Extra Credit
Due May 1
Submit your extra credit/sign up for an in-class presentation here: Extra Credit Submissions
If you are interested, you may create an audiovisual work discussing and presenting your research to date OR present your final research paper in class. The work could be an audio file (such as a podcast), a video (such as a remix or animation), or an in-class presentation. 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). These may be presented in class on May 8.
Possible ideas for A/V works 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 in which 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 Extra Credit Project
Examples of online services you may use to post A/V projects include:
Video:
Audio:
- ccMixter (for music; note: music must be licensed under a Creative Commons license
- Internet Archive
Image:
Tools and Tutorials
- Audio
- 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)
- Video Game / Animation
- Other
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