Please look at this sample of a potential way to post the work collaboratively, but with everyone doing their own work.
Paul Czech has suggested a newspaper format.
http://www.paulczech.com/t&tTimes/
What I would like now is to collect your ideas about what you can contribute (e.g., a 1250 word article on the ideas to focus on from module 2; an equivalent comic strip on the ideas to address in module 2; an equivalent advertisement; a video; or something else).
I would like to appoint Paul Czech as the technical editor, but we also need an editor and compiler of the issue -- looking for volunteers. Also, if you have some hidden talents, then let us know.
This is meant to be a way to graphically [or electronically] express complicated ideas about texts and technology in history.
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Ooooh! I like this newspaper format! Very creative and visually stimulating! After the Ong assignment I feel the need to continue the creativity and I really think this format will allow that. I am not entirely sure yet how I would like to contribute to the T&T times. I am immersed in Drucker and am just trying to pull out key ideas. I'm sure something will strike me though. I'm thinking an article or advertisement, but something else might pop into my head. I'll let you know as soon as I can.
Best,
Stacey
Thanks. In a series of emails, I learned that one of our peers in this class has extensive editorial and journalistic experience (with major newspapers). J. Lamothe (his user name here) has agreed to serve as the newspaper's editor/compiler.
Maybe we should use a different word than creativity. Maybe a word that relates to a shift in our culture from literate to electrate forms. So, what looks like creativity from the perspective of print-literate culture, looks like one rational aspect of a new research and communication paradigm. Drucker and McVarish produce a book that some would say expresses their creativity, but others would more correctly note that the design of the book expresses crucial aspects of their arguments.
Keep reading Drucker/McVarish.
I actually mentioned it to Paul in our Mon. PM class, but I have some newsletter editing & layout experience- if anyone needs assistance with that, I'd like to help. Sounds like it might be covered, though...
Sonia
Sonia,
I'm not sure what John's role will be as editor, but if you have a talent for page layout, you could definitely work with John on the look of the page with your Adobe InDesign skills. Once you've settled on a layout, I could take it and transform the page into HTML so that it could be displayed on the web. Just an idea...
John, any thoughts?
Perhaps each of us could pick one chapter to summarize, add our own research, and connect to Ong.
Then we could represent that chapter using a different news format: article, op-ed piece, graph, chart, comic strip, classified ad, full-page commercial ad, human interest story. We would have to use images and fonts reflective of the era we are discussing.
This way, the whole book will be covered, but our newspaper won't just be a collection of the same, repeated, overall summary.
I like the newspaper idea, but am concerned that it will be hard to write "news" stories that satisfy the 1250 word requirement; it's going to be a newspaper full of op-ed pieces. I am always impressed with the visual presentation of Wired magazine, which I used to read faithfully up until this semester started, and can imagine us creating an issue dedicated to the History of Graphic Design. Each issue contains a somewhat formulaic set of brief, clever, catchy components that would lend itself well of this assignment, while satisfying the 1250 word written requirement.
I like the idea of summarizing a chapter as a smaller part of the assignment. That way, there's no pressure to modulate our work for the essay, simply convert the notes we've taken for a given chapter into a "news-ready" format.
Maggie:
I like your idea as well. I think there are enough of us in the class to take a chapter (or two that are connected). Once we figure that out, we can move onto the format of our contribution and how we'd like it to look.
Stacey
Great idea Maggie...I think that each of us choosing a chapter and presenting the information in a unique form is a good way to avoid redundant information and keep everything fresh.
Also, John (Bork), I'm open to having a format in the style of "Wired." Can you post a link or an image of the layout style you had in mind?
Finally, for my submission, I would consider creating an interactive crossword puzzle or some type of word game. I'm not sure if this would be acceptable, but most newspapers have a crossword puzzle or a series of word games.
Paul
Here is a link to Wired Magazine online
http://www.wired.com/wired/
Honestly, though, the visual affects have been dumbed down to entice you to buy the magazine to grok its layout style. What I thought would be useful for our project is the standard slate of columns, which we could transform:
Start .. various short articles
Wired-Tired-Expired
Jargon Watch
What's Inside
Mr. Know It All
Japanese Schoolgirl Watch
TEST .. products
PLAY .. music, games, books, movies
News from the Future (not on web version)
So, Dr. Saper,
To clarify: would a contribution to our e-journal that summarizes one or two chapters -- and possibly be a visual -- fulfill the original assignment (considering that we include our own research and connect the arguments to Ong), or should we create our journal piece, plus write the original essay summarizing the entire text?
Thanks,
Maggie
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