This week we worked on a mashup in Humanities. A mashup is, "a collage of elements brought together in a meaningful way."
This mashup was definitely a challenging one. To be honest, I was completely clueless for the longest time how certain requirements for the project would fit together. But I think my work all flows together pretty well. It was definitely one of the more thought-provoking assignments we had this whole year. The first thing I decided to do was come up with my theme considering everything would be based around that. I decided that my theme would be solidarity/solitude and integrated patience in with the subtitle. The hardest part by far was having to go back to previous readings to find quotes and passages. I had no idea where to look but I eventually got it straightened out. After I got all the quotes, I looked at each of them and tried to connect it to things outside of the Humanities class. It wasn't hard to find motivational quotes about patience or solitude at ALL. Those things are everywhere. I found a lot of interesting pieces of media and pictures and songs, but I decided to include only a few pictures and a few song lyrics. I chose those pieces based on their connection to my theme and sub theme which was patience.
Once I got the class literature requirements out of the way, I decided to make this presentation unique and not just a PowerPoint or a word doc. I went to Prezi.com and I created sort of an interactive presentation that helps you organize your ideas and present them in a more fun way. Although the majority of my presentation was words quotes and my response to passages in the book, I really like all of the aspects I integrated into the mashup.However, it may take some going back through the presentation to understand some connections.
In the end I was fairly happy with my presentation, and extremely relieved when it was done.
Until next time,
Rachel.
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