First, I want to start by saying that we need to bring in some peach rings or something for Jenna, a gorgeous blonde in our class, on Monday for being a baller editor and putting out the third draft of our eBook. That clearly took a ton of time and effort, and she is a champ for getting it done. It looks pretty spiffy and that table of contents! Art. Purely a masterpiece.
I read the whole thing tonight and really enjoyed it! I definitely think that we have explored a lot of avenues and topics as far as the platforms go. Something that I liked was that the chapters don't really resemble each other. There's not a repeat of ideas or information that seems overdone. So yay for that! Also, the chapters seem pretty well written. Obviously there is room for improvement, but they kept my interest and NOT EVEN because I am pals with all of the authors. That was just a bonus.
Of course, there are a few things that we can still work through. I tried clicking on the links that were included in a few of the chapters and they didn't go anywhere. That could just be my Wifi or Kindle, but I want to be sure we're aware of that in case it could be a potential problem, you know? Also, a few of the chapters kind of oppose each other. Is that ok? For example, Jenna's second chapter is fantastic, and is all about the benefits of self-publishing and how it's helping authors so much. Then my chapter comes in and basically refutes all of that by discussing the negative effects of copyright issues. So what do we want to do about that? I think they're both valid points, so should we keep them because they show different perspectives in the same eBook? I mean, I'm not suggesting scrapping either of them, but it's just an interesting predicament and I'd like some other opinions.
Other than that, it's looking pretty so far! I did like seeing my name there on the Kindle. Maybe there is something to this whole self-publishing/digiliteracy stuff after all.
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Thursday, March 26, 2015
Monday, March 9, 2015
Outline of Captiulo Numero Dois
CHAPTER TEMPLATE
BOOK PART
This would probably fall under something like, “How We Read,” or…yeah, there aren’t really set categories yet, so I’m not sure.
This would probably fall under something like, “How We Read,” or…yeah, there aren’t really set categories yet, so I’m not sure.
CHAPTER TITLE
Un-Limiting Our
Generation
TWEETHIS
The generations to come
have a different take on the uses and opportunities afforded by online scholarship
as a source for knowledge than those before them.
KEYWORDS
Roll of Thunder Hear My
Cry, Millennial Generation, new sources, credibility, resources
TOPICAL IMAGE
Something like this?
CONTENT PARAMETERS
DIGILITERARY VIA
AMAZON-KINDLE-GOODREADS CONNECTION
-Contrasting
traditional/social references
-Using a Kindle instead
of a textbook (arguments for and against)
-Researching authors
using their Goodreads accounts (getting in touch, joining discussions,
participating in groups, greater access to other works)
LITERARY WORK
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred Taylor
TRADITIONAL REFERENCES -
(General Literary, Scholarly)
“Words With Friends” by Lisa
Nakamura
SOCIAL REFERENCES
(current conversations, social media, interviews)
CONTENT LAYOUT
This book is clearly about racism and the
effect that it had on families in the South.
There are many examples of the negative effects of interaction with
white children on the Logan family, the protagonists here. However, one character, Jeremy Simms, is a
stark contrast to the rest of the hate and stigmas going on throughout the
story. He represents the hope that
society has for integration, acceptance, and progress through his kind acts and
subtly helpful gestures of friendship to the Logan children. This, to me, is pretty similar to what we see
now in society, as well as what used to be accepted. The Internet was once seen as something frightening
and a waste of time. Parents and
teachers saw this resource narrowly when it first came out and encouraged
students to seek learning from traditional sources like the encyclopedia or
textbooks. Knowledge was found in the
library and at school, end of story.
However, now it is at our fingertips and the rising generations have
little to none of the apprehension of their predecessors. Instead of being closed-minded, students
today have much to gain access to databases, textbooks that can be read on a
hand-held device, and greater interaction with authors and live sources.
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