These are the formal learning outcomes I expected to glean from this course over the semester. I will either link an outcome to a post I feel meets that outcome, link to a series of posts in brackets, add a dash and explain how I felt the outcome was met (if there is not a post to describe it), leave a blank if I feel like I could have better met this outcome somehow, or do a combination of some of the above.


1. Gain “Shakespeare Literacy” : Demonstrate mastery over fundamental information about Shakespeare’s works, life, and legacy

• Breadth (knowledge of a range of Shakespeare’s works) [Sonnets, Tempest, Henry V, Merchant of Venice, Othello, Love's Labour's Lost]
• Depth (more thorough knowledge of a single work) [Read ebook, listened to audiobook, and read comic version of Hamlet - lame I can't find any posts of mine about it; also Othello]
• Performance (stage and screen) [Henry V, Merchant of Venice, Love's Labour's Lost]
• Legacy (history, scholarship, popular culture) [Hamlet scholarship, I also read a comic version of Hamlet (pop culture), Shakespeare and Folklore scholarship, folklore]

2. Analyze Shakespeare Critically : Interpret Shakespeare’s works critically in their written form, in performance (stage or screen) and in digitally mediated transformations. This includes

• Textual analysis (theme, language, formal devices) [Tempest, Othello]
• Contextual analysis (historical, contemporary, cultural) [Merchant of Venice]
• Application of literary theories [This is the one thing I feel I didn't really do at all.]
• Analysis of digital mediations [Hamlet, ebooks]

3. Engage Shakespeare Creatively

• Performance (memorization, recitation, scene on stage or video) [stage, video]
• Individual creative work (literary imitation, art, music, etc.) [trailer 1, trailer 2, trailer 3]
• Collaborative creative project [peer editing, helping Ashley, connections] 

4. Share Shakespeare Meaningfully (This includes engaging in the following:)

• Formal Writing. Develop and communicate your ideas about Shakespeare clearly in formal and researched writing. [Conference Paper/ Proposal 1, Conference Proposal 2, Conference Proposal 3, Conference Proposal 4, 
• Informal Writing. This mainly means through regular online writing [See my blog and all these links to my informal writing]
• Connecting. Share one’s learning and creative work with others both in and outside of class. [tweethis, see also connect under outcome 5 for all the social proof - this was me sharing my work with others and their responses.]

5. Gain Digital Literacy: Students use their study of Shakespeare as a way of understanding and developing fluency in 21st century learning skills and computer-mediated modes of communication. Those skills are grouped under the following categories.

• Consume - Effective and independent selecting, searching, researching, [Twitter, Resources, Contact list, Twitter list]
• Create - Producing content that demonstrates learning and which can be shared for others to profit from. [Favicon, Mobile Blogging, Folklore, Research 1, Research 2, Research 3, Trailer 1, Trailer 2, Research 4, Research 5, Trailer 3, Trailer 4]
• Connect - Engage with other learners within and outside of the class to develop thinking and share more formal work. [Social Proof 1, Social Proof 2, Social Proof 3, Social Proof 4, Tweethis 1, Tweethis 2,  Tweethis 3, Tweethis 4, Social Proof 5, Conference proposal, Social Proof 6, Social Proof 7, Social Proof 8, Social Proof 9]

Upgrading Folklore for the Digital Age Final Trailer Video and Repurposed Project

Digital Folklore needs to be more widely studied in order to better understand contemporary culture. 

Here is the link to my final AFS2012 submission. 

My 90-sec Trailer Video