Thursday, January 19, 2012

The SOPA/PIPA video

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

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!