We were able to get a lot done today as far as planning and organizing our project. We had decided on several pictures (from Flickr) in class that we thought conveyed some of the complexities of the key word "Identity". We decided to narrow those down to five photos which we will post on some forums, asking the public for their response/reactions to them. As of now we will use Facebook, Naver, Youtube, (sorry Vicky and Crystal I didn't get the names of the sites you guys mentioned! Possibly a comment with those if you see this?). So far, we have our Youtube video (thanks Komal!), and have a general idea of individual tasks/how we will split up the work.
We thought it would be interesting and useful to get opinions from individuals outside of our group,the class, the state, even the country. We will compare those photo comments to our own ideas of what the photos may signify. We are hoping to get some new insights, and maybe some that greatly contrast our own. It will be interesting to see how responses vary based on the forum we use. Will we even get any responses? Will people have the attention span to sit through our 40 second (or so) Youtube video, let alone take the time to comment? There are some concerns and technical issues, but I think that this whole process is worth noting.
We will be making the Facebook group soon (which we will each be assigned to, allowing us to "invite" people to share opinions about the photos). We hope to meet again soon to talk about each individual picture and hopefully tie together some key concepts and ideas we have discussed in class.