Lillian Bridwell-Bowles congratulates a 2007 LSU Distinguished communicator, Shawn Treadaway, and his fiance, a 2008 winner, Lacey Deshotel

Announcements

We are "migrating" to the class wiki for posts after the midterm. I'll set up an "announcements page" on the wiki, and this will be the most up-to-date place to get news about the class between our meetings. All part of our ongoing experiment with Web 2.0 media and communication in your senior seminar in writing and culture! Dr. L

Good Example of a Wiki in Romantic Poetry

See Bowdoin College Students' Wiki entitled "The Romantic Audience" for ideas about how to use Wikis.

Late getting back from spring break?

Talk to colleagues about calendar changes. Use Wiki space like a Wiki. If you want to post detailed notes, do so on your blog. Dr. L

See Class Wiki (Links) for Slideshare and More

I'm Listening

Is anyone blogging or wiki-ing over spring break? If so, I'm listening (Dr. Frasier Crane)

Video Posts

We've learned that one blog user can post only a gig or 2 of media files per blog, so that means we won't be able to put all of our rehearsal videos on this blog. You will put your video rehearsal on your own blog and then get others in the class to comment and give you suggestions. We'll give more detailed instructions as you need them after spring break. We'll also sign up for reservations to be video-taped during the first class after break. --Dr. L

Short Clip with Simple Camera

I captured this brief exchange between Leah C. and Sean with my little digital camera. You can see that even this "low end" video can be seen on the web. LBB

Alternative Route

Click here to see "LouisianaLilly"

Presenters Post on Wiki

See the "Dailies" page on the Class Wiki and try posting responses and comments under chapter headings. NB: The "edit this page" button is the key to everything!

Class Wiki Just Up!

Let's experiment with a Wiki for our comments during the second half of the course. I think it will be easier to read than the separate blogs. We'll see. I'm as new to some of this as some of you are (and some of you are pros!). Dr. L

Wiki Address: http://writcult.wikispaces.com

bell hooks culture to culture

Comment here.

Asante & Afrocentric Criticism

Comment here.

ALT 3&4--Ashley

Ethos--perception of speaker [author, sponsor, much broader definition]. Cybersociety 2.0: Revisiting Computer-mediated Communication and Community.. Textual Masquerade. Role-playing.
Identification--response of audience to rhetor's ethos. [Kenneth Burke has a lot more to say about this.] Delivery in oral communication = medium. Audience invoked, Audience expressed.
Textual analysis in Chapter 4.

ALT Chapters on Speaker and Text

Ashley Mays facilitating; comments here.

Flynn on "Composing as a Woman"

Lexi DeBrock facilitating; comment here.

Feminist Criticism

Mandy Belanger facilitating. Comment Here

Next Week in Dr. Rollins' Class

Those of you who are in Dr. Rollins' rhetoric class will have a double-dose of yours truly next week. I'll be speaking on "alternative rhetorics" or "discourse and diversity"--haven't decided yet. I've posted some articles on BlackBoard that you might be interested in (not required). The one I like the most, personally, is "Master's Tools." I wish I could have made a documentary instead of writing an essay about these memories. They are strong visual images for me. Have a great weekend. Dr. L

Bush Video Compilation

One of several compilations on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa3J-L29iT8
Thanks, Catherine. Food for thought in the context of the Photoshop and the Democracy chapters in Jenkins (and in terms of rhetorical ethics). [I sense that I am about to compose a midterm question.] Yet another example of how many more people can now participate; see the number of times this one has been viewed AND the number of comments on it! Dr. L

Your midterm will be "open-book."

I think I told the class about this inscription on a building at FSU, where I did my undergraduate degree. I'm grateful to a blogger named Ann who decided not to go there for graduate school, but who posted her picture of this quotation that I've remembered for 39 years. The other half of knowledge is what you have in your own memory. Dr. Lilly