Education

Sample Assignment: Education

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A Story in Motion (Lauren Gluck, Spring 2014)

Project Type: Digital Memoir / Literacy Narrative

Submitted by: Julie Vu

Class: EDSE 40213

Time Commitment: 3 – 5 weeks

Difficulty: Intermediate – best suited for teachers and students who have some experience with the programs and tools.

Assignment description

The objective of this assignment is to write an essay regarding a significant literacy event that helped define you as a reader, writer, learner and/or lover of language. Your critical reflections about this specific narrative experience will turn your essay into a meaningful digital memoir. In this essay, you are to consider how this experience meant a great deal to you because it either taught you something about literacy or it connected to one of your identities. While using this essay as the base of your project you will then make a video to visually tell your story. Your themes will vary depending on the subject and how you edit your film. Overall, the goal in this assignment is to the expand the definition of what counts as valued communication while also challenging students to work with multiple modes and media to communicate the intended meaning.

Necessary tools

  • Personal Computer with either Final Cut X, Movie Maker or iMovie.
  • Still Camera
  • Video Camera
  • Voice recording device

Downloadable assignment materials

Additional student sample

Moment of Clarity John Roberts, Spring 2014