Project Proposal Rough Drafts (DUE Saturday 11/23 by 11:59pm to Drive): 500 – 750 words, every individual needs one (but you can include collaboratively written language if you’re in a group) Explanation of your topic and how it engages with the ideas and themes of WAM, and how is it building toward the course learning …
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WAM Student Showcase
Call for Proposals: Writing Across Media Fall 2019 Student Work Showcase Since the inception of Writing Across Media, students in the course have consistently created really interesting multimodal work. As a student, are you interested in sharing any of the digital and/or material work that you have created for WAM? The Center for Writing Studies is …
Tuesday 11/19
We’ll be looking at this text in class today: Camden Ostrander’s “Roscoe’s Wetsuit: Metamodern identity and Existentialism Surfing the Web Together in Donald Glover’s Because the Internet” How do you understand the concept of transmedia after reading through this piece? What is Ostrander’s argument about how Donald Glover plays with “metamodern identity”? And how does …
Remaining Mini-Project Prompts
Mini-Project Option 1: Working predominantly with the aural mode of communication, use various sounds to create a sense of place for the listener. For an example of what I’m talking about, check out this project from a past student: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1R2TR1gLe_bIEuPa_lgGzvrPAsTCgRug3 Your audio file should be at least 30 seconds in length. Once you’ve completed your …
Remaining Participation Blog Posts
Blog Post Option 1: Spend some more time listening to/watching/reading/exploring Because the Internet. You can find links to much of it on Camden Ostrander’s page (https://create.piktochart.com/output/26442353-metamodern-identity-and-existentialism-in-glovers-bti), but also do your own snooping on YouTube, social media, and the Google; for example, try searching the #roscoeswetsuit hashtag on the social media platform of your choice and …
Tuesday 11/12
If you want to give a presentation for 10 participation points, you need to let me know ASAP: we only have 4 class meetings left (plus a week of conferences). Participation Point Options: Optional Blog Post (DUE before class next Tuesday 11/19) Write a blog post (500 words minimum) in the style of the Memoir …
Thursday, 11/7
More participation points options: Optional Blog Post (DUE before class next Thursday 11/14) Write a blog post (500 words minimum) about the text that you brought to class today in which you discuss how the text fits into the larger themes of this unit and this course. What other texts does it speak to? How …
Thursday, October 31st
More participation point options: Optional Blog Post (DUE before class next Thursday 11/7) Choose a GIF and follow its provenance back as far as you can. Write a post (minimum 500 words) in which you discuss the GIF: how you use it, when you first remember seeing it, and what you found out about its …
Thursday, October 24th
More participation point options: Optional Blog Post (DUE before class next Thursday 10/31) Read/watch the University of Washington’s “Creating Accessible Videos” and write a post (minimum 500 words) in which you reflect on the process of making content accessible. If you were to make your own multimodal projects accessible, how would that add to the …
Tuesday, October 22nd
Unit Three Text Groups: Group One Group Two Group Three Group Four Group Five Sophia Anoushka Rohan Vandana Camille Brooke Molly Nicole Sean Hugh Becca Donald Gordon Jordyn Andrew Participation Points Options: Optional Blog Post (DUE before class next Tuesday 10/29): Watch Renegade Cut’s “Parasocial Relationships and Familiar Strangers” and write a post (minimum 500 …
WAM: Fall 2019 