Wednesday, December 3
Tuesday, December 2
Video podcast trial
This is the only format I'm still having trouble with. Have to explore this further, but even PDFs and DOCs opening reliably. . .
MP3 trial
Where Are You? by First - Year Program
Download now or listen on posterous
Where Are You_ 1.mp3 (3519 KB) Download now or listen on posterous
Monday, December 1
Week 1 - Sutton Hoo exercise
For this exercise you will go to the British Museum website and search the Compass database for “Sutton Hoo.” Begin by reading the short article on the “Excavations of Sutton Hoo.” Next, choose 4 or 5 of the objects recovered from these excavations to examine in more detail. Before reading about these artifacts, study the larger image of each and speculate on the following questions:
– What was this object?
– What kind of person did it belong to?
– What function did it serve?
– What social or symbolic value might it have contributed to its owner?
British Museum database
Finally, choose 1 object and write a three paragraph summary of your findings. In the first paragraph you should provide a physical description of the artifact. The second should then speculate on its uses or importance. In the third paragraph you should review the catalog article on your object and compare your ideas with the conclusions other researchers have come to. (*I'll post a sample response as a comment to this prompt. Please post your work the same way.)
– What was this object?
– What kind of person did it belong to?
– What function did it serve?
– What social or symbolic value might it have contributed to its owner?
British Museum database
Finally, choose 1 object and write a three paragraph summary of your findings. In the first paragraph you should provide a physical description of the artifact. The second should then speculate on its uses or importance. In the third paragraph you should review the catalog article on your object and compare your ideas with the conclusions other researchers have come to. (*I'll post a sample response as a comment to this prompt. Please post your work the same way.)
Class intro - kcd
I'm a pretty typical student, full of grand ambition in January and regret in May.
Looking forward to the class.
kcd
Introducing the Class Feed
This semester our class blog will provide the gathering place for ideas, links, images, and content related to our hybrid class.
The basic idea is to create a running class feed where we'll send content anyone wants to share with the class blog, either during class or outside, by email (engl22104@acu.edu). Anyone in the class should be able to share
- text comments (either like blog posts or tweets), sent from iPhone Mail app
- web links, mailed from mobile Safari
- photos, sent from iPhone camera
- (maybe quick audio or video captures later)
We'll take a few minutes the first day of class to set up your access, and from then on you'll be able to contribute freely to the class feed. This is common space, so as the semester progresses we'll decide together how best to use it.
KD
The basic idea is to create a running class feed where we'll send content anyone wants to share with the class blog, either during class or outside, by email (engl22104@acu.edu). Anyone in the class should be able to share
- text comments (either like blog posts or tweets), sent from iPhone Mail app
- web links, mailed from mobile Safari
- photos, sent from iPhone camera
- (maybe quick audio or video captures later)
We'll take a few minutes the first day of class to set up your access, and from then on you'll be able to contribute freely to the class feed. This is common space, so as the semester progresses we'll decide together how best to use it.
KD
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