http://english.mansfield.ohio-state.edu/writing/ben/ ...an uncommon mix of things most vile and bland from the fingers of Ben McCorkle. en-us 2007-06-18T09:38:21-05:00 http://english.mansfield.ohio-state.edu/writing/ben/archives/2007_06.html#000335 Now in its 5th year, "A Bubbling Cauldron of Rank Miscellany" needs a facelift. And with that facelift comes a new location: http://rhetoricalcommons.org/bubblingcauldron/ So update those bookmarks, Gentle Readers. I'll be tweaking the theme over the next few days, but... benmccorkle 2007-06-18T09:38:21-05:00 http://english.mansfield.ohio-state.edu/writing/ben/archives/2007_06.html#000334 small MOV (3.5 MB) | large MOV (11.7 MB) (Read more about the Visiting Scholars in Digital Media and Composition program.)... benmccorkle 2007-06-08T14:21:30-05:00 http://english.mansfield.ohio-state.edu/writing/ben/archives/2007_06.html#000333 The month of May is over and done with, and unfortunately my video "One Door, One Bulb" did not advance to the final stage of the Sundance Channel's "What's the Big Idea?" short video competition. And that's okay. Really. Except... benmccorkle 2007-06-05T18:58:31-05:00 http://english.mansfield.ohio-state.edu/writing/ben/archives/2007_05.html#000332 >>: From the fine folks over at Common Craft comes this refreshingly low-tech and highly cogent video explanation of how wikis work: >>: Computers & Writing 2007: The Aftermath. Aside from the nagging bout of consumption I became infected with... benmccorkle 2007-05-31T10:56:24-05:00 http://english.mansfield.ohio-state.edu/writing/ben/archives/2007_05.html#000330 This approaching Saturday, Doug Dangler and I will be presenting at Computers & Writing, held this year at Wayne State in Detroit. On the docket is a hybrid presentation of epic proportions--part theoretical rationale, part pedagogical implementation--on the topic of... benmccorkle 2007-05-13T21:00:43-05:00 http://english.mansfield.ohio-state.edu/writing/ben/archives/2007_05.html#000329 Semifinalists have been selected for the Sundance Channel's "What's the Big Idea?" contest, where participants submit their 1-minute videos explaining an innovative green concept, product, or activity. Open voting is underway until the end of May, after which five finalists... benmccorkle 2007-05-10T19:28:18-05:00 http://english.mansfield.ohio-state.edu/writing/ben/archives/2007_05.html#000328 Len, the imaginative illustrator behind "Monster by Mail," created a wonderful work of art for us: The Clintonville Underwear Strangler (we supplied the concept). Here's a video of the masterpiece as it unfolds: And a static Flickr pic.... benmccorkle 2007-05-07T20:44:27-05:00 http://english.mansfield.ohio-state.edu/writing/ben/archives/2007_04.html#000327 In yet another scandalous bout of shameless self-promotion, I'd like to point my Dear Readers' attentions to a couple of recently penned publications...collaborative ventures both, featuring the likes of myself along with fellow, same-minded colleagues venturing forth in the Shadowlands... benmccorkle 2007-04-22T19:11:49-05:00 http://english.mansfield.ohio-state.edu/writing/ben/archives/2007_04.html#000325 33 dead in Virginia Tech shooting massacre. Something like this is terrible regardless of where it occurs, but it's especially distressing when it happens on a college campus, a potential safe haven for young adults as they learn about the... benmccorkle 2007-04-16T18:49:05-05:00 http://english.mansfield.ohio-state.edu/writing/ben/archives/2007_04.html#000323 Kurt Vonnegut died yesterday at 84. Funny, politically savvy, and fierce...he will be missed. Wikipedia bio.... benmccorkle 2007-04-12T08:40:03-05:00 http://english.mansfield.ohio-state.edu/writing/ben/archives/2007_04.html#000321 Comics impresario Scott McCloud, author of the highly entertaining and theoretically cogent Understanding Comics (among others), will be speaking this Wednesday at the OSU Wexner Center Auditorium (April 4, 4:30). If you're at all interested in the practice of... benmccorkle 2007-04-03T11:04:05-05:00 http://english.mansfield.ohio-state.edu/writing/ben/archives/2007_03.html#000320 It's been four years since our rowdy band of rhet/comp professionals last descended upon the Big Apple (and then, incidentally, a war broke out in Iraq...coincidence?). This time around, I had plenty of deja vu to contend with (LCDs... benmccorkle 2007-03-30T17:24:14-05:00 http://english.mansfield.ohio-state.edu/writing/ben/archives/2007_03.html#000317 It's Spring Break... so it must be time for the CCCC. Expect the usual post-conference blah-de-blah once I return. I'll be giving my presentation, "Multimodal Composing and the Challenge of Assessment" along with colleagues Susan Delagrange and Katie Braun on... benmccorkle 2007-03-18T20:38:46-05:00 http://english.mansfield.ohio-state.edu/writing/ben/archives/2007_03.html#000316 >>: Scribd is a site worth watching as it grows. Essentially, it's one of those Web 2.0 social network document sharing sites, and it has a really fast-loading, responsive PDF reader embedded on the site. On top of that, you... benmccorkle 2007-03-11T18:09:41-05:00 http://english.mansfield.ohio-state.edu/writing/ben/archives/2007_03.html#000315 One of my long-time intellectual heroes, postmodernist and media theorist Jean Baudrillard, passed away today at the age of 77. And a day before my birthday, too... (Read: "The Violence of the Global")... benmccorkle 2007-03-06T18:36:16-05:00