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December 2010

Cables and wires

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For Hoover, since we just spent a good chunk of a car ride talking about our opinions on WikiLeaks – one of few political topics we seem to mostly agree upon:

Sites like WikiLeaks work because sources, more often than not pricked by conscience, come forward with information in the public interest. […] It helps guarantee the information won’t be hidden by editors and publishers who are afraid of lawsuits or the government.

Why WikiLeaks is Good for America – Wired

Update: What the crap, England?

That’s Transmedia, Too

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Following the 2010 Media Commons Tailgate (well, really leading up to it as well), we were all in the mental space of Transmedia.  Particularly, I was trying to take a step back to think of ways that projects could transcend one form of media and incorporate others.  I ran through plenty of ideas, some of which were unassuming like the good old paper turned into a video project or video project supported by a PowerPoint presentation, etc.  Then I put the topic on autopilot and went forward with other lines of research – and answering our hotline phone during the end of semester crunch.

Until I found these on io9:

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Combining the actual text of classic novels with iconic imagery into a fully readable – and absolutely beautiful – poster.  Could you imagine asking students to do something similar with one of those staid essays?  Maybe not for a high level research paper, but could really bring some joy into the realm of English 15, no?