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Human/Nature

Electronic Magazine Project


Due: Thurs. May 29
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The culminating project this term will be a group generated electronic
magazine. This project will allow you to demonstrate your development in
such areas as web design skills, writing and research abilities, and statistical
and data representation. The topic for each magazine will revolve around an
ongoing conflict between humans and the natural world. You have already
chosen both your groups (4! individuals" and the area you will look at in
depth.
#ere are some concrete steps and guidelines for the project.
$n order to accomplish this project it is absolutely essential to be organized, so
you should make a concerted effect to be conscientious and deliberate about
working together, defining your project, generating ideas, dividing up
responsibilities, and holding one another accountable. Teams should develop
standards for attendance and participation, i.e., a group contract. $n addition,
each member must take on specific roles and functions as they relate to the
creation of the electronic magazine. $f any member of a team does not follow the
agreements that are developed by the team or live up to his%her responsibilities,
the team has the right to ask this person to step down from the team (after
consultation with your mentor and myself" and that person will be responsible for
creating their own emagazine.
The team as a whole should discuss and decide overall format and organization
for the ezine. &ote that while it is instructive to employ the metaphor of a
traditional print magazine, an ezine is 'uite different( it is much more a graphical
medium, both in content and in the way it needs to be laid out) words an visuals
need to be in a nearly e'ual balance) it is automatically slightly interactive and
can be made more so) sound and dynamic visuals can be included) navigation
cues need to be more clear and%or self evident) links to nonauthored sources can
be very important. Things that need to be included in the design are(
* front or +cover, page
* consistent aesthetic design style and organized format
* +table of contents,
* rich array of appropriate visuals and graphics
* relevant numerical representation of the conflict
--.lease see attached Tenets of /ffective 0eb 1ite 2esign
*t least one feature article! from each mem"er of the team of at least 3444
words of original te5t (appro5. 4 doublespaced computer pages" drawing in
identified resources. (You will need to cite consistently, i.e. either 67* or *.*
format throughout." These articles should represent the voices of the key
stakeholders, vested interests, or constituents in the issue. Taken together8and
appropriately related to one another8these articles should address and cover the
different sides and arguments regarding the policy, practices and positions
relevant to the conflict that your group has selected. $n other words, all voices in
the conflict must be represented e'ually and fairly. $ would strong suggest that as
part of gathering information for your emagazine, the group interview at least
one key contact in the .ortland area that understand one or more stakeholders in
the conflict and this interview can be included in entirety on the website or
incorporated into one of the stakeholder positions. $f you need help finding these
sources, please consult either your mentor or myself. .
The team should also include numerical#statistical#graphical data critical to
understanding the conflict. This could include a variety of data sets and the
appropriate representation of this data in a variety of graphs as well as an
accompanying e5planation of this data. This could be presented as a separate
link%component or could be integrated into the feature +articles.,
The group also needs to include specific suggestions and actions necessary for
successful conflict resolution. $n other words, once you have considered all the
voices and interests in this conflict, how can this conflict be successfully resolved
so that all persons or groups will benefit9 :ecause of this comple5ity of the
issues you will be e5amining, you are not limited to offering up one suggested
course of action.
Possi"le additional components of the ezine might include (but are not limited
to"( reportage, opinion polls, interviews, book reviews, opinion pieces, editorials,
resource databases, annotated bibliographies, links to relevant and reputable web
sites, charts, maps, illustrations, graphs, statistics, historical studies, short fiction,
poetry, artwork, cartoons
The /;ines will be assessed along four major criteria(
2esign
<ontent
=eferenced 1ources
*ppropriate <redits
Design includes the following(
>unctional layout,
o ?ne which can be visually and easily grasped
o ?ne that can be readily navigated
<olors that work together to create the desired effect
/ffective use of space
*ttention to shapes and forms
$ontent includes the following(
$nformatively defines the issue from all relevant position and voices
$ncludes direct research gathered through a community link
.rovides a clear set of main ideas%issues related to the conflict
$ncludes critical information in appropriate numerical and%or graphical form
0ell structured and organized8cogent, coherent and logical
7inks to additional online sources
%eferenced &ources includes the following(
.rovides appropriates credits for outside authors and sources8in writing, for
numerical data, for images, for interviews@.
'ppropriate $redits includes the following(
$dentification of the authors of the ezine
<lear identification of individual contributions of members8writing, design,
organization etc.
(raded $omponents and )eighting:
$ndividual 0rite <ontribution AB
7ayout, <ontent, 2esign 3AB
(including numerical component"
.resentation of /6agazine AB
Croup *ssessment of
$ndividual 6embers 34B
>or e5amples of past electronic magazines, please check out the following websites.
http(%%monopause.yolasite.com%
http(%%coaltrains.weebly.com%
www.wi5.com%teresauv%thenuclearoption
http(%%floriselah.wi5.com%dairyfarming
atpargett.wi5.com%savingsealions

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