14 October 2009
Podcast assignment 2009
Create a 7-10 minute podcast on a Canadian topic that you find interesting. This could be anything from your take on our Ottawa experience, an interesting event in the history of Canada, Canada/US relations, or even your favourite Canadian band, writer, or hockey team. The sky is the limit!
Your goal is to create an interesting podcast that will pique your audience's interest in the topic. For it to be engaging, you need, of course, to have an argument or hook of some kind that will make people want to listen to what you have to say. You can do research if you like and, if you wish, you can incorporate images and audio clips. You could even create a video podcast if you like. If including research or audio and video clips that you have not created yourself, make sure to tell your audience where you got that material. If using copyrighted music, use a clip of less than thirty seconds rather than an entire song.
It's also important to think about your delivery of your content. A successful podcast will be one in which you are relaxed and clear, while not seeming overly rehearsed or sounding like you're reading directly from the page. Let your personality come through. Have fun, too, with the medium. There are all sorts of things you can do to make your podcast different from those of everyone else.
To hear last year's student podcasts, you can find them all on our blog under the "Assignments" tab.
PODCASTS ARE DUE NO LATER THAN 11/4.
WHEN YOU'RE FINISHED, SEND YOUR FILE TO ME VIA THE UVM FILE TRANSFER SERVICE
Group blog assignment 2009
As you know, each of your groups is focusing on one region of Canada and your group will be creating a blog where you will share with the rest of the class (and the world!) all that you’ve learned about this area.
Each week, your group will be responsible for a blog posting that will encompass text, images, and, if you wish, audio or video. Your goal over the course of the semester is to share with the class as much as you can learn about your particular region. While you might have blog postings about things that are happening in the news in that region or some cool links or information that you’ve discovered about that area, the biggest posting of the week will revolve around one of the following themes:
- the Canadian election and the major issues affecting your region
- the history of your region
- the geography of your region
- An author from your region
- A musical artist or group from that region
- A town or city from that region
- A newspaper from your region
- Issues affecting First Nations people in your region
- A book about your region from the library
- A movie or TV series from that region (NOT a US film or TV series filmed in Canada)
All of your blog postings should contain text and images and each should be a minimum of 250 words. I’ll also be expecting to see you using a variety of types sources. The Internet might work for some of these, but I expect you to use the library as well.
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