Keeping in Touch

Hi Everyone,

The final project has been taking a lot of my time.I have been mucking around some sites like machinima.com,jumpcut.com,and also youtube.Trying my best to put this video together.I am still having some problems especialy with the animation part.I am doing my video clip on motherhood .If anyone has any suggestions please don't hesitate to hepl me out.One question does the video has to look like the two samples that Dr. Knobel posted? Kate

Saturday Assignment

Good evening ladies,

Our assignment that is due Saturday, does anyone know what time the assignment is due on saturday??

Wanted to share a great blog!!

Dear Ladies,

My godsister who i used to called "carrie in nj" now "carrie (nef) in ny" she finally moved to city this has lauched an online magazine and store, and has decided to add a blog to her website when you get a change CHECK IT OUT... citychickmag.com you can also check out her other blog at nefertitionline.com...


Enjoy...

Memes

In Chapter 7, memes are described as living structures within the brain. There have been many debates whether or not memes are real or just conceptual. I tend to agree with the sociological point of view - that we are influenced by family, friends, school, government, etc. I believe our interactions with all of these factors affects our decision making and the spread of ideas. I find it difficult to believe that there may be a "meme gene" that causes us to spread ideas. I think trying to find a scientifically based reason for something that seems inexplicable sounds great in theory. So I was wondering which perspective people choose to agree with with regards to memes (biological, psychological, or sociological)??

Quick Question

Hello Everyone!

I have to say those two videos, "The French Democracy” and Konoha Memory Book are very good. I am feeling a little nervous! I think we should have effort as part of our criteria. Anyhow, my question is regarding a last minute touch I might add to my video. I was mucking around with alice.org, which was fun but time consuming. I was wondering if there is a way you should save this file. I do not think it works in Movie Makers even if you save it as a wmv. Just wondering if anyone had any thoughts.

Thanks!
Nancy

PS I hope nobody is FREAKING OUT yet! (I am...a little) =)

My Voicethread is finally available!!!!

I just spent the last hour trying to make my Voicethread public and I finally did it. It is really frustrating to make so many attempts and fail, but when you suceed it feels great. Check out my thread and listen to the author introduce his book.

http://voicethread.com/share/260588/

Developing criteria for assessing your final project

Assessing new literacy practices is something that has not received much attention in the published literature on new literacies. We will use your own final project--a movie and two companion papers--as practice in developing relevant assessment criteria for a complex project. Below is a list of possible assessment criteria--much of it still very broad and general. Use the comments function to add to this list, to critique my suggestions and refine them more, and so on. The final set of criteria developed here will be used to evaluate your respective final projects.

(a) Digital video relates to your identity in some conceptual way. This is much more than simply stringing together a series of pictures of things that you like.
(b) Movie artifact includes multiple edits (e.g., multiple clips stitched together, appropriate added effects, careful synchronization between moving images and music as relevant/appropriate)
(c) Digital video effectively acts as a stand-alone narrative that is readily interpreted by viewers
(d) Movie artifact meets widely-accepted general technical evaluation criteria for amateur movie-making at the hobbyist level (e.g., “The French Democracy” at http://www.machinima.com/films.php?id=1407 is a good benchmark for machinima; Konoha Memory Book available via youtube.com/user/maguma is a good benchmark for AMV)
(e) The one-page synopsis of your digital video explicitly identifies how this video pertains to some aspect your identity. This text is an academic text and is highly likely to need a bibliography.
(f) The 2-3 page discussion and analysis of the extent to which your digital video meets (or doesn’t meet, or goes well beyond) key indicators for a chosen grade level in the writing and viewing/media literacy dimension of the NJ Language Arts Literacy Core Curriculum Standards (or other set of relevant standards) is included.