Our Babies Health by Laura Felix
- Indicate what assessment/evaluation traits you selected and why (in other words, what's your rationale as a critic of these stories?)
- Story – This is a digital story so story should be the most important.
- Content Understanding – If the person is taking a stance or educating, I want to know that they know what they’re talking about.
- Originality, Voice, Creativity – I am interested in how these stories use creativity to help our generation stay engaged.
- The extent to which these traits are successfully present and utilized in the given stories
- Story – I felt like this digital story was quite powerful. You can tell that she is emotional about the situation and is worried for her son’s future. She tells the story well from beginning to end and transitions into the issue of insurance well.
- Content Understanding – The author seemed to understand the content well because it is her own life. I can’t tell how much she knew about the legislation of healthcare coverage. I couldn’t tell when this video was created so I don’t know if it was before or after Obamacare. This situation might be completely different now.
- Originality, Voice, Creativity – This seemed quite straightforward. It was a simple slideshow with voiceover. It wasn’t over the top creative. My favorite part was voice though. I could hear her emotion through the video. She was genuinely worried and wanted the legislation to change so that she didn’t have to worry all the time. I wasn’t sure what her financial or employment situation was from the video but it seemed like she had low income regardless. I felt for her which is important in these videos.
- What these traits fail to capture about the selected story (that is, what other characteristics of the story are noteworthy, and why?)
- I think this story should go into more depth about current legislation and what the author wants the viewers to do. It seems like many of these digital stories are persuasive. I feel like the author could have done a better job of convincing me to go do something about insurance coverage or vote for certain political candidates in order to make insurance coverage better for all.
- Based upon your trait evaluation, what modifications and changes to this digital story might improve aspects of narrative, production, media usage, and/or audience engagement?
- I think the video could stand to be a little bit longer. I don’t often say that because time is usually very important. However, I think the author could have done a couple of interviews of other people who have been in similar situations. She may even have presented a different viewpoint and tried to play devil’s advocate on herself. Either way I think a better persuasion to her viewpoint would have been felt by the viewer.
- I think the video could stand to be a little bit longer. I don’t often say that because time is usually very important. However, I think the author could have done a couple of interviews of other people who have been in similar situations. She may even have presented a different viewpoint and tried to play devil’s advocate on herself. Either way I think a better persuasion to her viewpoint would have been felt by the viewer.