Throughout this semester #loweclass has been working to create our final project. The final project will focus on the Trinity Fellows Program at Marquette University. Each member of our class has been assigned a fellow to do a feature on and my fellow is Jeff McAvoy.
For this project we will be using multiple forms of visual storytelling. Last week we were introduced to StoryMap. This new mode of storytelling allows you to map out a subject and take the reader on a virtual tour of the story. Each stop along the way only requires a sentence or two of description. This mode of storytelling works especially well for my story about Jeff because one of the main components of this story is how he has travelled across the country. StoryMap will allow you to see how he has moved and how far exactly each move is. StoryMap can be a bit clunky at times but I am not a software engineer who can properly critique the mechanics of the tool. What I can say is that as you get used to using it, StoryMap can create a beautiful final product that will be interesting for your reader to look at. This got me thinking about what else you could create with StoryMap. I love what my classmate Jack Goods did for his Marquette Lacrosse season preview with StoryMap. Many NBA teams have ridiculous travel schedules due to the alignment of the conferences and divisions. Writers across the league have proposed a variety of solutions and I imagine they could use StoryMap to really spice up
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