This week has been all about adding more and more elements to my curation. I have a lot of the format down, its all about adding more information at this point. I also added a new link called mediocre hairstyles for ones that aren't really hard but ones that are also not super easy.
The most interesting hairstyle I have so far is called the knotted braid. I had never seen this before until I watched the video and I thought it was really cool, and very different. It is a little bit hard but totally worth it because it looks so cool!
This biggest obstacle I am going to have to overcome is organizing this. Sometimes I am not sure what category I should put a style in. Also, when I tried adding another link it did not go to the top and it looks like it is under the Welcome tab so I am going to have to figure that out. Another obstacle I need to face is finding enough elements that I think are worthy to be in my curation.
The next three steps in the process of making this curation include the following things. The first one is that I need to add a lot more styles. I have about fifteen elements right now so I need to find ten more. The second step I need to make is putting more hair products on the welcome page to help viewers get started with healthy hair. The third step I need to take as of now is tell the story I am trying to tell in the welcome page. I need to figure out how I am going to do that.
One suggestion I have for this project to run more smoothly is to have more class time to work on it. It is the last week of high school so I am going to be honest, not a lot of us are doing work now so it is hard to keep up. I still have ten more elements to work in and I only have a week. I also think we should've had deadlines for requirements of the curation, that would prevent people from procrastinating.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Curation Progress Report #2
This time around I have a lot more sorted out in my curation. A lot of the questions that I had not yet answered yet, I have figured out this past week. At first I was confused because I didn't know how I should separate the links and how I should categorize them. I came up with a brilliant idea to make three links, one with beginners hairstyles, moderate hairstyles, and advanced hairstyles. This way I do not have to put all of the braids onto one link, and all the other hairstyles onto another link. This also makes it easier for the viewer to navigate the sight, say she just needed a quick hairstyle she woud go right to the beginners link and she would be good to go within minutes!
The most interesting link I have so far is the waterfall and ladder braid combo. I had heard of the waterfall braid before but I never really understood how you should do it, and I had never heard of a ladder braid before this. I stumbled upon a youtube video that did a how to on this braid. The video was very easy to follow and it taught me how to do this braid by just watching once! I think this braid is the most unique style I have so far.
The biggest obstacle that I need to overcome is really telling a story through these hairstyles. As of now I am explaining each hairstyle and what someone might use it for and what they are feeling that day. I am not sure if that is the best way of doing it right now but hopefully I can come up with a more creative way of telling my story through the hairstyles.
The next three steps of my curation include the following things. Gather more hairstyles and do more research to find new hairstyles. Right now I think I only have eight so I need a lot more. Another thing I have to do is put more information on the welcome link. I started putting good products for your hair on that page so I can probably add more to that. The final step that I need to take is editing the descriptions I have written for each hairstyle.
One thing that is not working in my curation is that I am having difficulty formatting the pictures. It will only let me put pictures in that are in a certain size and it will not let me put two pictures side by side. Other than that everything is going smoothly!
The most interesting link I have so far is the waterfall and ladder braid combo. I had heard of the waterfall braid before but I never really understood how you should do it, and I had never heard of a ladder braid before this. I stumbled upon a youtube video that did a how to on this braid. The video was very easy to follow and it taught me how to do this braid by just watching once! I think this braid is the most unique style I have so far.
The biggest obstacle that I need to overcome is really telling a story through these hairstyles. As of now I am explaining each hairstyle and what someone might use it for and what they are feeling that day. I am not sure if that is the best way of doing it right now but hopefully I can come up with a more creative way of telling my story through the hairstyles.
The next three steps of my curation include the following things. Gather more hairstyles and do more research to find new hairstyles. Right now I think I only have eight so I need a lot more. Another thing I have to do is put more information on the welcome link. I started putting good products for your hair on that page so I can probably add more to that. The final step that I need to take is editing the descriptions I have written for each hairstyle.
One thing that is not working in my curation is that I am having difficulty formatting the pictures. It will only let me put pictures in that are in a certain size and it will not let me put two pictures side by side. Other than that everything is going smoothly!
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Curation: May 8th
This week I have accomplished a lot of my curation. It was difficult getting started and trying to figure out how to use the google sites. Once I finally picked a layout and theme that I liked I got started! I have put a little onto to the home page but not a lot because I am not sure what that page should consist of. I also did not want to put anything that I wanted to go over in another place on my home page. Although it may seem that I do not have much in my curation, I do! So far I have worked on the braids for the most part but I still have a lot to add.
The braids link has the most information on it so as of now I would have to say that it is the most interesting link. I found a lof of great how-to videos which I think viewers are going to find very interesting. Even though I already knew how to do so many braids before I started this curation, doing more research, I have learned how to do a lot more complicated braids.
The biggest obstacle that I need to overcome would probably be how to organize my curation. Braids is such a broad category that I still can not decide if it should be it's own link. Also, there are so many other hairstyles other than braids but not a broad category for those. Hopefully I can come up with a solution to this. Another obstacle I need to overcome is figuring out what I should put on the home page to get viewers intrigued by the curation.
The next three steps that I need to take include the following things. First, I need to look up more braids and how-tos for those. My second step is thinking of hair styles other than braids and figuring out a category for that. The final step I need to take is organizing all of the information in a way that it tells a story.
I think that this project is set up fairly well. The only complaint I have is that is still confuses me as to what a curation is. I know we have been shown a lot of examples but is it essentially a mashup of common topic? Other than that I think it is a very cool idea for an assignment, especially because the topic is something you enjoy.
The braids link has the most information on it so as of now I would have to say that it is the most interesting link. I found a lof of great how-to videos which I think viewers are going to find very interesting. Even though I already knew how to do so many braids before I started this curation, doing more research, I have learned how to do a lot more complicated braids.
The biggest obstacle that I need to overcome would probably be how to organize my curation. Braids is such a broad category that I still can not decide if it should be it's own link. Also, there are so many other hairstyles other than braids but not a broad category for those. Hopefully I can come up with a solution to this. Another obstacle I need to overcome is figuring out what I should put on the home page to get viewers intrigued by the curation.
The next three steps that I need to take include the following things. First, I need to look up more braids and how-tos for those. My second step is thinking of hair styles other than braids and figuring out a category for that. The final step I need to take is organizing all of the information in a way that it tells a story.
I think that this project is set up fairly well. The only complaint I have is that is still confuses me as to what a curation is. I know we have been shown a lot of examples but is it essentially a mashup of common topic? Other than that I think it is a very cool idea for an assignment, especially because the topic is something you enjoy.
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