As you may have noticed - we did not do the "exploratory writing" listed on the calendar, andyou were not required to turn it in as a separate assignment. You did some writing to help identify a focus for your project at the beginning of class today, and you can use that writing as your post - or you can write deeper into the ideas we developed. The idea is that you need to do some serious thinking about a subject for your web essay. The writing in class was to help you identify a topic that connected to your interests - and that you might want to use for a purpose (publish it on the web) other than completing the requirements for this course.
We then discussed McCloud, and the link at the slide show site - which the lab computers couldn't open (so we looked at the presentation on my computer). McCloud's ideas explore questions surrounding how and why we interpret icons and "cartoons" the way we do. Write into this. What he implies about how humans "are a very self-centered race" in that they see themselves in everything, connected with the fact that cartoons are as much a way of seeing as a way of drawing - applies to the internet because. . . .? As you develop your answer - think abou the nature of representation on the internet - its spatial organization, its complexity, and its use of image and icon. Hmmmm.
Due Monday, February 18 (yeah, I know you don't have class).
Blog 3: summaries and exploration of Glister + Rheingold => connections to possible topics
Blog 4: summaries and exploration Jenkins + McCloud => possible topics. The exploratory writing regarding your topic should be posted as part of Blog 4.
I will read over your blogs and have some comments for you by Wednesday (or shortly after - depending on whether everyone turns in their posts at midnight on Monday rather than sometime during the weekend).
Due Wednesday, February 20:
Read: Johnson-Eilola, 1-20
I will be meeting with Ricky on Wednesday, Feb 20 at 3:30 (right?). If have not yet had a conference - or if you want another one - let me know and we will schedule some time.
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