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Final Exam Topic: This Exam consists of two parts:
I. 75% You will design a MySpace page for Gregor Samsa. This page will be replete with visual effects, but must also contain a minimum of 800 words (this does not include listed items such as “favorite songs,” but rather I’m looking for some paragraphs). You might accomplish this in the “About Me” paragraph, or by inventing friends who you can link to your myspace page to post comments about Gregor, or by creating a blog with journal entries (customizing your page as a blog is a feature available through your profile).
II. 25% You must post your MySpace link to the designated Gworks “Exam 3” Blog NO LATER THAN Sunday, December 9th at 11:59 p.m. E.T. Additionally, to receive full credit for this exam, you must visit and post extended comments to THREE of your peers’ MySpace exam links; these posts must be completed by Sunday, December 16th at 11:59 p.m. E.T.
This assignment requires research and thought, and some technical savvy. For example, notice that you will list some of Gregor’s favorite films and hobbies, as well as his religious and sexual orientation. Don’t simply do a Google search on “Existentialism and Movies” – rather, put some real thought into Gregor’s identity and what he would enjoy. Feel free to “invent” his religious and sexual orientation based on impressions you got of him from Kafka’s text. The writing you add to your MySpace page should explain some of the choices made. Anyone visiting your page should gain some basic knowledge of Gregor Samsa AND of Existentialism as a philosophy. Gregor should be presented as a real person, not as a character from Kafka’s Metamorphosis.
With regard to technical issues, I have provided some links below to help customize your MySpace page. Do not procastinate; as you have five weeks to complete this webpage I expect to see great things, not a basic template. Don’t panic if you have never used MySpace—this is a challenge to your computer literacy skills, but you have adequate time and resources to learn the basics and produce a quality page, and you will ultimately gain confidence when you see your accomplishments.
There are no restrictions for this project. Feel free to download images off the internet, link songs from other pages, upload photos you’ve taken, invent film and music titles, invent Gregor’s lifestyle, etc. You may also contact your group members for feedback.
http://www.myspacezor.com/
http://www.modmyspace.com/
http://lifehacker.com/software/css/customize-your-myspace-layout-150531.php
http://www.minutecity.com/
2 comments:
Hi,
I felt a great sense of sadness and depression within Gregor when I visited your page. He was indeed a very lonely person who ultimately had no one in his corner. His transformation was just too much for his family to bear and they abandoned him. Sending him to the circus was very innovative on your part, I love that idea! There he can blend right in with others who were snubbed from society. Great page!
- Sha-Keida
Hey Dave, or should I say Gregor?
Oh Well...
I really enjoyed reading your Christmas List.
I hope u got what u asked for!
A Female Goliath Beetle! =] They beautiful and u won't feel lonely no more.
and by the way have a Happy new year!!!!
Lu!sa...
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