief description in this post. I started this blog as a requirement for my English 7741 course at KSU. In short the course is a technology course within the context of English and ...
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Frazzled, Discouraged, & Need Jesus

by Dametra Lester

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September 13, 2012

It has been awhile since I last blogged. Ok update, well last posting I was discouraged, yet had a positive attitude about my job. I QUIT. No I am not proud that I quit, but a lady has to do what a lady has to do. So I thought about it long and hard before ...
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First Extendend Weekend :)

by Dametra Lester

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September 3, 2012

So I am trying my best to keep up with blogging consistently. So, if you cannot tell that I am stoked about this weekend, hence the smiley face in the title. This weekend was Labor Day, just relaxing at the house. I will miss my bed dearly tomorrow. While I thought I was going to be out and ...
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A Glimpse of Me

by Dametra Lester

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August 23, 2012

Welcome to Ms. Lester’s Blog! This is my very first post with Word Press (Yes, I am a newbie). Although I am new to WordPress, I am no stranger to words. I am not the best writer, but I definitely love using words to express the way I am feeling. It is very relaxing. Now to ...
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