Project 5 Link

Here is the link to the blog that hosts Dave's and my final project of the semester:

http://morgantowndaily.blogspot.com/

Project 3 (linked)

Here's the link to project 3. I think it may have been missed.

http://gmschoolcraftproject3.blogspot.com/

In-class response 12-04-08

Dave and I will be working together again for the last project of the semester. We are creating a satirical, Onion-style publication based on made up or exaggerated events in Morgantown. I have already written a couple satirical stories, and Dave will also write to contribute to the actual text content. We will work together to create an effective, yet humorous front-page layout. We also aspire to create a publication Web site of some sort--this part of the project, however, is less mapped out at this point.

We thought this project would be appropriate because it creates a good sense of mixed reality. We will have a publication based upon a real place--Morgantown, W. Va.--and the publication itself will be a real, commonly used medium--the newspaper/Internet.

As with the Onion, the real names of University figures will be used, but the events will be very exaggerated or completely fictional.

I think this project will take a lot of creative effort, but I also think we will get a few laughs out of it--so it will all be worthwhile.