One measure of success for college students is how well they can adapt to new situations, tackle challenges, and be creative problem solvers. The final video assignment addresses this exact topic and asks students to create a problem-solution "argument." You should be attempting to prove a specific thesis and use specific evidence as support; the more detailed and creative you can be, the stronger your argument will be and the more interesting your video will be.
Your video should have 5 distinct components: 1) describing the problem, 2) exploring possible outcomes and proposing the best solution(s), 3)providing useful information about resources on campus that students can access in dealing with the problem, 4) ample research, interviews, quotes from readings, facts, or other evidence to support both the description of the problem and the proposal of the solution(s), and 5) using creativity to engage your audience.
First, choose a common problem faced by first-year students. It can span any aspect of university life and experience, from living away from home to roommate problems to underage drinking to study habits, college-level work, and procrastination to failing classes or oversleeping to getting a bad professor to changing your major or thinking critically or creatively. Think about a topic that would be unique, interesting to you, and one that you could get a lot of information about. You can also use the readings, topics, and critical questions from this course as a starting point for brainstorming innovative video content.
In order to illustrate the problem clearly and creatively, make a skit using either actors on video or drawings or pictures with captions or comic "bubbles" or some other creative medium. Use your imagination in this section, and make it entertaining (and perhaps humorous). **Remember the example I showed you at midterm where a student staged a commuter being pulled over for speeding.**
Then explore some possible solutions and offer your suggestions for what could be done to alleviate this situation, either after it happens or how to prevent it in the future or both. This part should demonstrate some deep thinking into the causes and effects and "why is this important?"
As previously noted, make sure you include some research (cited, of course) from books, websites, pamphlets from campus offices, and/or interviews. Also, be sure to note the resources that are available on campus to help students deal with these types of problems.
Length = 5-6 minutes
3 Topic Proposals Due: Thurs Nov 14
First Drafts due on blogs: Tues Nov 26-Thurs Dec 10 (you will sign up for viewing dates during this time period)
Final Drafts due on blogs: Sat Dec 14
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