This course emphasizes project-based learning. Project-based learning involves the creative and critical integration of topics (concepts, ideas, approaches, questions, etc.) dealt with and skills attained in the course within your own work.
Class members are encouraged to develop their projects over the course of the semester by meeting a number of milestones at set dates. These projects make take the form of a wiki-based presentation, a film documentary (some project film archives (Vorotan, Southern Romania, the First Baptist Church project, peripatetic video footage) are available), an integrated GIS presentation, a Flash presentation (workshops are available) or a classic paper-based essay (after all, we all have to write!).
- Set up wiki pages (by February 2)
- Describe your interests and layout thoughts on what your main project might be (by February 16)
- Project proposals (deadline is March 9: to be submitted on the wiki)
- Shared peer-to-peer responses (comment on each other’s work on the wiki)
- Collaborative resource building (we will generate a class archive with an extended bibliography concerning archaeology in the ‘Information Age’ which will be generated from your projects)
- 15min presentations of final projects (May 11)
In addition to the main project, class members will produce two micro-projects to be chosen from the following selections:
- A weblog entry (to be published with archaeolog.org or philolog.org)
- A photographic ‘portfolio’ (Flash gallery, Wiki presentation, photo essay or series of photoblog entries at archaeography.com)
- A mixed media presentation (Flash-based)
- A film short
- A GIS map or 3-D simulation
These micro-projects are due March 16 and April 13.
Assessment breakdown:
- class participation = 30%,
- final project = 40%
- micro projects = 15% each.
