Government restrictions and Music

Dillon's assignment is about Government restrictions within society. The purpose is to tell people about the crazy restrictions that the government is putting on society and how it is affecting society. He is using a powerpoint to help display his topic more effectively. He is going to use a video in his powerpoint that explains restrictions on society. He meets all the necessary criteria that is needed to have this video within his powerpoint.

Clint's multimodal project is about drums and their impact on music. The purpose is to tell people about drums and their ability to transform music and any given song. He is using a website named Vimeo to show to the class a pre-recorded video of him talking about the instrument. He is going to use the video to effectively explain how drums work and their impacts on the music industry and music throughout history. He meets all the requirements for the project and his video is going to be nice and professional quality.

Raising Awareness on Societal Issues

Kate's Project:

Kate's website focuses on how to spot cults and if cults are trying to recruit you or your family. Because of this, it has a targeted audience or a general audience as well and is made available to all people. Her images are not copy righted. She is still working on the look of the website and deleting some of the text because there is a lot. 

Nicole's Project: 

Nicole's brochure focuses on getting the word out or persuading readers of the brochure to donate money to help find a cure for ALS. The design of the brochure is coming along, but still not fully done. She is not found all the photos she wants to use because copyrighted photos are causing problems, but she does have one picture and it is attributed correctly and she could use it. She has never made a brochure before so she is still trying to figure out the whole format aspect. Other than that she has a good start on it. 

Tyler's Project:

Tyler is planning on doing a Pecha Kucha presentation. For now, he plans on introducing his theme and then showing the class the Pecha Kucha which will identify obesity as a problem in America. He said the greatest difficulty with this project is going to be finding photos he can use for the Pecha Kucha without interfering with Copy Right rules.

The Way People Think: Mindsets in Modern Society

Mary-I have done a lot of work on my project. I decided to do a website, and I’m really liking how it’s turning out. I have pictures already on there, all of which are my own so I don’t have to worry about copyright issues. I have also added lots information that will be good for my site. The only thing I have left to do is make a couple links.

Nick-I have an outline of my project done as well as most of the information done. I am doing a hand illustrated magazine/publication of sorts. I still have to add some detail to the final project and make sure everything is working properly. 

Myriah-I have made my website and have started adding information. I’m still working on it, adding pictures and checking the grammar and everything like that. My goal is to make it a very informative website, so I’m spending a lot of time making sure everything is correct and accurate.

The Modern Day Brain Child

Christine-I have set up my own blog on Wordpress.com called Cookies of My Brain and I have posted about three times to get used to the format. I have added links to my sidebar and my next couple of posts will be about those links and how they are important to me. At the end of this project I will make a five minute video explaining how to set up and maintain a blog and also how to add links to your favorite pages.
Samantha-I have started my website and am currently looking for links to add. I have two pages currently and may add more. I am having trouble finding pictures of children due to the parental consent.

The Challenges of Today's Youth

Cory- My presentation is a movie maker about Internet Addiction Awareness. It is almost ment to be humorous but it is a serious topic. My audience is whoever wants to watch it and learn a small piece of information about Internet Addiction. I took all the pictures in it myself. Hope you enjoy it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vms4TrAgIhk
Kyle- I have my website up and editting it now. I am adding nutrional facts and going to add more recipes and ideas for parents to help fight childhood obesity. My pictures have come from flickr and using webs.com to create my website.
Brook- I have finished my video and credits. I did some minor editing to make things run more smoothly. My main concern right was cutting out all the small things that contribute to the length of the video that I can go without.
http://youtu.be/zOY10h_OD4E

First Peer Review on Multimodal Project

Today during class, your peer review group will meet to determine where everyone is so far on their project and to commit to a title for your panel presentation. Each group should respond to this post with the title of its panel, along with one sentence for each individual student's presentation that describes its focus and its format.

Multimodal Project: What is your tentative plan?

In 250 words, write what you are thinking about doing for your multimodal project. You might want to mention your topic, what aspect of your previous research you will focus on, what the purpose of your message will be, who you see as your audience, the types of platforms that you are considering using and why, and what ideas you have for creating in that platform. This is just a starting point for discussion and planning. If you have questions or concerns--and probably everyone does at this stage--include them in your post.