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So, in response to the final projects, I humbly try to cobble together a Thomas paper that can put those projects into conversation while threading together some of the themes we discussed throughout the semester. I end up thinking about … Continue reading →

Recently, the FCC effectively announced that it will rethink its regarding net neutrality, which can essentially be understood as whether regulation of the Internet should be controlled by the government or the free market. For my friends who don’t follow … Continue reading →

Let me end by revisiting where we started. The syllabus: I have two primary purposes for this semester. First, I want to expose you to as many new technologies as possible. It is quite likely that you will be called … Continue reading →

I have three things to accomplish in today’s class: Discussing informed consent and distributing IRB forms Sharing information on putting together a portfolio Customizing a SquareSpace site using CSS code Informed Consent Megan McIntyre and I are working on a … Continue reading →

Today we want to get started working with Adobe Premiere. While the basics of Premiere are similar to programs we have already used, such as Moviemaker and iMovie, Premiere offers a much deeper experience (and a much steeper learning curve).  … Continue reading →

Understand the Basic Principles of CSS In today’s class I will touch upon the fundamentals of CSS, otherwise know as Cascading Style Sheets. While html allows us to code the content of a document, css allows us to give that … Continue reading →

I am going to go a bit easy on you at the end of this semester. Rather than ask you to both compose a final Thomas paper and craft a “Kalman with a side of Rice,” I will instead ask … Continue reading →

Tuesday: An Introduction to Code Today offers a crash course in all things web.  Learning the Basic Language: #1 Mechanical Parts 1. Server: this is the database(s) that store(s) web pages. Every page on the web is stored on a … Continue reading →

Shipka’s “This Was (NOT) an Easy Assignment” How students negotiate more open-ended assignments, at the same time, how to escape linear, thesis-driven composition: Instead of requiring that students produce linear, print-based texts, the framework for composing I describe here provides … Continue reading →