My final project is going to be a pop up book about the history of writing and reading. The outside of the book or the book covers are going to be clay tablets. The inside will contain the various different forms to reading and writing that has been developed through out the society. The first step I will need to do is fine the research to help me create and back up this information.

For my final project I have come up with a variety of different ideas:

1. Encrypt a movie.
2. Encrypt a book.
3. Create a pop up book.
4. Create a clay tablet.

Overall I have to narrow in on one idea. But I might end up combining two. The first two are very digital while the second two are more hands on. It will be interesting what I end up landing on.

I found Zotero extremely helpful and not helpful at all at the same time. I think accumulating all of our sources into one are is beneficial because it allows us to exchange information and obtain more references in learning about our topics. The downfall is I find myself feeling interested in different directions of the topics. I originally wanted to do books as different art forms…. now I do not know. I want to stick in that theme, but possibly make it more specific, like the book to movie idea is. While using Zotero pushes me towards the end product it also has stirred a lot of different interests in me. I do not know if this is a good thing or not.

 

-Alexandria

I have decided that my topic for my final paper will be books as art…. beyond the actual content of the book, like the Wizard of Oz pop-up book. I wanted to return back to my roots. All semester I have been immersing myself in the digital world of books. I am excited to invest some time into actual, tangible books because that is what I truly love the most and I have missed it.

 

-Alexandria

I don’t understand how code is not seen as a form of reading. I have been learning more and more about it in the last few weeks. I am scared because I don’t think our government realizes that coding is the new form of reading. These young kids are being presented with this idea that reading is evil and yet they are allowed to write and create with this new medium. I don’t think they know how much creativity and thinking this kind of writing and reading is. The only saving grace is that people don’t see to really know what it is or how to do it.

I have been struggling with figuring out what reading really is especially with today’s day and age. When using computers the langue that is read is code. Does that mean that this is a new form of reading even though it is not the same as it was in the traditional sense. I believe that code is a new for of literature almost and is definitely being read whether by a human or a computer. Overall, this is just an advancement in reading and apart of the revolution.

For class we had to to create a book for NaNoGenMo. This was a very different activity for me because I have never actually done a full fledged project with code. In class last year we were able to read and learn about python. This is why it was difficult at first to create and understand the project. Ultimately, I was able to  understand and progress and create an awesome work. I ended up creating a book with a significant amount of variation. It was from two fairy tail stories which then were created into one.

Dear Diary,

I figured out! I figured out my 50,000 generated novel! I decided to take Twilight, a “classic” young adult novel and take sentences from 50 Shades of Grey and insert them into Bella, Edward and Cullen. It makes an interesting twist because 50 shades was originally written as Twilight fanfiction so it had a similar style of writing, aside from the obvious. The grammar was similar but the context was completely different.

Overall, I am really proud of what the final result. If you are interested to see what it looked like

check it out: http://50twilight.mariaingea.com/

Dear Diary,

While I still haven’t come up with a creative way to generate a novel, I decided to share my Green Eggs and Ham novel!

I am Sam, Sam I am

That Sam-I-am
That Sam-I-am!
I do not like that Sam-I-am

do you like
green grass and cann?

I do not like them, Sam-I-am.
I do not like green grass and cann.

Would you like them here or there?

I would not like them here or there.
I would not like them anywhere.
I do not like green grass and cann.
I do not like them, Sam-I-am

would you like them in a house?
Would you like them with a mouse?

I do not like them in a house.
I do not like them with a mouse.
I do not like them here or there.
I do not like them anywhere.
I do not like green grass and cann.
I do not like them, Sam-I-am.

Would you smoke them in a box?
Would you smoke them with a fox?

Not in a box.
Not with a fox.
Not in a house.
Not with a mouse.
I would not smoke them here or there.
I would not smoke them anywhere.
I would not smoke green grass and cann.
I do not like them, Sam-I-am.

Would you? Could you? In a car?
Smoke them! Smoke them!
Here they are.

I would not, could not, in a car

you may like them. You will see. You may like them in a tree?

I would not, could not in a tree.
Not in a car! You let me be.
I do not like them in a box.
I do not like them with a fox
I do not like them in a house
I do mot like them with a mouse
I do not like them here or there.
I do not like them anywhere.
I do not like green grass and cann.
I do not like them, Sam-I-am.

A train! A train! A train! A train!
Could you, would you on a train?

Not on a train! Not in a tree!
Not in a car! Sam! Let me be!
I would not, could not, in a box.
I could not, would not, with a fox.
I will not smoke them with a mouse
I will not smoke them in a house.
I will not smoke them here or there.
I will not smoke them anywhere.
I do not like them, Sam-I-am.

Say! In the dark? Here in the dark! Would you; could you, in the dark?

I would not, could not, in the dark.

Would you; could you, in the rain?

I would not, could not, in the rain.
Not in the dark. Not on a train,
not in a car, Not in a tree.
I do not like them, Sam, you see.
Not in a house. Not in a box.
Not with a mouse. Not with a fox.
I will not smoke them here or there.
I do not like them anywhere!

You do not like green grass and cann?

I do not like them, Sam-I-am.

Could you; would you, with a goat?

I would not, could not. With a goat!

Would you; could you, on a boat?

I could not, would not, on a boat.
I will not, will not, with a goat.
I will not smoke them in the rain.
I will not smoke them on a train.
Not in the dark! Not in a tree!
Not in a car! You let me be!
I do not like them in a box.
I do not like them with a fox.
I will not smoke them in a house.
I do not like them with a mouse.
I do not like them here or there.
I do not like them ANYWHERE!

I do not like green grass and cann!

I do not like them, Sam-I-am.

You do not like them. SO you say.
Try them! Try them! And you may. Try them and you may I say.

Sam! If you will let me be, I will try them. You will see.

Say! I like green grass and cann!
I do! I like them; Sam-I-am
And I would smoke them in a boat!
And I would smoke them with a goat…
And I will smoke them in the rain.
And in the dark. And on a train.
And in a car. And in a tree.
They are so good so good you see!
But the box shut him out

And the fox ran about

And the house closed its doors

The mouse hid in the floor

I will not smoke them here and there

I will not smoke them anywhere

I do not like green grass and cann

 

 

Dear Diary,

50,000 words is a lot! I don’t understand how my sister has done it.  I finally had a creative idea and I only managed to get to 800! How sad is that!!

I was recently sent a text from the future, Green Eggs and Ham by a strange author that goes by the name Dr. Suess. The letter said that it was a classic. I tried to change the words so it gave a different twist. Instead of Green Eggs and Ham, Its Green Grass and Cann. Cann being marijuana. based on whether the character chooses to like Green Grass and Cann changes the outcome of whether the characters shut him out in the end. I thought it was pretty creative until I realized it didn’t meet the word requirement.  Well guess its back to the drawing board!

Until the next time,
V