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Richard Smyth

Does the Brain Like E-Books? - Room for Debate Blog - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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    this is just the topic we were discussing last night! Also -- scroll down to see commentary by Maryanne Wolf, whom I quote in one of my PowerPoint introductions.
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remixthebook - 1 views

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    just rediscovered this "book" or collection of "books."
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Other ways to use a book - Ideas - The Boston Globe - 0 views

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    some echoes of electracy--"history and theory of reading/writing"
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Sven Birkerts: The Gutenberg Elegies - 0 views

  • To him [Havelock] the basic shift from oral to literate culture was a slow process; for centuries, despite the existence of writing, Greece remained essentially an oral culture. This culture was one which depended heavily on the encoding of information in poetic texts, to be learned by rote and to provide a cultural encyclopedia of conduct. It was not until the age of Plato in the fourth century that the dominance of poetry in an oral culture was challenged in the final triumph of literacy. That challenge came in the form of philosophy, among other things, and poetry has never recovered its cultural primacy. What oral poetry was for the Greeks, printed books in general are for us. But our historical moment, which we might call "proto-electronic," will not require a transition period of two centuries. The very essence of electronic transmissions is to surmount impedances and to hasten transitions. Fifty years, I'm sure, will suffice.
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      Notice the Ulmer-like analogy comparing oral poetry to books...Also the note of how long these transitions can take....
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A look at how digital gaming may provide lessons for improving ourselves and the world ... - 0 views

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    about book by Jane McGonigal, creator of the Urgent Evoke ARG
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The last chapter - Boston.com - 0 views

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    This is the article I mentioned in class last Thursday. There are a handful of letters to the editor about it in today's Globe.
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GAM3R 7H30RY - 0 views

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    Jordan has a great blog post about this book... I considered using it the first time I taught our course....
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If we couldn't read - Books - The Boston Globe - 0 views

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    article in today's Globe mentions grammatologists Ong and Havelock
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Deconstructing 'You've Got Blog' (book version; Joe Clark: fawny.org) - 0 views

  • A blog is a form of exteriorized psychology. It’s a part of you, or of your psyche; while a titanium hip joint or a pacemaker might bring technology inside the corporeal you, a Weblog uses technology to bring the psychological you outside of it. Your Weblog acts as a new limb, a new mouth, and a new hemisphere of the brain. Once those new organs come into being, you’re no more likely to remove or amputate them than the original organic equipment they augment. I continue to write Weblogs – not for money, not for renown, not for anyone but myself.
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      This sounds so much like Ulmer's presentation of technology as a "prosthesis" for a "natural or organic human potential."
  • A blog is a form of exteriorized psychology. It’s a part of you, or of your psyche; while a titanium hip joint or a pacemaker might bring technology inside the corporeal you, a Weblog uses technology to bring the psychological you outside of it. Your Weblog acts as a new limb, a new mouth, and a new hemisphere of the brain. Once those new organs come into being, you’re no more likely to remove or amputate them than the original organic equipment they augment. I continue to write Weblogs – not for money, not for renown, not for anyone but myself.
  • A blog is a form of exteriorized psychology. It’s a part of you, or of your psyche; while a titanium hip joint or a pacemaker might bring technology inside the corporeal you, a Weblog uses technology to bring the psychological you outside of it. Your Weblog acts as a new limb, a new mouth, and a new hemisphere of the brain. Once those new organs come into being, you’re no more likely to remove or amputate them than the original organic equipment they augment. I continue to write Weblogs – not for money, not for renown, not for anyone but myself.
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Essay - Bob Brown, Godfather of the E-Reader - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    an article about Craig Saper's recent book
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"Deep Media," Transmedia, What's the Difference?: An Interview with Frank Rose (Part One) - 0 views

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    Thanks to Amy D. for this reference...
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Sentinels of the Multiverse | The Cooperative Comic Book Card Game - 0 views

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    just learned about this on #nasagachat twitter-chat.... see www.nasaga.org (North American Simulation And Gaming Association)
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May 10th - The Future of Interactive Storytelling - 0 views

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    Another discovery from my PLN: this one from Noah Wardrip-Fruin, editor of books that are on our reserve list as well as one of the dissertation directors for Aaron A. Reed, author of Sand-dancer and CREATING INTERACTIVE FICTION WITH INFORM 7
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Why Johnny and Janey Can't Read, and Why Mr. and Ms. Smith Can't Teach: The Challenge o... - 0 views

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    This was mentioned in Nicholas Carr's book THE SHALLOWS: WHAT THE INTERNET IS DOING TO OUR BRAINS
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What is the Internet Doing to our Brains? - YouTube - 0 views

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    an answer to the Nicholas Carr book of similar (sub)title...
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Holy Scrollers! - Boston Phoenix - 0 views

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    on sales of e-Bibles
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