1. The Five Canons, Audience, & Earbuds: Adding Podcasting to the Computers & Writing Classroom Jennifer L. Bowie ▪ Assistant Professor ▪ Georgia State University Computers & Writing 2008 ▪ May 25, 2008 ▪ UGA @ Athens, GA

2. Overview Podcasting 101? Considering podcasting in the C&W classroom Rethinking the old in new ways Integrating podcasting into C&W classrooms Conclusions

3. Podcasting 101 Podcast: i Pod + broad cast Digital media files distributed over the internet RSS feeds: subscriptions and delivery Often played on portable media players –Not just for iPods Time-shifted & location-shifted Started as grassroots/independent now with many companies & organizations Increasing popularity

4. Podcasting 101: Popularity In 2007 13% of US population has listened to a podcast

5. Another form of “writing” and media –Part of technological literacy –Another form our students may need to master Old/new form of writing and rhetoric –Traditional form (think Greeks) –Current “popular” from (presentations, speeches, …) –Digital with “universal” access “Better” knowledge distribution model Lessons learned may help other forms Considering podcasting in the C&W classroom

6. Rethinking the old in new ways: The 5 canons Invention: "discovering the best available means of persuasion” (Aristotle) –What to say? –What topoi? Take testimony for example Arrangement: the order of discourse –Is there a genre/subgenre? –If so, what is the genre? Music before? After? Which point first? Intro? Outro? Style: the artful expression of ideas appropriate to one’s purpose How will it be said? Ethos & pathos become key Things to consider: Dictation, accents, jargon, word choices, expression, speed

7. Memory: “treasury of things invented” (Ad Herennium), Recall of topoi often drawing on kairos and grounded in audience and circumstances –Scripted podcasts: may delve into memory –Unscripted podcasts: just like the good ‘ol ancient days Delivery: public publication/presentation of discourse. How it is said: presentation of argument with effective gestures, tone, words, movement, and images –Oral roots in new ways: Editing Sound levels Voice modulation Music Visuals & album art Performance –More “traditional” print/web based concerns Transcripts/ text forms of the content Websites and associated “places” for the podcasts Rethinking the old in new ways: The 5 canons

8. Audience: –Their voice makes it more personal and increases their investment –Words, accents, music, length, …, and overall message more deeply considered –Better audience “visualization” Purpose: –Often becomes more than “just another paper I have to write” –Can portray in “more” ways: music, tone, word choice, speed,… –Easily leads them into the next step Context: –Suddenly user/listener/reader/ context matters Will they be at their computer? Driving? Running? Cooking? Folding laundry? –Considers what matters and works for the user’s context Tone: Tone now means something Rethinking the old in new ways: Audience, purpose, context, tone

9. Integrating podcasting into C&W classrooms: Option from list of various media Class weekly review Regular individual podcast Student selected topics (related or not) –News –Class review/reflection –Provided topics –Research papers New approaches to old genres Media & message comparisons Professor response Peer review

10. Conclusions Fits into the goals of a C&W classroom Provides new ways for students to consider, rethink, understand, and apply old concepts Easy to incorporate Leads to improved writing and investment

11. Thank you! Jennifer L. Bowie jbowie@gsu.edu –Professional website: http://www.rhetcomp.gsu.edu/~jbowie/ –Screen Space Podcast & Blog: http://www.screenspace.org/ –Presentation slides & handouts: http://www.rhetcomp.gsu.edu/~jbowie/presentatio n/ Image: Digital Media Galaxy http://www.digitalmediagalaxy.com/wp- content/uploads/2006/12/podcast.jpg