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Alphonse de Lamartine stated, “France was bored” and with these words he perfectly encapsulated the impact of the novel. The printing press had created the ability to transmit text at a rate not possible before, however the novel took this … Continue reading →

Extra! Extra! Read all about it!  Please read The Penny Newspaper – hot off the press! And for your viewing pleasure, catch the latest episode of “Talk Show Time Machine – The Penny Newspaper”.     Brought to you by: Steve Holmberg, … Continue reading →

canyoureadthissentenceeasilydoyoufindyourselfreadingaloudtomakesenseofthetext woulditbeeasiertoreadiftherewerespacesbetweenwordsandproperpunctuationifyou wanttoknowmoreaboutthehistoryofpunctuationandwordseparationintextplease continuereadingonmywebpage Punctuation and Word Separation   My project can be viewed at http://sabrinaquigleyresearchproject.wordpress.com/ Sabrina

Hi there, Janet and I collaborated on the topic, the “invention of photography”, which includes the invention of photography up until the invention of the digital camera. Given that photography is our topic, would be remiss if we didn’t include … Continue reading →

I chose to complete my Module 3 Research Project in a program called Zooburst. Zooburst is a digital storytelling tool that helps users create their own 3D pop up book on a topic of their choice. The topic for my … Continue reading →

The canon of literature has historically been biased to western thought. Similarly the debate over the impact of orality versus literacy is also biased to western ideals and as a result literate culture is seen as superior to oral cultures. … Continue reading →

My grandparents grew up in a time when oral storytelling preserved memories, before television and long before the computer generation. Their way of processing information was very different from the way their parents culture would have processed information years before … Continue reading →

Walter J. Ong’s book ‘Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of the Word’ was written in 1982 and because of its age it reads often times as a historical artefact on the Orwellian fears of the time. Ong looks back onto … Continue reading →

The concept of a “virtual library” sounds out of date in 2013 which is exactly what James O’Donnell is telling us would happen but I’m not sure if it is because the “virtual library” is now a reality or because … Continue reading →