Welcome
course basics
when / where: MW 5:45-7:50 / UW2-141
who: Melanie Kill / mkkill@u.washington.edu
office / hours: UW2-335 / by appointment
announcements
7 June 2007 : Thanks to everyone for a great class! This is Project Babel:
- Chelsea Ackerman: Musical Communication Across The Senses (website)
- Tim Alber: Linguistic Elements of Christian Meaning and Design (hypertext)
- Cara Althoff: Project Babel Pages (website)
- Juan Banegas: Accents a Form of Linguistic Diversity (video essay)
- Michele Bass: A Linguistic Study of How Speech Communities Help Define Individuality (website)
- Holly Blystone: Hawaiian Language (website)
- Kaily Boyle: Technostrategic Linguistics (hypertext)
- James Bundy: Wiped Out (website)
- Andrea Cirino: The Miscommunications of Italian-Americans in America (hypertext)
- James Deshazer: Bridging the Gap between Linguistic Differences (woodwork on display at the Campus Library)
- David Doyle: The Concept of Communication (hypertext)
- Bo Emmons: Unity Sermon (presentation)
- Danika Engelhardt: Project Babel (hypertext)
- Toni Ford: Project Babel (collage on display at the Campus Library)
- Jeremy Hall: Japan: How Language and Culture are Linked (webpage)
- Kristie Johnson: Welcome to the World's Speech Community (quilt on display at the Campus Library)
- Ken Kayo: Chef Ken's Seattle Food Tour (blog)
- Carolyn Kitchin: An Inquiry on the Relationship Between Language and Thought (website)
- Nicole Mauge: Limitations of Language (annotated art panels on display at the Seattle Public Library's Lake City branch)
- Kimberly McDowell: Prison of Language (boardgame)
- Laura McElroy: Autism-Speaks-Interacts (communication board on display at the Campus Library)
- Jane McKenzie: "I'm not a little kid!!!" (video essay)
- Ryan McMillan: Translation Technologies and Their Future Impact (website)
- Melissa Northman: Open-Outcry Communication (website)
- George Petre: The Role of Language in National Identity (encyclopedic article)
- Siobhan Pearce-McGuire: Project Babel
- Kristina Pieters: English Spanish Video Essay (video essay)
- Kerry Rogers: Dyslexia ... the Language Barrier (website)
- Emily Rondestvedt: The Internet: Involving Yourself In The Communicative Burden (website)
- Jon Seay: Avoiding Linguistic Discrimination (video essay)
- Katie Wetzig: Language and Discrimination (hypertext)
- Jesse White: Babel (video essay)
- Nathan Wolke: Communicating Between Techies and Non-Techies (website)
25 May 07 : Because of concerns about E-submit's ability to handle large files, I have switched final portfolio submission to a new Catalyst tool called Collect It. If you want to see how it works you can try it out here. Final portfolios are due via Catalyst Collect It by noon on Wednesday, June 6. The final portfolio turn in area will open at 6:00AM on Friday, June 1.
18 May 07 : From The Onion: Idaho Legislature Declares English Only Language They Know
16 May 07 : Next week is the last week I'll be available for one-on-one meetings before class. Please contact me as soon as possible if you'd like to schedule time to talk about your final efforts for the quarter.
14 May 07 : Those of you who are interested in displaying your Project Babel artwork in the Campus Library should contact Katie Whitson as soon as possible to make arrangements. You can reach her at 425.352.5341 or kwhitson@uwb.edu to set a time to stop by the library to meet with her and check out your options.
9 May 07 : I have set up a test turn-in space in E-submit for anyone who wants to try it out before using it to submit their final portfolio. Click here to see how it works.
7 May 07 : For those of you planning to use the Campus Media Center's multimedia studios:
- Each of you will need to come the CMC (LB2-218) to fill out a form prior to beginning work in the multimedia studio.
- All multimedia studio appointments must be made at least 12 hours in advance in-person or by phone (425.352.5312).
25 Apr 07 : Catalyst Web Tools will be offline on Saturday, May 12 from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. for system maintenance and the release of software enhancements.
14 Apr 07 : Your collected advice on microessays and response postings is available here. We will discuss this in class on Monday, but if you are writing a microessay for this week I thought you'd probably like to take a look at what your classmates had to say.
2 Apr 07 : The microessay posting schedule is now available. If you would like to change weeks due to interests or scheduling concerns, you may do so before Sunday, April 8, 2007. You will need to find a classmate willing to trade with you, and then both of you must send me an email with the details of the trade (i.e., X goes here, Y goes there) by next Sunday. If the trade is for week 3, I require notice by this Wednesday, April 4.
28 Mar 07 : Sample microessays are now available on the projects page under microessays. Thanks again to those of you who volunteered to go first!
26 Mar 07 : There is no textbook for this class. There was some confusion at the bookstore and they put in a book order from a past quarter. The readings for this course will be available electronically on the course discussion board.
