Saturday, February 21, 2009

Multi-Genre Project

So far I have really enjoyed completing my multi-genre project. This project has caused me to reminisce about my past. I went back through a lot of the old books I used to read. I was a big fan of Chris van Allsburg's picture books as a child, so I have gone back and re-read a few of them. My all time favorite book by him was The Mysteries of Harris Burdick. It contained about fifteen pictures each with a little caption. I remember being so intrigued by this book that I would write my own stories to go along with the pictures.

Besides books, I have also gone through my collection of movies and found many of the movies that I would watch over and over again as a child. One such movie I stumbled across was an old animated Scooby Doo movie. I remember watching it countless times as a child. It was really great to see the movie again, and it brought back many memories! I have so far spent half the weekend watching old movies and T.V. shows. I watched a few episodes of one of my all time favorite shows as a child The Outer Limits. It was a scary show, and I can't believe I watched it as a four-year-old!

I am really enjoying going back through all my old favorite books, movies, music, and t.v. shows. I think that this would be a great project to assign to my future students. I think that they would have a good time reminiscing about their past, because I know I am!

2 comments:

  1. I agree with you completely about the Multi Genre Project because I have been going back into my past and reminiscing about books and movies I'd completely forgotten. It's actually a really fun experience. I stink at the whole technology aspect of it though. On another note, I think this would be a fabulous project to assign to high school students because it could show them exactly how much multi-modal literacies affect their lives, without them even knowing it. I definitely plan to incorporate some form of this project into my class in the future because it would also help us get to know our students better.

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  2. I am so glad to see that other people enjoyed this project as much as I did! Matt, I'm glad that you would like to use this project in your future classroom too. I think that we could show our own presentations to the class, and that would let the students in on our own personal lives. I don't think we got to see your project yet.... can't wait!!

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