How now, masters?
My name is Kyle Stooshnov, and I am starting my second year as a student in the MET program. Currently I am a Teacher On Call for the North Vancouver School District, and hope that I will get a few days work before the inevitable teachers’ strike Seeing that there may be some down time this term is somewhat exciting, as I will have the opportunity, through this course, to develop and perhaps even to design an on-line educational resource that has been on my mind since starting MET.
As hinted in the subject line, “How now, masters?” (a quote from Antony and Cleopatra, VI, iii, 20), I am fascinated by the plays of William Shakespeare, and the project I have in mind is to design a virtual Globe, an on-line resource for the performance and study of the plays. There are several websites that already exist, most of them found in the Second Life world, but none that make use of Web 2.0 and emerging 3.0 technology already familiar to a handful of students. There is great potential for engaging lessons centered around the performance rather than the reading of Shakespeare’s plays, and I hope to develop this venture for this course.
During the summer term, I successfully completed ETEC 510, where it was a pleasure to design the Macbeth Blended Learning Environment and the Outdamnedspot Moodle. Hope to see a few members of the design team in this course, and I am looking forward to all the new projects from classmates this term.
jarvise 11:59 am on September 6, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
My husband is a Shakespeare nut as well. He will be excited to see what you develop. Great meeting you, and look forward to working together!
Emily
themusicwoman 9:02 pm on September 6, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hey, Kyle. Nice to see you here and very nice work on the Shakespeare! Still very odd to be in courses with you electronically when it’s been (a lot) of years since we were in the classroom as band geeks.
Ick. Strike. Let’s not talk about that here. Cheers. Hope to actually see you soon.
Michelle
kstooshnov 9:06 pm on September 6, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hi Michelle,
Great to see you again on-line, and looking forward to your posts. Cool gravatar, and can’t wait to read how you introduced yourself, as well as the project you have in mind.
Kyle
Angela Novoa 3:57 am on September 7, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hi Kyle, your project looks very interesting! Congratulations and I wish you all the luck with it. Looking forward to learn with you in this course.
Cheers,
Angela
wongte 8:59 am on September 7, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
wow! Great Project Kyle! Such an amazing idea – I certainly would have LOVED to have access to something like that studying Shakespeare in both University and High school. I’m kind of hoping there is a strike 😉 so we can see this project!! 😀
kstooshnov 1:51 pm on September 8, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hello Wongte,
Thank you for the enthusiastic response, and I look forward to learning more about you and your educational experience when you post your introduction. Sounds like we are in the same boat when it comes to BCTF’s current job action, so let’s hope the turnaround time from designing a project to receiving our first million – lol – will be quick so that we can continue with our MET studies.
I also got to observe some of the frustration of learning Shakespeare at university when I signed up for a 300-level on-line course this summer. Many students went into the course with only a vague memory of learning a few of the plays in high school. The data I collected make for an intriguing case study when it comes to ETEC 522’s assignment #1.
All the best with your studies,
Kyle
mcquaid 4:02 pm on September 7, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Band geeks unite!
Kyle, my brother is also a Bill fan… to the point where, in university (since he hated the ending of “Hamlet”), he wrote the sequel to “Hamlet”, “Horatio”. In iambic pentameter. And had it turned into a local play. Nowadays he writes for Marvel among other things… I’ll be curious to see your technologification (my new word for the day) of Shakespeare.
kstooshnov 1:35 pm on September 8, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hi Steve,
Has your brother seen “Hamlet 2”, Steve Coogan’s attempt to one-up Shakespeare by bringing the dead prince back from the dead with the help of his friend, Jesus? Would be great to see the script for McQuaid’s Horatio, especially as it is iambic pentameter.
As for the technologification of Shakespeare’s plays, much of it will rely on the talented design skills of the numerous video game studios around Vancouver. Kind of like the multimedia experience of Kill Shakespeare (graphic novel, feature film, possible video game), with more of a focus on the plays’ text rather than the characters alone. Looking forward to any feedback you can provide.
Kyle
mcquaid 9:27 am on September 11, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
To be honest, I don’t know if he did or not. I did, though – “Rock Me, Sexy Jesus” was a highlight. “He’s totally the man, the man with the plan. He traveled through time in an awesome custom van…”