Welcome again!
I was so happy to meet everyone last night. I am glad we took the first evening to acclimate to the idea of this class together. Here are the slides that I used to guide us through the evening:
A review of some of the things we have accomplished so far
We have connected a little bit:
We looked at both the course website and syllabus together.
I showed you all where to find our primary readings: the Electronic Literature Collections.
Next Monday, we will do some more connecting and getting to know each other, and I will start our semester-long discussion of electronic literature by sharing an overview of some of the most recognizable genres of electronic literature. This understanding of the general elit “categories” will serve as a foundational vocabulary for our overall exploration of electronic literature throughout the semester.
We will look again at our Course Calendar together, and we will plan our presentation schedule a bit. And we will discuss the electronic literature review assignment that each of you will share as a presentation in class during the semester.
Your to-do list for next Monday when we meet again:
- Please create a free WordPress blog. Each week, you will be writing a reflective blog post that captures your writing and learning process for the week. Please send me the URL (web address) for your WordPress blog by filling this form out by Sunday, Sept 14. I will feed your individual blog sites into our course website, so you will all be able to access and read everyone’s weekly blog posts on the course website under the tab “Student Blogs”.
- Please write and publish your first “warm up” blog. It can be a brief description of who you are (i.e. what you have studied, your interests, what has brought you to this class, etc). You can share whatever you would like us to know about yourself. You can also include your early thought(s) regarding literature, storytelling & technology.
Looking forward to seeing you all next week,
Dr. Zamora
