Wednesday, April 29, 2009

What is Multimedia Poetry?

Multimedia poetry is when you put words images and sounds together to create a video of some sort that symbolically portrays what you want to convey to audiences. Your poem is the words, obviously. images are helpful if you cannot quite put into words what you want to say. Music is also an important tool. it can change the entire tone of the video and stir up emotions that would otherwise not come out.


Bibliography:
http://www.datawranglers.com/voices/poetryvideo/
massive huh?

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Poem

Words

Words, Words, Words, nothing but ink on a page,
They will sit there idle for many an age.
Most of these lazy words lie in a big book,
Its called a dictionary, care to take a look?
Set it on the table and blow off the dust.
Open the cover and search for the word, you must.
Find what you're looking for, then say the word.
Not even a dictionary can explain what you just heard.

"Stone," "Stone, Stone, Stone," if you haven't a clue,
If you don't know the words to a song, this is what you do.
You sit on the floor hugging a pillow and a blanket,
Put a hat on your head and prepare to make a racket.
Find the word "Stone";Pick a tune,
And sing the word continuously as you look to the moon.
Do it, you'll see,
You'll soon understand just how fulfilling it can be.

Here's another one - antidisestablishmentarianism.
You won't spell it right so don't worry about plagiarism.
It's the word to use when you want to look smart.
But to use it right is practically an art!
If you need to understand just break it down.
You can carry the pieces and not have to frown.
Anti is negative, dis is something, establishmentarianism is an entirely other thing!
And when you figure it all out, your head will go "ting!"

So as you can probably guess, I don't really know
These words or how they go.
Try as I might, I won't have the intellect, the smarts, or the brains
To get these words on all my thought trains.
That's why I wrote this poem you see.
Well apart from school it's for people like me.
And so I say in this forum,
Please say these words with decorum.

Friday, April 10, 2009

What is Web 2.0?

If you look up Web 2.0 in a dictionary then you will come up with this definition "the second generation of the World Wide Web in which content is user-generated and dynamic, and software is offered that mimics desktop programs" it is basically communicating with others using the internet. Whether it be photo or video sharing, sending emails, chatting or even talking to someone. They are all forms of communicating. You are now in charge of what goes up and the internet is no longer controlled by industries and random organizations.

Sources:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/web%202.0
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0