IN-CLASS REMEDIATION PROJECT

We have been discussing remix/remediation, and the ways it can change modify, highlight, and enhance various meanings of a text (alter the texts rhetorical situation). For your fourth project you will be remediating one of your previous projects into a Movie Poster. However, before tackling your own text, we are going to practice by remediating other texts. ICONIC TEXTS Declaration of Independence 10 Commandments Bill of Rights I Have a Dream Romeo & Juliet Harry Potter Avatar If youve got another idea of a familiar text to remediate, just ask me about it. ALTERNATIVE MEDIA Twitter Music Playlist Facebook Profile Text Message Chat Power Point Jingle Catch Phrase Resume

For Example: The Declaration of Independence as a tweet @tommyj1776 All men R cre8ed =. Taxation w/o rep blows. Suck it Britannia #democracyrocks. Instructions: In pairs or groups of 3, remediate (translate) any of the above texts into any of the listed media. Remediation involves reinterpretation, so feel free to make creative and editorial choices. If you choose to remediate into tweets or text messages, remediate at least 3 texts. At the end of class we will share our remediations with one another, so post your final result to Blackboard. After your group has completed your remediation you will complete a Blackboard journal discussing the following: o How and why did you chose to remediate your text(s) the way you did? o What editorial choices did you make and why? o Does your remediation alter the meaning of the original text, and if so, how?