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25 XP each

Thanks,

Rob

50 WIKI/Abstracts - Class Wiki Project

This is the major project for our course. See your syllabus.

Class Lecture Quotations - Weeks 2, 3, and 4

Here is a running list of things Rob is saying in the class (and my commentary in response to said statements...):

9/14/2011 - "This may be the end of my professional career..." (regarding the emergence of 'therealroblarson' on Twitter)

My response: Let's hope not.

In the comments section below this post, please paste your Week 2 quotes and brief reactions, as they exist in your blog. Conclude by posting your Blog URL.

The Oldest Forms of the Media

Top Ten List:
1. Heiroglyphics - Egypt - circa 3000 BC
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Of these, I will elaborate upon 3 of them...

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Heiroglyphics - Egypt - circa 3000 BC

Ancient Egyptian writing uses more than 2,000 hieroglyphic characters. Each hieroglyph represents a common object in ancient Egypt. Hieroglyphs could represent the sound of the object or they could represent an idea associated with the object.

A modern type of hieroglyphic writings would be a rebus. A rebus is a picture puzzle that can be "sounded out" by reading the sounds symbolized by the pictures. When these sounds are read aloud together, the statements often becomes obvious.

Source:
http://www.greatscott.com/hiero/hiero_over.html

Books and People in Media Literacy

Use bibme.org and hyperlinking to make a list of books and people you think are interesting reference points in our course...

25 XP

Minimum 20 sources this semester...write a blog post and keep it updated throughout the term.

Thanks,
Rob