Monthly Archives: October 2015

Rhetoric and Gaming 9.2: MOAR GAMES!!! (And Usability)

Today’s Plan MOAR GAMES (reviewing your concept posts on Canvas) Developing a useful, usable Usability Document for assessing game instructions Game Concept Discussion Let’s turn to Canvas and talk a bit (max 30 minutes). Developing a Useful, Usable Usability Document … Continue reading

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Expository Writing 9.2: Duffett and Fandom / Research Papers

Today’s plan: Duffett’s Intro to Understanding Fandom Research Query Homework

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Rhetoric and Gaming 9.1: Game Day with Kiele and Jordan from Armada

Today’s plan: Homework: Game Design Discussion Post / Mechanics and Inspiration Thursday: Usability testing project Kiele and Jordan from Armada Games Game Design Discussion Post Hi all, I’ve put a discussion forum on Canvas to help you begin to form … Continue reading

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Expository Writing 8.2: Designing Research Projects

Today’s plan: The “default” final paper Review Jenkins questions in Canvas Time to write about Jenkins Writing research with Wayne Booth Homework

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Expository Writing 8.1: Workshopping Gladwell’s “Thresholds of Violence”

Today’s plan: Homework Gladwell Homework For next session, I want you to read one more chapter from Jenkins’ book. I will leave the choice of chapter up to you. In Thursday’s class, I will ask each of you to write … Continue reading

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Rhetoric and Gaming 8.1: Gender, Race, and Sexuality Video Presentations

Today’s plan: A few final comments about project one Presentations Homework A Few Final Comments About Project One First, a comment about Tolstoy and what we mean about how art creates community, and another thought on the Walking Dead: I … Continue reading

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Historical Rhetorics 8: Contemporary Sophistry (Feminist, Third, New Materialist, and Otherwise)

Today’s plan: Secondary source presentations Jarratt’s explication of sophistry Vitanza’s response to Jarratt / his explication of Gorgias Let’s spend some time with Zizek. And maybe Sloterdjik. Secondary Source Presentations Tonight we have presentations from Elizabeth and Jon. Jarratt’s Explication … Continue reading

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Rhetoric and Gaming: A Crash Course in Windows Moviemaker

Today we are going to jump into video editing. Many of you will already have experience with video editing, and today will feel like a review. Please feel free to make suggestions or help! We’ll be working from an earlier … Continue reading

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Historical Rhetorics Week 7: Sophistry and/as Making the Other Argument the Self

Today’s plan: Touching on last week: What’s Your Problem? Secondary Source Presentations Sophists Rock: Greatest Hits A Few Things I Want to Say A Quick Walkthrough the Dissoi Logoi Eristic Exercise

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Rhetoric and Gaming 6.2: Bogost, Procedurality, Rhetoric, Butler, Performativity, and The Walking Dead

Today’s plan: Play this! “First-Person Tutor” Discuss the Bogost reading Group Work time Schedule and Homework Bogost, Procedurality, Rhetoric, Butler, Performativity, and The Walking Dead So far this semester, I have asked you to play four games: Bad Paper, Darfur … Continue reading

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