Here's the assignment (created by Professor Dwyer of CSUN):
Silva Rerum: A Commonplace Book
Okay . . so here are some ramblings on what a general Commonplace Book is:
Commonplace book (n.):
an edited collection of striking passages noted in a single place for future reference.
the notebook in which a reader has collected literary excerpts and personal comments; they are
frequently indexed so that the reader can classify important themes and locate quotations related to particular topics or authors.
Commonplacing (v.):
the practice of collecting literary excerpts and personal comments into a journal
typically the excerpts were regarded as exceptionally insightful or beautiful;
the act of selecting important phrases, lines, and/or passages from texts and writing them down
in a sense, “commonplaces” are words used to identify or explain key ideas
Utilizing the info from above, I am naming the commonplace book you are creating for this class as:
Silva Rerum . . . a forest of things (oooohhhh ahhhhhh)
Here are the parameters:
1. You must include a minimum of 10 entries. Each entry must directly relate to
the key concepts discussed/studied in class i.e. sign systems, knowledge systems, multiple literacies, teaching/learning, the recognition of symbol & metaphor, “texts” and making meaning.
2. Each entry must include some words (an excerpt not a dissertation!) AND the transmediation of the excerpt into one or more of the other sign systems i.e. numbers, sound, gesture, movement, or images.
3. The form you use for this commonplace “book” can be 2-D or 3-D; it can be a blog or website you create; or if you have another wild idea you would like to attempt, speak to me about it for approval.
Commonplace book (n.):
an edited collection of striking passages noted in a single place for future reference.
the notebook in which a reader has collected literary excerpts and personal comments; they are
frequently indexed so that the reader can classify important themes and locate quotations related to particular topics or authors.
Commonplacing (v.):
the practice of collecting literary excerpts and personal comments into a journal
typically the excerpts were regarded as exceptionally insightful or beautiful;
the act of selecting important phrases, lines, and/or passages from texts and writing them down
in a sense, “commonplaces” are words used to identify or explain key ideas
Utilizing the info from above, I am naming the commonplace book you are creating for this class as:
Silva Rerum . . . a forest of things (oooohhhh ahhhhhh)
Here are the parameters:
1. You must include a minimum of 10 entries. Each entry must directly relate to
the key concepts discussed/studied in class i.e. sign systems, knowledge systems, multiple literacies, teaching/learning, the recognition of symbol & metaphor, “texts” and making meaning.
2. Each entry must include some words (an excerpt not a dissertation!) AND the transmediation of the excerpt into one or more of the other sign systems i.e. numbers, sound, gesture, movement, or images.
3. The form you use for this commonplace “book” can be 2-D or 3-D; it can be a blog or website you create; or if you have another wild idea you would like to attempt, speak to me about it for approval.
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