Portfolio Overview

Projects:

Project 1:

https://twitter.com/RITmuse/status/916377751657107456

Project one I was not sure what to think about but did I enjoy myself. I really enjoyed having to to the research about my topic, I had fun designing the cases, and I really had fun working with our class. My only problem was that I had to work on my own a lot and it was a bit of a scramble for materials at the end. But I am glad I was able to do this project. It really helped me understand what Metadata is and what goes into making an exhibit. Overall it taught us the innerworkings behind exhibits and exhibiting, and introduction to metadata, and to think about the visual setups behind putting together an exhibit.
Project 2:

Omeka.net

Project two was difficult but also fun. Working on Omeka, Drupal, and WordPress was an interesting venture. Overall I ended up liking Omeka and WordPress more because they were a lot more user friendly and easier to navigate. This project helped me better learn Metadata and how it works, How to build a good website both for online exhibitions and information, and helped me explore what is out there to work with.
Project 3:

http://agreenthumbandaproblem.omeka.net/

I think this was my favorite however. It really helped me throw myself into my work during a bad situation and focus on something I really enjoyed. Exploring how to work with Omeka was fun and (incidental learning) I ended up teaching myself some HTML in the process! I got a lot better at metadata by this point as well. This project helped us look into things that were important to us and set it up like an online exhibit. This helped the class prepare for if they had to make an actual online exhibit and how they would do so.

A Green Thumb and a Problem

http://agreenthumbandaproblem.omeka.net/
My project was titled A Green Thumb and a Problem. Not only because it sounded funny but because it was covering the garden I grew while coping with depression. I was hoping that my stories and ramblings would be relatable and understandable to those going through something similar to what I went through. Also I included recipes and remedies to help those who need it too and to know that not all of the plants were arbitrarily bought. The Videos and Audio files were on there to help follow my silly thought process about the plants and how it all ties into one another. I added up to 85 tags to make the plants all easily searchable, and they’re all categorized by their family genus species. Recipes and Remedies are also tagged to be easy to search as well. Additional information about all of them are in the about the project page as well. Little blurbs are included in all of them about: how I obtained the plant, who they’re named after (some are named after people I know, some aren’t), some information about the plant itself, and what I use it for. All of the photos were taken by me. I hope you enjoyed my project as much as I enjoyed working on it.