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[drewshannon]

This Week

"It has been more than two years since Floyd Mayweather has been released from prison, and his behavior—and his attitude towards women—seems little changed from before. And yet the media continue to treat him gently and deferentially. The failure of the sports media to ask any of the questions raised by his conduct, let alone hold Mayweather responsible for it, only enables a pattern of behavior to continue." - The Trouble With Floyd Mayweather (IronMikeGallego for Deadspin)

"The thing about hipsters, beyond the fact that they’re a poorly-defined amorphous blob of young people who sometimes wear funny hats, is that they want the same thing as you."- Lousy goddamn hipsters help 90-year-old bar turn a profit (David Colon for Brokelyn)

"Horse may not stir the masses the way pop stars and presidents do, but in the span of three years, the account has developed a following as arguably the most beloved spam robot on Twitter."- Happy third birthday, @Horse_ebooks! (Adrienne LaFrance for Medium)

"While there is beauty in perseverance, and while there are, of course, some things you shouldn’t quit, some things that are more than worth the long and arduous journey, sometimes the best thing you can do, in stories as in life, is let it go, and give yourself the freedom to begin again."- A Brief History of Quitting (Michelle Richmond for Medium)

"For some baristas, the most memorable stories come simply from watching their regulars live their lives. 'There was a customer who would come in everyday,' Nieto told me. 'He was a clean cut guy—always in a suit. He asked me one day what was in the back room. I told him, ‘That’s our record room. You can go back there and listen to records while you have your coffee.’ He came in one weekend and just hung our there for hours playing rock-and-roll records. Then he started coming in all the time and hanging out back there just listening to records. I started noticing that he was growing his hair out. To make a long story short, within several months he had long hair and a long beard. That was the most awesome metamorphosis I ever saw.'"- Tales From Our Baristas (Craig Cavallo for Narratively)

[dagen-da-dragon]

[colonseniorseminar2012]

One thing you can do is record a video and post it up to the site.  I recorded this with minimal effort.  I struggled a bit to upload it to YouTube, but that was my problem with technology. For those who are better at it, it's pretty easy.

[colonseniorseminar2012]

Trying Something Different

One of the things I've struggled with the most in this class is keeping track of what we learn.  Given that this is a different type of class to begin with, I'm not really comfortable with traditional assessments like tests and essays.  I don't think they convey the spirit of the class at all.  

Which is what led me to this Tumblr.  After a great conversation with Ms. Barker on this topic, I've decided to try out blogging as a way to track what we are doing in this class. So here's the plan:

each day, we will select one member of the class to serve as class blogger

at the end of each class, we will develop a question that we'd like the blogger to answer

the blogger will then go home and answer the question

how the blogger answers the question, however, can take a variety of forms.  It could, for instance, be traditional writing (a few paragraphs).  But the person could also post a video from the internet.  Or they could use their phone to record a brief video reaction to the question.  Or they could interview someone on their phone and post that

once their post is up, each member of the class will reply to the entry

I truly believe that we are doing something really interesting in class.  The problem is that video games have such baggage associated with it, that we sometimes feel like we aren't learning; as if learning needs to be accompanied by pain, suffering, boredom, or something akin to these.  By keeping track of what we are doing in class, I'm hoping to start keeping a record so we can look back and see in aggregate what we are doing.

At least that's the plan.  Let's see how it works.

[elephantbirdcamp]

OPEN THE MIC

Thursday, August 30, 2012

5:00pm until 9:00pm

Elephant Bird Camp - 7:15 and Columbine

Strut your creative stuff at the Elephant Bird Camp's Open Mic! You'll have ten minutes to shoot musical love all over Black Rock City. Covers, originals, it's all good!

Hosted by 

David Colón

[purpleganda]

A short promotional video created by the Minister of Purpleganda for the Funky Ones 3rd Annual Holiday Party, the Host of House Parties Present. Featuring footage of i can dress myself performing at Funksgiving shot by Stuart Philkill of Vidola Productions.