Here is the link to Clay Shirky's TED Talk about SOPA/PIPA (please include in your media journals):
http://www.ted.com/talks/defend_our_freedom_to_share_or_why_sopa_is_a_bad_idea.html?awesm=on.ted.com_ACxO&utm_campaign=defend_our_freedom_to_share_or_why_sopa_is_a_bad_idea&utm_medium=on.ted.com-twitter&utm_source=t.co&utm_content=ted.com-talkpage
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Monday, January 16, 2012
Welcome to 405!
Welcome to ENG 405!
By now, you should have opened up a twitter account, and begun following your Instructor, as well as your classmates. You have already completed 500 words on the Oxford Comma, and are prepared to passionately defend your position (pro or con) in the classroom.
By the end of this week, you will be recommending "follow five" accounts to your classmates; editing the student newspaper; and reading, reading, reading about the Joy of Editing.
If you need a little help getting a handle on Twitter, read this great article, Mom, This is How Twitter Works!
By now, you should have opened up a twitter account, and begun following your Instructor, as well as your classmates. You have already completed 500 words on the Oxford Comma, and are prepared to passionately defend your position (pro or con) in the classroom.
By the end of this week, you will be recommending "follow five" accounts to your classmates; editing the student newspaper; and reading, reading, reading about the Joy of Editing.
If you need a little help getting a handle on Twitter, read this great article, Mom, This is How Twitter Works!
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Portfolio Overview
Portfolios are due on the last day of E306, April 28, 2011 and should reflect a comprehensive overview of the coursework.
Portfolios are not summaries; they should reflect assessment and analysis.
Portfolios are not summaries; they should reflect assessment and analysis.
PORTFOLIO: Due April 28
There are two types of daily writing: one related to online reading and in-class workshops, and one related to Guest Speaker Presentations.
Your final portfolio should include, in order:
Title Page;
Table of Contents
A one page reflective summary/analysis of the course
All daily writing pertaining to coursework
All daily writing pertaining to Guest Speaker's presentations (include your classmates' presentations)
SPEAKERS
Tom Eblen, Herald-Leader columnist (cited role models Bobbie Ann Mason, Peter Taylor, Silas House)
Jonathan Miller (KY's secretary of finance at the time of his visit), founding website RecoveringPolitician
first discussion of building a platform: websites, blogs, social media
Mack McCormick, University Press of Kentucky (references Linda Scott DeRosier Creeker: A Woman's Journey (Women in Southern Culture)
Tom Marksbury, screenwriter/novelist, UK instructor
JD Lester, children's author Daddy Calls Me Doodlebug
; Mommy Calls Me Monkeypants
; Grandma Calls Me Gigglepie
; Mommy Calls Me Monkeypants; Grandma Calls Me Gigglepie(JD references www.scbwi.org; write4kids.com; www.pred-ed.com. Who is the Association/Tribe that applies to your chosen field of writing)
Todd Wright, author The Self-Improvement Book Club Murder
(day job: attorney; Naval officer; referenced Charles Flood; "createspace" at amazon)
Kakie Urch, UK Assoc. Professor New Media
(referenced James Baker Hall; Bobbie Ann Mason; Guy Mendes; Gurney Norman; Silas House -- recommended looking at the lives of Writers; recommended books: The Clockwork Muse: A Practical Guide to Writing Theses, Dissertations, and Books
; and Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies For Every Writer
)
; and Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies For Every Writer)Bianca Spriggs How Swallowtails Become Dragons
Kaffir Lily
Kaffir Lilyactivism; publishing; guerilla marketing. FIND YOUR TRIBE.
Christina Noll, University of Kentucky Alumni Association Magazine
brochures, catalogs, Search Engine Optimization
"Write even when you don't feel like it." "If you have an audience, you can sell a book." "People won't click unless you give them a reason." "1000 true fans."
Ed McClanahan The Natural Man
, Famous People I Have Known (Kentucky Voices)
My Vita, If You Will: The Uncollected Ed McClanahan
A CONGRESS OF WONDERS.
, Famous People I Have Known (Kentucky Voices) My Vita, If You Will: The Uncollected Ed McClanahan A CONGRESS OF WONDERS. discussion: Ken Kesey; Stegner Fellowships at Stanford; 68/69 NCAA tourney; his tribe: Jim Baker Hall, Wendell Berry, Gurney Norman (Bobbie Ann Mason also a Stegner fellow). Never a great payday, except for seling Natural Man 1983 (the other book that sold that year was Mosquito Coast)
Dr. Kevin Nelson, neurologist, University of Kentucky Medical Center, The Spiritual Doorway in the Brain: A Neurologist's Search for the God Experience
He is with Viking/Dutton/Penguin. Overseas rights to Simon and Schuster. Started with 50 page proposal. Practicing neurologist since 1984.
Michael Geneve, Voices from the Peace Corps: Fifty Years of Kentucky Volunteers (Kentucky Remembered: An Oral History Series)
2011 is 50th anniversary of Peace Corps. Taught in Mozambique (students didn't have books; had to build library to obtain funding/donations of books). Peace Corps goals: 1. Provide aid to a developing country; 2. Learn another country's culture; 3. bring the experience back to the U.S. and tell about it.
Katerina Stoykova-Klemer, Accents Publishing
started out as electrical engineer behind the Iron Curtain; moved to U.S.; left language behind; stopped writing for 11 years. MBA Virginia Tech. MFA came later. Advice: read out loud; engage as many parts of the brain as possible. Role model: Richard Taylor (former KY poet laureate). Find like-minded people. Be accountable to others. Read each other's work. The idea behind Accents: "word needs to travel." Accents radio show airs on Fridays on WRFL.
ASSIGNED READING
Why it's important to read David Foster Wallace
NYT "Why do writers abandon novels?" (featuring Michael Chabon)
NYT: Story is KING
Does an Author Need a Website? HuffPo. (What are the ways in which a website could be obsolete? Consider mobile technology. Additional platforms. What parts of this interview are old-school?)
Publish or Perish author Susan Orlean talks about how the process of getting a book published in her New Yorker blog
The Problem with Memoirs (New York Times, January 28, 2011 "A moment of silence, please, for the lost art of shutting up."
Kentucky Voices: Call to Civic -- and Civil Action by Kentucky Secretary of Finance and Administration, Jonathan Miller, guest speaker, January 25, 2011.
David Carr's NYT essay Publishing without Publishers
Author Michael Chabon blogs for a week for The Atlantic
NYT "Why do writers abandon novels?" (featuring Michael Chabon)
NYT: Story is KING
Does an Author Need a Website? HuffPo. (What are the ways in which a website could be obsolete? Consider mobile technology. Additional platforms. What parts of this interview are old-school?)
Publish or Perish author Susan Orlean talks about how the process of getting a book published in her New Yorker blog
The Problem with Memoirs (New York Times, January 28, 2011 "A moment of silence, please, for the lost art of shutting up."
Kentucky Voices: Call to Civic -- and Civil Action by Kentucky Secretary of Finance and Administration, Jonathan Miller, guest speaker, January 25, 2011.
David Carr's NYT essay Publishing without Publishers
Author Michael Chabon blogs for a week for The Atlantic
RECOMMENDED READING
How Book Publishing Has Changed Since 1984: Peter Osnos @TheAtlantic: http://ow.ly/4zqRo
How Google Is Evolving Into a Media Company by David Carr- http://nyti.ms/eEUyXW
See Matt Cutts, UK Alum Google's Algorithm Tweaks Pushed Down "Two-Thirds" of Yahoo's Contrib Content http://t.co/JN3Q97f
10 ½ Tips for Being a More Effective Author Online: http://dld.bz/MbU9
Stephen King Knows a Few Things About the Movie Adaptation of The Stand http://bit.ly/gJKRhe
Does your school use Twitter in a cool way? Stanford tops the list of most influential colleges according to http://t.co/YDZlaKQ
EXERCISES
Obituary Writing
Classmate Interviews
Obituary Writing
Classmate Interviews
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Project Format
Projects are due Thursday April 5, 2011.
Preferred spacing is 1.25.
Five pages plus Works Cited page (standard MLA), with appendices (interview transcipts, notes, etc).
Staple your papers, then binder clip all appendices, notes, etc.
Format is: Introduction, Methods (interview, shadowing, research), Results, Discussion.
Presentations: Do not read from your project. Provide your classmates with a thorough understanding of both your subject, and the Industry you shadowed. What are the market forecasts? Industry trends? Past evolution and expected evolution. Visual aids and handouts highly encouraged (but not mandatory).
Schedule of Presentations:
Thursday April 7, Last names A thru F.
Tuesday April 12, Last name G.
Thursday April 14, Last name H
Tuesday April 19 Last names J and K
Thursday April 21 Last names L and M
Tuesday April 26 Last names N thru R
Thursday April 28 Last names S thru Z.
Preferred spacing is 1.25.
Five pages plus Works Cited page (standard MLA), with appendices (interview transcipts, notes, etc).
Staple your papers, then binder clip all appendices, notes, etc.
Format is: Introduction, Methods (interview, shadowing, research), Results, Discussion.
Presentations: Do not read from your project. Provide your classmates with a thorough understanding of both your subject, and the Industry you shadowed. What are the market forecasts? Industry trends? Past evolution and expected evolution. Visual aids and handouts highly encouraged (but not mandatory).
Schedule of Presentations:
Thursday April 7, Last names A thru F.
Tuesday April 12, Last name G.
Thursday April 14, Last name H
Tuesday April 19 Last names J and K
Thursday April 21 Last names L and M
Tuesday April 26 Last names N thru R
Thursday April 28 Last names S thru Z.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Books from In Class Speakers
Fark.com founder and Lexington native Drew Curtis joined us in the classroom on March 8. Drew is also the author of It's Not News, It's Fark: How Mass Media Tries to Pass Off Crap As News
, which was published by Gotham. (Drew wrote his first book at the age of 16.) He also introduced the class to the "1,000 True Fans" and "nobody has a million twitter followers" discussions. (Reflect both in portfolio entries.)
Author Ed McClanahan joined us on March 10, and brought along a career's worth of books, including his first novel The Natural Man, an essay collection, Famous People I Have Known (Kentucky Voices), O the Clear Moment
, and a collection, containing his favorite story, A CONGRESS OF WONDERS. He was also an editor on the Ken Kesey tribute, Spit in the Ocean, No. 7: All About Ken Kesey
. His current publisher is Counterpoint, and his next book will be out this October.
UK connections he referenced in class included James Baker Hall, Wendell Berry, Gurney Norman, and Bobbie Ann Mason. All studied under Robert Hazel at University of Kentucky, and all were Stegner fellows at Stanford University. (Reflect on the importance of "tribe" in portfolios.)
The speaker scheduled for Tuesday March 22 is Dr. Kevin Nelson. His new book is The Spiritual Doorway in the Brain: A Neurologist's Search for the God Experience.
, which was published by Gotham. (Drew wrote his first book at the age of 16.) He also introduced the class to the "1,000 True Fans" and "nobody has a million twitter followers" discussions. (Reflect both in portfolio entries.)Author Ed McClanahan joined us on March 10, and brought along a career's worth of books, including his first novel The Natural Man
, an essay collection, Famous People I Have Known (Kentucky Voices), O the Clear Moment, and a collection, containing his favorite story, A CONGRESS OF WONDERS. He was also an editor on the Ken Kesey tribute, Spit in the Ocean, No. 7: All About Ken Kesey. His current publisher is Counterpoint, and his next book will be out this October.UK connections he referenced in class included James Baker Hall, Wendell Berry, Gurney Norman, and Bobbie Ann Mason. All studied under Robert Hazel at University of Kentucky, and all were Stegner fellows at Stanford University. (Reflect on the importance of "tribe" in portfolios.)
The speaker scheduled for Tuesday March 22 is Dr. Kevin Nelson. His new book is The Spiritual Doorway in the Brain: A Neurologist's Search for the God Experience
.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
E306: Feb 15 and Feb 17, 2011
Our two guest authors this week both have books you can explore further online.
JD Lester is the author of Mommy Calls Me Monkeypants and Daddy Calls Me Doodlebug
along with the forthcoming Grandma Calls Me Gigglepie.
A thorough portfolio entry on JD Lester would include following up on the research her handout recommended, e.g., SCBWI, and finding the appropriate association that fits for your genre (if it isn't children's literature). Then join it. Review some of the industry sites she recommended, e.g., "Preditors and Editors."
How did she stress the role of research, and how can you apply that to your writing path and writing career (or writing hobby, if that's the route you're planning). Discuss the role of writing within a Community, and how you plan to develop that community for yourself.
Todd Wright, whose new book is The Self-Improvement Book Club Murder
reminded us that all readers will ask, "why am I reading this," and we should be able to answer that in the first sentence, the first paragraph, and the first page.
For his eighth novel (first published novel), he chose a format that he would understand and that readers would understand: the Murder Mystery. It is not an experimental format.
A thorough portfolio entry will examine many of the topics he introduced:
How did he apply Anthony Burgess's theory of two plots?
How are you applying Vonnegut's advice (Read. Write.)
What did you think of Wendell Berry's assessment that computers make you write too much?
What is the role of an MFA program for writing, and what are some alternative paths?
How might the Borders bankruptcy (and others) impact authors, and booksellers?
Explore his "how-to publish" directions. Go to Amazon's CreateSpace -- sketch out a theoretical budget and marketing plan if you were using this route.
JD Lester is the author of Mommy Calls Me Monkeypants
and Daddy Calls Me Doodlebug along with the forthcoming Grandma Calls Me Gigglepie.A thorough portfolio entry on JD Lester would include following up on the research her handout recommended, e.g., SCBWI, and finding the appropriate association that fits for your genre (if it isn't children's literature). Then join it. Review some of the industry sites she recommended, e.g., "Preditors and Editors."
How did she stress the role of research, and how can you apply that to your writing path and writing career (or writing hobby, if that's the route you're planning). Discuss the role of writing within a Community, and how you plan to develop that community for yourself.
Todd Wright, whose new book is The Self-Improvement Book Club Murder
reminded us that all readers will ask, "why am I reading this," and we should be able to answer that in the first sentence, the first paragraph, and the first page. For his eighth novel (first published novel), he chose a format that he would understand and that readers would understand: the Murder Mystery. It is not an experimental format.
A thorough portfolio entry will examine many of the topics he introduced:
How did he apply Anthony Burgess's theory of two plots?
How are you applying Vonnegut's advice (Read. Write.)
What did you think of Wendell Berry's assessment that computers make you write too much?
What is the role of an MFA program for writing, and what are some alternative paths?
How might the Borders bankruptcy (and others) impact authors, and booksellers?
Explore his "how-to publish" directions. Go to Amazon's CreateSpace -- sketch out a theoretical budget and marketing plan if you were using this route.
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Portfolio Points
Portfolios should be designed to reflect assessment and analysis, not summary.
What are the jumping off points inspired by the guest speaker or assigned reading? Are their arguments effective? Are there challenges? Examine in the context of larger trends, and in the context of your writer's path.
What are the jumping off points inspired by the guest speaker or assigned reading? Are their arguments effective? Are there challenges? Examine in the context of larger trends, and in the context of your writer's path.
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