(Re)Making the Poem
(Re)Visioning and Inventing Ourselves and the World
The Goal
Your goal is to re-see your journey of self poem in order to transform the ideas into a new mode or new piece of writing. When we change a written text into a new medium or mix it with new ideas, we are able to create new ideas to share with the world. Could your poem be re-imagined into a different genre? Digital mediums reach wide audiences--podcasts, digital stories. Artistic modes like collage and graphic representations give greater meaning to the words on the page.
The Process
Extend your understanding of the writing process by designing and making something new. How do the writing process and the design process align? What thinking processes as a creator do both require? As a result of re-making your poem, what do you now understand about yourself as a writer?
No-Tech Options
Looking for a hands-on making option with no technology involved? Checkout the resources in our symbaloo for one-page representations, multi-genre, and blackout poetry.
Medium-Tech Options
Feeling a little tech-y? How about blogging your poem, creating a digital text using Adobe Spark or embedding some media with Sway.
High-Tech Options
Produce your poem as a multi-media podcast and publish it on Sound Cloud, use a digital storytelling app to create an ebook, or illuminate an idea in your poem by creating a paper circuit.
Criteria
Your re-made poem will be evaluated based on the following criteria:
- Thoughtful and innovative use of selected medium
- Application of multimedia elements to enhance the poem's meaning
- Recognizable consideration for audience and awareness of purpose
- Conventions and style enhance the poem when published for a wider audience