http://collection.eliterature.org/1/works/strasser_sondheim__dawn.html

Project 2- Map & Intro

I don't know how to do a map for this piece, but I'll explain the interaction. The first screen will be a speech that I found about the No Child Left Behind Act by none other than the George Dubbya. I'm going to interlace this speech with words and phrases from Rudyard Kipling's poem "The White Man's Burden," which is a poem that attempts to justify colonialism with racism. The reader will be able to change selected words and phrases between the two mediums. For example, when the reader clicks on "No child left behind," it will switch to "No Half-devil and half-child left behind," as per "The White Man's Burden. It's a very similar idea to that of Regime Change. I'm still not really sure what program I should use. I'm between power point and googlesites, but unfortunately power point and I don't get along very well. I was thinking of reusing googlesites and formatting it like a hypertext because that's the only way I can see it working (unless one of you smartie pants's wants to help me!) :)

The point of the piece is to draw out similarities between the mindset which put NCLB into effect and what we typically think of as more primitive ways of viewing others, as expressed in White Man's Burden. I want to draw a parallel between colonialism and the current education system. This probably sounds a bit extreme, but as a secondary education major (and one who wants to teach students in an urban environment), I find myself quite repulsed by the standards for students and regulations for aid. My goal is to break the speech down into a rudimentary form and point out some of the NCLB's intrinsic racism.

Thanks for tuning in for another episode of the ramblings of Lisa!

Project 2 Brainstorming

I have two conceptual ideas for the second project.

The first is a critique on the No Child Left Behind Act. If I choose this I want to find a way to interlace elements from the act with literature on "The White Man's Burden." I would find a speech or written explanation of the act and have the reader manage it in such a way that it would not be able to stand on its own without "The White Man's Burden" interacting with it. I'm not entirely sure what kind of software I would need to do this, or how I would do it, but I see it in my head as being similar to "Regime Change."

My second idea is to use a sentence generator to create a battle between the proletariat and bourgeoisie. I want the sentences to combine and violently interact with one another. I also envision the words eventually creating a picture of a sword or something similar. Again, the idea is rough and I am unsure as to how I would go about this.

Any help would be appreciated. :)

Wanna See My Hypertext?

You will be taken through an average of 5-8 lexias but the end screen will allow you to loop back around and start over if you so desire. My text is NOT to be read for plot. If you are trying to "get" the story, you won't. I wrote it for concept and it should be read the same way.

My lexias give definitions of words, then a piece of a story using a word I have manipulated to look and sound like the word being defined. Please pay close attention to the lexia I entitled "We've." This gives a symbolic analysis of what I am trying to accomplish. My piece focuses strongly on language- the way it morphs, its nature and power as a communication tool, and the fun you can have with its misuse.

I hope that the stories themselves help add to my goal. They are rather disconnected and are mostly exclusive. The reader should not feel like they know what is going on in the "plot," adding to the feeling of language over-powering the reader.

https://sites.google.com/site/wannaseemyhypertext/how-two
Here is the finished product. Hope you all enjoy ;)