Assignment–Due June 30th

Project Assignments

This session you will have one project to complete in addition to your weekly blog posts.

Please read through the following. Choose one for your assignment due June 30th (see syllabus).

All projects must be posted on your website (dedicate a separate page to this project). Link and/or embed any outside websites/platforms that you used, and include your analysis too (most of the assignments below require a 2-3 page reflection/analysis). Do this “paper” in word and then cut and paste it into your blog page (that way you will know that you have written the required page length for your reflection essay).

1. Hogsmeade, The Emerald City, Never-Never Land… all fantastical places that started as text and have also been interpreted into visual landscapes. Now it’s your turn!   Take a city, town, room, wood, or any other a significant place that we have read about in one of our texts this semester and render it visually. You can compile stock images using Free Images, GIMP, Photoshop, or Flickr (just be sure to give credit where it’s due!), draw, paint, or even create a collage.

In 2-3 pages, explain why you chose this particular place, the technique you used to create your image, and what effect the transition into a visual medium has on the original description and text.

2. Create a scene from a TED Talk being given by a fictional character we have met this semester. Feel free to have your fictional character pontificating on their story, a specific key lesson in their life/experience, and their “essential truth” (what they may have learned), which has become the anchor of the TED Talk. TED Talks are usually limited to 18 minutes. Limit yourself to 3-5.

In 2-3 pages, explain how you created your script, why you chose the particular experience or examples you did, and how the Ted Talk may have allowed your character to understand himself/herself better.

3. Build a Pinterest page of at least 20 pins for a character of your choice. Search for pins that relate to your character and things that he or she would want to pin for himself/herself.  Invite your group to guess which character you picked!

In 2-3 pages, explain why you chose the pins for your character. What do your choices reveal to viewers about the character? How does your Pinterest enhance your understanding/reading of the character?

4. Create a “fake,” LinkedIn style resume for a fictional 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. Use the resume to then write a job application letter for the character. What are the character’s goals, why does s/he want the job, what can s/he contribute to the organization? Job positions, location, and companies/employer can be made up!  Use your creativity!

5. Create a Facebook profile for one of the characters we have met this semester using Fakebook. See, for example, Abraham Lincoln’s fake Facebook profile: Abraham Lincoln “Facebook”

Make sure what you create is coherent with the character’s textual representation and background. Write a 2-3 page analysis of what it might have meant for that character to use Facebook and what his or her use of social media might have been like if it existed in his/her time. Create screenshots of your Fakebook pages, save them, and provide a link to your work.

6. Use Google Maps to tell the story of one of the literary figures we have met this semester. The map by itself should tell a story. You will need to create a map under “My Places” and edit the map to add your locations. The story portions should be added to the descriptions in each location, use text, links, even pictures. In your blog post, use the link tool to embed and/or link to your map. For examples see: Google Lit Trips and We Tell Stories.

Write a 2-3 page description/explanation of your choices and how they impact the character/story.

Grading Rubric and Evaluation Guidelines (50% of grade):

 

Criteria	Poor QualityC to F range	Acceptable Quality B to C+ range	Good to Excellent QualityA to B+ range	Notes:Self-assessment for your work.
Technical aspects	Difficult to navigate, many links do not work; poor quality multimedia; no explanatory text/poorly written reflection with little analysis	Navigation is mostly intuitive; links checked for updates; reasonable quality multimedia; helpful addition of textual explanations and analysis in the reflection essay	Navigation is intuitive; links work; high quality multimedia; textual explanations insightful; reflection essay/analysis adds to understanding of character and original text
Design Aspects	Lacks basic design features: poor use of space, hard to read; multimedia irrelevant to “topic”	Organized and well designed: appropriate use of space, color, fonts; multimedia mostly relevant to the topic	Excellent use of online design features, imaginative use of space, color, fonts; multimedia enhances understanding of the topic
Reflective Practice/ Insights	Little or no evidence of reflection on the character under analysis; little alignment of project creation and original text; objects not related to the character/text or of poor quality; does not follow assignment instructions	Evidence of reflection on the relation between the multimedia and the character analysis; appropriate use of materials related to the topic; follows assignment instructions	Excellent evidence of thought, analysis, and reflection on the character, the original text, and its relation to the multimedia project; superior use of materials; follows assignment; enhances viewers understanding of the character and original text