Class Canceled Jan 30, 2k8

Hey all,

No class today, Jan 30. They've closed Parley's summit for now, and when they open it they said it will be restricted to 4WD for a time, alas the little ford escort does not qualify.

See you Monday, remember to do those observations,

Roger

Video Blogs, Vblogs, Vlogs

Today we're going to take a break from our regularly scheduled program to look at vlogs.

• Rocketboom (unboomed)
• ZeFrank
• Ask a Ninja
• MelissaJenna

Do you have a vlog you'd like to share? Post it in the comments.

Also, remember that your first stab at writing from observation is due on Sunday, 10pm.

Induction? My dear Watson...

Please be prepared to share your revised recall essays, we will go over them briefly in class.

We will be continuing our work on the snapshot essay by exploring a different skill in the genre, writing from observation. We will also tackle inductive analysis and fictionalization as sense making.

• Tips for writing from observation (please read). I'm curious if anyone notices the source of this tip sheet. How do you feel about it? How do you feel about it being assigned to you?
  
• Just for kicks: Angela Booth's Writing Blog, could be called notes from the copywriter's underground, a great snapshot for those of you interested in freelance or copywriting.

For Monday conduct your own observation and record it in a blog post along with your analysis. Possible scenarios? We'll brainstorm these together in class.

Revisiting our writing from recall posts

So you've blogged from recall, how was it?

Today you'll be sharing your writings with peers in groups of seven-ish. They will go over their thoughts with you using the Bedford Guide Checklist to help get things started. Additionally, I'd like to add two questions to the checklist. You will be using the comments field in this activity.

1. Did using a blog to write from recall alter your writing experience?
2. Did it, or should it, alter your content?

Finally, I'd like you to create a new post, for Monday (aka Sunday 10pm), where you return to the work you wrote and revise it using your peers input. Do this in a new post.

It is important, at this stage, not to edit your posts when you revise, but rather to create new ones. This will allow you to see your evolution and identify patterns in your strengths and weaknesses. Feel free to copy and paste, however.

Homework 3

Homework 3 (Sunday 10pm):
Complete a post writing from recall. You should re-visit a memory you are willing to share in class. Make it one discrete event or story. We will be reading some of these on Monday.

Accounts, Writing From Recall

We'll start off by making sure everyone has an ArtsTech account. Also, we will double check the class links. See me after class if yours isn't up or is wrong.

We will spend the majority of class talking about writing from recall, before turning you loose to take a shot at it.

Request Account With the College of Fine Arts

This is something I should have done with you on the first day. The college of Fine Arts offers all students in an Artstech class access to space on the server as well as access to an impressive digital asset library. Don't let me forget to sign you up for this.

• Sign-up form
• How to access with AFP
• How to access with FTP