I’ve been looking over the English 1000 courses on Wiki from last Fall, and I came across quiet a few assignments dealing with playlists and music. Jeff had one assignment on his website that was an Ipod playlist that I found particularly interesting. However, in a selfish move–because I’m not up to par with music these days (it comes last a long line-up of reading and watching movies)–I’m wondering if I can create something similar with a Netflix queue assignment. What if I had students pick a top 5 or 10 film list and had them do the same kind of work with taste, interests, and identity? Instead of the breakdown for the playlist  (theme, idea, symbol, metaphor, belief) I could do theme, scene, symbol, character, plot. I’m not sure if those categories work as well, but this is just a brainstorming exercise right now. I could then ask them to connect these films to their other interests, like literature, career, and music. Or maybe I could do something with the films they pick and the playlists that accompany the films. Or both. I’m really working hard to come up with assignments that integrate technology, my interests, and non-traditional elements. This is what I have for now.

Oh, and then maybe I can have them work with someone else’s queue (like you can actually on Netflix) and have them do something with 1 of the films in their peer’s queue.