The first week's reading assignment is to complete 1/3 of your assigned book. You do not need to create or respond to anything about the text - yet! This week's Make Cycle is basically to play around with "makes."
For our first “Make Cycle,” experiment with a creative way to re-introduce yourself to our community by making and sharing something that represents you and your beliefs about any aspect of your identity. Of course, you are welcome to take as your focus ethnic, cultural, or racial identity.
All media are acceptable: drawing, blogging, sculpture, photography, collage, podcast, video, etc.
The deadline for your submission is Sunday, January 8th.
Please consider what the tool you use to introduce yourself will tell us about you and your interests, and if you choose to make something offline, please don’t forget to post an image of it to Bayan Winter Book Club.
Create as many as you wish! I'll post my samples Remember, your purpose is to reintroduce yourself to our community. We are your audience, so you may be relatively informal, but remember, we are a college community, so
If you would like to view a few mentor makes, please visit the CLMOOC Make Bank,which showcases introductions made using a variety of tools that allowed the creators to introduce themselves in unique ways.
Some possibilities:
- Make a self-portrait: draw, paint, or photograph yourself (Picassohead, AKVIS Sketch)
- Record a podcast (GarageBand, Audacity)
- Make a video (Videolicious, Magisto, Animoto)
- Create a collage (PicCollage, BeFunky, ClipStitch)
- Make a slideshow (Haiku Deck, SlideStory, slide.ly)
I challenge (basically, assign) you to make something and share your reading reflections as well as respond to each other's posts. Developing a community is an important part of the experience, and we encourage you to further connect by commenting on the introductions created by others. Let's motivate and inspire each other as we explore, discuss, and “make” with us!
