Remediating argument and research (500 points or 50% of total grade)
The purpose of this series of assignments is to develop your understanding of the impact evolving technologies have on writing, research, and argumentation through investigating an important issue concerning writing and technology; you are to discover and evaluate material that you then incorporate into the creation of a researched, multimodal argument (a video mashup).
Sharing the project |
On your Weebly site, you will need to create an "Argument and Research" tab, on which you will write your mini-cover memo that details and reflects on your efforts within this series of assignments.
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You Tube
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This assignment requires you to set up and execute several discussions on different message boards such as those that are part of a You Tube video.
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Annotated Bibliography |
Here you will gather together sources into a single page on your website, providing proper citations, summaries of the arguments, and thoughtful commentaries for each entry.
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the video mash-up |
This assignment will require you to produce a short video that is composed of multiple "found" videos, which you will re-purpose into an argument that employs several rhetorical strategies.
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