1. Multimodal Literacy Narrative (Scannell) — I like that this narrative has “interviews” with her parents, even thought the wording and sound was off due to Skype probably. However, the length of this piece was pretty long. I thought the flow and organization was well done, but by the end it seemed somewhat repetitive (yes we understand she’s an awesome writer… since she’s been four). I think what was said in class was pretty accurate; it would have been more fun to have her say what she is doing now (large gap between third grade and college).
2. Digital Literacy Narrative (Andfull) — Honestly I did not really like this narrative. It was odd that she had a film background for a topic on children books. Also, she really could have made simple improvements, which would have really helped her narrative (like finding larger pictures of the books, I could even do that super easily & rerecording the speaking portions and finding something more creative to say about them). Easy topic and could have done A LOT more with it.
3. Words, Magic (Truaman) — Even though this did not have video editing or digital supplements, this was my favorite narrative we watched in class. The guy was personable and was able to connect with audiences through his story about the girl, Elise. I liked how raw this narrative was. Sometimes I am far more trusting of something that seems raw and unedited just for that reason; nothing is being edited out or staged. I understand that is not the point to our narrative, but I still like this style, even though I will not be able to use it.
4. Digital Literacy Narrative (Peyton) — This narrative was alright. Clever idea to use his cell phone and texting to show examples, but kind of defeated the purpose because it was blurring (even though he used captions, it did not deliver the same impact). He had a moral to his narrative; however, throughout the whole thing I was wondering…Dude, does your computer not have Spell Check?
5. Literacy Narrative (Wooten) — As far as a more DIGITAL narrative goes, this one was my favorite. There was just background music for auditory engagement (I think he could have picked a better choice for the pictures). I really liked how simple this clip was; the pictures tell a story with brief, humorous captions. It was simple and funny : ) my kind of narrative. I would like to do something similar, but I’m not good at delivering humor.
CRITERIA: I’m not entirely sure on how to evaluate these texts (lucky thing about me not being the teacher! : ) haha!) Umm I think for the sake of our class we need to grade on two major components: content (message, target audience, purpose, etc.) and deliverance (editing, digital emphasis/usage, overall visual appeal). That’s really all I can think up.
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