I will be attempting to do the Easy option with screen time but I’ll also be staying off 3 forms of social media, because I want to focus more on the present and not waste so much time scrolling.

I met my goals for screen time, but I did not stay off my 3 planned forms of social media. This is because I primarily communicate with some of my friends through Instagram, and I needed to use this platform to talk with them over the weekend. I think that for the future, I’ll want to either let them know beforehand that I won’t be on Instagram, or switch to texting while I’m detoxing. Besides that, I found this to be really challenging because I didn’t know that I spent all of my little moments of downtime on TikTok. I ended up downloading the Refocus app, and blocked myself from using these apps. This app really helped me realize how many pickups I had just to check for notifications from my various apps as well as how many times I would pick up my phone for minutes of social media because I couldn’t sit and not be on my phone. After this detox I realized that it was a bigger problem for me than I originally thought. I will be keeping the Refocus app on my phone so I limit my social media use throughout the day and replace that time with either planning, cleaning my space, or catching up on little assignments. On Monday, I blocked TikTok from 11-5, where I found myself picking up the most, and this really helped me stay off my phone in general, so I will be continuing to keep these apps blocked. I also deleted several apps on my phone that I found I wasn’t using and kept notifying me. I think these steps will really help me focus on being in the present and to not seek to waste time on my phone. Overall, this detox was a very eye-opening experience and I’m going to take what I learned and apply it to my relationship with my phone from now on.

Statement of Ethical and Inclusive Design

Thinking first about the digital ethics of my project, since my project will contain AI generated images, it is important to think about the ethics of AI and art generation. Since I will be using photos from the internet, even though I will be extending them I will be giving credit to the original artist at all times. Next, considering  inclusive design, part of my research is on the availability of images allowing for this new creative avenue, so I want to stress that my final project (the completed storyboard) will be accessible as part of my final IS as well as reproducible using different digital images. I wanted to open up possibilities for people to be creative in this manner and use the frameworks of my animation process to continue to create, representing themselves as they see fit. To do this, I want to make my final project readable and with concise goals (to-do lists) at each step, as well as an easy-to-follow flow chart. I did consider that there will have to be some technical language there for my understanding that would not be known by everyone. I want to include this technical knowledge but in comments to myself, so that they can be viewed when needed and the framework will remain untouched. I also considered how others can follow these steps and use AI generated images but not cite them correctly. Because of this, I want to include some sort of protection for the original creators of these images. I haven’t thought of a way to do this yet (it is hard to tell when it is AI or not, from the Practical AI videos), but I’m thinking of including a space for the citation which would also help me keep track of the work and those who use the outline.

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/fd665eb59e7740d3a9f351a7d50e0c50

This image is a behind selfie that I had taken at the Wonderstruck concert in Lakeland Ohio. Summer is important to myself because my hair color is an important part of my identity, and going to this concert I was able to see many artists that I love. I edited this image to make myself brighter and the background a bit fuzzy so that myself is the focal point of the image.

This image is a face selfie taken in Arizona. I got to go on this trip with the Wooster Volleyball team, which was a fantastic experience. We visited the Grand Canyon at sunrise. To me, this image represents my identity as a college student and athlete who has had the opportunity to visit amazing places with my friends.

The last image is a faceless selfie of my volleyball gear. This image represents my identity of a volleyball player. From practices to lifts to games, I spend a lot of time in this locker room and it has shaped me in many ways and taught me many lessons and skills. As a senior this year, I try to take moments like this to look back and be thankful for the journey volleyball as led me on and the people I’ve met along the way.