Saturday 5/16 | Sunday 5/17
Monday 5/18 | Tuesday 5/19 | Wednesday 5/20 | Thursday 5/21 | Friday 5/22
Note: DMAC is held in Denney Hall, 164 W 17th Ave, on The Ohio State University campus
Monday 5/11
Why English Teachers Should Think about Digital Technology, Design, and Multimodal Composition
9:00 | Welcome! Introductions and DMAC (Cindy + Scott, et. al. @ 311) |
10:00 | Audio Finger Exercise and Zoom Recorders (Cindy + Scott @ 311) |
11:00 | Lunch: record assets for finger exercise |
12:30 | Installing Audacity—this must be on your computer (311) |
1:00 | Using Audacity and Managing Files (Cindy + Scott @ 312) |
2:30 | Studio Time: Audio Finger Exercise (311 + 312) |
5:00 | DMAC Institute Final Project (Cindy + Scott @ 311) |
6:00 | Dinner @ Mad Mex (1542 High Street, with shuttle service back to SpringHill Suites) |
ASSIGNMENTS
FOCAL READINGS
- Elizabeth Daley, “Expanding the Concept of Literacy” EDUCAUSE Review 38.2 (2003)
- Stuart Selber, “Reimagining Computer Literacies” Multiliteracies for a Digital Age (Southern Illinois University Press, 2004)
- Cynthia Selfe, “The Movement of Air, the Breath of Meaning” College Composition and Communication 60.4 (2009)
OPTIONAL READINGS
- Claire Lauer, “Contending with Terms” Computers and Composition 26 (2009)
- John Soloman, “Pulling Back the Curtain” On the Media (NPR, 2007)
- Philip Tagg, “Reading Sounds, or an Essay on Sounds, Music, Knowledge, Rock, and Society” (1987)
DALN SELECTIONS
- Anonymous, “I am a Creative Being” (2009)
- Anonymous, “The Lost Art of Note Passing” (2012)
- Chris Faulk, “Sword Drill” (2012)
- Darius Streets, “My Introduction to Love” (2009)
Tuesday 5/12
Using Images and Video to Think About Multimodal Composition
9:00 | DMAC Business (Cindy + Scott, et. al. @ 311) |
9:15 | Discussion of Focal Readings (Cindy + Scott @ 311) |
10:00 | Video Finger Exercise and Shooting Video (Scott @ 311) |
12:00 | Lunch: record assets for finger exercise |
1:30 | Video Editing with iMovie (Scott @ 312): tutorial |
3:00 | Studio Time: Video Finger Exercise (311 + 312) |
4:45 | Regroup and Break (311) |
ASSIGNMENTS
FOCAL READINGS
- Scott McCloud, “Blood in the Gutter” Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art (William Morrow, 2004)
- Scott McCloud, “Time Frames” Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art (William Morrow, 2004)
- The New London Group, “A Pedagogy of Multiliteracies” Harvard Educational Review 66.1 (1996)
VIDEO RESOURCES
Wednesday 5/13
Perspectives on Learning and Teaching with Multimedia
9:00 | DMAC Business (Cindy + Scott, et. al. @ 311) |
9:15 | Discussion of Focal Readings (Cindy + Scott @ 311) |
10:30 | Break |
10:45 | Concept in 60 (Scott @ 311) |
12:00 | Lunch: record additional assets for Concept in 60 |
1:30 | Advanced Video Editing (Scott @ 312) |
2:30 | Studio Time: Concept in 60 (311 + 312) |
4:45 | Regroup and Break (311) |
7:00 | Party @ Scott’s (with shuttle service from/to SpringHill Suites) |
ASSIGNMENTS
FOCAL READINGS
- Nicholas Carr, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” The Atlantic (2008)
- Scott DeWitt, “Optimistic Reciprocities” Stories That Speak to Us (Computers and Composition Digital Press, 2013)
- Dan Keller, “Directing Attention” Chasing Literacy (Utah State University Press, 2014)
OPTIONAL READINGS
- Jason Palmeri, “Creative Translations” Remixing Composition: A History of Multimodal Pedagogy (Southern Illinois University Press, 2012)
CONCEPT IN 60 INSPIRATION
- Everynone, “Radiolab Presents Symmetry” (2011)
- Everynone, “Radiolab and NPR Present Words” (2010)
- Everynone, “Radiolab and NPR Present Parabolas” (2009)
Thursday 5/14
Understanding the Public Domain, Creative Commons, and Remix
9:00 | Steven Johnson Innovate Keynote Address (Archie M Griffin West Ballroom @ The Ohio Union, optional) |
9:00 | DMAC Business (Cindy + Scott, et. al. @ 311) |
9:15 | Studio Time: Concept in 60 (311 + 312) |
12:00 | Lunch: provided by DMAC |
12:00 | Digital Publishing Workshop (Kris + Melanie + Trey @ 311, optional session) |
2:00 | Break |
2:15 | Discussion of Focal Readings (Crystal @ 311) |
3:30 | Break |
3:45 | Video Games and/as Composition (Andy @ 308, optional session) |
4:45 | Regroup and Break (311) |
5:30 | Open Studio (Megan @ 312, closes at or before 10:00) |
FOCAL READINGS
- Brett Gaylor, RiP! A Remix Manifesto (TDC Entertainment, 2014)
- Lawrence Lessig, Free Culture (Penguin Press, 2004): read chapters 6 and 7
- Crystal VanKooten, Handout on Copyright Law and Fair Use (word format)
WORKSHOP READINGS
- Kristine Blair, Gail Hawisher, and Cynthia Selfe, “The Electronic Landscape of Journal Editing” Profession (2009)
- Valerie Lee and Cynthia Selfe, “Our Capacious Caper” ADE Bulletin 145 (2008)
- James Purdy and Joyce Walker, “Valuing Digital Scholarship” Profession (2010)
WORKSHOP CASE STUDIES
Friday 5/15
Invention and Idea Generation for Multimodal Composing
9:00 | DMAC Business (Cindy + Scott, et. al. @ 311) |
9:15 | DMAC Final Project: Turning the Corner (Cindy + Scott @ 311) |
10:15 | Break |
10:30 | Discussion of Focal Readings (Claire @ 311) |
12:00 | Lunch |
1:30 | Studio Time: Concept in 60 (311 + 312) |
4:45 | Submit Concept in 60 |
ASSIGNMENTS
FOCAL READINGS
- Claire Lauer, “High-Tech Invention” Journal of Business and Technical Communication (2015)
- Claire Lauer, Invention Handout (as a word doc)
FINAL PROJECT INSPIRATION
- Cardinal Compositions: A Print and Digital Journal of Undergraduate Student Work (founded by a University of Louisville team @ DMAC 2014)
- Ryan Sloan, “THE PROJECT, in three stages” (2014)
- Dianna Williams, “Project 2: On the Dance Floor” (2013)
Saturday 5/16
Invention for the Final Project
12:00 | Open Studio (Peter @ 312, closes at or before 3:00) |
Sunday 5/17
Invention for the Final Project
3:00 | Open Studio (Megan @ 312, closes at or before 6:00) |
Monday 5/18
Assessing and Evaluating Multimodal Compositions
9:00 | DMAC Business (Cindy + Scott, et. al. @ 311) |
9:15 | Discussion of Focal Readings (Trey @ 311) |
10:30 | Break |
10:45 | Captioning (Scott @ 312) |
11:30 | Lunch |
1:00 | WordPress (Andy @ 312) |
3:30 | Studio Time: Final Project (311 + 312) |
4:45 | Regroup and Break (311) |
5:30 | Open Studio (Peter @ 312, closes at or before 10:00) |
FOCAL READINGS
- Charles Moran and Anne Herrington, “Seeking Guidance for Assessing Digital Compositions/Composing” Digital Writing Assessment & Evaluation (Computers and Composition Digital Press, 2013)
- Crystal VanKooten, “Toward a Rhetorically Sensitive Assessment Model for New Media Composition” Digital Writing Assessment & Evaluation (Computers and Composition Digital Press, 2013)
- Emily Wierszewski, “Something Old, Something New: Evaluative Criteria in Teacher Responses to Student Multimodal Texts” Digital Writing Assessment & Evaluation (Computers and Composition Digital Press, 2013)
- Sean Zdenek, “Which Sounds Are Significant? Towards a Rhetoric of Closed Captioning” Disability Studies Quarterly 31.3 (2011)
OPTIONAL READINGS
- Patrick Besong, “Get Started with Video Captioning: A Beginner’s Guide to Making Video Accessible” (2013) large file
Tuesday 5/19
Access and Design
9:00 | DMAC Business (Cindy + Scott, et. al. @ 311) |
9:15 | Studio Time: Final Project (311 + 312) |
11:00 | iBooks Author (Scott @ 308, optional session) |
12:00 | Lunch |
12:30 | Technologies and Writing Centers (Dickie @ 311, optional session) |
1:30 | Advanced WordPress (Katie @ 312) |
3:00 | Access and Disability: Workshop and Discussion of Focal Readings (Melanie @ 311) |
4:45 | Regroup and Break (311) |
7:00 | Party @ Cindy’s with Concept in 60 Screening (carpool) |
FOCAL READINGS
- Amy Lueck and Shyam Sharma, “Writing a Translingual Script: Closed Captions in the English Multilingual Hearing Classroom” Kairos 17.3 (2013)
- Tara Wood and Shannon Madden, “Suggested Practices for Syllabus Accessibility Statements” Kairos 18.1 (2013)
- Melanie Yergeau, et. al. “Multimodality in Motion: Disability & Kairotic Spaces” Kairos 18.1 (2013)
OPTIONAL READINGS
- Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis, “Designs for Social Futures” Multiliteracies (Routledge, 2000)
- Susan Miller-Cochran and Dana Gierdowski, “Making Peace with the Rising Costs of Writing Technologies: Flexible Classroom Design as a Sustainable Solution” Computers and Composition 30.1 (2013)
Wednesday 5/20
Queer Meditations on Multimodality and Writing the Self
9:00 | DMAC Business (Cindy + Scott, et. al. @ 311) |
9:15 | Studio Time: Final Project (311 + 312) |
11:30 | Lunch: provided by DMAC |
12:00 | Graduate Student Workshop: Jonathan Alexander (Jonathan @ 262) |
12:00 | Informal Conversation on Jonathan Alexander’s Readings (Claire + Cindy @ 311, optional session) |
2:00 | Break |
2:15 | Bringing DMAC Home (Cindy + Scott @ 311) |
3:00 | “Why I Mind” (Brenda @ 311) |
4:00 | Discussion of Focal Readings (Jonathan @ 311) |
4:45 | Regroup and Break (311) |
5:30 | Open Studio (Peter @ 312, closes at or before 10:00) |
FOCAL READINGS
- Jonathan Alexander and Jacqueline Rhodes, Introduction to Techne: Queer Meditations on Writing the Self (Computers and Composition Digital Press, forthcoming)
- Jonathan Alexander, “Genealogies” Techne: Queer Meditations on Writing the Self (Computers and Composition Digital Press, forthcoming)
WORKSHOP READINGS
- Jonathan Alexander, “Direct to Video: Rewriting the Literacy Narrative” On Multimodality: New Media in Composition Studies (CCCC/NCTE, 2014)
- Jonathan Alexander, “Glenn Gould and the Rhetorics of Sound” Computers and Composition (forthcoming)
- Jonathan Alexander and Jacqueline Rhodes, “Queerness, Multimodality, and the Possibilities of Re/Orientation” Composing (Media)=Composing (Embodiment): Bodies, Technologies, Writing, the Teaching of Writing (Utah State UP, 2012)
OPTIONAL READINGS
- “Transcription // Translation” This Rhetorical Life 28 (23 April 2015) for Brenda’s session
RESOURCES
Thursday 5/21
Community, Race, and Digital/Multimodal Composition
9:00 | DMAC Business (Cindy + Scott, et. al. @ 311) |
9:15 | Discussion of Focal Readings (Beverly + Cindy + Sherita + Paula @ 311) |
10:30 | Break |
10:45 | Multimodality Across Cultures and Contexts (Shyam @ 308, optional session) |
11:30 | Lunch |
12:00 | Multimodality in the Face-to-Face and Online First-Year Writing Class (Eddie Singleton @ 311) |
1:00 | Studio Time: Final Project (311 + 312) |
3:30 | Memes, Gifs, and Image Macros: Visual Rhetoric and Composition (Katie @ 308, optional session) |
4:45 | Regroup and Break (311) |
5:30 | Open Studio (Megan @ 312, closes at or before 10:00) |
FOCAL READINGS
- Krista Bryson, “The Literacy Myth in the Digital Archive of Literacy Narratives” Computers and Composition 29 (2012)
- Katie Comer and Michael Harker, “The Pedagogy of the Digital Archive of Literacy Narratives: A Survey” Computers and Composition 35 (2015)
- “English 367: Collecting the Literacy Narratives of Black Columbus” (2011)
- Erica Womack, “Terrence and Tori Tate” English 367: Collecting the Literacy Narratives of Black Columbus (2011)
OPTIONAL READINGS
- Some DALN Favorites: here and here
- Shyam Sharma, “MOOCing a Meme: Contexts Matter” (blog post) for Shyam’s session
- Bailey, Moya, “All the Digital Humanists Are White, All the Nerds Are Men, but Some of Us Are Brave” Journal of Digital Humanities 1.1 (2011)
- Tim Sherratt, “It’s All About the Stuff: Collections, Interfaces, Power, People” Journal of Digital Humanities 1.1 (2011)
Friday 5/22
Final Project Showcase and Goodbyes
8:45 | DMAC Business (Cindy + Scott, et. al. @ 311) |
9:00 | Set Up Final Projects (311, 312) |
9:15 | Final Project Showcase and Feedback (311, 312) |
12:00 | Regroup and Break (311) |