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Going Multimedia In The Writing Class Prof. Bill Broun Dept. of English East Stroudsburg University

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What is multimedia? PencilCrayonPaper Multimedia

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Conventionally its combining at least two of these: Text Animation Video Audio Interactivity

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Conventions in thinking about student multimedia writing

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Guiding Principles Use great care with student privacy issues: sample consent formsample consent form Teach respect for copyright and intellectual property Be skeptical of technophilia / hype Less is sometimes more Most students do NOT know more about technology than you except when they do: be receptive and not threatened by such students Sharing technology and look for free things

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Types of student multimedia writing Creative Traditional poetry and fiction transferred online Creative multimedia writing that artfully uses sound and images Specialized software that intervenes in creative process Student/class publications Student-created newspapers Student-published e-books Academic Reports Journaling Class presentations Collaborative discussions Responses to assignments

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Widely used tools for writing classes Learning management systems such as Blackboard, D2L, etc. PowerPoint ReadWriteThink interactive tools YouTube Edublogs, Wordpress, and other blogging systems Handheld digital camcorders Audacity Easy-use plug-in microphones (Blue Snowball)Blue Snowball Classroom online, video, and audio capability

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Lesser known tools for writing classes Animoto XtranormalXtranormal, Stupefix and many other easy-animation systemsStupefix Sites for open-rights music and images such as Musopen and Creative Commons, etc. Music at low prices or free direct from artists at sites such as Last.fm and Soundclick.coMusopen Creative CommonsLast.fm Twitter for reporting on events or Twitteroetry. Article on the rise of Twitter poetry in New York Times.New York Times. ReadWriteThink webbing tool Choose Your Own Story

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What is electronic creative writing? Any creative writing in any electronic form Creative writing in 2D and 3D virtual environments, eg, video game storytelling Virtual artistic objects either based in text or not Traditional print-based creative writing transferred to the web and/or adapted for the web Fluxus Movement from the 1960s

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What are some of electronic creative writings oldest traditions? Choose your own adventure narratives written with hypertext (clickable text) Poems with audio, video, or digital graphics Creatively written blogs Creative journalism: web-based magazines Text-based virtual objects, games or installations with or without multimedia

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Writing from the E-Literature CollectionE-Literature Collection Caitlin Kennys film Storyland I, You, We Sound Poems

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Poetry with image exercise Write a poem of 10-20 lines. Find three images on the web that seem to go with it. Find three images that dont go with it in any way, or seem to offer a weird contrast Arrange your words and images on a PowerPoint in an artful way. Be ready to share and discuss. OUTCOMES : Learning about irony, narrative order, basics of PowerPoint.

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Xtranormal Play Create a free account on Xtranormal.Xtranormal Write a short but at least 30-60 seconds long mini- play using any avatars or setting you wish. There must be a serious conflict and a series of lies in the play. Be prepared to share it. OUTCOMES: Learning about the creation of distinct characters through dialogue; conflict; plotting.

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Twitter Poetry Create a Twitter account using a pen name. Try your hand and half a dozen Twitter poems. Read a few haiku poems by Matsuo BashoRead a few haiku poems by Matsuo Basho. Compare and contrast your own efforts on Twitter with Basho. Be ready to discuss. OUTCOMES : Learning about a classic literary form, language compression, cutting down on wordiness