Past Semester Reflection

This semester really challenged me in ways I did not expect. This included in both reading and writing. 

I consider myself someone who has read a lot and is rather well-versed in different language styles. However, this class kind of proved me wrong. I was exposed to so many different cultures that I found myself having to adjust to many different types of writing and verses, etc. I thought it was really cool seeing how different cultures told stories and what they valued as important that made it into their stories. Personally, I think I did a good job being open minded to different and new cultures. 

In writing, I was definitely challenged to explore different writing styles. I think this was good for me since I hadn't really been challenged in that way before. I really liked how there was the storytelling randomizer that gave me different ideas on how to write the stories that we were assigned each week. There were so many styles that are creative that I had not thought of before. I think I did a good job using different styles that were a challenge for me rather than just playing it safe and changing a part of the story, etc. My storybook really challenged me since I tried to make the "Immortals Among Us" style with each one. A lot of time, I hadn't even read the stories yet, so it took brainstorming as to the best way to connect the style into the story. 

I bookmarked the web page that lists all of the different storytelling styles because I think it would be a great resource to utilize whenever I am writing. Especially in advertising, it is important to distinguish oneself with creativity so I think the page would really be helpful! 

Overall, I am really glad that I took this class. Laura was such a large knowledge base about the different cultures and how each story fits into each one. She obviously puts so much work into her class and her students, that it really inspired me to put work into the class as well. I think I did a good job taking advantage of all of her knowledge and all of the opportunity I had to read things that I wouldn't have otherwise had the chance to. The class also encourages so much thought that I feel like I really learned a lot about myself, my likes and dislikes, and beliefs through the readings and writings. 

Tech Tip: More on Horizontal Navigation

So, somehow I am still struggling with getting my new stories to show up on the horizontal navigation of my storybook. So, I decided that I would write another tech tip to both serve as a reminder for myself and help those who might be experiencing the same difficulties.

So, after I write my stories, they don't pop up in the navigation, even if I say I want them on their own page. I always try to go into settings under "manage site" and then I accidentally but the story as a sub-page on one of the other stories sites. So, do not click "manage site".

Rather, go to the settings menu, click edit site layout, then hold your cursor over the buttons for the other stories. The entire bar should highlight itself and a little message will pop up that says "edit horizontal navigation". Click anywhere in that highlighted bar, and another window will come up that has the name of all your pages. Click "add page" that's in blue at the bottom of the first box. Click this, and then click the name of the story that you want to add to the navigation bar. Once it is selected, click "okay" and then it should have it's own button in the navigation! 

I don't know why this is so difficult for me to remember, but I also have to re-remind myself every two weeks. I hope this helps anyone else that has also chosen to do a horizontal navigation bar!