2. TODAY
1) Quiz (yikes!)
2) The Reading – Interfaces
3) More on the Visual-Verbal argument
(including a challenge)
4) Activity: a good use for Comic Sans
5) Homework
3. QUIZ TIME!
Get out a sheet of paper and write your name at the top.
Number each response as you go. You need to get three of
six correct to avoid the wrath of Dr. Phill. :)
Question 1: What is the problem that plagues the Indian
scholar in the story shared in the first few paragraphs of the
article?
5. Question 3
What do the authors mean by
“interface?” Give a specific example.
6. Question 4
Fill in the blank:
“The rhetoric of technology obscures the
fact that, within our current educational
system-even though computers are
associated with the potential for great
reform-they are not necessarily serving
_________ ends.”
9. Now let’s discuss the reading
Selfe and Selfe ask us to think very seriously
about the interfaces used by computers and
computer software.
The article is old(ish) for the field, but the
topic remains of key importance to our
considerations. On the following slides are
some interfaces. Let’s look at each and talk
about the assumptions it makes about users
(or the identities it inscribes onto users).
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17. Visual Verbal Argument
Remember that this project will
incorporate elements of the visual– in
other words, images– and verbal– words.
The meme stuff we worked on last class
COULD turn into a final submission for
this project.
18. My challenge to you
If you want to create a meme for your
project, my challenge to you is to try to
get it to “stick” on the net. See if you can
get other people to circulate it.
That is how memes work, after all.
19. Another way to make a
visual-verbal argument
…is to remix something visual, using new
words or new variations on the visuals, to
make a new argument.
The important part is that your argument
is clear and resonates with the audience.
20. Activity: remixing comics
I have placed a zip on Niihka called “comic.”
In it, you will find the images on the next
few slides. I want you to use them– either
straight up or editing using the panels– to
add words and create some sort of new
argument. You can edit them however you
wish, and you’re welcome to go to the web
to find other pieces if you so desire.
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26. When you finish
Save your file as a jpg or
png and email it to me at
alexanp3@miamioh.edu
