What I want to do:
The idea that seems to speak to me the most, as far as a final project, is the idea of FLASH POETRY, or animated poetry as it is often called. I think that creating my own poetry and experimenting with Flash and/or Macromedia would be a great use of my time.
Future implications:
Using this in the classroom, as an introduction to a Poetry Unit of some sort, or introducing multimedia presentations/projects to students would be invaluable.
Foreseen problems:
I'm not really sure how to go about doing this. There seems to be no "one" way to produce and edit flash poetry. Perhaps it can be done in iMovie, but again, not sure. One resource I have yet to check out is my brother; art-wiz that he is, he might have some pointers for me. I've looked at A LOT of examples online, but I'm still a bit fuzzy on the "how-to's."
4 comments:
It's an interesting idea for your project. I see a couple possibilities building on your idea of working with your own poetry and moving it toward flash poetry.
1. You could do some analysis of the poetics of existing flash poetry and impact of these added dimensions. Here you're thinking about the implications for a shift in literacy.
2. You could think about how the study of flash poetry and/or the composition of flash poetry might be integrated in the classroom.
Flash poetry gets its name from the idea that it is composed in Macromedia Flash, which is a multimedia authoring tool.
You might consider doing something related with iMovie, which would be simpler in technical terms and could end up being interesting as well.
Thanks a lot for the suggestions! I'll keep thinking about it!
I agree with Alex Dawn about the possibilities here..and I think you should team up with Danielle--have you seen her blog recently?
I have an interesting article for you--well, chapter in a book. I'll get it out.
Dawn,
I've never even heard of Flash poetry, so I think this sounds great. Can't wait to see what happens...
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