Due date: Sunday, 5/20, 11:55PM
This assignment has three parts:
1. Create a personal blog on www.wordpress.com. You can choose to use your name or an alias for your blog. You will use this blog to post most of your online assignments, so spend some time configuring it to your liking.
2. Create a new posting called “Introduction.” Your “Introduction” post should contain the following information:
- A general introduction (academic background and any interesting details you would like to share with the class, and, by extension, the general public). Feel free to use an alias or your first name only if you’re concerned about privacy. Just let me know offline what your alias is so that I can give you credit for this (and future) assignments.
- Tell me about your interest in narrative or storytelling. Are you a lifelong reader? An avid viewer of films?
- Tell me about your interest in media. Do you play video games? Work in the simulation industry? How comfortable are you in working with computers? Are you a casual or an experienced Internet user?
- Add a link from your blog back to this main blog. Name this link “Transmedia Course Hub.” You can add this link using the “Blogroll” link in the administrative control panel.
- You will be posting your blog’s link to our central wiki Web site so that all of our postings are interconnected. Link your blog to the “Student Blogs” sidebar in the right-hand panel of our Wiki.
3. Sign up for your group module presentation on http://transmedia.pbwiki.com/Group-Presentation-Schedule. Use your first initial and last name or an alias to claim your spot. Each team may have no more than two members. See the group module presentation assignment for details. See the course syllabus for the password to this Wiki (you’ll need this to edit the schedule and student blogs page). Edit the student blogs page to link to your newly created blog.
That’s it! Bookmark the course Wiki, this blog, and your personal blog. We’ll be accessing all of them throughout the course.
Grading Rubric (out of ten points):
__ /3 Introductory posting is complete
__ /3 Grammar and mechanics
__ /2 Student blog is created and linked from our course Wiki
__ /2 Group module is selected on the course Wiki
5 responses so far ↓
zuclinator // May 15, 2007 at 1:07 am
Professor McDaniel,
I am curious as to what the rquirements/expectations are for the modules we will be creating. What is the goal we are aiming for? Do you have a rubric developed for this task?
I am eager to begin generating ideas but I don’t know what direction to go.
Thanks,
Melissa
fil5810 // May 15, 2007 at 3:32 pm
Hi Melissa,
This is the number one concern so far! Never fear, detailed information about the module assignment is coming later today…
RM
richv // May 16, 2007 at 3:54 pm
It seems all the slots are filled for the GPM. I was hoping for module 7 . Let me know what I should do. Remember, this is all new stuff to me. Module 7 seemed the only thing not Greek to me. Help!
Richard V
fil5810 // May 16, 2007 at 5:57 pm
Hi Richard,
There are still three spots available for the first presentation slot (structuralism and post-structuralism). The bad news is that the topic isn’t as exotic as video games. The good news is that you’ll get done early!
RM
kineticsolace // May 18, 2007 at 4:57 pm
Richard,
I have been in digital media since 2002 and a lot of this is still Greek to me…lol. That’s one of the amazing things about this area – it’s so broad and vague and the people studying are just as broad within their own interests.