Final Reflection

Final Reflection Due:

12:00 - 12:50 class: Monday, December 6th between 2:00 and 4:30 pm
1:00 - 1:50 class: Friday, December 10th between 2:00 and 4:30 pm

Percentage: 10%

General Overview

Drawing on the entire semester, you will create a polished Final Reflection using Wakelet that builds on your Media Journal and other assignments to reflect on your own work throughout the semester, the course as a whole, and the Digital Humanities (and Critical Making) more broadly.

Assignment Breakdown

You will be writing a 750+ word reflection with at least 5 images. When you’re done, share your Collection (create a shareable link you’ll post in Scholar) and export to PDF (to submit via Scholar) by our Finals time slot.

Here are some questions to get you started (but feel free to reflect on anything about the course–and use your Media Journal to guide you!):

What does Digital Humanities mean to you now that you’ve taken this course? Did your definition change over time? Do you have a better understanding of the field?
How did the readings supplement your understanding of course content (or not!)? Were any of them particularly helpful? Why or why not?
What assignments/Media Journal prompts did you enjoy and/or struggle with? Why? Were they helpful in better understanding DH and its many complexities? Why or why not?
Do you think you’ve grown as a writer? As a reader? As a student? As a digital humanist?

As for the five images, think about what most represents this course and your interest in it. Think about how they fit in your narrative. Place them accordingly (so, integrate any images into the text).

What you should NOT do

Please don’t mention your grades. It’s not necessary and it puts you in a vulnerable spot. Instead, you can talk about how an assignment was difficult for you or how much fun you had doing a certain project. No grades. It’s just not worth it and it puts both of us in a weird position.
Please don’t quote my feedback. That’s something personal between the two of us. You can, however, talk about how my feedback was helpful as you moved forward or how you felt that you needed more guidance at a particular point.
This isn’t a rant or a time to gloat. If you had problems with the class, you can discuss why, but save a lot of that for your reviews of me and the course. You can be critical of readings, of course, and you can discuss frustrations, but please don’t, well, rant. On the other hand, if you loved a particular assignment or the course as a whole, that’s great (really great!), but think critically about it too. What worked for you and what didn’t?

Late Work

I will be subtracting 5 points for every day your assignment is late unless you’ve been been given an extension.

Evaluation Criteria

Follows instructions, meaning 750+ words with at least 5 images
Uses adequate textual evidence (direct quotations, summaries, paraphrased passages) from the readings and your Media Journal entries from the course
Thinks critically about the class, individual work, and the Digital Humanities more broadly
Organizes ideas – basically, the reflection should make sense as a whole rather than as bits and pieces (this departs from the Media Journal–rather, you are developing a narrative about the course, rather than just completing prompts)
Takes advantage of and customizes the Wakelet platform
Utilizes proper mechanics; style, sentence structure, and spelling promote coherence, clarity, and credibility
Cites appropriately – but yes, for the articles you link to directly, don’t worry about citations

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