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Adventures in Digital Rhetoric, part the second

Mar 15, 2013

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in Digital Pedagogy, Pedagogy, Social Media, Teaching

Time for a midterm evaluation of how the course is going and what type of job I’m doing as a teacher. Credit where due: Nirmal Trivedi hepped me to this last spring. He’s very wise. And yes, I wrote “hepped.” On purpose. Deep breath. Here goes.

Toward a better research project

Oct 14, 2012

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Diane Jakacki

in Digital Pedagogy, Pedagogy, Social Media, Teaching

This week my ENGL 1102 students will begin presenting their short research projects. I’ve used this assignment twice before, but this time there are a few new twists. The project still involves the development of a class-wide knowledge base designed to help students better grasp the context of medieval and early modern culture and society,…

One Week and Counting

Aug 12, 2012

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Diane Jakacki

in Digital Pedagogy, Pedagogy, Social Media

I’m taking today to finalize my syllabus for the ENGL1102 courses I’ll be teaching this fall. Classes start a week from tomorrow, so it’s probably a good idea for me to get a move on. Last night I shifted my plans somewhat and made the decision to conduct the entire course in WordPress (except for…

Under Pressure

May 6, 2012

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Diane Jakacki

in Conferences, Digital Humanities, Research, Social Media

I’m finishing two essays at the moment – both concerning digital editions (two separate projects). One is due tomorrow and the other is … well, overdue is a polite way of phrasing that. Working on these simultaneously has made me hyper-conscious of the dangers of repetition and tripping over one’s self when writing about research.…

‘Twas the Night Before DH Day …

Mar 26, 2012

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Diane Jakacki

in Brittain Fellowship, Digital Humanities, Digital Pedagogy, Reflections, Research, Social Media, Writing

Getting my thoughts together for tomorrow’s Day of DH extravaganza. So far day looks like this: submit CFP for SCSC early modern panels Skype with imageMAT team to map out milestones for next three months finish marking students’ #DigitalBard wiki projects start transcribing Edwin Nunzeger’s entry on Richard Tarlton for the Tarlton Project finish transcribing…

Category: Social Media

Adventures in Digital Rhetoric, part the second

Toward a better research project

One Week and Counting

Under Pressure

‘Twas the Night Before DH Day …