This blog post is about my twitterive and the reflections that my classmates have given me.

I had a lot of good feed back from my twitterive.  I didn’t think it was good; I was very lost at times of what I should do next. Even though it was only five years ago the brain suppresses the bad memories. I do have to go through and add something’s that I have not had time to do so far. I still have the video and I was told to add conversations. I wanted to add the feedback I got on my blog post. I liked all of the feedback and thought it was very informative. Thanks Guys!

Sam Olenowski - Wow, just wow.  I wish you had presented this because it is extremely emotional and I could never imagine. I think you had just the right amount of genres and although the dog and cat part was sooo sad I liked how the before after of your cat worked. I loved how the stairs out of words worked when but thought "I'm finally home" should be written upwards as opposed to down. The only thing I would add would be a conversation with someone in your family or a friend that conveys emotion because this is story is really inspirational.

Kaite Collins - twitterive was very powerful.  I couldn't imagine losing everything I own, including my memories, from a house fire.  To make matters worse, I am a huge animal lover.  To lose pets in something that was completely unexpected must have been heart breaking.  My heart goes out to you and your family.  I love the obituary piece that you used for your animals.  It gave us a view of how much your animals were loved in your family.  Although your theme is your home and family, I feel it is also the idea of rebuilding your memories with your family in a new home.  A lot, maybe even all, of your belongings were lost in the fire and as a family you try to create new memories that are worth remembering.  I would like to see more photos of your family.  I know that you may have lost a lot of pictures in your old home, but maybe you could show us recent photos.  To add another genre, you could also use a "how-to-list."  You could use this list to show how your family as recovered from this devastating fire.

Christie Johnson- Laura had the strongest twitterive in my opinion. I loved how I actually felt what she went through as her house burnt down. I was really touched by how she told the stories of her animals; I almost had a tear come to my eye. She used a variety of genres to tell her story. I like how she took screen shots of het tweets. She still wants to add a video of her walking through the rubble of her house, which I think will work well with her project. I think she’s on the right track and I don’t have anything to have her fix.

 
    First my twitterive would have not been possible without twitter, or weebly. Both have had a hand in how my twitterive came about. The things that I have added to my twitterive have gone very well. The pictures uploaded well. I did think at one time that I lost the whole thing due to my computer freezing and me not saving the couple last things on my website. When I went back into weebly the whole thing was not there. So I shut my computer down and preyed. When I got everything back up and running my whole project was there. I was so thankful for that. The only thing I am still having a lot of trouble with is my video that I want to add. I can’t find the right soft ware to edit it. This is a make it or break it video, and it’s very crucial to my project. Overall if I did not have any of this technology today I would not even know what a twitterive was.

 
In class a couple of students presented their Twitterive's. Below are my reflections to them.
Alissa Francisco:
Her story was the love of softball and how she felt when she quit.
I liked the journal entries of when she played and after she quit. (It was cool how she had them, good draw back)
I liked her quotes throughout. (good way to show you emotion)
The definitions of words were a good choice and that was a great idea.
I liked how she used softball as a person, and broke up with it.
Overall this was a great job by Alissa!

David Reyes:
His place was insomnia.
I liked how it was scattered and hard to follow. It followed with the madness theme.
The comic he used was very interesting.
I liked the way he used his about me, one as normal David and then as his madness character.
This is really about him trying to follow his madness.
Great job also by David!

Christie Johnson:
Outerbanks vacation with family.
Very well organized easy to follow.
Clear place.
I like all the modes of genre she used.
Schedules, lists, maps, menus,pictures.
I like how there are not a lot of words. Pictures are worth 1,000.
I really liked the recipe for the bonfire.
Very clear and well concise twitterive!

Rebecca Crawford:
Three parts with the theme of past present and future.
    Getting a house
        The search
         Getting it ready
          And then finally moving in
    Weddings
    And her 21st birthday
It is organized really well
I like all the six word stories she uses.
Very good job Rebecca!
 
My characters are: Family and Myself. I am the main character.
What is my story? Genres/ Modes
    My house fire
        Newspaper, video, poems

When does it take place?
    My house Jan 26 2007

Connection:
    Lived there for years
    The things inside where my home
How do I show:
    Through memories within diffrent genres.

This process really helped me. We talked through my process of creating my twitterive. It’s hard to do it by yourself. It’s easier when you have ideas coming from all angles.

 
In this blog post I am going to explain my twitterive. I will also go through my process. At the end I have some questions about my twitterive.

For this twitterve I have procrastinated. Not because I wanted to but because it snuck up on me. I knew what I was going to write about, and I had all the material I needed for it. I just had to sit down and put it all together. The best thing I did for this twitterive it really helps me was I planed everything out in my notebook. I wrote what I was going to add and drew pictures and labeled what I was going to add in. This helped me put all the things I wanted add in and it also allowed me to figure out the layout.

For a while I was thinking of what my place was. I think it is my home. I have been going round and round with the idea of home doesn’t matter where you are. It matters where your family is. 

The tweet that helped me figure out what I wanted to write about was "January 26 was the worst day of my life." I figured that I had lots of pictures and newspaper articles. I also wanted to get that story out because it has been bothering me and I have wanted to work it out through my writing. In this I want to figure out the changes I went through and try to work through some of the things I still don't understand.

 
Some questions I had:
1. Do I have enough story line?
2.Do I have to many pictures?
3. Should I add more genres?
4. Is what I say in my twitterive hard to understand?
5. Do you like it or is it just a waste?