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In today’s class: A brief introduction to a few rhetorical techniques (10 minutes) Time to read and analyze the SOTU address (20 minutes) Discuss the SOTU (30 minutes) Tweet/Discuss Halloran and Sullivan (13 minutes) Homework Rhetorical Techniques and the State … Continue reading →

I’ve sent out an email with a .zip for use in class today. We’ll work a bit with positioning images, and then I will give you time to work on your projects.

Class today has a few goals: Discuss Ulmer, his relationship to Ong, and his concept of electracy Discuss Project One. Ask questions, and I might answer them Troubleshoot HTML. What was helpful? Homework: Ulmer and Electracy This video will give … Continue reading →

In today’s class we will focus our attention on Plato’s castigation of rhetoric. You have read the Gorgias dialogue and the Apology. I want to supplement these readings and open our discussion by introducing Plato’s (in)famous “Allegory of the Cave,” … Continue reading →

Here is the schedule for our second meeting: Theory: Walter Ong’s “Writing is a Technology that Restructures Thought” Practice: Working with Photoshop Homework: Reading / Reading / Coding Walter Ong Things I want to address: Technology, artificiality, cybernetics Knowledge as … Continue reading →

Somethings to address on our second class session: My suggestions for reading theory How to use twitter effectively My lecture notes for Ong (blogpost)