What types of stories are you gong to tell?
The story that I will use throughout this process is an instructional story. This instructional piece will be one piece of an overall training unit for community college faculty that informs them about alternative assessment strategies for the classroom.
In which genre will I be writing?
I will be working with a faculty member since this project is by faculty for faculty. Part of the project will be completed through interview; however it will not appear to the audience that this technique is being used. The interview technique will be employed when I have the faculty member describe the results of the assessment strategy. Another part, where the faculty member will be describing the process of the assessment strategy, will be scripted when text is changed to audio. Observation will also be used in the classroom while the assessment strategy is being performed.
Why are you choosing these particular types of story to compose?
Instructional stories are the area that I will work with the most and I would like to practice in this format since I am new to instructional design.
What is your purpose of your stories?
The purpose of my story is to inform community college faculty in a concise but engaging way.
Who are your intended audiences for your stories?
My intended audience will be community college faculty of various ages, technical backgrounds and experience.
What is the method of focalization you will employ?
The method of focalization will be first person narrative with the first person being the faculty member I am working with to complete the learning segment or story.
How will your story be temporally arranged?
An overall picture of the assessment strategy will be presented first; a global view. Then the process will be presented sequentially. At the end of the story the global view will be presented again as reinforcement.
How will this story be shaped by media through each subsequent pass?
Media elements used will be digital photography, audio, and Camtasia outputting a Flash movie file to be distributed via a web site. Paper instructions will also be available for audience members can print out. I expect for the finished product to have little or no text at all except for the printed instructions.
What types of stories will you be producing for passes 2 through 4?
I will be using the same story throughout the assignment.
What do you anticipate the challenges will be in this project?
The challenges I anticipate are putting the overall, finished project together. I have a specific idea formulated on how I want to present the final product to my audience. I have never attempted something like this and I think time management is going to be something I will have to pay attention to.
I think one of your challenges here will be to maintain an interesting and lively tone when discussing concepts like assessment strategies (while important, they don’t always bring to mind vivid and exciting stories!) That being said, this is a wonderful idea and I’m looking forward to seeing how it develops. Your project is approved!