This is where I will edit (locally) Bianca's Video Essay on "Voluntourism". This is the revised section of the meaning behind the word voluntourism for her project.
What I told her was that she had a lot of good content and a lot of evidence that provides a good amount of support for her claims that social media can be both good and bad for volunteer trips. However I made sure to let her know that it might be helpful to include more about the "bad" uses of social media because it was mainly focused on the beneficial parts. I just thought that it would be an important part to include because in class we talked about the importance of providing a counterargument. I made a recommendation about re-design because I thought that it would be important to include some sort of background music to fill in the silent spaces during the pauses/breaks she takes in between topics. I think that it is a vital part of the video essay genre and it would help her video essay tremendously.
I also mentioned that in the Student's Guide on page 72, the sources bullet point, was used in her video very nicely. I said that she made her sources reliable (since they were her own experiences being on a volunteer trip that was NOT considered voluntourism). I think that the credibility of her sources really helped her out a lot with this video.
I really liked that aspect of her video. The fact that she could very easily explain what it was like to be on a volunteer trip without the negative effects of social media was inspiring and it made the video super cool to watch and learn about.
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