Off The Written Path

The Soldier Transition Project aims to tell the story of soldiers who seek out an education after having served their country in a time of war.

We want to answer the questions:

1. What is it like to go from a war zone to a college campus?
2. What challenges do Soldiers face adjusting to life as college students?
3. How can the transition be made easier?

 The planning process for our multimedia project is as follows:

• Identify the elements of our multimedia project: We have a “nut graf”  that explains our purpose, we will have profiles of featured soldiers, and a resources page that will help soldiers with transition.
• Identify the media we will use in our multimedia project: The “main event” will be a Soundslides show. We will also incorporate video, audio, text, photos and social media. We are still considering other elements such as a possible timeline.
• Storyboard the elements: Here is our MindMeister storyboard.

The next step to our storyboard will be planning how each element will be displayed in our website. Our next benchmark is identifying the layout of our project entry page and conducting interviews for our Soundslides show.