Brainstorming used to consist of lots of paper strewn all over my room, maybe a broken pencil or two (until I would find a pen and then the white out would surface), and a lot of going back and forth between books and more papers. Boy, am I glad for computers! I love this digital age. I was able to open up this blog to view each post made by my classmates, and open up a word document to type and edit my ideas to my heart's content. Oh, the bliss.
Without further delay, please see below for the draft of a possible Table of Contents for our class's ebook. (This is a very rough draft - eventually the language will be much more flowery.)
Table of Contents Draft
Entering the Digiliterary World
1. Saren Bennet, Finding a New Home Among Online Platforms
Getting acquainted with online platforms can be a foreign experience, but when done with an open and eager mind, readers can become their best selves and create a new home.
2. Shelby , Rotting Our Brains Has Become Broadening Our Horizons
It is important to put aside our fears of the unknown and become digiliterary in order to enrich our literary experience.
3. Lauren Sullivan, Increased Access to Information Equals Increased Intelligence for the Individual
As readers are able to explore and utilize online platforms for literary study, they are increasing their knowledge; this increased knowledge enables individuals to shape society anew.
4. Nathan Scovill, Good Advertising vs Spoiler Alert
Online platforms introduce a story out-of-order: the pros and cons of this effect.
5. Leah Smart, Reconsuming the Classics
Amazon opens the Kindle reader to a variety of free ebook downloads; many of those free downloads are classics that readers can reread and replace old judgments.
The Importance of a Credible Online Identity
6. Jenna Rasmussen, Real People, Real Participation
Learning how to have an appropriate online identity and making that identity credible is crucial to a person's active participation on online platforms.
7. Meghan Derrick, Isolated Readers are Becoming Socialized Users
Online platforms follow social norms: what is the difference between Amazon and Goodreads?
8. Lauren Sullivan, The Vulnerability of the Virtual Bookshelf
Goodreads allows users to create online bookshelves that can shape a person's online identity.
9. Nathan Scovill, The Wall of Anonymity
The change from paper to electronic books is creating a disconnect between consumers: what are the effects?
Authors on the Digital Platforms
10. Jenna Rasmussen, Self-publishing: The Fight Against Cinderella Syndrome
Online platforms allow closet-authors to take their future into their own hands: is the increasing trend of self-publishing diminishing the original story?
11. Emily Larsen, Authors Online
Readers can now connect to their favorite authors like never before, but is this increased connection on the online platform causing authors to retreat? How is the reader being affected by the increased access to authors online?
Power of the Online User
12. Shelby, Online Platforms and the Loss of Control
The power given to online users is reaching a point where the platforms are losing control.
13. Nathan Scovill, Documenting the Past via Online Platforms
The ability of a reader to document their past has become increasingly prevalent, but it also makes it difficult to find sources that are “respectable or accurate”.
15. Saren Bennet, Reviews From All Sorts
The review feature on Amazon and Goodreads allow for a diversity of opinion about a book rather than just the authoritative reviews we can see on the inside of a book cover.
16. Meghan Derrick, Instant Gratification of the Online Platform
One click and we can have what we want: the effect this instant gratification has on the reader.
17. Emily Larsen, Loss of the Individual's Ignorance and Innocence
The access to more literature allows for more experiences in literature; each work of literature an individual reads leaves the reader with a new idea about the world and about their identity.
More chapter ideas:
- I think it would be a good idea to include a chapter on how the digiliterary age has affected learning in the classroom.
- We talked about having a chapter based on the economic aspect of using digital platforms. Perhaps, Leah's second chapter could take on this idea since social class and money are a huge part of Pride and Prejudice.
It is important to put aside our fears of the unknown and become digiliterary in order to enrich our literary experience.
3. Lauren Sullivan, Increased Access to Information Equals Increased Intelligence for the Individual
As readers are able to explore and utilize online platforms for literary study, they are increasing their knowledge; this increased knowledge enables individuals to shape society anew.
4. Nathan Scovill, Good Advertising vs Spoiler Alert
Online platforms introduce a story out-of-order: the pros and cons of this effect.
5. Leah Smart, Reconsuming the Classics
Amazon opens the Kindle reader to a variety of free ebook downloads; many of those free downloads are classics that readers can reread and replace old judgments.
The Importance of a Credible Online Identity
6. Jenna Rasmussen, Real People, Real Participation
Learning how to have an appropriate online identity and making that identity credible is crucial to a person's active participation on online platforms.
7. Meghan Derrick, Isolated Readers are Becoming Socialized Users
Online platforms follow social norms: what is the difference between Amazon and Goodreads?
8. Lauren Sullivan, The Vulnerability of the Virtual Bookshelf
Goodreads allows users to create online bookshelves that can shape a person's online identity.
9. Nathan Scovill, The Wall of Anonymity
The change from paper to electronic books is creating a disconnect between consumers: what are the effects?
Authors on the Digital Platforms
10. Jenna Rasmussen, Self-publishing: The Fight Against Cinderella Syndrome
Online platforms allow closet-authors to take their future into their own hands: is the increasing trend of self-publishing diminishing the original story?
11. Emily Larsen, Authors Online
Readers can now connect to their favorite authors like never before, but is this increased connection on the online platform causing authors to retreat? How is the reader being affected by the increased access to authors online?
Power of the Online User
12. Shelby, Online Platforms and the Loss of Control
The power given to online users is reaching a point where the platforms are losing control.
13. Nathan Scovill, Documenting the Past via Online Platforms
The ability of a reader to document their past has become increasingly prevalent, but it also makes it difficult to find sources that are “respectable or accurate”.
15. Saren Bennet, Reviews From All Sorts
The review feature on Amazon and Goodreads allow for a diversity of opinion about a book rather than just the authoritative reviews we can see on the inside of a book cover.
16. Meghan Derrick, Instant Gratification of the Online Platform
One click and we can have what we want: the effect this instant gratification has on the reader.
17. Emily Larsen, Loss of the Individual's Ignorance and Innocence
The access to more literature allows for more experiences in literature; each work of literature an individual reads leaves the reader with a new idea about the world and about their identity.
More chapter ideas:
- I think it would be a good idea to include a chapter on how the digiliterary age has affected learning in the classroom.
- We talked about having a chapter based on the economic aspect of using digital platforms. Perhaps, Leah's second chapter could take on this idea since social class and money are a huge part of Pride and Prejudice.
I like the way you have divided up the chapters. I think bringing in an economic element would be good. It would help us to be able to use hard, measurable research as evidence. I am concerned our book might end up being too much informed by soft science and opinion.
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