To prepare for writing Project #1:
- If you haven’t already, register for an OpenLab account and join our Learning Community site, Ways of Seeing (Fall 2015).
- From the OpenLab home page, click on People to see OpenLab members
- Browse through, looking at the avatars.
- Without reading anything about the person, choose an avatar of a member of the OpenLab that you think says something about the person.
- Still without reading anything about the person, what do you understand about them based on their avatar? If you click on the avatar, you will see a larger version—but be careful not to read the member’s details yet!
- In a post:
- Make a list of what you observe when you look at the avatar.
- Make a list of the interpretations you make about the details you observe.
- Write a paragraph about how you interpret the avatar.
- Now finally read about the member. Can you confirm or correct any of your interpretations or inferences? Do you think that the avatar does not represent them accurately? Add a few sentences to answer these questions.
- Submit your post by Monday, 9/7.
- Reply to at least 3 classmates’ posts by Wednesday, 9/9 at 9:00am, offering feedback about the avatars they have chosen to write about—do you see an alternative reading they haven’t thought of? Are their details they haven’t contemplated enough?
- Choose your avatar if you haven’t already before Wednesday, 9/9, so you can write about it in your brainstorm and outline.
- Bring your brainstorm and outline to class on Wednesday, 9/9. It can be printed or handwritten.
