Fishing for ideas...

So, every year with my freshman (I teach two freshman honors classes this year) I do an autobiography assignment first thing. This idea isn't really mine - it comes from Rich Kent. It's a great way to establish a relationship with my students. I incorporate the writing back part of this assignment - in which you write a little letter back to each student, rather than simply make corrections and assign a grade. It's time consuming, but pays back big dividends in terms of interpersonal connection. ANYWAY - this year I'd like to really inspire my kids to do the assignment in a multimedia fashion. I opened it up to this last year, and gave the kids a number of choices, but with the exception of one student, all of my kids chose to simple write out a story. This is fine, but I'd love to get them to do something more multi- media. I think it might help to have exemplars to give them an idea of what I'm after, so that they don't just stick with the "tried and true." Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.