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Herrington – Blogging Down: Copyright Law and Blogs in the Classroom

Posted by justin on April 28, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Herrington, TyAnna. “Blogging Down: Copyright Law and Blogs in the Classroom.” in Westbrook, Steve, ed. Composition & Copyright: Perspectives on Teaching, Textmaking, and Fair Use. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2009. H. notes that there are two reasons why instructors should be concerned with IP & their students: 1) global accessibility of blogs raises the stakes in infringement cases; and 2) student authorship... Read More

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A Modestly Unpopular Proposal – CCR760

Posted by justin on April 11, 2010 · Leave a Comment

You all likely guessed what article I would be responding to this week. Since last semester I’ve been involved in multiple discussions with multiple people – faculty, grad students, undergrads – about the role of technological proficiency when composing digital texts in our writing classes. The reigning consensus (albeit with small affordances made to the nuance and complexity of the process of writing in our classes) is that we need not... Read More

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New Music – 10/13/2011

Of Monsters and Men – My Head is an Animal : Such amazingly wonderful, sweet, poppy goodness from this Reykjavik-based 6 piece. I especially appreciate the omnipresent accordion and loud shout-outs that occur throughout the album. I do wish the vocals were a bit more difficult to get at . . . but I suppose [...]

New Music – 9/14/2011

The Hylozoists – L’Île de Sept Villes: This 2009 effort from Toronto based instrumental collective is based on Paul Chaisson’s book The Island Of Seven Cities. After much archaeological research trouncing about in the wayfarlands of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Chaisson argues that a Chinese presence existed in North America long before the arrival of European [...]

New Music – 8/24/2011

The Dead Trees – Whatwave : A lot of pretty nice songs for late Summer on this release. The West Coast by way of Boston quartet is signed to the German Affairs of the Heart label (who also publishes the work of one of my faves Nik Freitas). So many good LA-based bands working for [...]