Here
I will offer three assignments or projects, drawing upon the notion
of interconnectivity.
Although the reader may not fully understand these projects, s/he
should know that these projects serve as a progression: in the first
project, students describe themselves in their own words, prior to
any instruction or facilitation. The second project requires the students
to develop their identities on the web using metaphor and Greg Ulmer's
popcycle, which "refers to the relationship among the central
Educational institutions of society--Family, Entertainment, School
(K-12), and Discipline (the specialized fields of knowledge). Each
institution has a discourse that operates by its own logic, form,
and means of proof. For some individuals Family might be replaced
by Street, or Entertainment might be replaced by Church" ("Deconstructing
the Family Album," p. 277). The third project deals with Giorgio
Agamben's non-identities
or singularities and requires the students to explore their identities
outside of everything they have done previously in the semester.