Project Proposal Guidelines

FYS93 Curriculum

Dr. David Shutkin

Proposal Guidelines

Your goal: to convince your readers (Dr. Shutkin and fellow classmates) that your project is germane to our explorations of the nexus of digital media and social justice and that you can complete it successfully and on time. (Not to exceed 1250 - 1750 words / 5-7 pages)

Please address the items described below:

Introduction

What is the topic of your project? Briefly describe the topic within the context of digital media and social juestice and your lived experiences.

Problem Statement

What is the problem that your topic responds to? Projects don't emerge from nothing. They arise out of a situation in which there is a need, a problem that must be solved. What needs, interests and prior knowledge form a foundation for your research topic? What connections do you make with other topics you know or study? Conversely, what "big" question or questions do you have about this topic? What do you want to know; what important content and concepts will you learn? What knowledge, skills, strategies and attitudes do you expect to gain?

What change will your project teach-in, intervention, event, engagement in the world, excursion (i.e. field trip).  We should read the website on Guerilla Art

1. How to be a Guerilla Artist « Keri Smith

   www.kerismith.com/popular-posts/how-to-be-a-guerilla-artist-2/‎ Guerilla art is a fun and insidious way of sharing your vision with the world. It is a method of art making which entails leaving anonymous art ...
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Annotated Bibliography  

Research the literature to determine the discursive boundaries of your topic within the field of curriculum studies. For this initial bibliography, include 7+/- references. Each reference is to be cited using an acceptable bibliographic style such as APA, Chicago or MLA. Beneath each reference, include a succinct summary of how and why each reference defines or describes the topic.  Also, situate each reference within the discursive field by discussing what the reference is about including the historical, political, cultural and/or economic perspectives it establishes.