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We will be creating a blog that we will use to share our ideas, reactions, readings and play throughout this module. The steps and information are outlined below.

How to Create your Class Blog

• Open the Edublog link and create a student account
• When the “Dashboard” opens, go to “MyClass” –> “Join a Class”
• Search for a site: “anbaum” (https://anbaum.edublogs.org/)
• Click “Request to Join” and I will get a message to add you to the class
• You will then be ready to customize your new blog space and create your first post
• Check out the video below to get started:

List of Blog Posts

• Blog Post #1: Blackout Poem
• Blog Post #2: Where I’m From . . .
• Blog Post #3: Favourite eText
• Blog Post #4: Experimentation in E-Poetry
• Blog Post #5: Playing with E-Poetry
• Blog Post #6: What makes a game a game?
• Blog Post #7: Game Journal
• Blog Post #8: Choice Comparison
• Blog Post #9: Game Creation
• Blog Post #10: Terra Nova Level 2
• Blog Post #11: Defining Identity
• Blog Post #12: Where We’re From . . .
• Blog Post #13: Inquiry Project
• Blog Post #14: Final Project
• Blog Post #15: Reflection

Format for Posting

Your posts can take a variety of forms – this will be completely up to you. Think about what suits you and your ideas best:

• Written response
• Audio recording
• Video recording
• Feel free to move beyond the edges of the prompts – if you have additional ideas for a blog post, please explore them and share them with the class.

What is Blackout Poetry?

Blackout poetry is created by omitting words from an existing piece of text (newspaper, magazine, book, and so on) to create a new text. Often the unwanted text is colored over with a black marker (or “blacked out”) to leave the remaining text visible for the reader. This is a form of “found poetry” that is derived from the Surrealist “cut up” method. WRITE MORE AOUBT THIS

Blackout poetry is connected to concrete and visual poetry in that many creators are using the “blackout” space in creative ways, moving beyond the notion of “blacking out” the unwanted words to using the space around the “found poem” to visually portray their ideas.

Check out @makeblackoutpotery on Instagram to see examples of how this poetic artform is spreading into Social Media.

The best way to explore this poetic form is through experimentation and play!

Blog Post #1: Blackout Poetry

• Using Emma Winston’s Blackout Poetry Maker tool below, you will create a blackout poem to post in your new class blog.
• Choose one of the three sample texts as your base
  • Alice in Wonderland
  • Pride and Prejudice
  • Heart of Darkness
• Skim through the text to get a sense of the words and possible direction of your text
  • you can look for words and phrases that connect to ideas that are significant to you
  • words and phrases that represent you in some way
  • words that stand out and lead you somewhere
• Click on the words that you would like to keep
  • you and unclick if you change your mind
  • read through your selected text a few times to gauge flow, meaning, and reader’s experience
• When you are ready, click “Blackout” to view your finished poem
• You can reset and re-click through the text as many times as you like until you are satisfied with the resulting new text
• When you are satisfied click “Render full text” button at the bottom of the maker to create an image
• Right click on the image to save it to your computer
• You can then upload this image to your blog
• Feel free to extend your blog post by adding an introduction to your poem

Example Blackout Poem

This example was created using “Alice in Wonderland” on Emma Winston’s Blackout Poem Maker App.