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Explaining a Web task

Sunday, February 17, 2013

Your Assignment

After reading the original text ‘Agamemnon’ by Aeschylus, analyzing two characters and applying the techniques of dialogue writing, you will create a short scene of 600 – 800 words (which does not exist in the original text) by writing a dialogue between two characters i.e. Clytemnestra and Aegisthus planning the murder of Agamemnon before he arrives at Argos which is comprehensible with the use of everyday conversational (not informal) English illustrating the characters’ personality traits as presented in the play. 

After thorough rehearsals you have to record your performance and upload the clip in http://vimeo.com/ for us to watch.

Please go to http://zunal.com/webquest.php?w=182851 for a detailed overview of the assignment and necessary resources.

Don't forget to provide your Vimeo links here on this post in the form of comments.

Happy acting!!

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Your Task


My ‘Classics in Translation I’ course students (46th and 47th batches) - Greetings to you all!

Welcome to my blog!

Please read over the information below for your next task. After you have read over the information regarding web searches, you will need to post here (students who have a Gmail account and can access this blog) or send an email to me at tahsinayasmin@stamforduniversity.edu.bd (students who do not have a Gmail account). The second group will be provided with a written and printed task by 10th February 2013, Sunday.

Look at Noodletools' "Choose the Best Search for your Information Needs." It's not just www.noodletools.com - if you go to the main NoodleTools page, make sure you click on Choose the Best Search for Your Information Needs.

You can also look at the link to Web Searching Tech Tip for ideas about techniques for searching. Try some of the search engines or portals to see which ones work best for your course related searches and for information for your class studies.

Try something that is NOT Google, then post a comment about:
  • which search site you used
  • what you searched for, and
  • a specific URL to show your result.
Don't forget to write your name and ID number at the end of  your post.

A sample answer might be -

I searched for the topic 'the status of women in ancient Greek society.' I chose Bing as my search engine and my entry was - "status of women" +ancient Greek Society. My search resulted into 5 very useful links on the first page of the portal. The following link has a two page essay which is very useful in understanding the topic.

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/5331547/ancient-greek-women

Good luck with searching!