The freshman English class recently completed a digital memoir project entitled: Family Colors: Our Digital Memoirs. In the beginning of the project, students looked at different forms of memoir and then chose a person they would like to feature. This person, who is admired by the given student, was interviewed to preserve family history. The students then used their laptops to edit and compile a polished piece of video that would be shared with the interviewee. Students burned a copy of the video to give as a token of appreciation along with a hand-written thank-you note.
In a discussion that followed the project, students talked of the things they had learned from completing the project. Many stated they had not had a deep and meaningful conversation with their parents or role models in recent memory. Students also commented about how the process of communication has changed, mostly noting Facebook and text messaging as primary sources of communication with these role models. Even more, students talked of the value held within the discs: they truly had preserved the history of their loved ones.
A sample of the project can be seen by clicking the video below.
Rachael's Family Colors
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