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Portfolio 3

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You name the era we are heading into.

Write a three-page paper that demonstrates your ability to apply assigned readings to your own experience reading (and studying, and analyzing, and annotating) an academic etext.

As with the other exercises, I am expecting you to engage meaningfully with direct quotes taken from our assigned readings.

This assignment also asks you to report your first-hand experience with ebook tools and resources that are currently available.
  • A Kindle is available for you to check out at the library; I have pre-loaded it with some media-related books.
  • I will also loan my own Kindle overnight if you schedule with me in advance.
  • If you have an iPhone, you can use the Kindle app.
  • You can also download a free Kindle reader for a PC or Mac. (There are plenty of free Kindle books.)
  • As of April 14, there are about 10 iPads at SHU.  I don't know who will get them, or whether they will be available for students to try out. If you can get ahold of an iPad, wonderful!
  • I have not tried it out, but here is a link to a free trial of a "PDF Annotator" tool. Is it useful for scholars? Can you find a different tool that might be better?
  • books.google.com (see for yourself whether Darnton's hopes/fears for Google are accurate)
Creative Presentation 4.

Topic: defend a particular position on anything we've covered in the course. (While I am giving you free reign to choose a topic from any unit, I am asking you to choose something specific. Please feel free to run ideas past me.)

Medium: your in-class presentation should demonstrate your successful engagement with, and use of, digital technology, in a manner that emphasizes the unique qualities of digital media.

Samples (to get you thinking)



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