Archive for February, 2008

My Inbox: Let Me Show You It

So I got an email from WetPaint today. It’s a typical website newsletter, but it starts with an appeal to my ego:

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I got to the end of the second paragraph and had to do a double take:

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Yeah, lemme get right on that. Before one of those other Damian Bariexcas ganks it on me.

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A Quick One While He’s Away

Here’s a quickie post to hold you over until I can find time to give a follow-up to And You Don’t Stop (Part I) the attention it deserves. Til then, check out the before and after versions of a slideshow I’ve used for a few years now, but just updated this evening.

I give my Honors British Lit classes a slideshow and lecture on medieval anti-Semitism to accompany our study of Chaucer’s “The Prioress’s Tale”. Influenced by the design evangelism of Dan Meyer and Scott McLeod Elias (Thanks for the correction, Dan!), I re-vamped my slideshow to significantly reduce the text and focus more on visual impact.

Communicating visually is by no means my strong suit, so take these for what they’re worth. Although I do think I’ve improved upon the initial show, I’m always up for constructive criticism (especially as I have at least a week before I show this to my students this year!).

Before:

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After:

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