Project 3 Assignment
For this project you will produce a website. We will have a class workshop teaching you an accessible software you may use to make websites, though you can make your website with whatever program you feel most comfortable with. You will need to use images and/or graphics and hyperlinks in order to make your website work effectively.
You may choose to do this project in pairs or individually.
Below are some suggestions for your website. If none of these fit what you would like to do, we can discuss other possibilities:
1. A website for a work dealing with digital cultural ecologies: a book, a film, a play, an album, a painting, a sculpture, etc.
2. A website to inform visitors about an aspect of digital cultural ecologies in our society.
3. A website that analyzes the ways in which digital cultural ecologies help us better understand a historical or current event.
4. A website that analyzes the ways in which digital cultural ecologies help us better understand a historical or pop culture figure.
5. A website that examines the concept of digital cultural ecologies and their relevance or lack thereof to our society.
6. A website that examines the ways in which digital cultural ecologies affect the way in which we consume a particular digital technology (Facebook, YouTube, texting, chatting, Tweeter, a particular video game or app, etc.).
Your site should be educational about whatever work, society, person, event, technology or concept you select and it should discuss how the subject of your site relates to digital cultural technologies throughout the site. You will want to provide a definition of digital cultural technologies in your About page. You will need to target it to a particular audience, such as college students, young children, the elderly or people from a certain profession or ethnicity. Once you select your audience group, you will target your information to their particular needs.
You will use a minimum of three sources. At least one of these should come from print (newspapers don’t count as print for our purposes) and one from the web. You are also welcome to interview experts in the field or people whose opinions are relevant to your topic. No matter how many interviews you do, they will count as one source. Since this is a website, you should take advantage of hyperlinking whenever possible when citing your sources.
The text on your website should be equivalent to 4-6 pages (1,400-2,200 words). You will also write a 1-2 page (300-600 words) reflection in which you explain the rhetorical choices you made in terms of educating your target audience about your selected topic.
The students who did not present with their Project 2 groups will present their websites to the class. The presentations will be less about content and more about your choices in crafting the site. You will have about five minutes to present your websites and three minutes to answer questions.
Keep in mind the concepts of ethos, pathos, logos and having a clear thesis that we have discussed in class, as well as audience awareness, tone and language. Remember to take into account what your audience knows about this topic and what their already established opinions are. As with project 2, visual rhetoric is a vital component of this assignment and you should display your knowledge of our class readings and discussions on the subject in your work.
Your first draft is due on Thursday, November 15. You will present the sites on Tuesday, November 20 and Tuesday, November 27. The final draft is due Tuesday, November 27. I will return work electronically. Everyone will receive their graded assignments within a week of turning them in, but not all at the same time. I will return them as I grade them, and I will grade them in the order that they reach my inbox at: [email protected].
A “C” project should:
• Meet all requirements of the assignment.
• Provide appropriate description so that your particular audience can understand the situations and issues involved.
• Have a thesis that follows logically from the body of the project.
• Control surface errors.
• Use MLA citation to document all sources.
A “B” project should do everything a “C” project does but should also:
• Show evidence that possible audience objections have been anticipated and responded to.
• Incorporate sources smoothly.
• Include an analysis that interrogates the experiences, observations and sources critically.
• Produce a logical, easy to navigate website structure.
An “A” project should do everything a “B” project does but should also:
• Arrive at a thesis that is original, insightful and sensible.
• Show a flair with language and visual rhetoric.
• Have a clear organizational strategy based on audience needs.
• Demonstrate an extensive understanding of the website genre’s particular characteristics.
You may choose to do this project in pairs or individually.
Below are some suggestions for your website. If none of these fit what you would like to do, we can discuss other possibilities:
1. A website for a work dealing with digital cultural ecologies: a book, a film, a play, an album, a painting, a sculpture, etc.
2. A website to inform visitors about an aspect of digital cultural ecologies in our society.
3. A website that analyzes the ways in which digital cultural ecologies help us better understand a historical or current event.
4. A website that analyzes the ways in which digital cultural ecologies help us better understand a historical or pop culture figure.
5. A website that examines the concept of digital cultural ecologies and their relevance or lack thereof to our society.
6. A website that examines the ways in which digital cultural ecologies affect the way in which we consume a particular digital technology (Facebook, YouTube, texting, chatting, Tweeter, a particular video game or app, etc.).
Your site should be educational about whatever work, society, person, event, technology or concept you select and it should discuss how the subject of your site relates to digital cultural technologies throughout the site. You will want to provide a definition of digital cultural technologies in your About page. You will need to target it to a particular audience, such as college students, young children, the elderly or people from a certain profession or ethnicity. Once you select your audience group, you will target your information to their particular needs.
You will use a minimum of three sources. At least one of these should come from print (newspapers don’t count as print for our purposes) and one from the web. You are also welcome to interview experts in the field or people whose opinions are relevant to your topic. No matter how many interviews you do, they will count as one source. Since this is a website, you should take advantage of hyperlinking whenever possible when citing your sources.
The text on your website should be equivalent to 4-6 pages (1,400-2,200 words). You will also write a 1-2 page (300-600 words) reflection in which you explain the rhetorical choices you made in terms of educating your target audience about your selected topic.
The students who did not present with their Project 2 groups will present their websites to the class. The presentations will be less about content and more about your choices in crafting the site. You will have about five minutes to present your websites and three minutes to answer questions.
Keep in mind the concepts of ethos, pathos, logos and having a clear thesis that we have discussed in class, as well as audience awareness, tone and language. Remember to take into account what your audience knows about this topic and what their already established opinions are. As with project 2, visual rhetoric is a vital component of this assignment and you should display your knowledge of our class readings and discussions on the subject in your work.
Your first draft is due on Thursday, November 15. You will present the sites on Tuesday, November 20 and Tuesday, November 27. The final draft is due Tuesday, November 27. I will return work electronically. Everyone will receive their graded assignments within a week of turning them in, but not all at the same time. I will return them as I grade them, and I will grade them in the order that they reach my inbox at: [email protected].
A “C” project should:
• Meet all requirements of the assignment.
• Provide appropriate description so that your particular audience can understand the situations and issues involved.
• Have a thesis that follows logically from the body of the project.
• Control surface errors.
• Use MLA citation to document all sources.
A “B” project should do everything a “C” project does but should also:
• Show evidence that possible audience objections have been anticipated and responded to.
• Incorporate sources smoothly.
• Include an analysis that interrogates the experiences, observations and sources critically.
• Produce a logical, easy to navigate website structure.
An “A” project should do everything a “B” project does but should also:
• Arrive at a thesis that is original, insightful and sensible.
• Show a flair with language and visual rhetoric.
• Have a clear organizational strategy based on audience needs.
• Demonstrate an extensive understanding of the website genre’s particular characteristics.