Digital Story

This digital story is about love. It involves the love between a father and his child. It is a personal story to reflect the many memories I have made with my son over the two years of his life. I hope that it inspires people to cherish the small things in life and enjoy their loved ones.

I feel that I have applied the personalization principle by speaking in a conversational tone as typically delivered within an uplifting television commercial. I chose the words and visuals specifically to build a connection with the viewer in hopes that they can relate their own experiences with my own. Furthermore, as a product of my narration, I used my own voice (and standard accent) in a polite manner instead of a computer-generated voice to further support the personalization principle.

During this project, I learned that piecing a simple story together can be difficult. Selection of proper images was not as easy as I thought it would be. I struggled to find digital copies of some the images I wished to use so I was forced to improvise.

Multimedia Instruction

This assignment was both fun and rewarding. Although I did not have “instruction” to develop, I chose to create presentation material that I will be delivering over the coming weeks at my job. The presentation focuses on a new web-based training development template that I have built for use within the company. The template utilizes Flash ActionScript 3.0 and incorporates Web 2.0 functionality. I have modified my presentation for the purposes of this assignment by adding a learning objective and a “check for understanding” section to the end. In my real presentation I will probably not have these items. The attendees will be able to take the handouts with them.

Link:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18z-5dnXyWOcso9Y8GVO8KQVem6r0-mckg4ibkCq2oeU/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000

Historical Hysterical Podcast

Podcast Title: The Historical Hysterical Podcast w/ Mr. History

General Series Topic: U.S. and World History

Description: The “Historical Hysterical Podcast” is a U.S. and World History-based podcast intended for young learners exploring the associated topic. Each week a new U.S. or World Historical figure, event, location, or artifact will be explored. The premise of the show is that historical information will be presented in an unusual ways to encourage learner engagement and spark interest in the selected subject matter. The podcast serves to aid a teacher with an introduction to the historical figure or a fun review at the end. Content is delivered in a variety of ways through short segments on the show in hopes of retaining attention from young learners with shorter attention spans.

The pilot episode, concerning Abraham Lincoln, is formatted as follows:
• Opening Theme song
• Welcome and brief description of topic
• “Gettysburg Address” clip as read by Jeff Daniels
• Quiz a Celebrity segment (Celebrity Guest – Justin Bieber)
• Special Guest – “Rapping Dan the Fact Man” with an Abraham Lincoln rap verse
• “Auto-tune Your Teacher” with a local teacher discussing interesting/weird Abraham Lincoln facts
• Podcast review
• Closing Theme song

Download the Podcast at the following link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/tkgoam8bmnkkrzh/513-Podcast_mixdown.mp3