Continuing from my last post, Dr. Takayoshi asked us to practice what she preaches and create a multimodal work to show to our students (e.g., an example of how to do multimodal work, something that ties into a multimodal assignment, or an introduction to our class). Also, it should be 4 minutes in length.
As much as I didn’t want to do something of this magnitude in one day, this assignment did help me crystallize my thoughts regarding the first writing class that I’ll teach in the Fall at KSU. I decided to go with the theme, “Science Fiction and Your World.” I’m going to assign my students a number of SF short stories and secondary readings to begin discussions about contemporary issues, which will lead into their writing assignments. I found a nice anthology edited by Orson Scott Card that I’m going to assign, which is titled, Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Twentieth Century. I wouldn’t say that it’s the best anthology out there, but it has a number of enjoyable and topical stories that I believe my students will enjoy.
After deciding my course’s theme, I storyboarded an introductory video that’s a campy informative mix. It’s just over 4 minutes long, and available on YouTube. However, you can watch it here:
Dynamic Subspace 