collaborative project guidelines

One of the aims of this course has been to provide students a broad perspective on the idea of travel -- its hazards, its opportunities, and its varied meanings. The task in this group project is to consider your own lens for the travel you've been doing in London and the surrounding areas. Even those who have been to London before will, I hope, be able to reflect on the city in a new way through this experience.

The Project:
This collaborative, multi-modal project comprises a bulk of the work students will do during their stay in London. Its overall aim allows students to express their vision of the city using techniques employed by those authors we've read. Within small groups, students will digital scrapbook to record their experiences in London.

As you wander the city, whether in official field trips or on your own, make observations, take photos, and record notes. The content here is largely up to you, within the following parameters.

• cover at least 2 London neighborhoods (see list)
• select at least three of the following broad categories:
• history
• theatre
• the arts
• transportation
• the economy
• entertainment
• parks
• sport
• food
• social structure

Along with experiential elements of the travelogue, the project should include and properly cite necessary contextual research to support its claims. In other words, it should possess an clear aim (thesis) and structure rather than appear as simply a flurry of images. Please be sure to record sources in MLA formatting.

Requirements:
Component parts for this project include the following three elements, as described below:

• shared progress reports (2 @ 5 points)
• multi-modal presentation (10 points)
• written component/preface of travelogue (10 points)
• peer and self-evaluation (2 @ 2.5 = 5 points)

The progress reports, shared on the google drive with the members of the group and your instructor, will allow me to gauge the work you are doing along the way. Due dates for these will be Wednesdays, July 17, and July 24 by the end of class. We will spend some class time working in groups, but it is likely that you will also need to meet outside of class to complete the work. Details for these progress reports will be provided in class.

I recommend prezi or google presentation (not powerpoint) for the multi-modal presentation, which will be delivered to the class on the last day of class, 29 July 2019. Presentations should be at least 15 minutes in length, include the voices of each of the members of the group, and encourage questions at the end.

While the bulk of the travelogue will be visual, students will also prepare a collaboratively written preface to the travelogue, also due on 29 July 2019 at class time. This document will be submitted on turnitin.com. The preface should be at least 750 words and should offer insight into the visual argument that accompanies it.

The peer evaluations will be recorded in two parts: one, an in-class review (2.5 points) to assess the presentation as it is delivered, the other a self-evaluation by the members of each group (2.5 points), wherein peers indicate their own contributions to the project. The latter will be available on google as a survey.