Individual Project Proposal

My digital literacy project will be a narration of what the K-12 school of the future will look like in western culture. The current mode for our educational system was created at the end of the 19th century. Schools were designed to provide students with a sufficient educational foundation to deal with the demands of a job. Today, our culture is constantly changing technically and our schools will also need to be able to do the same to produce educated professionals to compete in a global market.

The project will first document the history of the educational process in our schools starting around the end of the 19th century and how “literacy” has changed over time. The project will then focus on what the school of future will look like. I believe the concepts and terminology (remediation, genre, discourse community, immediacy, etc.,) in class will be address through out the project.

I will be using Adobe Presenter (formerly Breeze) to present my project. I have never used this software before, so I feel this will increase my digital literacy. I will first compose a PowerPoint presentation and write a script to accompany the presentation. I may use a video camera to tape interviews; however, I am not sure if I will need the camera at this point.

The timeline for this project will be approximately one month. I will be learning Adobe Presenter as the project progresses, therefore that process may complicate sticking to a timeline. I first will conduct extensive research and interview Dr. Joanne Avery at Anderson School District Four regarding the “Inside out School” project she is co-charring. The next step will be able to navigate Adobe Presenter. I will then compile the PowerPoint presentation and compile the narration to accompany the slides. These will be put together for the final presentation. The final step will be to draft the reflection paper.