Two days to chill and tomorrow, five more days chock-full of great sessions including ones on iBooks Author; MOOCs; FYC online; markup language, rhetoric, and composition; and two on WordPress--one for beginners and one that is more advanced. Here's a video of the shuttle ride to Denney Hall at Ohio State University. I've been fairly … Continue reading It starts again on Monday
Using a storyboard for analysis
As part of the "Concept in 90" project goals I set for myself, I wanted to do a sample storyboard. Rather than a planning device that acts like an outline, this storyboard would be at the end or near the end so that students could use it to analyze their project in-progress or to analyze … Continue reading Using a storyboard for analysis
Concept in 90: Log 4
When it comes to new media, things always take longer than I think they will and today's tasks were no exception. On the other hand, time goes by quickly when doing this kind of work, and what is actually a couple of hours feels like a half hour or so. This morning I added the … Continue reading Concept in 90: Log 4
At DMAC
It was so good to see Kris Blair at DMAC today. She was there for the special graduate students' workshop, which is very apt, since she has been such a good mentor to so many graduate students throughout the years. I know my scholarly and editing life would be very different without the support and … Continue reading At DMAC
Concept in 90: Log 3
Another day, another 90-second video. This time, I want to do the same subject as the poem video, only convert it to an essay. How exactly does that work? Well. my plan was to begin by taking the iMovie project for the poem and duplicating it. I was extremely pleased to see when I opened … Continue reading Concept in 90: Log 3
Concept in 90: Log 2
As you can tell from the screenshot, much got done today. Much had to get done though because I had an idea that doubled my work: I am making two versions. The one I am working on now will be the poem and will be a sample for my poetry workshop classes. When it is … Continue reading Concept in 90: Log 2
Hallway view
Walking from the conference room to the lab at the Digital Media and Composition Institute.
Concept in 90: Log 1
The assignment that led to this short video asks for 90 seconds--- no more, no less, and including a title screen and credits. The goal of the video (quoted material from the DMAC "Concept in 90" assignment sheet) is to "take a critical, reflective, and /or interpretive approach to the subject matter," which needs to … Continue reading Concept in 90: Log 1
Day 2 (day 1 for me) at DMAC
This week and next I am blogging from Ohio State University and the Digital Media and Composition Institute. The photo below was taken by one of the participants who tried on my Google Glass for the first time. She scrolled thrown the cards, saw the "take a picture" option, tapped, and exclaimed "It did it!" … Continue reading Day 2 (day 1 for me) at DMAC
