Before our next class, you should complete a strong draft of your podcast episode’s script. We will begin working on this during class today after we discuss arrangement and script style.
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Project 3, Details
Post a copy of your individual episode details memo into a comment to this blog entry. Remember: We will only work on Project 3 during class on Wednesday and we will cover the next two chapters in Miller during Monday’s class.
Project 3, Planning
Beginning in our last class, you held a discussion to plan your collaborative podcast series. The memo describing your plans should have been written collaboratively. Each class member should copy-and-paste the memo into a comment to this post to demonstrate that everyone had access to the document and contributed to it.
Beginning of Class Writing: Miller, Chapter 10, Transmedia Storytelling
During the first ten minutes of class, memorialize your reading of the Transmedia Storytelling chapter from Miller, and copy-and-paste your summary into a comment to this blog post. We will discuss the chapter and take a look at some of the examples that she mentions immediately afterwards before turning our attention back to Project 3.
Project 3, Planning
After everyone contributes to and is happy with the collaborative planning memo detailed in the step one of the assignment sheet, each student should copy-and-paste the memo into a comment on this blog post. Next week, we will pick up with each team member’s individual podcast episode.
Beginning of Class Writing: Miller, Chapter 9, Social Media and Storytelling
During the first ten minutes of class, write and edit your summary memo on chapter nine, “Social Media and Storytelling” from Miller’s Digital Storytelling. After you have had a chance to post your memo into the comments of this blog entry, we will discuss the chapter and look at some examples.
Project 2 Videos
Post a link to your YouTube Project 2 video into a comment on this blog post.
Beginning of Class Writing: Miller, Chapter 8, Your Audience
During the first ten minutes of class, write a summary memo focused on your reading of Chapter 8, “Your Audience” from Miller’s Digital Storytelling. We will discuss this after you have had a chance to write down your thoughts, and we will consider the questions raised by this chapter in regard to your current project.
Beginning of Class Writing: Chapter 7, Structure in Digital Storytelling
During the first ten minutes of today’s class, write a summary memo on the topics that stood out in your mind while reading Chapter 7, “Structure in Digital Storytelling” in Miller. There are rich descriptions of types of structures. Which of these can you think of examples of? We will discuss these after you’ve had a chance to write your memos and collect your thoughts.
Project 2, Execution Memo
During today’s class, begin writing a memo about your plan of action for filming and editing your YouTube video. Where do you plan to film? Who will be helping you? How will you be editing? We will reserve some time during our next class for me to help in any way needed to move your projects forward. Post your execution memo as a comment to this blog entry before our next class.