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

Wednesday, February 26

Before class

  • Read Walden, “Reading,” “Sounds,” “Solitude.”
  • Read the pages in the module “Text Encoding.”
  • Leave a comment on a passage in Walden from one of the chapters assigned for 2/26.

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.

Friday, February 28

Before class

  • No new reading.

In class

  • We’ll continue exploring TEI.

Class work: In your folder for 2-28, share your journal file for the day with notes on anything you did or learned this week that has a connection with anything you did or learned in another class. Explain the connection.

Monday, March 3

Before class

  • Read Walden, “Visitors,” “The Bean-Field,” “The Village.”
  • Leave a comment in the margin of a passage from Walden that’s in one of the chapters assigned for 3/3.

In class

  • We’ll discuss Walden and continue exploring TEI.

Class work: In your folder for 3-3, share your journal file for the day with notes about TEI.