Memoir+Media+in+My+Childhood


 * Overview.** Write a memoir about your earliest experiences with the Internet.


 * Process.** Take a walk down memory lane. Reflect on your childhood and think about your very first experiences with dialup Internet, AOL, chatting, instant messaging, online games, email, or whatever you did when you first used the Internet. What was it like for you? What kinds of experiences did you have? Develop a memoir that captures a specific story or some vivid moments of your uses of the Internet when you were young.


 * Format.** A memoir is a form of creative non-fiction that focuses on your remembrances of a specific event or time period in the past. It is based on a true story that happened in your life, but it has all the elements of fiction: a setting, characters, dialogue, plot, climax, resolution. This necessarily involves some creative construction techniques to make the memory specific and vivid. A memoir includes your thoughts and feelings, both as you remember them from the past and as you reflect on the experience now, years later, with your current knowledge and skills.

Expected length: 500 - 800 words DUE: January 28

Criteria for Evaluation 1. The story is written in the form of a memoir, with a specific setting, characters, plot, dialogue, conflict and resolution. 2. The story reveals some aspects of the experience of growing up with the Internet as well as offering insight from a more mature perspective. 3. The memoir is well-written with no grammar, spelling or usage errors.