Writing Online

Hello all. Here are a few updates and our plan for class tomorrow.

Here is what is due soon:

Thursday, 9/9: Annotation #1 posted on your group blog

Friday, 9/10: Your first blog post on your individual blog

Tuesday, 9/13: Annotation #2 posted on your group blog

Friday, 9/17: Your second blog post on your individual blog

Here’s the plan for class tomorrow (Thursday, 9/9):

Finish Copyright discussion (15 minutes)

• Do you agree with Lessig’s view that the digital economy will continue to evolve as a hybrid economy? Why or why not?
• Hybrid or otherwise, what do you think should be the rules/laws governing authorship and ownership in the digital economy? Think about authorship broadly—creators of music, videos, still images, writers of words and of code, and more.

Open-book quiz on the Non-Designer’s Design Book (10 minutes)

Brief lesson on the CRAP principles (10 minutes)

Visual Poetry activity (30 minutes)

• Listen to the song “The Fear” by Lilly Allen.
• Take the chorus and one verse and using Microsoft Word lay them out in a way that reflects their meaning
• The only rules for your layout are that you can only use type and the CRAP principles in your layout. No images or fonts that are actually images (e.g., Wingdings). You may use colors other than black and white, but only to color your type. No text boxes or backgrounds.

Review of Rhetorical terminology (10 minutes)

• This review is to help you think further about how you are crafting your persona in your writing and how you are addressing your intended audiences in your different projects