Here is the agenda for today’s class:

1. Complete “About” pages of your blogs (20 minutes)
2. Group activity: Develop your own revision of copyright law for the digital age using stasis theory as your method of invention (30 minutes)
3. Discussion of manifestos (20 minutes)

As part of our discussion of manifestos, we will watch this performance of the Declaration of Independence as it is the United States’s most famous example of a manifesto.

In class today we will start by setting up our Wordpress accounts going over the technical basics of blogging. Next we will continue our discussion of copyright and remix culture with an emphasis on developing our own ethical code for composing in online spaces such as our blogs. At the end of our discussion you will have the opportunity to to explore Creative Commons and add a license to your blog if you want.