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Each of our processes started with searching for media that related to our corresponding topics. Justin and Jerusha both spent time looking for video clips to add to the page. Justin discovered that it is an entirely different process analyzing a video as opposed to analyzing a text. There are so many more aspects of a performance to discuss (camera angles, lighting, set design, performance, etc.). | Each of our processes started with searching for media that related to our corresponding topics. Justin and Jerusha both spent time looking for video clips to add to the page. Justin discovered that it is an entirely different process analyzing a video as opposed to analyzing a text. There are so many more aspects of a performance to discuss (camera angles, lighting, set design, performance, etc.). | ||
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| + | In her research, Jerusha found that many artists in the music industry have identified with the tone and message of Eliot's poetry, specifically that which is found in ''The Waste Land.'' Though becoming familiar with Wiki took awhile, she found it was a lot of fun once she figured out how to code and embed links and videos into the wiki document. Though this research and this project was different than any that she had previously done, she enjoyed the challenge and the opportunity to explore multimedia aspects of ''The Waste Land'' and the influence it has had across media. | ||
Miranda researched authors who were influenced by T.S. Eliot. She found that so many modernist poets and authors had been influenced by Eliot and especially ''The Waste Land''. She researched these authors and found out about the different works they had written, as well as their links to Eliot. She learned that ''The Waste Land'' has been interpreted in so many different ways, but it has a significant meaning to all who read it. Creating a web page rather than writing a paper allowed for more creativity and personality to be included in the project with the use of pictures, embedding links, video, etc. Challenges that Miranda faced were mostly due to her lack of computer knowledge, and especially her lack of Mac experience. But by exploring the wiki and asking lots of questions, she was able to figure everything out and found out that computers can be really fun! This kind of work is very different from a normal humanities class, seeing how most humanities classes would have papers instead of creating wiki pages. The researching was similar to a normal humanities class but presenting it on the wiki page made the project much more interesting and fun. | Miranda researched authors who were influenced by T.S. Eliot. She found that so many modernist poets and authors had been influenced by Eliot and especially ''The Waste Land''. She researched these authors and found out about the different works they had written, as well as their links to Eliot. She learned that ''The Waste Land'' has been interpreted in so many different ways, but it has a significant meaning to all who read it. Creating a web page rather than writing a paper allowed for more creativity and personality to be included in the project with the use of pictures, embedding links, video, etc. Challenges that Miranda faced were mostly due to her lack of computer knowledge, and especially her lack of Mac experience. But by exploring the wiki and asking lots of questions, she was able to figure everything out and found out that computers can be really fun! This kind of work is very different from a normal humanities class, seeing how most humanities classes would have papers instead of creating wiki pages. The researching was similar to a normal humanities class but presenting it on the wiki page made the project much more interesting and fun. | ||
