Author: <span>Ben Wilkoff</span>

04.14.08

Cores 1+4: Discuss-on: Read Chapter 3 of Animal Farm: What kinds of group dynamics are forming in Animal Farm? How will these relationships affect the future of the society? What are the Animals forgetting in their rush to create utopia? What do you see as the slippery slope of the …

The Name of the game

Everything is beautiful at this very moment. My wife is sick with our second child-to-be, asleep on the couch, but still sick. Our dauter is asleep, for the moment. I am thinking about the future, both mine and ours. I believe that I have the power to create anything that …

04.11.08

Cores 1, 2 +4: Exemplars: Gernatreenu’s Origins Bluepie555’s in the News Itegralism’s Form of Government Work on your utopia for our three purposes: Creating Community Telling the story of Utopia Enhancing our ideas (Cores 1+4 only) How do your commandments fit into your Utopia? Extensions: Make sure you have two …

04.10.08

Cores 1+4: Write-on: Read chapter 2 of animal farm: Why is it so easy to overthrow Jones? What decisions do the animals make that go along with Old Major’s speech? Go against it? Is the rebellion just? Extend the concept of commandments to your own Utopia. What commandments are essential? …

04.09.08

Cores 1+4: Write and Discuss-on: Listen to the BritLit Podcast summary of Animal Farm. What can we find out about the story from this short summary? Read Chapter 1 of Animal Farm: What are the seeds of rebellion? Who represents whom in the story? Extensions: Finish your second section of …

04.08.08

Cores 1, 2, and 4: Write-on: Great examples of creation: How can you add something you find to these exemplars? Work on your inspirational exemplars? Extensions: Continue to work on your Utopia (Cores 1+4 should be done with two sections by Friday and Core 2 should be finished with one …

04.03.08

Cores 1+4: Write-on: How are our/all utopias symbolic? Leaving yourself areas to extend on the wiki: South Island may be expanding to the west. The uncreated Quiz Flag Representation Blog Updates Introduction to animal farm: What would a farm of animals represent? What is an allegory? How does the Russian …

04.02.08

Cores 1+4: Write-on: Examples of Digital Storytelling in our Wiki: The Bunker and the Aftermath “As we all know”  Work through your utopia for some aspect of digital storytelling. Extensions: Finish a section of your utopia for Friday. Core 2: Rev-it-On Finish Chapter 3 of Animal Farm How are the …