Monthly Archives: April 2013

Jenna’s Project Review

When I first heard about Jenna’s project idea I thought it was such an awesome concept. Battle Bites! a convenient and interesting way to present historical information to the public. She made two videos surrounding the Battle of Hastings, 1066.

I’m very impressed with the way to videos turned out. From the in-class presentation she was having a hard time with the production end of things, along with some decisions on how she wanted the video to look. I think the video works for the her younger target audience to present the information in a fun and interactive way. It even works for an older audience because it gets the most important information across without it being wordy.

Without further ado, I present Jenna’s  Battle Bites:

part 1 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcZYdl6HPe4

part 2 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tJ6WwasR10

Also, if you like her videos, follow her twitter account @BattleBites to get notifications about upcoming videos!

 

Final Project

So first I should apologize for the lack of content on the blog…I was bus working on the final project (as well as some other project for other classes). A reminder: my project was an online exhibit about the Scottish chapbooks in the Archival and Special Collection, University of Guelph Library. My section is on heroism; using the chapbooks as a tool to define the qualities of a hero and the difference between heros represented in the chapbooks and the superheroes in the comic books. IN a way this project is a comment on the change in literature and difference between them within the same theme. I wanted to have more than one heroic figure to include in the exploration but from the chapbooks I picked out, not all of them gave me the information I needed. The conclusion of the project: the qualities and definition of a hero is timeless throughout the changing style of literature.

 

You can look at the finished product at (my section = HEROISM: http://melissamcafee.omeka.net/exhibits/show/scotish-chapbooks

I hope the link works!