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December 2010

Cables and wires

For Hoover, since we just spent a good chunk of a car ride talking about our opinions on WikiLeaks – one of few political topics we seem to mostly agree upon:

Sites like WikiLeaks work because sources, more often than not pricked by conscience, come forward with information in the public interest. […] It helps guarantee the information won’t be hidden by editors and publishers who are afraid of lawsuits or the government.

Why WikiLeaks is Good for AmericaWired

Update: What the crap, England?

That’s Transmedia, Too

Following the 2010 Media Commons Tailgate (well, really leading up to it as well), we were all in the mental space of Transmedia.  Particularly, I was trying to take a step back to think of ways that projects could transcend one form of media and incorporate others.  I ran through plenty of ideas, some of which were unassuming like the good old paper turned into a video project or video project supported by a PowerPoint presentation, etc.  Then I put the topic on autopilot and went forward with other lines of research – and answering our hotline phone during the end of semester crunch.

Until I found these on io9:

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Combining the actual text of classic novels with iconic imagery into a fully readable – and absolutely beautiful – poster.  Could you imagine asking students to do something similar with one of those staid essays?  Maybe not for a high level research paper, but could really bring some joy into the realm of English 15, no?