“Theorists of visual rhetoric remind us that writeen words are visual marks on a page or screen as well as intelligible verbal signs; because writing is always visually apprehended it is also always to some exent visually informative, conveying meaning based on how it is displayed” (Sorapore). (well, not braille, really, right?) Writing is a [...]
Okay. The readings for this week have basically reinforced for me that ya don’t just use technology in the classroom to tinker with some tools, but to encourage literacy–of all kinds. It seems from the first text to the last of our readings for this week, the idea of first understanding, next being critical, and [...]
Danah Boyd says/quotes Arendt: Public spaces or mediated publics “allow people to make sense of the social norms that regulate society, they let people learn to express themselves and learn from the reactions of others, and they let people make certain acts or expressions ‘real’ by having witnesses acknowledge them.” I really get a kick [...]
Rather than boring my fellow tech fellows with musings of how dark and rich my 9AM Monday cup of coffee is, I will simply say I am writing this here to see how it will appear on my blog. The End.