To kick off Web Storytelling Week, I started with the Create a Finsta assignment from the bank. To relate it to our class, and because I did not want to create a Finsta for myself that I’d never use, I created one for Morph Shadow, as it is her secret identity. The idea behind her account is that the citizens of Fredericksville can interact with Melinda as her secret identity, Morph Shadow, without revealing her true identity. To do this, I simply created a Gmail account for her, followed by an Instagram account. I added two posts, as well as her photo and a bio to make it personable and realistic. Her account will be up for the remainder of the school year, so follow her to keep up with her throughout her senior year!

From the perspective of Morph Shadow herself:

Hello everyone! It’s me, Fredericksville’s favorite hometown hero! Follow me today @ morphshadow96 to keep up with the daily crimes of the town, as well as what has happened with my arch nemesis, Janice, since she has been expelled from Mary Washington.

You know me as Morph Shadow, but what is my true identity? That’s a secret I’ll never tell • xoxo

A post shared by Morph Shadow (@morphshadow96) on Oct 22, 2017 at 9:43am PDT

My second project from the digital story telling assignment bank was from the Web Assignments category. I chose to Create Finsta Instagram. 

I decided to take the opportunity to do a very open ended and creative assignment to really involve the super hero theme of our class. I first created a new Instagram just for my alter ego, creating it all in the name of the Green Lantern. I went with the Green Lantern for my super Instagram since his quote really inspired me and is actually the tagline for my blog. Once my new account was set up with Instagram I then customized the biography to inject some personality into this social media platform.

Next, I began searching for some material for my Finsta (Fake Instagram). I posted five different images with captions that remained personal and light hearted, just like my real Instagram account.

After my whole page was set up with account information, a biography, and images I decided to take it one step further and follow some of my friends! I went ahead and followed five of my closest and oldest pals including, Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, and Spiderman. Now that I am Instagram official, and connected to all my pals I can not wait to keep posting my Selfie Sunday pictures! Follow me @greenlantern106, an overview of my page and a link is below!

My Finsta