My Fulbright Journey
- 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 – He has a really great story. It tells the story of how he is able to go to school in the United States when it was previously out of reach. I was worried when he said that he is going to go back to Indonesia. It seems like the US was good to him with providing a scholarship and living expenses while he’s here. It would be nice if he would stay in the states and bring his innovations to this country instead of taking them back to somewhere else.
- Content Understanding – He understands the content well. I know he understands the scholarship and the opportunity that he has been given.
- Originality, Voice, Creativity – It is original because I haven’t heard of this scholarship before. He not only does a voiceover but he involves his wife who also gives her point of view. I’m not sure it’s the most creative presentation but it definitely gets the point across.
- What these traits fail to capture about the selected story (that is, what other characteristics of the story are noteworthy, and why?)
- I think the personal interview is important. Having his wife’s commentary added to the story because we could get her perspective on what they left behind in Indonesia. It was a sacrifice for both of them to come here.
- 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?
- The voice was quite hard to understand in some parts. I think it is a pro and a con. We know that he isn’t from the US, however sometimes it’s hard to understand. Maybe he should consider using more words on the screen so it is easier to understand.
- The voice was quite hard to understand in some parts. I think it is a pro and a con. We know that he isn’t from the US, however sometimes it’s hard to understand. Maybe he should consider using more words on the screen so it is easier to understand.