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  • Innovation According to Star Wars

    In my last post on the Star Wars universe, I advised disgruntled fans that creating an original piece of work would help them sympathize with…

    May 4, 2020
    #course, #gameweek, #ivoice, #starwars

  • The Lie That Resonates

    Chemistry is a curious metaphor for human connection because matchmaking is certainly not a science—not yet anyway. Thanks to the Tinders and eHarmonys, we have…

    March 4, 2019
    #course, #ivoice, #showweek

  • Voice is a Chance in the Heavens

    The writer Annie Dillard wrote, “Seeing a partial eclipse bears the same relation to seeing a total eclipse as…flying in an airplane does to falling…

    August 27, 2017
    #course, #ivoice, #previewweek

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    The Web is full of #quotes. Programmers designed t The Web is full of #quotes. Programmers designed the Internet to interconnect ideas and their #sources better. Hyperlinks, search results, and #memes are all forms of quotation. Many quotes are misattributed or incorrect but are also more easily investigated and exposed online. Wikiquote is as essential as Wikipedia. The endlessly quotable Ralph Waldo Emerson once admitted he “hated” quotes in his journal but regularly praised them too. Like writing, quotation can #default to what is easy or work to find and share fresh insight. Asking for a favorite quote pushes people into the spotlight; it’s the same as asking how often they open a book. We all have answers though, even those of us who can neither read nor write. A mother’s maxim, a Springsteen #lyric, that one verse we had to rehearse, a favorite movie line, and yes, even a politician’s refrain, can all find residence in our heads through the lesson of repetition or the spark of #recognition. Actions may speak louder than words, but actions without words behind them are chaos. Sentences underlie more of our behavior than we realize and give us the power to progress and create when used well. The first step is identifying the words you recall. You cannot write until you’ve #read. Sit for a moment and #transcribe the jokes and songs and #passages from shows and speeches and novels that come to mind. The #words may mean more than you anticipate. The task may take longer than you have. What quotations have #significance for you? #citation #excerpt #thesis #beat #bio #author #credibility #feedback #knowledge #statement #tweet #writing #web #workshop #ivshop #506iv
    “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the #past.” The #epitaph carved on Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald’s grave is the last sentence of “The Great Gatsby.” Whenever I come across the #line, I have to go back and reread that entire last page, which always reaffirms the book’s significance. It’s an #elegy for much more than the author. When I ask students for favorite quotes, #verses, punchlines, and lyrics during #Tweetweek, I want to stress the impact creative writing and word choices have on our lives. The ideas that outlast us are arguably our greatest contributions to one another. Nothing has more hope for longevity than the #phrases, passages, and narratives we put into practice and pass down successfully to the next generation. They are all epitaphs. They are #hyperlinks to lives lived, theses developed, actions taken, and creations that persevere—in spite of the ceaseless current. #word #prose #quotation #excerpt #invitation #thesis #novel #life #experience #knowledge #writing #communication #web #workshop #ivshop #506iv Photo: Wikimedia Commons
    In a typical classroom, conversation is not #trans In a typical classroom, conversation is not #transcribed, and student answers fade quickly. Interactive Voice class contributions are #published and public. They generate scrutiny and commentary and feel more significant. I want students to recognize the potential #consequence in their writing. At the same time, I don’t want them to buckle under the weight of responsibility. Wordplay is another natural expression of Twitter that draws students into #506iv. Students who are naturally “punny” create another level of #awareness within the course and promote a lighter, more #flexible writing. Other elements of the class, like the students’ pseudonyms, lift even more of the weight. The assignments also encourage #experimentation and multiple drafts. Students should freely change their minds as often as they find their #convictions. Students like, reply, and #bounce off one another’s ideas, and this conversation is also recorded. We can’t help but make #mistakes live on the Web. The students take their writing seriously, but not to a degree that it stifles their #imaginations. Do we want to think of our words as #bonds or playthings? In an interactive world, the honest and complex answer is both. #wordchoice #wordplay #interaction #poetry #flarf #etymology #semantics #meaning #integrity #draft #writing #web #workshop #ivshop #tweetweek
    Books were #sacred when I was a kid. They came #wr Books were #sacred when I was a kid. They came #wrapped in dust jackets or tucked into transparent sleeves. Librarians #stamped them in and out like bank deposits and withdrawals. The picture books I received as gifts became heirlooms to #preserve. That all changed the year I read “Catcher in the Rye” and “A Tale of Two Cities” for summer #reading assignments. The authors somehow converted #words on pages into #ideas in my head. “A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and #mystery to every other.” – Charles Dickens “If you do something too good, then, after a while, if you don’t watch it, you start showing off. And then you’re not as good any more.” – J. D. Salinger The old Penguin and Signet Classics were #disposable paperbacks. A few of the softcovers came from my older sister’s years in high school. One or two even belonged to my parents. I found their names inside the covers. They’d #marked passages in pencil. They taught me to #use books, and not worship them. I began to #fold corners, asterisk passages, and underline sentences in ink. I took two thick volumes, one of poems, and another of short stories, and #tore them at the spine into portable editions I could stuff in a back pocket. Many of the lines I #highlighted before I was eighteen still resonate in my beliefs and actions. Did they start something in me or merely reflect what was already there? Writing in books is interactive. It puts you in #conversation with other writers. #rewrite #draft #draftthink #interactivity #voice #web #writing #workshop #ivshop #process #tweetweek #506iv
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    prof_kalm Robert Kalm @prof_kalm ·
    5 May 2020

    “His choices on Star Wars were a combination of the unfamiliar and the handmade to create a cosmos that looked both other-worldly and lived-in.” My annual post on the most interactive film of all time. #StarWars #Maythe4th

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    16 Apr 2020

    “This #course feels like an underground tool that many are not privy to. I’m thrilled at the idea of being associated with this secret weapon.” #overheardinclass #506iv

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    16 Apr 2020

    A remote learning lesson from my great aunt Doris — by @prof_kalm https://buff.ly/2K6YQA6

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    prof_kalm Robert Kalm @prof_kalm ·
    26 Mar 2020

    The fear surrounding our future correlates directly with our inability to connect. Better communication fixes all of the problems. #interactivity #connectbetter #algorithmweek #506iv

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