In our contact session this week, we each bought 5 concepts to discuss ahead of our concept presentation next week. Before the session was rescheduled due to the public holiday, we thought we might not get a chance to get input from our classmates before the assessment was due. So, in a small group, a few of us collaborated on a Google Doc with our 5 ideas to help garner feedback.
Both approaches had their pros and cons. The benefit of discussing ideas online was being able to take the time to absorb the idea and think about it and give feedback later. I also got more detailed feedback through this process. The benefit of discussing in person was being able to have a conversation about the idea and have more "well what if I change this or do that" conversations. The main downside I found from discussing in class was idea fatigue. Two groups, five people, five ideas each equals listening to forty ideas and talking about my five ideas twice - that's a lot of information! It may have worked better if we either had fewer ideas to present (e.g. 3) or one group to discuss with but was still a worthwhile exercise.
Here are my five ideas and the feedback I got both from our small group work and the in-class session.
Idea 1: Dear Diary
Choose a date to see letters, logs, newspaper articles and diary entries written on that day.
"I wanted to come up with an idea that could use the old letters, but I can’t think of anything so far… I like this one though"
"Sounds really good. Maybe need a scope with the dates thought (lot of data)."
Group discussion two: liked this idea.
Idea 2: Shipwreck map
Interactive map marking shipwrecks around Australia. When you click on a shipwreck, different data is presented. Photos, drawings, news reports, ships logs, etc.
Group discussion one: favourite idea among group.
Idea 3: Online Quiz
Pick a category or a year and do the quiz online based on past quizzes from newspaper archives. Maybe similar in style to Google Feud.
"I just tried the google feud quiz, it’s fun! I like this idea"
"It took me a good minute to understand the google feud haha. I like the use of newspapers as there are the most widely available on Trove."
Idea 4: Archived Websites
http://trove.nla.gov.au/website has a number of archived websites
You could pick a year to see how different websites looked or be presented a particular page and have to guess the year.
"It could be really interesting for the MM student ( see the evolution of trends in website design)."
Group discussion two: liked this idea.
Idea 5: Historical Maps
Might have to be limited to a specific area (like Brisbane. Overlay old maps over google maps to see how things were and how things have changed.
Group discussion two: liked this idea.
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| Presentation of my ideas to first group to discuss |
After all that I'm still not too sure which idea to pick to present. A task for tomorrow :)
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