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Project #2: Multi-modal Literacy Narrative For this project , we
will do Assignment Option 1: Literacy Narrative (458-460) from
chapter 3 of Writingabout Writing , but with a twist. I want you to
use some of your visual, audio, and digital literacies to create
amulti-modal project, or a project that not only uses print
literacy but also visual, digital, audio, etc. Thepreferred method
would be to create something digital using the available
technologies. I dont, however,
want to limit visual and audio literacies to digital texts, so
you are open to use your creativity and ingenuity tocreate a
multimodal project using any number of materials, but your project
has to accomplish the objectives ofthis project in a way that is
appropriate for the writing situation. The assignments objectives
are to get youthink and write about literacy in new and different
ways.
Option 1 : How is YOUR acquisition of literacy dependent upon
social, economic and material access? How doyour particular
literacies shape and inform your political stance, career choice,
life goals? How does the valueof literacies change and adapt to
technological, economic and cultural forces? You'll need to be able
to examineyour own literacy history and then make generalizations
about your history to say something new aboutliteracy, access,
technology, etc.
Option 2 : Use this as an opportunity to reflect on how literacy
is changing in a networked culture in whichmeaning and texts are
increasingly mediated through technology, the computer screen,
mobile phone, ipad,etc. What has the culture of the screen changed
about the kinds of literacies and skills we value? How havemediums,
applications, and technologies changed the way we communicate with
each other? What sorts ofconflicts occurs between academic cultures
and internet cultures as a result of conflicting values about
literacy?
Whether you choose option 1 or 2, your final product should be
shaped and informed by the readings wedo for the class.
This project allows for a lot of freedom when it comes to the
genres you might use, but, as always, you need to
take into account the particular objectives of the assignment. A
highly valued goal in this assignment is sayingsomething new about
literacy by engaging with the concepts in the readings of the
textbook, your ownexperiences, or changes in technology and culture
in general. You might consider the following options foryour
project: a web-text, a web-site (probably built and designed using
free sites online), a video presentationcomplete with script and
handouts that present your research findings, a multimodal pamphlet
or brochure(using good design principles and multiple visual
texts), or a physical display (needs to be polished andprofessional
looking), a screencast video or animation, etc. Feel free to come
up with your own idea, but keepyour purpose in mind.
What Ill be looking for
A creative use of different media, materials, or technology to
make an argument about literacy. Thiscould be using a free web-site
builder, a blog, or screencast. But could also be non-digital: a
collage orpamplet.
Demonstrate awareness and engagement with the concepts from the
Writing About Writing chapter onliteracy: sponsorship, access, the
effects of economic forces on literacy, the idea of multiple
literacies,the idea that literacy means something different to
different groups.
An original 'argument' which positions itself with this
engagement and attempts to say something new
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about literacy/literacy technologies.
An awareness of the different affordances of particular media.
What can an Xtranormal animation or aPrezi presentation do that an
essay can't?
Important Dates:
Lab Time: 6/4, 6/6, 6/11
Final Product due: 6/12 via email, flashdrive, cd rom, physical
copy, etc.
Project Resources
The following applications represent a variety of free resources
for digital multimodal composition. Thislist is not exhaustive,
however, and groups might find alternate multimodal tools and media
to work with.
Website/Blog Presentation Video/Animation Wordpress Blogger
Google Sites Weebly
Prezi Empressr
XtraNormal Vimeo Youtube Editor OverStream
Screencast/Capture Digital Audio Writing Jing Screenr
Screencast-o-Matic
Avery Myna Audacity
Wikia Google Docs Wikispaces Zoho Writer
Additionally, digital video cameras, digital still cameras, and
digital audio recorders may be borrowedfrom the Curriculum and
Technology Center (McCracken 215) for no charge. The request form
can befound online at
http://www.cehs.ohio.edu/centers-partnerships/centers/ct/request.htm
and requiresthe instructors signature to avoid fees.
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