The Story of Me

This project can be as complex or as simple as you want, but it has at least two basic elements: first, the students participate in the “iAm:Creating Your Personal Brand” activity, and secondly, they construct a “resuME” as a response to this. These two items can be thought of as bookends; the project begins with one and culminates with the other. However, we all know that bookends exist to slide and accommodate more and more books. The supplemental activities included herein can be thought of as “books between the bookends”; they are intended to be follow-ups to the first activity, but are supposed to add to and enrich the content of the final project: the resuME.

Each of the individual projects can be thought of as separate assignments, but that is left up to the choice of the instructor. In any case, the final product - the resuME - is to be a digital presentation that is a true and accurate summation of the individual, which could be (and should be) shared with the rest of their world. Included in the supplemental assets to this lesson is an example of a professional digital resume, compiled by one of the project authors. While students’ resuMEs may be less professional and more personal in nature, it is this general format that is envisioned - either in a presentation form, or video form.