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Hey everyone! If you’re curious about the idea from Clay Shirky that Miller references in “Reading in Slow Motion,” you can read more about it here: http://www.herecomeseverybody.org/2008/04/looking-for-the-mouse.html There’s an updated, more polished version in his book, Cognitive Surplus, but the concepts … Continue reading →

I ran across a bit this morning that sheds some light on our discussion from yesterday about print vs. online writing, particularly blogs. There was some uneasiness expressed in class about the lack of vetting in online publications–that anyone could … Continue reading →

Ooops. We forgot to celebrate today in class! But I think that our healthy discussion today–on the uses of literacy as liberator and as weapon, the fuzzy distinction between oral and literate practices, the problem with claiming the phonetic alphabet as superior … Continue reading →

Hello, class! I hope your labor day weekends are going well. I chose to celebrate mine by synthesizing some of our inchoate definitions of literacy. Here goes! The understanding and comprehension assertion that we discussed in class comes up again … Continue reading →