Anyone can follow a hack this poem: a workshop on P2PU. Participating is the next level of engagement. The sign-up is a space where interested individuals can express their interest and background in the topic and commit to working with the rest of the participants. Please answer the following set(s) of questions if you want to become a participant or organizer.
Standard Set
This set of signup questions is common to all study groups, courses, ... in P2PU. The answers to these questions will be public once you get accepted.
- What made you interested in this topic?
- What do you hope to achieve by participating?
- Are you interested in helping with the hack this poem: a workshop organization?
Public Custom Set
This set of signup questions is particular to this hack this poem: a workshop. The answers to these questions will be public once you get accepted.
Hello there,
P2PU + You = awesome.
We're so amped you've decided to join the workshop! As P2PU Community Members, we all have ownership in the learning process. That starts with finding out what we want from the course, and what our various backgrounds are. Answers will be shared with the rest of the course without names.
Please complete this form as the signup task to get started.
Thanks, and we'll hack poems together soon!
Vanessa and Tracy
Answers
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Anonym
Oct. 31, 2011, 5:53 a.m.
Bio:
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Location: Scotland, UK
Standard Set Answer:
What made me interested in this topic?
I love reading, and lately have been reading quite a few sonnets.
What do I hope to achieve by participating?
A greater understanding of poetry.
Are you interested in helping with the workshop organisation?
No.
I don't have any contribution to make regarding what I want from the course, as from what I see it already looks great!
In terms of my background, I read all the time. I am especially interested in the links between ancient elegies and the poems of today.
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MichaelScott
Oct. 10, 2011, 3:37 p.m.
Bio:
I am a writer/poet/mentor my publications include 'Sick of Ape' and 'Domestic Cherry'. I won the 2011 Battered Moons Poetry Competition and was placed 2nd in the 'Poets Meet Painters' competition 2011.
Location: Swindon UK
Standard Set Answer:
Public Set Answer:
Hi Vanessa,
I can't seem to post to week 2, I've got a pair of poems ready !
Michael
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SarahJoy
Sept. 28, 2011, 3:32 p.m.
Bio:
I love cinammon toothpaste and only have a 10% chance of surviving a zombie attack according to facebook. My hobbies include reading, writing, playing with my birdies, and loving on my husband.
Location: Denver, Colorado
Standard Set Answer:
1. I enjoy studying creative writing, especially poetry.
2. I hope to gain a new knowledge of how poems work.
3. I am not interested in helping, but I definitely want to learn. :)
I am excited to get involved in this workshop. I love reading, writing, and learning. I hope to learn more about how to deconstruct a poem throughout this workshop. I look forward to "meeting" everyone who is involved!
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J. Nathan Matias
Sept. 27, 2011, 3:04 p.m.
Bio:
I make art, software and charities which people can use to become more creative, more effective, and more informed. I am a research assistant at MIT Media Lab in the Center for Civic Media.
Location: Cambridge, USA
Standard Set Answer:
I am taking Technologies for Creative Learning with Vanessa.
I studied English Literature twice and love poetry.
I like to write poetry and talk about poetry with others
I am hoping to be an observer in the class
I like reading, writing, and sharing poetry and somehow managed to study English literature twice at uni! I grew up in the United States, lived in the UK for an extended period, and really love Anglophone poetry from around the world.
I'm very interested in education and like to discover new ways to learn, which is why I have signed up to this workshop!
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Bonita DeAmicis, Ed. D.
Sept. 26, 2011, 12:36 a.m.
Bio:
Education has been my passion for more than 20 years. I have taught general subjects in elementary, math methods in college, parenting and art classes in community school, and loved every level. During my elementary teaching I had the distinct pleasure of being a member of the US Microsoft Innovative Teaching Team for 2007. As part of my learning process, I have written 2 1/2 books in education published by Zephyr Press and K12 Handhelds, and in 2004 I earned my doctorate in educational leadership from UCLA. I am currently an elementary principal in the Los Angeles Area.
Location: Los Angeles
Standard Set Answer:
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What made you interested in this topic?
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I love poetry and sometimes try to write my own.
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What do you hope to achieve by participating?
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Fun, mostly. You made me curious.
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Are you interested in helping with the hack this poem: a workshop organization?
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Perhaps.
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Sanglorian
Sept. 25, 2011, 6:11 a.m.
Bio:
IT, ESG research, open source, Creative Commons, free culture, etc.
Location: Canberra
Standard Set Answer:
I'm interested in the poetry of Coleridge, Eliot and Ginsberg and I hope to understand their works better.
I don't have time to help organise the course, I'm afraid.
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speakwright
Sept. 24, 2011, 2:10 a.m.
Bio:
Location: Philadelphia
Standard Set Answer:
I am interested in exploring experimental poetry and poetry in new mediums.
I hope to learn a new way of interacting with poems.
I am not currently interested in helping with organization.
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squiggledot
Sept. 23, 2011, 8:21 p.m.
Bio:
mostly harmless.
Location: Canada
Standard Set Answer:
I liked the idea of "hacking" literature.
I hope to become familiar with the community and social functions of P2PU, and to begin to become familiar with its educational benefits.
Perhaps when I am more familiar with the site's workings.
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Kenneth Ronkowitz
Sept. 23, 2011, 1:15 p.m.
Bio:
I taught secondary school English (grades 7-12; ages 13-18) here in the United States for 25 years. After that milestone (i.e. eligible for pension!) year, I began working at a university http://www.njit.edu/ as the Manager of Instructional Technology which included the development of online courses.
From 2008-2012, I directed a writing initiative at a communty college (PCCC).
I am a logtime advocate for open educational resourses - recently, my focus has been in the of open textbooks in higher education.
I am an (overly) avid blogger. My main educational blogging is at http://www.serendipity35.net.
Other sites & blogs of mine:
Poets Online - blog
Ronkowitz.com
Weekends in Paradelle
Ronkville
Endangered New Jersey
@ronkowitz on Twitter
My NJIT faculty site
Poets Online on twitter
Why Name It That?
Writing at PCCC
Location: NJ-USA
Standard Set Answer:
I have been involved in reading and writing poetry most of my life and have taught it since 1975.
I like the idea of breaking down, rebuilding and perhaps remixing poems.
This sounds like a workshop that I could duplicate online and face to face in the future.
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Steven Brent
Sept. 23, 2011, 10:38 a.m.
Bio:
Location: Pennsylvania, USA
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Public Set Answer:
Normally, I don't like to overanalyze art. But I'm willing to give this a try :-)
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Mary Ann Reilly
Sept. 23, 2011, 9:20 a.m.
Bio:
Artist. Writer. Educator.
Location: New Jersey
Standard Set Answer:
Interested in content creation as I am an artist, educator and do this now, but now my own practices can be enriched as well as what I bring to schools.
Pulling apart & reassembling poems feels a lot like remix.
So much depends
(Well U know the rest).
Looking forward to participating. This will be my first venture in P2PU.
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John Britton
Sept. 22, 2011, 9:03 a.m.
Bio:
Hacker At-Large. Curious. College escapee. World traveling vagabond. Couch Surfer. Hacking Education @p2pu. Mozillian. Member of root @nyhacker. @twilio alum.
Location: New York
Standard Set Answer:
I don't know much about poetry, but I really love languages. I've spent a lot of time thinking about how words in other languages can sometimes express more accurately.
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Carol Peters
Sept. 20, 2011, 4:24 p.m.
Bio:
poet, translator, teacher, blogger, birder, adventurer
Location: Cafayate, Argentins
Standard Set Answer:
I'm a poet.
I learn more every class I take.
If I can help in any way, I'd be happy to do so.
- Carol
