This article was especially interesting to me. I really do enjoy english thoroughly and can not wait to start teaching it in a high school setting. However, as this blog probably displays in many at times annoying ways I have a healthy love for music as well. I have been reading an online music zine over the years, absolutepunk.net which started as the article says as one person formally providing their ideas on an online format for the world to read. However, it quickly bloomed into an internet phenomenon of sorts and now employs over 20 contributing writers to aid in accessing and assessing numerous music related news. I know that this doesnt have much to do with english technically but it is a shining example of what the zine can do, how it can grow exponentially. The web can take such inate little scribblings and thoughts and provide a forum that can grow to massive proportions. It is a good example to show students what their simple task of creating a zine can become.
As of now the aforemtentioned website has over two million users and subscribers and has set the tone for other music related zines' standards. For english students they can begin projects on genres and pieces that they thoroughly enjoy. I also thought heavily on the subject that the NCTE link provided in aesthetics. Students needed to be versed that not only what they write counts but the look of what they write also does. The presentation of the zine is key as it has been numerous projects we have already accomplished in 307. The websites created have all been aesthetically pleasing and intrigue the reader to check more into the website itself while viewing the content. The wiki has to be presented with a formal phase of writing and can not be resorted to shot hand internet jargon because it is a place for information and research not a place of subjective ideas and dialects.
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Brian,
I really like your example of the online music zine, and I think that your post has a lot to do with technology. I think that this would be great to use in the classroom. Students love music, and if we can integrate it into instruction, we will be teaching what they would like to learn.
Hey,
I like how you used a real-life scenario to show the great uses for zines. I have never really read or been exposed to any zines before, so this article was new news to me. Do you know of any other zines that are popular or around besides the one that you are interested in? I'm curious.
Jami
Have you considered the possibility of teaching English through music. I can think of a poem we read in Poetry class that has a connection with a modern-day song. Maybe there are other works that can be turned into song lyrics and set to music. Just a thought.
First of all, Brian, the title is very clever. I liked how you brought in an outside source to relate what we are talking about. absolutepunk.net is a very popular source, and I liked how you showed the lineage. How it started out small, and erupted into something larger.
Music is great to bring into a classroom. I know my professor from last semester, Dr. Fitz-Gibbon, always had his ipod playing while we walked into his classroom. Right away that is a calming effect to add to a classroom. It will DEFINITELY be used in my classroom!!
Brian, this music site is great. Thanks for sharing it with another generation of listener!!
I like what you say here about the importance of the aesthetic--design--here in this post. Check out Dan Pink's book, "A Whole New Mind," in which he devotes a chapter to the importance of design to the expanding global market.
We used this book in the grad version of 307 last semester and I highly recommend it to all of you.
Brian, what' s happened to your blogging?
Hi Brian, I'm browsing for new content and missing your voice. It's been over three weeks since you paid attention to your blog?? What's up with that? We all miss you. Karen
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