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Category Archives: Academia
Convergence Culture and Fan Fiction
So I’ve been reading Henry Jenkins’ book Convergence Culture, which talks a great deal about new forms of interaction with media. One chapter, Why Heather Can Write: Media Literacy and the Harry Potter Wars caused me a bit of trouble. … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Writing
Tagged convergence, culture, engl 408a, henry jenkins, kevin rubio, lucasfilm, participation, star wars, troops
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Kindle for Academics
Currently, no ebook reader appears to completely solve my needs. Some come close in some areas, while still making things unnecessarily complicated in the final steps of the solution. Some ebook readers, such as the Kobo, quickly fail to solve … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Reading
Tagged academic, citation, copyright, digital rights management, drm, ebook, fair dealing, fair use, kindle, kobo, literature
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Years Passing By
In one of my first classes upon returning to university, one of my professors urged the class to “think ahead to the future. What do you see yourself doing at the age of 23?” I laughed at the time, as … Continue reading
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Formulas For Writing
I’m really enjoying my Media Writing course this term at the University of Waterloo. Every week, we have a different writing assignment, and so far, they’ve been quite varied. Week one was an obituary. Morbid perhaps, but as the format … Continue reading
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Tagged assignment, broadcast, engl 408a, magazine, media writing, newspaper, public relations, university of waterloo, uwaterloo, Writing
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Choosing Electronic or Print Books for Academic Research
As someone with 200 books within arms reach of my desk, without counting those in the bookshelf behind me, I obviously have a fondness for the written word. When reading a particular text closely however, what advantages are there to … Continue reading
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Tagged academic, amazon, citation, ebook, edition, etext, homer, james joyce, kindle, library journal, odyssey, print, robert fagles, scholarly, ulysses
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Classes start again
It feels as if I just handed in my final paper for last term, but it appears that classes start this week. This term I’m taking English 408A – Writing for the Media, and English 301H – Honours Literary Studies. … Continue reading
Posted in Academia
Tagged academic, andrew deman, convergence culture, english, media, murray mcarthur, odyssey, postaday, postaday2011, uwaterloo, Writing, writing for the media
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Evaluating professors and lecturers
As a part time undergraduate student, I’ve had several years taking courses at the University of Waterloo. Just a course or two per term, except for that soul-sucking term where I briefly managed three courses. Hello full-time student tax credits. When selecting courses … Continue reading
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Tagged academic, aimee morrison, andrew deman, english, gray graffam, jacqui smyth, john north, lecturer, postaday, postaday2011, professor, randy harris, stan fogel, tristanne connolly, uwaterloo, waterloo
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Current Reading
A quick overview of my current reading projects. The Reading Nation in the Romantic Period, by William St Clair As can likely be guessed by the title, this is an academic study of reading habits throughout the Romantic period. It … Continue reading
Creative Writing Retrospective
My thoughts on English 335, Creative Writing I at the University of Waterloo. Continue reading
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Tagged academic, creative writing, critique, fiction, poetry, retrospective, university of waterloo, workshop
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Self Critic
I had my creative writing class again this evening. We broke into small groups for critiques of flash fiction. Despite having one fewer member in our group this week, we finished at least half an hour later than some of … Continue reading
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