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Entries from February 2009

Implementation & Bloomsday

February 27th, 2009 · No Comments

For Tuesday you should read Implementation. You might want to start by reading the project description and then reading the Installments (linked to from the home page). Also you should look at some of the photos by location as they will give you a sense of how this story unfolds in physical space.
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Many, Many, Penguins

February 24th, 2009 · No Comments

Thursday we will be talking about collaboratively authored works. First up is A Million Penguins a wiki novel. You should begin by reading the About page to give you a sense of the project, and then read Section 1 (you only need to read Section 1 for class—the entire thing would require to much time). [...]

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Blog Fiction for Tuesday

February 19th, 2009 · No Comments

On Tuesday we will be looking at two examples of using blogs to tell text based stories. First look at FIRSTWORLD and read the first five entries (i.e. read up to and including 12/08/08). You should also read the very brief “What is a Wovel.” Next take a look at Plan B, read the first [...]

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Remixing Patchwork Girl

February 17th, 2009 · No Comments

Your homework for Thursday is to brainstorm how you would remix Patchwork Girl as you will have class time to work on this project. This will be a group project (i.e. you will work in groups of 3-4) to produce this remix. The object is to update the text, thing about what can be done [...]

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Patchwork Girl Tuesday

February 13th, 2009 · No Comments

For Tuesday read Shelly Jackson’s Patchwork Girl. Because it is not a work which has page numbers or a fixed narrative time I cannot tell you how far to read. So, instead spend at least two hours reading it, this should give you a range of experiences with the text as well as provide you [...]

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Remediation Thursday

February 10th, 2009 · No Comments

Since the projects took all of today (something I do not mind, quite to the contrary I thought they were enjoyable and productive) we will start with “Remediation” on Thursday. You can get it off eReserves. As it is a difficult article and I will want to refer to specific passages in class, please print [...]

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Tues-Remediation

February 5th, 2009 · No Comments

First, congrats to those who already presented, some truly remarkable/inspiring ideas. For Tuesday read the article by Bolter and Grusin titled “Remediation” (available on course reserve). We will begin class by having those who have yet to go present their remixes of the short stories, and then move into the article. You should print the [...]

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