For my first collaborative assignment I am doing the “You’re a Pinteresting Character” assignment worth four points. For this assignment I used my character, Spence, with some inspiration from Janelle’s character, Sebastian Crane. I found that Sebastian and Spence are actually quite similar. I drew from the 1940’s era, in which Sebastian would have been about the same age as Spence, and added a little bit of the Sebastian charm to my Pinterest board for Spence. The board mostly consists of different parings of Scotch and Brandy, Sebastian’s drink of choice, to satisfy Spence’s semi-alcoholic tendencies. I also included some 1940’s Italian pin-up girls. Spence tries desperately to hold on to his late mother in any way he can. These girls remind him of what his mother looked like in her “glory days”, times that she would reminisce to Spence about when he was young. The pin-up girls are also a nod to Sebastian Crane. Also included in Spence’s pinterest board are vintage inspired watches, cufflinks, and a tie guide. Spence likes to dress sharp on a daily basis.

Here is a link to the original assignment:

http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/youre-a-pinteresting-character/

Web Assignment:

Character Resume 3.5?

For this assignment we had to make a resume for a character. I chose this assignment because this week is pretty much all about introducing our characters story, and I thought that giving a resume was something that could really add to my character’s background. It was a really simple thing to do, but I really enjoyed doing it. I did some research for the area of South Boston, where Emma lives, and now I kind of want to live there.

The way I incorporated other student’s characters was in the activities section of the resume. I added that she was the member of the Tune Squad which consists of Geoffrey Cunningham, and Detective Longs.

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I wrote the entire resume in Microsoft word. There I hit a snag. I wanted the resume to appear exactly how it does in Word, but I couldn’t figure out how to do so. So what I did was copy the word document into paint and saved it as a picture. Then I could upload it to flicker and embed it into this post. That way it looks just like how I typed it.

You’re a Pinteresting Character (4 Stars)

As an avid Pinterester, I was very excited to see this assignment. In order to make this assignment collaborative, I decided to plan a trip and other activities with Kimberly and Kayleigh going off of the Steadfast Sleuths friendship between Sarah Mustard, Sasha Kellogg, and Shelley Layton. Sarah and Shelley are going to travel to San Francisco to visit Sasha. This board is not just for their trip, but also elements of that connect each of their lives together and articles they wish for the others to see.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First we have pins related to traveling, such as a pin about traveling on Amtrak by train and a list of good books to read on the train.

Then we pinned various tourist activities to do in San Francisco, pinning pins such as the Golden Gate Bridge, China Town, a mosaic staircase, seward street slides, and traveling to the redwood forest.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also, the Steadfast Sleuths would like to keep up their detective work while they are in San Francisco so they looked up mysterious locations in the area to visit such as: a painted black Victorian home, Alcatraz, and the Wincester house.

When they have some down time they have pinned various relaxing activities to do: 30 best chick flicks of all time, a drive-in movie, going to a book store, and shopping.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also, naturally due to Sarah and Shelley’s love of cats, the Steadfast Sleuths have pinned a cat tea room to visit, a cat cafe that will soon be opening, and a cat beer company to visit in San Francisco.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beside their trip related pins though, the Steadfast Sleuths also pinned helpful tips for them to know about their lives such as tips for how to take care of their cat, 10 basic safety tips for women (this one is particularly for Sasha Kellogg), and a t-shirt that reads “I just want to drink wine and pet my cat”.

Even though all of these characters took place in the 1950’s I think that this assignment was to collaborate with other students and their characters, as well as add more story to my own character. It was fun thinking outside of the box of different pins to put on their board as well as coming up with our own unique comments for each character.

Check out my story where Ol Mick saves the day. #steller https://t.co/CPlGY3QONg

— Cuyler Matteson (@Cuyler_Matteson) March 14, 2015

For this assignment I had to make a story using the app stellar. The app was very easy to use. I just downloaded it and it gave me a quick tutorial of how to use it. I would recommend to anyone that they should download this app if they want an easy way to make a story.

I was searching through other people in ds106 to find a character to do a story with. I came across Rick Shannon. He is a cop who has had his brother and father killed. My character Ol Mick loves to solve crimes so he took over the case of finding out who killed Shannon’s blood line. Mick being the super detective that he is finds the guy and puts him in jail.

 

I did this 3 1/2 Stars assignment “using a website like LinkedIn, create a “fake” resume for a fictional person or character of your choice. Add detailed descriptions and make the resume relevant to the character. Resume must include a profile, work history, education, and skills. Locations, job positions, and companies can be made up! Use your creativity!”

I made a resume for my character Sara Sparkle who is a professional dancer at LA. Sara has been going through lots of trouble lately if you have been following her twitter account and the posts I have made earlier. She feels Guilty for leaving her daughter and she thinks it is better if she finds another Job in NYC, so she can spend more time with her daughter plus her carrier plan was falling apart in LA and she does not think it will improve any time soon at least. She is a suspect for John Marlly’s  murder as well as Rose King. Nothing has been proven yet, but everything will come to light soon and we will find out whether she is guilty or not.

 

Check out this PDF that has Sara’s Resume! Sparkle’s Resume

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Well, Bev likes to make a plan. I don’t want to say that she’s a control freak but….. I’ve gotten to know her a bit recently and, well, she is. 

To catch you up, Bev took me on a trip recently. I don’t know how she found me, or where she went after the trip, but we really tied up some loose ends following that strange Bev’s Buddies program. 

Bev insisted that we create an itinerary while we were on the plane, and she recommended we use Pinterest. As a visual aritist, I enjoyed learning about this medium and working with the different imagery as a visual representation of our trip. If I’ve learned anything, it’s that Bev’s not that bad a person, and with a little planning, a mysterious trip can be pretty fun.

 

 

 

 

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Mariah and I had a lot of fun collaborating on this assignment as well. She really took the lead here, as I knew nothing about Pinterest. However, I helped with looking up ideas about what we could do in Bali and what content to feature on our board. Collaborative assignments are really great for that reason: everyone brings different ideas and skills to the table and you walk away with something you might not have been able to make on your own. I’ve really enjoyed the different assignments we’ve been able to incorporate into this story as well. 

Bev here. After the radio show, Damon and I made up and talked things out. We decided to go on a trip in order to work things out. He just wanted to get up and leave right away, but I was like woah woah woah Damon, slow it down. So I was like First things first, we need a pinterest board (yah, sometimes I can be an annoying petty girl- back off before I stick secret service on you).

So we made this board. It’s AWESOMEEE. 

 

It has all the things we are going to do:

– make some salsa
– stand in some foundations
– sit on the ocean without being in the ocean
– eat some actual food that is wonderful
– sit at random bars and meet people.

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This assignment was really interesting. For our character it is a lot of fun and I’m sure she would be able to go on the trip. For me, it probably isn’t in my future.

When it comes to completing this Jonathan and I sat down and figured out where we wanted to go. We knew we wanted to develop our characters a little bit more and this was how I figured it would work best. I love Pinterest and he loves planning so it worked out perfectly. I took to Pinterest to start pinning all things bali. I usually don’t use Pinterest that often, so it’s always like a break from my hectic schedule when I get to use it. Additionally, it was really fun to watch Jonathan try and figure out Pinterest and click on random things. He just kept sitting around clicking random things and watching what would happen (I think he might have pinned some weird things to my other boards just to mess with me). Overall, I feel like this project was definitely a successful one if you are looking to expand on your character. I was three stars!