Blog # 6 (March 26)

Please write a reflection - your thoughts/questions resulting from reading Amanda Gould's article on Electronic Literature.

Do we have equal access to international versions of e-literature collections?

I enjoy and support the strategy of reading e-lit in depth for the purpose of writing e-lit.

What role does e-lit have with middle school students/ high school students? (e.g. literary magazines, school newspaper, yearbooks, etc.).

How can e-lit address the ccss of viewing media and filtering knowledge as well as producing knowledge for our young learners?

Is there a place for computations, and/or critical thinking/ problem solving/ memory/ executive function training within the realm of e-lit? Either for learning enhancement or learning remediation.

Blog # 5 - continued

March 19 (Blog #5) please post the following:

• a short introductory statement or “abstract” to characterize what your text “does”

• any instructions or suggestions for readers to have a successful experience

1. Building bridges is a locative hypertext fiction that portrays connectedness and isolation occurring simultaneously amongst people, places, events and time periods. The setting is partially fictional, "The Island", and is mostly based on a real place, Staten Island which is the 5th boro of New York City. Its similarities and differences and connectedness, or lack thereof from the rest of the city is a small component of the story. Its primary characters are, a humble immigrant Grandfather, a dismissive, disconnected Father, and a grandson, or granddaughter who is uncertain about his/her own identity and place within his/ her world.

2. It is not intended to be purely linear and the reader can navigate wherever they wish through hypertext links. Some aspects of it are linear in nature and some internal links are author centered. Some of these recirculate to the same pages but with the hope of a slightly different perspective. The links are mostly within the site pages, however several of them lead to external links. The external links will hopefully lead to a more reader centered experience. The page titles that are in lower case letters do not lead to any additional links. Time, space, water, and culture/ family are some of the highlights of the text. Most of my historic images came from a website which coincides with a Facebook page. Most of my current images were taken by me. My maps are primarily web based. I hope you enjoy the work.

Blog # 5 Hypertext Project Link

Building Bridges Hypertext Project (Locative Fiction)

Blog # 1

2. I enjoyed reading twelve blue during this past week.

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   Peter PantalenaFebruary 9, 2013 at 8:09 PM

   I read it on 3 different occasions this past week. Initially I followed a more traditional strategy of clicking the text links. After a few 'dead ends' ( no pun intended)' I began using the thread links on the margin. I found this a bit more engaging and easy to connect with the story and its characters. I appreciated the clear depictions of time and place and I enjoyed the color references that enhanced overall descriptiveness of certain parts.

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   Peter PantalenaFebruary 9, 2013 at 8:13 PM

   My interest was piqued during many parts of twelve blue, however portions of it were difficult to follow and non sequential. I felt as if I needed some sort of table of contents or labels for the nice colorful threads to help me stay organized in the story and ensure that I didn't miss any key points. It has given me some nice ideas for my own creative works.

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   Peter elitclass 2013February 10, 2013 at 6:15 PM

   Colored threads

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   Peter elitclass 2013February 18, 2013 at 9:20 PM

   I enjoyed reading the Cape very much, and also cruising.

   
   

I mostly enjoyed the cape and driving. I liked the movement and the characters as well as the depiction of perspective and setting. 

I did not particularly like regime change because it was heavy on text and not on imagery, and it was not as enjoyable to follow its twists and turns as some of the other hypertext works were.

I truly enjoyed reading the work, 'faith' and will definitely want to incorporate some of the text movements into my hypertext as well. It was very fun and meaningful. It was also a nice example of empowering the reader.

https://sites.google.com/a/kean.edu/staten-island-history-images/

Brief Demo site for hypertext project.

Link for e lit review project. "The Cape", on my google sites.

https://sites.google.com/a/kean.edu/e-lit-review-of-the-cape/home

Blog # 4 - Some questions for hypertext project workshop

How can i embed one image under another for a before and after affect, or possibly move one around another?

Sometimes external links do not copy and paste so easily, are there any special tricks for that?

How can I rename an external link?

What's the best way to copy and past a small doc after turning it into a url, and renaming that link as well?

What is an html box and how can it help me?

Should i look further into dreamweaver or homesite, and if so can they be incorporated into existing google sites?

What should my best balance be between fact and fiction?