Something Awesome Proposal
Aim: To achieve a broad understanding of relevant security topics such to widen my perspective when analysing the quality of projects in the future.
Main Task: To familiarise myself with trendy security news, I will spend an hour a week browsing a variety of security news articles from websites (my primary focus will be on but is not limited to user privacy). From this, I will select one article and create a comic strip as a brief explanation of the issue, and also accompany it with an in-depth description. This description will also include my opinion regarding the topic and suggest implications and/or solutions. I estimate that the creation of my posts will take another 3+ hours each week.
Success Criteria: - Create a comic strip (minimum 3 panels) and description (minimum 200 words) each week, totaling to 5 over this course. - Upload blog posts with the process of the comic strip. - At the end of each week, blog about a reflection of what could be done better in the following week regarding my conveyance of information through comic strip, and any takeaways from the chosen article.
Extension Criteria: If there is extra time during the project: - Blog about potential contenders for the chosen article that week. - Create diagrams, animations or videos to assist in conveyance of information on the topic. - Polish or redraw a comic strip to better convey its message.
Contingency Plan: If a comic strip is taking longer than anticipated and cannot be completed to the same standard: - Simplify the panels in the strip such that the message retains, i.e. reducing characters to stick figures.
If a description is taking longer than anticipated and cannot be completed to the same standard: - Convey the main point(s) of the article and my views on it. - Provide links to assist in the explanation of concepts where it was lacking.
Plan: Week 3 - Gain Hayden’s approval.
Week 3 - 7 - Create comic strips, descriptions, and blog.
Week 7 - Formulate my comic strips, descriptions, and main takeaways from this project into a video.
Week 8 Submit final project.
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