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Visual Rhetoric (Friday) Week One: Introduction and Photoshop Workshop

Posted on January 15, 2016 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan Syllabus overview (11:00-11:15) Introduction to (Visual) Rhetoric / What is New Materialism? (11:15-11:45) My review of White Space (11:45-11:50) Looking at your objects / First Day Attendance (11:50-12:20) Break (12:20-12:30) Photoshop tutorial (12:30-1:35) Zip it and ship it … Continue reading →

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Advanced Composition 1.2: Plato’s Republic

Posted on January 14, 2016 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan: Post blog URL’s to Canvas Two volunteers to read their blog post to open discussion Plato’s Republic VII Discussion posts (3:00-3:10) Homework (3:10-3:15)

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Visual Rhetoric 1.2: Adobe Photoshop

Posted on January 12, 2016 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan Quick review of White Space Photoshop Tutorials Zip it and ship it (1:35) Homework

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Advanced Composition Week 1.1: Plato

Posted on January 12, 2016 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s plan: Why Are You Here? Syllabus Introduction to Plato, Greek Conceptions of Philosophy and Rhetoric Writing with Direct Quotations Homework

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Visual Rhetoric Week 1: What is (Visual) Rhetoric?

Posted on January 12, 2016 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan Go over syllabus What is (Visual) Rhetoric? Homework

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Historical Rhetorics Week 15: Ramus and the Death of Rhetoric

Posted on November 23, 2015 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Ong’s Ramus and Rhetoric’s Slow Death I’ve got a link here to the Historical Rhetorics wikibook, which has discussion of a few other key passages from Ong’s book on Ramus. We should note the extent to which the death of … Continue reading →

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Rhetoric and Gaming 14.2: Usability Testing and Revisions

Posted on November 19, 2015 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Hi all, a quick post today to formalize our dates. In today’s class, we will do more usability testing on your games, paying specific attention to the provided instructions. You will have this weekend to revise your instructions. Every group … Continue reading →

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Historical Rhetorics Week 14: Augustine’s Weak Defense

Posted on November 16, 2015 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s plan: Secondary Source Presentations Augustine’s [Philosophical] Rhetoric Some Discussion of Semiotics and Hermeneutics Break The Transcendental Signifier, The Big Other, and the Other (with a Capital O)

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Historical Rhetorics 12: Quintilian and Lanham’s Strong Defense

Posted on November 9, 2015 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s plan: Secondary Source Presentations Discuss Quintilian Quintilian and Postpedagogy Bob’s self-named “shtick” Break An Answer Given By Way of a Long(ish) Speech: Why I Love Lanham’s Strong Defense

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Historical Rhetorics 11: Cicero

Posted on November 2, 2015 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s plan: Secondary source presentations Tracing the Legacies of the Greeks Break Stasis Theory (and a little bit of Johnson’s Rasselas

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