Fall 1997 Proposal
name: Harry Velez-Quinones
institution: University of Puget Sound
language: Spanish
project: Course Release
title: Orfeo/Orpheus: A Collective of Expression
duration: 1998-...
description:
Orfeo/Orpheus will be an online bilingual journal dedicated to the promotion of
language, culture, literature, music, and the the visual arts. Open to students,
faculty, staff, of the NWLC, the Evergreen State College, and also the general
public, Orfeo/Orpheus hopes to be, as its title proclaims, a collective of expression.
outcome:
We hope that Orfeo/Orpheus will play several roles as a Mellon funded project.
Some of these are:
1) Showcase of student generated web-based projects. Students in my Spanish 202
class (intermediate 2nd. semester) will be trained in webpage design. They will
be
responsible for the creation of a semester long project for possible publication
in Orfeo/Orpheus.
2) Forum for creative projects carried out by students of Spanish language, culture,
and/or literature in any of the NWLC schools and Evergreen State College. The
lessons
learned in the Spanish 202 pilot program will be shared with NWLC schools. It
is hoped that similar projects may be carried out throughout the schools respective
Spanish curricula.
3) Point of entry into multimedia educational technology for interested non-language
faculty at the NWLC and the Evergreen State College. Professors will be invited
to submit pieces of their work (essays, creative writing, visual arts, music,
etc.) for presentation in Orfeo/Orpheus. As a "friendly" face in the realm of
multimedia technologies, it is our hope that Orfeo/Orpheus will draw the attention
of faculty members who may be technophobic but drawn to a more traditional medium
such as a journal.
4) Vehicle for contacts between the NWLC and special communities. Orfeo/Orpheus
may serve as a way to develop collaborative projects with high school students
in the NWLC areas in the spirit of the Mellon Foundation.
5) In addition, Orfeo/Orpheus can be a visible, attractive, and compelling example
of the achievements of the NWLC. Alumni, donors, interested foundations will have
yet one more example of the benefits of multimedia technology in higher education.
timeline:
Having a unit off this upcoming spring semester will free me to proceed with the
planning, design, and launching of Orfeo/Orpheus.
My colleague at Willamette University, Tatjana Pavlovic, and Ryan Holman a first
year student at Evergreen State College and a graphic design student, will be
co-editing
Orfeo/Orpheus with me.
Mark Otis, Multimedia Consultant at Puget Sound, has enthusiastically embraced
this project and has assured me his support.
It is our hope that a pilot version of Orfeo/Orpheus will be ready towards the
end of the spring semester of 1998.
Additional intensive work to be carried out during the summer will lead to the
official launch of the journal in the fall semester of 1998.
amount: See amount budgeted by UPS for 1 unit release breakdown: 1 release unit:
Spring 1988