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Visual Rhetoric 6 (Friday): Book Production Project

Posted on February 19, 2016 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan: Remix Posters Introduce Project 2 Watch “Work of Art” Form Groups (Canvas Thread) Break InDesign Workshop: Lesson 3 Homework Book Production Project Today we begin our second project of the semester. It is my goal that we finish … Continue reading →

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Advanced Composition: 6.2 Your Freshman Year

Posted on February 18, 2016 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan: Discussing Nathan ZeFrank on college Tell me about your Freshman Year

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Visual Rhetoric 6.2: InDesign

Posted on February 18, 2016 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Class: Quick Note About Citrix Documentation InDesign Chapter 1 Review Questions (pg 29) Working with InDesign: Chapter 2 Homework

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One Day Crash Course: Visual Rhetoric and Presidential Campaign Websites

Posted on February 6, 2016 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan: Quick Overview of Visual Rhetoric (with an eye toward web interfaces) (12 minutes) Flash View at Presidential Campaign Posters (8 minutes) Looking at Presidential Campaign Posters (25 minutes) Walkaway (5 minutes) A Quick Introduction to (Visual) Rhetoric Today’s … Continue reading →

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Advanced Composition 4.2: Dewey

Posted on February 4, 2016 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan: Focus Groups Discussion & Reading Notes Homework Focus Groups To get things started today, I am going to ask you to form groups of three. Each group will be assigned a question to research. Here’s the questions: What … Continue reading →

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Advanced Composition 4.1: Petrarch (Where did all the poetry go?)

Posted on February 2, 2016 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s plan: Reviewing the last discussion posts Listening to Thomas Frank A poem or two Petrarch Question Homework

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Visual Rhetoric 4.1: Presidential Poster Project

Posted on February 2, 2016 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan: Generate the Rubric Share poster ideas and information Homework (how to turn in Project One) Project 2 Rubric I have created a discussion thread in Canvas called “Project 2 Rubric.” I want you to contribute 5 things that … Continue reading →

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Listening, Passivity, and/as Ethics

Posted on November 22, 2014 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

This morning a tweet caught my attention: Loved hearing Albers and Harste speak about reclaiming writing #ncte14 #reclaimthejoy #literacies pic.twitter.com/ifqU0mEdTY — Jon Wargo (@wargojon) November 22, 2014 I haven’t read Albers and Harste before, so I’ll have to track down … Continue reading →

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Rhetoric & Gaming – Introduction

Posted on August 26, 2014 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Week One / Class One Look, we’re in the news! Let’s go over the syllabus. Let’s talk about video games a bit. And let’s introduce the first project. I will do this by asking something(s) that has nothing to do … Continue reading →

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Spring Book Order

Posted on December 5, 2012 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

As we put another semester in the books, its time to place the book orders for the Spring. Here’s what I have on order: Rhetoric and Gaming Bogost, Persuasive Games McGonigal, Reality is Broken Fille and Platten, The Ultimate Guide … Continue reading →

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