Outcomes/Activities

At the completion of this module you should

  1. Understand the value of modeling textual data using a machine-readable markup language
  2. Understand how XML/TEI is used by digital scholarly editors to model textual data

Dates and Activities

Monday, February 26

Before class

  • Read Walden, “Reading,” “Sounds,” “Solitude”
  • Read the pages in this module.

In class

  • We’ll discuss Walden and explore TEI.

Class work: In your folder for 2-26, share your journal file for the day with notes about things you learned and questions you have about TEI. In addition, leave a comment on a passage in Walden from one of the chapters assigned for today.

Wednesday, February 28

Before class

  • Read Walden, “Visitors,” “The Bean-Field,” “The Village”

In class

  • We’ll discuss Walden and continue exploring TEI.

Class work: In your folder for 2-28, share your journal file for the day with notes about TEI. In addition, leave a comment in the margin of a passage from Walden that’s in one of the chapters assigned for today.

Friday, March 1

  • Group 1 meeting.
  • Due: First blog post.