Who Learns from Whom? Environmental Intergenerational Relations
Who is Inventing Whom?
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Who is Inventing Whom?
David Bedsole and Bruce BowlesFlorida State University
Templates,
Prescripts,
and Agency
WordPress
Dave’s Blog Bruce’s Blog
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Blogger
Dave’s Blog Bruce’s Blog
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Metaphor Explanation Anxiety
Collaboration Virtual “collaboration” with the template author
Copyright concerns; is the student doing enough, or allowing the template designer to do the hard work
Platform A base, something to build upon
Technological knowhow—is the student actually able to build
Mould A form into which a user “pours” content
Enacts a form/function split (Arola); narrows range of designs available to future audience
Framing Something that “supports” the design, while itself invisible
The frame is too much on the “outside of the house,” drawing attention away from rhetorical function
Exercise: Comparing Template Prescripts for Agency
PurposeThis exercise will help students to critically analyze possible templates in an effort to decide how much agency a given template will afford them. They will learn to apply the concepts of prescripts (genre, interface, and design), agency, affordances, and constraints. This will work best when scaffolding a larger multimodal assignment, probably in the early stages of invention/drafting.
Description
The class works on groups, each group testing and evaluating an assigned template. The templates arrive on a range of platforms: Wordpress, Blogger, Tumblr, Google Sites, Weebly, and Wix. Groups are asked to author a page containing prescribed content in a prescribed time period, and then asked to reflect on the process, using the language of prescripts and agency. Finally, the entire class discusses the findings of the groups, and compares the affordances and constraints of each template.
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