Meme

What?
Our group chose to explore the ridiculous hilarity of Chuck Norris and his larger-than-life persona. We spent of hours of research, scouring the internet to find facts and video that supported the Meme. What we unearthed was a gold mine full of media and information that helped us compile a successful Meme video. We integrated online applications to help download videos, Garageband for voice narration and iMovie to help piece the final project together. It was certainly a very tedious project but it was another good way to incorporate various mac-based applications and many different forms of multimedia.

So What?
To me, I think what could really be taken away from this project is the value of collecting and incorporating outside sources into individual presentations. I think many of us cringe when we hear that we have to use secondary sources in a paper but I believe we do ourselves a disservice by not “doing our homework” and mastering the content that we are intended to learn. This project proves that we would have had little, quality substance in our piece if we did not include other sources.

Now What?
In the classroom I think we could really show students the value of employing quality secondary sources in their paper or projects. A project like this could be a fun, alternative way to show them the importance of including outside sources in their work. I would hope this discipline could encourage students to see the value of using secondary sources in other assignments that may be written or oral.