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Web Literacy Autobiography: Guidelines
Your generation has been called “digital natives” or “Generation Net” — computers and the Internet have been a much more ubiquitous part of your lives from the very beginning. How do you collaborate and build communities on the Web? How have you done so in the past? How will you do so in the future? What aspects of your identity are available online? Did you make a Web page when you were in middle school? How has the Web, and participation on online communities like Facebook, LiveJournal, or MySpace, shaped your life so far? How have you grown up (or not grown up) using the Internet?
This assignment asks you to assess your literate practices online and to present them on a Web page. It’s designed to help you think critically about how Web writing works, but also to help you explore and understand how to create Web writing.
Components
To complete the assignment and receive credit, you must:
- Assemble a collection of information related to your online life – pictures, links, media clips, and any other forms of media and writing you’d like.
- Write a narrative which explains and discusses your experiences using the Web and online communities from the first time you can remember to today.
- Combine the narrative with the collection of information and create a small Web site of at least three pages where you present your literacy narrative in a way that takes advantage of the Web as a medium. You’ll use technologies like Dreamweaver and Photoshop to create and publish your hypertext.
- Publish the site on your Niagara Web space and send the instructor a link.
You’ll have time to work on this assignment in class, but you’ll also have to spend some time out of class gathering information, writing, and composing.
Grading Criteria
The assignment will be graded on:
- How well you create a narrative which presents your experiences using the Web and participating in online communities. (50 points)
- How well you incorporate different types of media and links to outside sources into your narrative. (25 points)
- How creative you are in presenting your material in ways which take advantage of the Web as a medium and how well you create a small Web site which is usable and accessible to your readers. (50 points)
- How well you pay attention to conventions for Web writing and standard English usage. (25 points)
You’ll receive a grading rubric which explains how well you scored in each area. You can earn a maximum of 150 points for this assignment.
Due Dates
“Draft” of narrative due: September 20th
Project Link Due: End of Class on October 2nd