I could not attend NCTE annual converence this year for reasons related to the ways the federal government has withdrawn most of its support for the National Writing Project, but I have been following some of the threads on Twitter when I could over the weekend. In particular, I was curious about the work being done by my friends via Marginal Syllabus with annotations and margin writing.
I could not help myself. As I saw people working on a hallway activity of making and then tweeting out notes on cards with quotes on Saturday, I started to make margin notes on the notes of the margins from here at home, and sharing them back into the stream. For a bit of time, it felt like I was there, with them.
This is the link to the description of the formal presentation, which took place yesterday
First, I grabbed a screenshot and used the text and arrow tools.
Adam, I hope you don’t mind that I remixed your annotation from afar. #marginalsyllabus #ncte18 pic.twitter.com/a16kUqxurG
— KevinHodgson (@dogtrax) November 17, 2018
Then, I used an app that lets you manipulate an image, and used the idea of the margin at the center as symbolic concept.
Margins at the center … a remix for you, Sam … #marginalsyllabus #ncte18 pic.twitter.com/eqRDapquEg
— KevinHodgson (@dogtrax) November 17, 2018
Another one used a favorite: comics to make comments.
Carolyn, forgive my comic remix of your annotation. I am layering atop your thoughtful layers. #MarginalSyllabus #ncte18 pic.twitter.com/IZo4QDz5mD
— KevinHodgson (@dogtrax) November 17, 2018
And then, I found a poem in an annotation.
A found poem from your margin notes, Jessica … asking forgiveness after the fact … #MarginalSyllabus #NCTE18 pic.twitter.com/EvnoJm39Xp
— KevinHodgson (@dogtrax) November 17, 2018
Thanks to Adam, Sam, Jessica and Carolyn for letting me play with their work. I hope the workshop for the digital annotation was an interesting and illuminating session. Knowing the folks running it, I bet it was.
Peace (in the margins and beyond),
Kevin
You have marginalized yourself. Way to go, dude. 😉