As I read through Jay David Bolter's "Writing Space: Hypertext and the Remediation of Print" I began to think about possibly multimodal assignments for a class.  To introduce my students to the power of images, I would like to have their first assignment be creating a webpage that only had images. The purpose of this webpage would be to give a biography about themselves, however, they could only use pictures to explain their life.  I think it would be both challenging and interesting for students to explain who they are without using words. It would be important to point out that it is not only the images they select that will define who they are, but the layout and background of the website will contribute to their image biography as well. 

I think this would be a beneficial first assignment because it will allow the teacher to get to know their students better. Also, because it will only be a single page, it would not take up that much time (students could spend 2-3 weeks on it in class).  When I think about forming my own website I realize that a lot of time can be spent on images. I have tried to pick images that directly and obviously reflect the text of my technology autobiography. I think by taking my students ability to use text away, it will force them to immediately consider how to use images to portray different things about themselves. It is also possible (and probably preferable) that later in the course they can use this webpage or the images from the webpage in later assignments that do include text.