» Project 1 Instructions page (updated) & Design Guide (initial)
R 7/24 Studio Project Workshop: Analysis & Support; Composition Review
* Materials (outline/draft) prepared for peer critique/feedback.
Also: webtext design (layout) & troubleshooting; composing apps/sites (test)
→ Before & After Class: Discuss (Q&A) in Comments below (optional / participation credit)
» Develop Project (draft, site in-progress)
- → Consult Design Guide + try apps/sites (for image/video)
Optional: Blog Entry (extra credit)
F 7/25 Due: Project 1 — site in-progress (by start of class)
Studio Project Workshop: Webtext Design
Activity: peer feedback & troubleshooting
— Focus: effective arrangement (pages, text+media, links)
+ digital rhetoric (composing, audience, effects)
» Project 1 Due (by midnight, unless requesting extension based on progress)
suggested apps / sites for Project 1 media work
» Image Editing:
Pixlr
** Pixlr Grabber (extension) — image capture
Jing Project — capture & annotate screen images
» Screen capture & recording for video:
SnagIt (Chrome Extension)
Screenr
EZVid * recommended
CamStudio
— check others / similar on this page
More coming soon — please post suggestions as well!
» Besides screen capture images/recordings,
other media to include as illustration & examples?
— audio (songs, sound FX, clips/quotes); video (media clips/scenes); animation (GIFs!); illustrations/graphics; reference materials (e.g. documents, charts, graphs)
→ Remember, use combination of “found” and original/edited media forms, variety of examples…
optional (creating your own GIFs):
— email reply to student’s question/s
Self-expression is definitely an area to consider, especially the significance and implications for much of our social activities and media.
Maybe think about this in relation to network rhetoric, but concerning digital culture […].
Did you review the 5-part definition of “participatory culture” in the first readings from Jenkins & Co. (7÷9 and 7/14 articles), as I mentioned?
This project links everything we’ve been discussing, starting from here and connecting the technology/network/media and social activities (plus questions of creativity and institutions, for example):
the goal is to propose a new understanding, particularly insights about rhetoric, beyond simply “consuming” or “multiplying” or “spreading” media.
Think about what you’ve observed and discussed (and practiced!): what is missed by oversimplifications like these, or dismissals of “screen culture” (and us practitioners!), especially by institutions like school or traditional media companies?
— email reply to student’s question/s
as critical (academic, analytic) discussion: propose new idea/s — as Jack said, “perceptions and understandings” that change as result of contemporary conditions and developments…
I wouldn’t suggest starting with a thesis/overall idea. Rather, maybe try what I instructed in class: review your examples (and observations/notes); connect them with key concepts and terms.
Grouping into topics — linking (and omitting?) key concepts — is a good start for outline, to then plug in your examples (culture genres, social activities, media forms) for illustration as support.
Keep in mind our main focus and major issues: digital media, participatory culture, public pedagogy, network rhetoric
Is it possible to use a website like http://www.webs.com, or maybe even a prezi type presentation? I’m going to use the blog I have but maybe for other people. Or even a YouTube video, with a slide of text titles (adding up to the 1000 word count) with their media examples built into it? I’ve done that before for a 2500 word count paper once and used media examples and it completely worked. Just an idea for people who may be stuck.
I am requesting an extension to buff out unnecessary summaries and polish analytical discussion.