Final Digital Project: Slam Poetry Example

Week Seven: Visual Essay

Throughout this semester, we've spoken a lot about access points. This visual essay outlines numerous access points facing our students while creating a degree of personification for these access points.

In general, this assignment linked very well to the CI 5472 (Media) class I am taking this spring. The importance and impact of pictures in our visually driven society should not be overlooked in the classroom. This visual essay would allow students an opportunity to utilize technology and examine media theories. Additionally, this assignment could also be a great way to introduce critical theories- On sites like 'Flickr', what titles have been given to certain pictures? What assumptions are being made in these image titles? Visual essays would be a great incorporation of a new literacy while incorporating a degree of novelty in the English classroom.