Careers in English! Please welcome William Murphy to class. He will introduce you to all the wonderful things you can do with your English major/minor.  Guess what?  One of the main employers of English majors: online sites! Finish Super Sad … Continue reading →

Your blog post for tomorrow should be on use of a tool (your own experiment). We’ll spend some time going over these, so please be prepared to share. Here is a little more about how to use tools to build … Continue reading →

Mark Bauerlein seems to think so!  Watch the video (linked on our syllabus), read the intro to his book, and read the Turkle and Shirky for 2/4 (all linked). We’ll also talk about Super Sad, so read up to 250! … Continue reading →

Just a reminder that we will begin talking about Shteyngart’s Super Sad True Love Story.  Come to class with it in hand (paper, ereader). Please also read the two short articles on digital natives and immigrants and view the videos … Continue reading →

Please be sure to email me your blog address before class.  I’d like to put them up on our site. We will be discussing the articles for Monday and Thursday, so please be sure to come prepared to discuss what … Continue reading →

Please continue to read and work on your materials for Thursday (so be prepared with Monday’s readings and Thursdays) and we’ll talk about all we can on Thursday! If you haven’t emailed me your blog yet, please do.  I’ll post … Continue reading →

Hi All:  Here is a step by step tutorial that can help you create your blog: wordpress blog tutorial. There are several on youtube, but I picked this one because it starts with the basics.  Feel free to browse around and … Continue reading →

Please have a look around the site.  I look forward to a great semester!Filed under: English 3880 English Studies in the Digital Age

Please also look at the readings scheduled for tomorrow:  the future of learning in the digital age. See you in class!Filed under: English 3880 English Studies in the Digital Age

Please be prepared to present. You can show your map to the class and everyone in the group can describe their paper as part of the Scalar book. 15 minutes per group. What did you create and why? What did … Continue reading →

We’ll be working on our maps and Scalar project.  Email with any questions. Thursday are presentations!  We’ll decide the group order on Thursday. Remember–this is the end of the semester for this class!  Please get your work done accordingly :)Filed … Continue reading →

Tomorrow we will be working in groups on our maps and other aspects of the Scalar “book.”  If you are not in class for this group work you will be missing a vital component of the final project. Remember, we … Continue reading →

Campus Guide Guide to Creating a Google MapFiled under: English 3880 English Studies in the Digital Age

Remember:  Technology tomorrow, read “The Spatial Turn in Literature,” and play around with Google Mapmaker.  See you then! LA Review of Books: The Case of Mistaken MapsFiled under: English 3880 English Studies in the Digital Age

Bring your technology.  Kathryn Shaughnessy from the library will teach us Google Mapmaker (you should check it out beforehand). Check your blog to make sure you have completed your posts (I see that many have not)… Make sure you can … Continue reading →

Dave Eggers Deserves a Smile for The Circle Looking forward to finishing the novel on Thursday :)Filed under: English 3880 English Studies in the Digital Age

Please finish The Circle for Thursday.  We will discuss the novel and talk about our final project (description is up on our website on the main menu). Kathryn Shaughnessy from the library is coming to teach us about  Google Mapmaker on … Continue reading →

Was Dave Eggers prescient or merely following the trend? BorecoreFiled under: English 3880 English Studies in the Digital Age

Hasan Elahi’s performance art piece on surveillance: Tracking Transience See also: Filed under: English 3880 English Studies in the Digital Age

Little Brother is Watching, Walter Kirn, NYTFiled under: English 3880 English Studies in the Digital Age

Originally posted on SJU Women and Gender Studies:
Please join us to discuss women and gaming. IWS lounge, Monday March 23, 1:50-3 pm.  Pizza will be served (for more details see poster below). Poster WGS

Did you know Apple computer was introduced in 1984? Filed under: English 3880 English Studies in the Digital Age Tagged: reading

Please post your daily create (see below) to your blog.  I will ask for several volunteers to share their “distant reading” experiments   :) Close and Distant Reading March 19 What is distant reading? Hayles, “How We Read: Close, Hyper, … Continue reading →

More on a recent copyright case:  Blurred LinesFiled under: English 3880 English Studies in the Digital Age

I really enjoyed the presentations of the digital stories today.  We have a full schedule for Monday, but if we start in a timely manner, we should be able to see everyone’s work. Have a great weekend!Filed under: English 3880 … Continue reading →

“Stop Spying on Wikipedia Users” Wikipedia is suing the NSA–NYT ArticleFiled under: English 3880 English Studies in the Digital Age Tagged: article

Here is the presentation schedule for Thursday (3/12) and Monday (3/16). You’ll have about 5 minutes total:  a few words of introduction, viewing, and q&a. Th: Sabrina, Ella, Farzana, Sami, Joshua, Amaris, Brandi, Duong, Toni, Daniela M: Clarissa, Veronika, Yaritssa, … Continue reading →

We’ll be reading and discussing the topics privacy, property, free.  Check our online syllabus for links to the readings and viewings (the readings are also linked in a prior post here).  We’ll also discuss our digital stories and sign up … Continue reading →

Classes canceled today because of snow.  Luckily, we have this wonderful website and can communicate and do some creative work and thinking from the comfort of our couches! Here is what we are going to do: See previous post about … Continue reading →

A snow storm is predicted for tonight into tomorrow!  It just won’t end. Check back here in the a.m. for an update about whether we will meet in person or go online. If we are online I will ask everyone … Continue reading →