"Creativity is Subtraction"

#newspaperblackoutpoetry #austinkleon  #engchat #mbedu I recently heard about Newspaper Blackout Poetry, and thought we should give it a spin in Creative Writing class. Here's two videos to give some background: A sample of Austin Kleon's Blackout Poetry: Creative Writing 101- By Austin Kleon http://www.austinkleon.com/ Some links to explore: http://www.austinkleon.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/deathtogutenberg/sets/72157594575556771/ So...

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Weekly Reflection #4-

Writing Reflection: Your 6 "Six Word Memoirs" are now due, so let's take a minute to reflect on the process! (200 words) - How did it go? Was it an "easy" or "hard" assignment? Why? - What did you learn about this microform of writing? - What surprised you about the project? - Which part of the project did you prefer? Writing the words or creating the visuals? Why? - What did you learn about yourself as a reader/writer/thinker/creator? - Comments/concerns/sources of confusion regarding the course so far? Last week we had a "blogging fieldtrip",...

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Making Blogging Connections

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Blogging Field Trip

# engchat #edchat #blogging- Well ladies and gentlemen, you've all been working hard to establish your own little piece of the blogosphere. In today's class we will be taking a cyber field trip, to the blogs of your fellow classmates. Take some time today to explore the blogs of your classmates, investigate what they've been doing, and contribute to their blogging learning, by posting comments. While everyone needs a cheerleader, please ensure that your comments are more than "great job". Instead, try ask questions, and start conversations....

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What's Your Homework?

Your "Six Word Memoirs" are due tomorrow!  What do you have left to do for homework to meet that dealin...

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Backchannel Chat

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Finishing Up- Six Word Memoirs

#engchat #sixwordmemoirs - It seems we are coming to the end of our work with "6 Word Memoirs", and that means that we need to finish polishing and editing, and publish them for the world to see! Exciting right? Ok, here's what you need to know: (1) You must have 8 of your "Six Word Memoirs" for publishing. (2) E-mail each of your finished  8 "Six Word Memoirs" to the class Flickr account: not48effect@photos.flickr.com (3) Each of these 8 "Six Word Memoirs" must be posted as separate entry, on your blog by Tuesday, March...

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Combining Visuals with Text

#sixwordmemoirs  #picmonkey  #engchat  - Now that you've written your six word memoirs, and have gathered the visuals you would like to use to represent them, we need to combine everything together. The best free site I have found (so far) for editing pictures and adding text to them is www.picmonkey.com  When editing your photos please make sure: - The font colour and size you select is easy to read against the background...

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Blog Visits!

#blogging #mbedu #engchat - In the VERY near future your classmates will be visiting your blogs to check out what you've been up to.  I will also be visiting your blogs for the purpose of assessment.  You should have the following items posted by now: (1) Intro Post (2) Digital Footprint (3) Weekly Reflections #1, #2, #3 (4) At least four personal additions- share some of those Daily Cre8tes!   At the end of class, come back to this post and leave a comment where you tell me about the progress you've made on ou...

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Weekly Reflection #3- Reading Only

This week's response has just a reading portion. Reading Response Portion: Book: Author: Pages Read: ______ - ______ ·Share your opinions, questions, comments, predictions on what you have read. ·DON’T RETELL PLOT!! ·Your reflection should be written in full sentences, and should be around three paragraphs in length. ·There is no need for introductory or concluding paragraphs. Just jump right into it! ·Be detailed and specific, use supporting quotations from your novel. (300 words in lengt...

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