Assignment 4 Details and Links

Bonus Credit

This bonus credit consists of an audiovisual work of your creation, and should be based on your prospectus. The work could be an audio file (such as a podcast or song), a video (such as a remix or animation), or a compelling image (such as a mindmap or photo montage). If an audio or video work, you should aim for a length of 3-5 minutes (there is 7 minute maximum). Content and presentation are much more important than length (a compelling 2-minute audio interview would be great).

Possible ideas include:

• An audio podcast or video interview with someone doing influential work related to your project
• A video medley and/or remix
• A podcast show where participants debate the topic
• A mindmap image that charts out a policy debate or domain
• A photo montage
• A short film
• A song or musical work drawing from various samples such as those on Freesound
• A song with lyrics
• A visualization, perhaps using Many Eyes

Uploading Your Work

Examples of online services you may use to post your work include:

Video:

• Youtube
• Internet Archive
• Google Video

Audio:

• ccMixter (for music; note: music must be licensed under a Creative Commons license
• Internet Archive

Image:

• Flickr

Tools and Tutorials

• Audio
  • Audacity (introduction tutorial, more FAQs and Tutorials)
• Video
  • Mac OS X: iMovie ([1]) or Final Cut
  • Windows: Avid FreeDV (tutorial)
• Screencast (Screencasting is taking a video of your computer desktop, while you manipulate it)
  • Screencast
  • List of screen recording software

• Video Game / Animation
  • Scratch
• Other
  • Mind Mapping Software

Examples of Finished Products

(some of these are more highly produced or effort-intensive than your projects need be, but they should give you a sense for what finished pieces look like)

• Mind Map of Democracy and the Internet by John Palfrey (partial snapshot)
• Interviews from Beyond Broadcast on Thoughtcast

Assignment Four Submissions

Post your submissions here: Assignment 4 Submissions