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Telling Stories Without Words

I found Tuesday's WRT class to be extremely helpful. I was having trouble figuring out what to do with our pictures for our book. Now I realize how pictures can be used to tell a story all on their own. The exercise we did in class of story telling with pictures was also a helpful way to get hands-on experience. My groupmates and I are going to be taking this approach as we select photos for our book.

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In response to Kim's post- "Should We Ban Comic Sans?"

Website!

Overused and Innapropriate? (video)

I think that it was cool that Kim went and found a website solely dedicated to the hatred of Comic Sans type of font. After watching a few of those videos, many of the points suggest that the font is simply unprofessional and inappropriate for many of the writing people use it for. As for the banning of this font? I do not really know, I mean I feel as though it may be unprofessional for a paper or assignment, but if you would like to type something that may differ from the the overplayed Times New Roman, I do not see what the problem is.

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WCS UPDATE

Many of us within our group are starting to feel a little worrisome over the call to entries. Most of us have placed this within any social media site we could think of. We are feeling somewhat discouraged about the lack of responses we have gotten. Many of those on Facebook have mistaken the call to entries link for a virus, therefore will not even click the link. That is simply not the case and all we can do now is continue to get the word out or we will be using the public domain!

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The Wildlife Conservation Society saves wildlife and wild places worldwide. We do so through science, global conservation, education and the management of the world's largest system of urban wildlife parks, led by the flagship Bronx Zoo. Together these activities change attitudes towards nature and help people imagine wildlife and humans living in harmony. WCS is committed to this mission because it is essential to the integrity of life on Earth. -WCS Mission Statement

I cannot wait to start to get works from people all over with their depiction of "Wild." this project is starting to come along, and I am very excited that this book will not only represent us as student editors and writers, but will benefit the Wildlife Conservation Society as well.

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Protect the Expression

Within this article as well as the videos, a point was brought up which I feel is valid when it comes to knowing what and what not to post. The article states that laws, "Protect the "expression," but not the facts or ideas that underlie the expression."

What comes to mind when I think of this is a love song. Every artist, composer, writer, or even film maker has written a work solely based upon their depiction of love. If you were to take away every song from your I-tunes library that deals with love, then you may be left with about two songs. So what I am saying is that this idea to protect the expression, as opposed to the message behind it, is a good point.

We are not going to forbid those songs about love just because someone else has written about it, because frankly, I think we would run out of things to write about. Having the actual song lyrics "stolen," and re- used would be considered unlawful because how would you feel if you were to write a blog such as this, and then see the exact text appear again by someone else? Not too good. But again, we all know what plagiarism is and is not, but as for the sharing of videos, images, and good works of art, that could be considered helpful.

I am not saying that we post them as our own, but with proper credit, they would help our society especially because we are solely based on collaboration. Think of it this way: when someone tells you a story, do you not often think of another one related to you and want to express it? This is just as some artist have thier own love stories that they want to share. Maybe not exact, but I like so many others need examples.

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Wildlife Conservation Society- Book Proposal

  September 27, 2011

Dear Dr. Wolff and Dr. Hara,     Too many of our world’s most beautiful and important animals are at great risk of becoming extinct. While there are several reasons for this, one of the main reasons is due to the fact that their homes are being destroyed. The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has made it their mission to provide a voice to voiceless animals all around the globe for the past 115 years. In addition, the WCS have helped to protect more than 350 species as well as their habitats in over 150 different landscapes and seascapes. Our goal, through the creation of our book, is to support the WCS’s mission, as we believe it is crucial to the lives of so many beloved animals and their habitats.  

    The central premise of our book will be based on the theme Wild, while capturing the essence of living things in their different environments. We are proposing a multi genre book filled with pages comprised of images, words, poetry, prose, and personal experiences. The book is going to be a seven by seven inch square hardcover, will range from twenty-one to forty pages and will retail at thirty-one dollars and ninety five cents ($31.95). Several examples that have inspired our group can be seen on Blurb’s website (Blurb.com) and include “Wild Things” by Debby Burleson, “Wild Memories” by Chad Michael McGregor and “No Reservation” by Jim Cortez.  It is our hope that this book will attract an audience composed of several different generations who have a love for animals, the environment, and all things in the natural world.

      It is important to note that in addition to being a group of college students completing a required course assignment for a grade, we are also passionate about the Wildlife Conservation Society and what it stands for on a global scale. This book gives us the opportunity to raise money for a charitable organization that we would have never had the chance to work with otherwise.

    We would love the opportunity for our book to be published through your website and we look forward to having a finished product that will be a forum for both knowledge and entertainment on such an important global issue. Very Truly Yours, Kayla Ewing Krista Hendrickson Jamie Mahoney Adam Toscani [email protected]

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Welcome to our Tumblog!

Welcome to the Writing, Research, and Technology Fall 2011 Tumblog! (very exciting, I know)

Here we will be tumbling all over the place about books, book designs, fonts, page layouts, thoughts about the past and future of books, and so on and so forth. Lots of photos and text and, in this case, photos of text.

The goal here is to share our thoughts and ideas and images about the things we discuss, read, look at, and create in class.

This is your space, so customize it and use it to it's fullest. The more you engage with it, the more effective a space it will be.

Have fun!