Cassius speaks Shakespeareís lines.
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What can I do with e-texts?
Student uses:
Turning e-Texts into Your Texts
To read the book, you must also download and install the free TK3 Reader from
NightKitchen.
Introduction:
What do you hope to gain from this workshop? (Forum)
What questions to you want to have answered? (Index cards)
What is an e-text?
Digital Text
Digitized Text
Primary Documents
Contemporary Documents - blogs, journals, email, listservs, news groups, government publications
Student work
Issues relating to copyright:
Public Domain
Fair Use
Out of print not the equivalent of out of copyright.
New editions of old works are under copyright. (Includes Internet editions)
The special case of Emily Dickinson
Find out more about Fair Use and Copyright law and guidelines at
How do I locate an e-text?
Leasttern (links to the best sights)
How do I trust an e-text?
PedigreePoems on personal web pages.Even trustworthy sights have flaws:
Cassius speaks Shakespeareís lines.
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What can I do with e-texts?
Student uses:
Texts to read: The example of Chaucer and MiltonTexts to hear: Chaucer; contemporary poets.
Texts to comment on: Shakespeare. (Hamlet)
Texts to edit: Shakespeare.
Texts for translation (into contemporary language, slang, summary, another language)
Texts to model.
Texts to use creatively.drama
visual arts & illustration
prequels, sequels, interpretations
personal collectionsTeacher uses:
Texts to annotate. ("Design")
Texts for testing. (Frost)
Texts for study questions.
Texts for vocabulary study.
Texts for critical reading skills development (Learning to Read and Write - a primer with activities for the English teacher, focused upon the critical reading of fiction and non-fiction)
Texts for illustrations of:Models - Poetry 180
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Tools for using e-Texts (one specific tool highlighted in each area):