Media Journal

Media Journal (#1) Sunday, September 12th by 11:59 pm
Percentage: 5%

Media Journal (#2) Sunday, October 3rd by 11:59 pm
Percentage: 5%

Media Journal (#3) Sunday, October 24th by 11:59 pm
Percentage: 5%

Media Journal (#4) Sunday, November 14th by 11:59 pm
Percentage: 5%

Media Journal (#5) Friday, December 3rd by 11:59 pm
Percentage: 5%

Total: 25%

General Overview

You’ll be using Wakelet to create a media journal that catalogues our readings, in-class activities, etc. Most of what you write and produce for the Media Journal will be done during our class period, but there may be some points where I ask you to complete something outside of class. If you are unable to finish a Media Journal prompt in class, you will be responsible for completing it as homework.

This all means that, despite the lack of an official attendance policy, you’ll need to be in class to complete the activities. Except for excused absences, there will be no make-ups of in-class prompts for the Media Journal.

Your Media Journal will end up being a compilation of images, links, text, and who knows what else! It should NOT just be text.

Ultimately, you will be taking your Media Journal and my feedback throughout the semester and developing a polished Final Reflection. The more detailed you are in your Media Journal, then, the more prepared you’ll be for the Reflection.

How to Submit

In Wakelet, when you’re not editing (meaning, you’ve hit “Done”), you can find the shareable link by hitting the arrow button at the top of the page and changing visibility to “Unlisted.” Once your Wakelet Media Journal is Unlisted, you should see a link and an “Export as PDF” button appear. Please download the PDF and submit that to Scholar alongside the link. To be clear, you must submit both the PDF of your Media Journal AND the link to the Wakelet document you’ve created. This way, I can look at your Wakelet online and keep your current iteration of the Media Journal for my records.

Evaluation Criteria

Accurately follows guidelines for in-class and out-of-class prompts
Balances the use of media and text to catalogue the class
Takes advantage of and customizes the Wakelet platform
Thinks critically about the journal prompts instead of simply stating feelings or facts
Shows professionalism – i.e. that you took this assignment seriously
Utilizes proper mechanics; style, sentence structure, and spelling promote coherence, clarity, and credibility

Late Work

I will take 5 points off for every day the journal is late unless we’ve agreed upon an extension.

Resources

(Mostly Free) Screen Capture Software

How-to on Mac
How-to on Windows
Greenshot - free on Windows and $1.99 on Mac
TechSmith Capture - free for both Windows and Mac (but I haven’t tried it!)

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