ETEC 540- Rip.Mix.Feed Project
This project was my very favourite part of this course. I not only enjoyed creating my own project, but I also enjoyed having the opportunity to explore all of the submissions of my classmates as well. It is amazing to me how we all read the same list of criteria and project expectations and yet we came up with very diverse submissions. I really wanted to create a multimedia presentation that drew upon a number of major learning areas for me and I am very pleased with my end result.
I have included this project as an artifact of my own learning for a number of reasons. In order to create the website that I used as a delivery platform for my project, I had to first create a short video production that I wanted to use as the basis for the project. This was the first time that I created a website project with the intention of building a dynamic resource that I could continue to add to in the future as I learned more about the topic. Since the time at which I submitted this assignment in ETEC 540, I have added a number of resources to the list of copyright friendly image sources, as well as a TEDtalk that was suggested to me by a classmate after she viewed my site. Completing this project helped me to better understand the power of collaborative thinking. Even though this was not a group project, the feedback and constructive criticism that I received from my classmates helped to shape and strengthen my project. Looking back now, I wish that I had included an element within the website that would allow the viewers to contribute their own knowledge as a means to enhance the information presented on the site. This would allow the site to become a ‘living’ resource that could be used by others who are seeking information on this topic. Below you will find my forum post and a link to my project website.
I have included this project as an artifact of my own learning for a number of reasons. In order to create the website that I used as a delivery platform for my project, I had to first create a short video production that I wanted to use as the basis for the project. This was the first time that I created a website project with the intention of building a dynamic resource that I could continue to add to in the future as I learned more about the topic. Since the time at which I submitted this assignment in ETEC 540, I have added a number of resources to the list of copyright friendly image sources, as well as a TEDtalk that was suggested to me by a classmate after she viewed my site. Completing this project helped me to better understand the power of collaborative thinking. Even though this was not a group project, the feedback and constructive criticism that I received from my classmates helped to shape and strengthen my project. Looking back now, I wish that I had included an element within the website that would allow the viewers to contribute their own knowledge as a means to enhance the information presented on the site. This would allow the site to become a ‘living’ resource that could be used by others who are seeking information on this topic. Below you will find my forum post and a link to my project website.
My Motivation:
In some of my other MET courses I have created interactive web pages as a part of group assignments, but I have not yet attempted to create one entirely on my own. Based on the content of the course and our focus on the affordances of hypertext and the internet, I was motivated to create a multimedia presentation for my Rip.Mix.Feed assignment instead of using one tool in isolation. There were so many directions that I wanted to take with this reflective task, that I needed more than one outlet to express myself. An additional source of motivation was the fact that I would like to create an interactive web site based learning module for use with my own students in the future and I thought that trying out my idea here would be an ideal experience to prepare me for that endeavour.
What I have attempted to achieve:
In this project, I have attempted to build an interactive website that allows my readers/viewers to peruse the available information and then take their own individual path through the posted, linked, and embedded materials. The open website format complete with hypertext links to external websites allows site visitors to skim over the parts that marginally interest them, while digging more deeply into the areas that are of greater interest. I also wanted to bring in a range of concepts from our studies and use them to evaluate my selected theme which is ‘old becomes new.’
The Affordances:
As mentioned above, the affordances that a website has to offer has allowed me to produce a multimedia project including a wide variety of resources within it. I have included a video that I created using Windows Movie Maker to act as both a hook and an explanation of my inspiration. I used hypertext to provide links to other web based resources, and I also embedded an audio file that served as a source for some of my research. In addition to this, I used the web tool ToonDoo.com to create a simple comic to reiterate my running theme. Simply because I am more comfortable and familiar with weebly.com, that is the web design site that I selected. I had originally considered simply making a list of bookmarked sites using delicious.com, but I felt that it did not encompass enough of my learning.
Potential Drawbacks:
Being that my website based project is quite expansive, viewers may not take the time to travel very deeply into the website. I have tried to keep the site quite minimalistic, only adding in the necessary navigation to lead the site visitors through four main areas; 1.) home- a brief introduction and welcome, 2.) the song (my project catalyst), 3.) copyright and the Creative Commons, and 4.) my learning connections. Being that the internet is a constantly changing entity, there is the potential that some of my links may no longer be active (hopefully not in such a short time from the creation of the site to its publication). The website format may also not appeal to all viewers who would prefer to view the presentation through just one mode.
In some of my other MET courses I have created interactive web pages as a part of group assignments, but I have not yet attempted to create one entirely on my own. Based on the content of the course and our focus on the affordances of hypertext and the internet, I was motivated to create a multimedia presentation for my Rip.Mix.Feed assignment instead of using one tool in isolation. There were so many directions that I wanted to take with this reflective task, that I needed more than one outlet to express myself. An additional source of motivation was the fact that I would like to create an interactive web site based learning module for use with my own students in the future and I thought that trying out my idea here would be an ideal experience to prepare me for that endeavour.
What I have attempted to achieve:
In this project, I have attempted to build an interactive website that allows my readers/viewers to peruse the available information and then take their own individual path through the posted, linked, and embedded materials. The open website format complete with hypertext links to external websites allows site visitors to skim over the parts that marginally interest them, while digging more deeply into the areas that are of greater interest. I also wanted to bring in a range of concepts from our studies and use them to evaluate my selected theme which is ‘old becomes new.’
The Affordances:
As mentioned above, the affordances that a website has to offer has allowed me to produce a multimedia project including a wide variety of resources within it. I have included a video that I created using Windows Movie Maker to act as both a hook and an explanation of my inspiration. I used hypertext to provide links to other web based resources, and I also embedded an audio file that served as a source for some of my research. In addition to this, I used the web tool ToonDoo.com to create a simple comic to reiterate my running theme. Simply because I am more comfortable and familiar with weebly.com, that is the web design site that I selected. I had originally considered simply making a list of bookmarked sites using delicious.com, but I felt that it did not encompass enough of my learning.
Potential Drawbacks:
Being that my website based project is quite expansive, viewers may not take the time to travel very deeply into the website. I have tried to keep the site quite minimalistic, only adding in the necessary navigation to lead the site visitors through four main areas; 1.) home- a brief introduction and welcome, 2.) the song (my project catalyst), 3.) copyright and the Creative Commons, and 4.) my learning connections. Being that the internet is a constantly changing entity, there is the potential that some of my links may no longer be active (hopefully not in such a short time from the creation of the site to its publication). The website format may also not appeal to all viewers who would prefer to view the presentation through just one mode.
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