Here is some information about an online course being offered starting Friday.  There is some cost involved, but it may be worth the small investment (you can join without certification at a reduced rate) if you think you may want … Continue reading →

On interdisciplinary/trans-disciplinary computational thinking: Academic Lecture, Professor Joan Peckham “No Boundary Computational Thinking”

Here is a link to the Digital Literary Studies anthology (read intro for next time).  On the syllabus it is called Literary Studies in the Digital Age (intro):  Reading for next week Here is a link–I hope it works I had … Continue reading →

I believe we are scheduled to meet in SJH 315.  We will actually be meeting in the English department conference room  Please look over the syllabus and website before class.  I’m looking forward to meeting everyone.   posts to check … Continue reading →

Please check out the website, download the syllabus, and familiarize yourself with WordPress (we’ll be blogging using this platform), zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh]–a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources–and twitter :) We’ll explore these … Continue reading →

If you haven’t posted your project to your blog, please get it up there. I’d like to finish reading your blogs and work tomorrow (Thursday). Please check your email for a note from me. I will be in touch by the end of this week. I will be on campus May 12th, if you want […]

Check out: Twine ibooks author Looking forward to final presentations on Monday! Have a great weekend!!

Looking forward to more presentations on Thursday. We will have less time per presenter, so please plan accordingly (7-10 minutes)…

Here is scholar who embodied the spirit of “cognitive surplus.” Wadewitz spent countless hours editing and vastly improving Wikipedia. If you haven’t read her piece that I posted to links (or bibliography) titled “What I learned as the Worst Student in the Class” you may be interested to check it out. Here is her obituary: […]

Instead of TruYou–might it be anonymity? Check out the tech trends of 2014 and see what you think… See you tomorrow! Tech Trends 2014

We’ll share our project ideas and beginnings and sign up to present. Please come to class with your technology and prepared to show and tell your group about your project. How Did They Make That? Hope you had a great Easter break! See you Thursday…

That’s what keeps the humanities alive! Share your Research Have a great break and we’ll do some sharing when we return on the 24th!

We have a lot to accomplish: demos of Rap Genius and Pixton discussion of digital archives (what have you found?) the future of higher education (see readings on syllabus) and–workshopping final projects. Please come in with a rough outline and tools to share. Enjoy this beautiful day and see you in class tomorrow morning!

Tomorrow we will talk more about the tools you tried in class and brainstorm final projects. We’ll also look at what work is being done to make literary archives accessible. Blog about one of the links on our syllabus or find your own collection to discuss. Here is an interesting crowdsourced project called Transcribe Bentham […]

On Monday we’ll be looking at how technology can expand the way we read and do research. For the daily create blog post I would like you to play around with google ngrams. This tool allows you to do word searches across a very wide selection of books (5 million and counting). What will you […]

Stephanie blogs about an article she found on using Google Glass and going transparent: google glass post a comment on her blog… TRIGGER WARNING: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Remember to begin thinking about your final project and to post about it on your blog. Have a great weekend! This is Not a Poem

Please finish The Circle for Thursday. Spoiler alert: we will be talking about events that happen toward the end of the novel. Please also consider your reading of Mae’s relationships: Annie, Kalden, Frances, Mercer, her parents… FYI: LuvLuv–no lulu!

Secrets are Lies–Caring is Sharing–Privacy is Theft How are this mottos/aphorisms from the Circle like George Orwell’s 1984: War is Peace–Freedom is Slavery–Ignorance is Strength ? Does Mae believe the Circle’s “doublespeak”? Please remember to check our syllabus for your “daily create” assignments relating to The Circle. Here is Dave Eggers literary magazine: McSweeneys Internet […]

From the New York Times Looking forward to discussing this with you tomorrow (read 1/3)…

Here is an article from the New York Times: As The World Wide Web Turns 25 Fear about its Future We’ll finish presentations of digital stories and talk about social media. Check out the syllabus for our reading. Also, be sure to find an article about some social media platform and blog about it. We’ll […]

Hi Everyone: Great job those of you who presented on Monday. Please be sure to link your story to your blog (and make sure I have it linked here–still waiting for some blogs!). Please also check the syllabus for upcoming assignments and dates. See you tomorrow! Loathe the Selfie?

On Poems and Pixels Looking forward to seeing everyone’s projects on Monday.  Link your story to your blog and send the blog to me to post.   Here is an essay on technology and writing that you might find interesting…

Hi Everyone: Just a reminder that digital stories are due after the break. Here is a link to a site with some ideas for digital stories, if you are still working on your topic or just want to take a peak: Digital Storytelling Topics Have a great bre...

Tomorrow we will talk more about what makes a good digital story. Please come prepared with an example you would like to share. We will discuss your recommended tools for making a digital story, and we will look in more depth at our storyboards. Please come to class ready to share, discuss, and invent! Short […]

Try a new tool. I’m including storify here (I quickly put together a collection of digital humanities projects, lectures, links). Storify allows you to write a narrative to put the collection of images, videos, and links in context. Digital Humanities on Storify

I’ve dedicated a spot on the menu/dashboard and will link your blogs as you send them to me (via email please). If you haven’t contributed to zotero, please work on this. Our user group is English Studies in the Digital Age. Caroline Fuchs in the library is the contact who can help you iron out […]

Tomorrow we will start our discussion of digital storytelling. There are links on our syllabus, but also please check out some of the links under digital storytelling right here on our blog. We will share our blogs/daily creates, look at ds106, check in on zotero, and discuss digital storytelling. What is digital storytelling? The syllabus […]

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