My final project will consist of audio, video, and newspaper text because I want this to be a communication style that is viewed as more than one literacy outreach. While the pictures will tell one story by themselves, they will also be explained in a greater detail by the text that will be used as a transition between these photos. My audience will primarily be my son but I am almost positive that once he views this gift, he will be so impressed at the outcome, he will want to take it to his high school basketball coach (they are still very close) and some of his “homies” he continues to stay in touch with, even though it seems as if these five guys went in different directions when it came to applying for college. The modalities I have used to bring this project together is a digital camera that captured these special moments, music CD’s to transfer the audio to my CD-R, a scanner to scan the newspaper articles and of course a computer that offers audio and video software capability that makes these various literacy styles come together.
I chose to compose individually for the simple fact that my subject matter is of interest only to my family; therefore I can place the order of things to accommodate my son’s interest. On another note, I am not using actual game action pictures of Tyler; I have decided to let the newspaper headlines speak of his abilities. On a second note, I am also incorporating pictures and articles that mention his academic skills and awards, as I wanted to make a reminder for Tyler of all the challenges he excelled at in a single school year!
My technology skills have always been quite amazing, especially to me. My first semester in college consisted of four courses, one of which was a computer applications course. I don’t know exactly what I thought our class would be doing, but I couldn’t even turn a computer on and off, much less anything else. By the end of the semester I had such an impressive grade, my instructor informed me that I did not have to take the final exam for that course! I have been on a role ever since, by that I mean that I am pretty adapt at discovering how computer software works, but I am still very hesitant at asking aloud for assistance. Is this procrastination, stubbornness, or intimidation? Fixing to drive to class. More later.