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DMAC SCHEDULE

DMAC 2008 SCHEDULE DRAFT 5.29.09

Thursday, 4 June

Daily Readings: Thinking about Multimodal Composition

FOCAL READING: Daley, Elizabeth (2003) “Expanding the Concept of Literacy,” EDUCAUSE Review, p. 33-40.
FOCAL READING: Brandt, Deborah (1995). “Accumulating Literacy: Writing and Learning to Write in the Twentieth Century,” College English 57(6): 649-668.

Solomon, John. "Pulling Back the Curtain." On the Media, from NPR.
Valerie Lee video: "The Changing Nature of Literacy"
Selections from the Digital Archive of Literacy Narratives:

Rhonda Schlatter's story about her dyslexic brother teaching her how to read
Alexis Stern's narrative about losing her diseertation prospectus
Jim McDonald's story about his father trying to coopt Jime validictorian speech
Diana George's story about knowing how to read before she could read
Marilyn Valentino's story about her mother being punished for reading
Valerie Lee's story about reading with her mother and for her grandfather
Keith Dorwick's narrative about being called "faggot,"
Kevin DePew's narrative about being labeled a bad writer,
Sheridan Blau's narrative about reading and cussing.
Anonymous' narrative about memory work,
Chris Driscoll's narrative (a long one) on being deaf,
Allen Coleman's narrative about home/library literacy.
Laurence Jose's story about being bilingual and learning about culture

NEW ADD: Cindy's Powerpoint

Schedule:

8:30-9:30 am Welcome and DMAC introduction (DE 311) {Cindy, Scott}
9:30-10:15 am Why multimodal? composition? (DE 311) {Cindy}
10:15-10:30 am Welcome from the English Chair (DE 311) {Valerie}
10:30-10:45 am Break
10:45-11:30 am Introduction to Institute assignment: Thinking about Multimodal Composition (DE 311) {Cindy, Scott}
11:30-12:15 pm Audio Assignment (DALN) (DE 311) {Cindy, Scott}

Task#1: Literacy Narrative Assignment
What is a literacy narrative (explanation for Literacy Narrative assignment)

12:15-1:30 pm Lunch
1:30-2:15 pm Recording Audio (DE 311) {Scott}

Task#1: Literacy Narrative Assignment (cont.)

2:15-3:30 pm Downloading Audio and Learning Audacity

Task#1: Literacy Narrative Assignment (cont.)

3:30-5:00 pm Editing Audio (DE 343) {Scott, Cindy, Gen}

Task#2: DALN PSA Assignment
DALN PSA Assignment files

Evening: Lab open 6pm-10pm (DE 343)

Homework: Continue working on literacy story—goal is to have both tasks complete by 11:00am Friday morning

FRIDAY, 5 June

Readings: Using video to think about multimodal composition

Focal Reading: Takayoshi, Pamela and Selfe, Cynthia L. (2006) "Thinking about Multimodality"
Focal Reading: The New London Group, (1996). “A Pedagogy of Multiliteracies: Designing Social Futures.” Harvard Education Review 66.1: p. 60-92.
Kitchen Sisters (Producer) (28 April 2000). "French Manicure" NPR>Lost and Found Sound.
“A Vision of Students Today” by Michael Wesch
"Web 2.0...The Machine is Us/ing Us" by Michael Wesch
Berry, Patrick. “Multimodal in 60 seconds”
NEW ADD: Cindy Selfe and Valerie Lee's piece from ADE

Schedule:

8:30am-9:00am DMAC business (DE 311)
9:00am-10:00am Discussion of daily readings for yesterday and today (DE 311)
10:00am-11:00am Using audio to think about multimodal composition, uploading literacy narratives (DE 343) {Cindy, Scott}
11:00am-11:15am Break
11:15am-12:30pm Assignment: Using video to think about multimodal composition (DE 311) {Scott}
12:30pm-2:30pm Lunch
1:45pm-2:30pm Assistance transferring video (DE 343)
2:30pm-5:00pm Using video to think about multimodal composition, con't. (DE 343) {Scott}

Friday, June 5
Columbus Arts Festival

http://www.gcac.org/fest/

The Fabulous Johnson Brothers: 8:00pm

http://www.thejbros.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR53Zv9Opuk

SATURDAY, 6 June

Readings: Using video to think about multimodal composition, con't.

Cone, Justin (2006). "Building on the Past" Creative Commons Web site.
"A Spectrum of Rights" (n.d.). Creative Commons Web site.
"How It Works" (n.d.). Creative Commons Web site.
Bound By Law: Tales from the Public Domain
NEW ADD: http://www.educause.edu/

Schedule:

9:00am-9:30am DMAC business (DE 311)
9:30am-10:30am Discussion of Creative Commons, public domain (DE 311)
10:30am-10:45am Break
10:45am-1:30pm Using video to think about multimodal composition, con't. (DE 343) {Scott}

Saturday, June 6

Columbus Arts Festival

http://www.gcac.org/fest/

Gallery Hop

http://www.shortnorth.org/news.asp?n=124

Homework: Finish Multimodal in 60 seconds videos by 9:00am Monday, 8 June

SUNDAY, 7 June

Lab Open: 2-10 pm (DE 343)

Columbus Arts Festival

http://www.gcac.org/fest/

MONDAY, 8 June

Readings: Using design to think about multimodal composition

Focal Reading: Journet, Debra, Tabetha Adkins, Chris Alexander, Patrick Corbett, and Ryan Trauman. “Digital Mirrors: Multimodal Reflection in the Composition Classroom.” Computers and Composition Online http://www.bgsu.edu/cconline/Digital_Mirrors/
Focal Reading: Lorca, Garcia. Sophie Demo Book.
Focal Reading: Journet, Debra. Sophie book: The Shape of Words and Music in Mann's Faustus
Sullivan, Kristin. Sophie book.
"Writing With Video"

Schedule:

8:30am-9:00am DMAC business (DE 311)
9:00am-10:00am Discussing Daily Readings (DE 311)
10:00am-10:15am Break
10:15-12:00pm Sophie workshop I (343, 312) {Cindy and Trauman}

Sophie Postcard Task (introduction) (.doc)
Sophie Postcard Task Assets (zip)

12:00pm-1:30 pm Lunch
12:30pm-1:30 pm Brown bag: On DMAC, Digital Media, and Democracy: We Want You Composing in the Public Sphere (DE 311) {Hugh Burns}
1:30pm-3:30pm Sophie workshop II (343, 312) {Cindy and Trauman}

Sophie Postcard Task (introduction) (.doc) (cont.)

3:30-5:00pm Turning the corner: Focusing your project (DE 343) {Cindy}

Evening: Party at Scott DeWitt’s house (184 E. Blake Ave Columbus, OH 43202) (Google Maps Link)

TUESDAY, 9 June

Readings: Thinking about multimodal composition rhetorically

Focal Reading: Selfe, Richard and Cynthia Selfe. “Convince me!” Valuing Multimodal Literacies and Composing Public Service Announcements (PSAs)
Selfe, Cynthia (2006) The Movement of Air, The Breath of Meaning Aurality and Multimodal Composing.
For Scott’s lunch talk: Raney, Carter. “New English, New Media: The RAW Interview.” Reading and Writing New Media. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press. Forthcoming.

Schedule:

8:30am-9:00am Work and Consultation time (DE 311)
9:00am-9:30am DMAC business (DE 311)
9:30am-10:30am Discussing Daily Readings (DE 311)
10:30am-10:45am Break
10:45am-12:15pm Design Principles in Sophie (DE 311) {Cheryl}
12:15pm-1:30pm Lunch
12:30pm-1:30pm Brown Bag: First-Year Writing (Lunch provided by McGraw Hill) (DE 311) {Scott}
1:30pm-2:30pm Storyboarding (DE 311) {Scott, Cindy}
2:45pm-3:45pm Small Group Review (DE 311) {Scott, Cindy}
3:45pm-5:00pm Studio Time (DE 343, DE 311)
4:00pm-5:00pm Breakout: Wikis (PC room) {Vera}

Evening: Lab open 6pm-10pm (DE 343)

WEDNESDAY, 10 June

Readings: Thinking about multimodal composition rhetorically

Focal Reading: Cope, Bill and Mary Kalantzis. “Design for Social Futures.” Multiliteracies: Literacy Learning and the Design of Social Futures. Ed. Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis. Routledge: New York, 2000. 203-234.
Paul Prior, Janine Solberg, Patrick Berry, Hannah Bellwoar, Bill Chewning, Karen Lunsford, Liz Rohan, Kevin Roozen, Mary Sheridan-Rabideau, Jody Shipka, Derek Van Ittersum, and Joyce Walker. (2007). Re-situating and Re-mediating the Canons: A Cultural-historical Remapping of Rhetorical Activity: A Collaborative Webtext. Kairos 11.3 (May 2007). http://kairos.technorhetoric.net/11.3/
Please review the Lorca and Journet Sophie books

Schedule:

8:30am-9:00am DMAC Business (DE 311)
9:00am-10:00am Discussion of Daily Readings (DE 311)
10:15am-11:15am Demo of Advanced Sophie Book Techniques (DE 311) {Cindy and Trauman}
11:15am-12:30pm Sophie Workshop III (DE 343, DE 312) {Cindy and Trauman}
12:30pm-5:00pm Lunch and Studio Session (DE 311, DE 312, DE 324, De 343)
3:00pm-4:00pm Breakout Session: Blogs (DE 311) {Melanie, Jenny}

Evening: Lab open 6pm-10pm (DE 343)

THURSDAY, 11 June

Readings: Assignments and Assessment

Focal Reading: Huot, Brian and Borton, Sonya C. (2006). “Responding and Assessing.” In C. Selfe’s Multimodal Composition: Resources for Teachers. Hampton Press.
Yergeau, Melanie. “aut(hored)ism.” Computers and Composition Online. Spring 2009. <http://www.bgsu.edu/cconline/dmac/index.html>.
Graduate Workshop Readings:

Meredith Graupner, Lee Nickoson-Massey, and Kristine Blair. “Remediating Knowledge-Making Spaces in the Graduate Curriculum: Developing and Sustaining Multimodal Teaching and Research.” Computers and Composition (April 2009): 13-23. File: graupner_nickoson_blair.pdf

Kristine Blair and Lanette Cadle. “Computers and Composition Online: A Feminist Learning Community Model of Journal Administration.” Chapter forthcoming in Performing Feminist Administration, editors Rebecca Rickly and Krista Ratcliffe, Hampton Press. File: blair-cadle.pdf (unedited page proofs)

Kristine Blair and Christine Tulley. “Whose Research Is It, Anyway?: The Challenge of Deploying Feminist Methodology in Technological Spaces.” Digital Writing Research, editors Danielle DeVoss and Heidi McKee. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 2007. 303-317. File: blair_tulley.pdf

Heidi McKee and Kristine Blair. “Older Adults and Community-based
Technological Literacy Programs: Barriers & Benefits to Learning.” Community Literacy Journal (Spring 2007): 13-39. File: mckee_blair.pdf

Digital Mirror Computer Camp: http://www.bgfile.com/feature_short/campus/digitalmirror

Show, Not Tell: Valuing New Media Scholarship

From "They Call Me Doctor?!" to Tenure: A Conversation: http://www.bgsu.edu/cconline/doctor/

Where is Digital Media in the Humanities?: Not in MLA

On a Digital Tenure Portfolio [video] http://www.ceball.com

Schedule:

8:30am-8:45am DMAC Business (DE 311)
8:45am-9:45am Discussion of Daily Readings (DE 311)
9:45am-10:00am Break
10:00am-11:00am Literacy Narratives (DE 311) {Cindy, Brenda}
11:00am-12:00pm Lunch
12:00pm-5:00pm Studio Session (DE 311, DE 312, DE 343)
12:00pm-2:00pm Breakout: Graduate Student Workshop (DE 311) {Kris Blair and Cheryl Ball}
2:00pm-3:00pm Breakout: Publishing (DE 311) {Kris Blair and Cheryl Ball}

Evening: Party at Cindy and Dickie's house (map)

FRIDAY 12 June

Readings: Rhetorics and Politics of Technology

Kinloch, Valerie F. "Poetry, Literacy, and Creativity: Fostering Effective Learning Strategies in an Urban Classroom." English Education 37.2 (2005): 96-114.

Schedule:

8:30am-9:00am DMAC Business (DE 311)
9:00am-10:00am Discuss Daily Readings (DE 311)
10:00am-10:15am Break
10:15am-11:15am Studio Session (DE 311, DE 312, DE 343)
11:15am-12:15pm Making the Case to Administrators (DE 311) {Louie, Dickie, Carolyn, Scott}
12:30pm-1:30pm Valerie Kinloch (DE 311) {Valerie}
1:30pm-5:00pm Lunch and Studio Session (DE 311, DE 312, DE 343)

Evening: Lab Open 6-10pm (DE 312, DE 343)

SATURDAY and SUNDAY 13-14 June

Events around Columbus:

Rose Festival

Lab Hours:

Saturday:

12pm-6pm (DE 312, DE 343)

Sunday:

12pm-10pm (DE 312, DE 343)

MONDAY, 15 June

Schedule:

8:30am-9:00am DMAC Business (DE 311)
9:30am-12:00pm Studio session (DE 311, DE 316, DE 343)
12:00pm-1:30pm Lunch
1:30pm-5:00pm Studio session (DE 311, DE 316, DE 343)

Evening: Lab open 6pm-10pm (DE 316, DE 343)

TUESDAY, 16 June

Schedule:

8:30am-9:00am DMAC Business (DE 311)
9:00am-12:00pm Showcase (DE 343)