CSC 186 Digital Meda

Learn about the work of the "Spark Plugs" installment #1

Objectives

• Learn about the community development work of some of the "spark plugs"
• Develop questions to ask as follow-ups about this work
• Begin thinking about editing this digital video
  

• DekeHampton: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5353207/DekeHamptoncasestory6-2010.mov
  
• Bertie Salyer:http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5353207/BertieSalyercasestory6-2010.mov

• Watch each video, then respond to the following questions for each:
1. What community does this person live in and what type of community is it? (i.e.  rual/urban, large/small, type of industrial base, etc.)
   
2. What the the spark plug identify as the community's primary challenges?
3. Which issues improved for the community?
   
4. What were the primary strategies employed to bring about these changes?
• Imagine you are a community leader from another community which has similar challenges.
5. What broader issues in this spark plug's story catch your attention?
6. If you could meet personally with the community leader, what additonal questions would you want to ask?  Explain why you would ask these questions.
   

1. Make a Word document named yourusername-PA9. 
   
2. Watch each video again using the pause button frequently.  You will be marking down segments.   Note that segments which are too long and multifaceted will receive reduced credit.
   
3. For each video, mark each SMALL blocks of time as Useful or Not Useful for each and explain in a few sentences why.
   For example: Bertie Salyer: 0.0-0.48 Not useful--Bertie is being humble with audience, so this is unlikely to be of broader interest.
   
   (You should have the entire video divided up in these SMALL segments.)
   
4. Answer each of the 6 questions above thouroughly and reflectively using complete one or more paragraphs for each question.  Short answers demonstrating little reflection will recived little credit.