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An Apology for Audio Assignments in First-Year Writing Classrooms. Harley Ferris & Ryan Trauman University of Louisville 11 April 2013. Have you, yourself, ever produced an audio text?. Why? Why not? How’d that go?. Have you ever assigned an audio text in your class?.
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An Apology for Audio Assignments in First-Year Writing Classrooms Harley Ferris & Ryan Trauman University of Louisville 11 April 2013
Have you, yourself, ever produced an audio text? Why? Why not? How’d that go?
Have you ever assigned an audio text in your class? Why? Why not? How’d that go?
Why an audio assignment? Distribution. Necessary. Consumption.
Assignment Design Considerations Context, Outcomes, Resources
Context How does the assignment fit into the rest of your course?
Outcomes How does the assignment fit into the rest of your course?
Resources How does the assignment fit into the rest of your course?
Example Audio Assignment • Three Stages: • Preparation • Production • Distribution
Example Audio Assignment • Production • Stock elements • Scripts • Recording • Editing
Example Audio Assignment • Preparation • Topic drawn from other class work. • Genre awareness gleaned from examples. • Discussions of audio affordances.
Example Audio Assignment • Distribution • Soundcloud • Facebook • Twitter • Email
Resources www.newmediascholar.net