StoryTelling for New Media

ATEC 4346 at University of Texas at Dallas

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Entries from January 2008

Remediating Tuesday

January 31st, 2008 · No Comments

For next class, February the 4th, you should download and read “Remediation” by Bolter & Grusin. You will need the eReserve password, if you do not know it send me an email, or ask one of your classmates. You should print this article out and bring it with you to class. Keep in mind that [...]

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Assignments for 1/29 and 1/31

January 24th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Readings: There are no readings for next week, or more precisely you do not need to read the articles on the syllabus. I will cover the positions of Aarseth and Ryan in class. If you are interested in looking at their respective pieces you can access them via eReserve. (Email me for the password. “The [...]

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To The End Lolita

January 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Finish reading Lolita for Thursday, and come to class prepared to talk about how you would Remediate the novel (convey the same story in a different medium).

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Lo-lee-ta: Tuesday

January 17th, 2008 · No Comments

For Tuesday read Lolita up until Chp. 17 of Part Two. Make sure you read this far as we will discuss the novel up until this point in the story. Come prepared to discuss your thoughts now that you have the background information.

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Lolita-Thursday

January 15th, 2008 · No Comments

For Thursday you should read Part One of Lolita up to Chp. 24 (pg 103 in my version). Note that there is a rather long introduction by Alfred Appel, you do not need to read this.
Also you should visit the class wiki and set up a pbwiki profile. Once you have the profile set up, [...]

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Update on KateModern

January 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Today the first episode of Season Two of KateModern was released. This means that some of the links below might not work. If you are having trouble accessing season one, click here, which should take you to the last video of season one hosted on the lg15 site, you will have to navigate from the [...]

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Tuesday the 15th of January

January 10th, 2008 · No Comments

For class you should continue to watch KateModern from Gavin Steps Up up until KateModern Terrence. You should also watch the final video, Season One Recap, which will summarize the end.
Once you have finished watching the episodes you should write one page double spaced on KateModern. Instead of telling me what you think of the [...]

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For Thursday Jan. 8th

January 9th, 2008 · No Comments

For class on Thursday you should watch KateModern. Start with the first episode, Welcome to the Roof and watch up until “The Rescue” (this is about 35 episodes).
There are also two videos that precede “Welcome to the Roof” that you cannot see on Bebo, you might want to watch them first: Spiders and A Friendly [...]

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