The purpose of our project was to create an app for the ipad based on a nature poem by James Dickey that could be used by a high school teacher in a classroom. The app includes a poem, video readings by the poet, perspectives (comment and literary criticisms) by a number of experts, biography, a gallery of photos, and a resources page. In fall of 2013 we will test the app in the high school classroo

Epps, Ed

Lane, John E.

Odell, Caroline

Sykes, David A.

Trakas, Deno P.

English

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Wofford CollegeDigital Commons @ WoffordArthur Vining Davis High Impact Fellows Projects Arthur Vining Davis High Impact Fellows4-1-2013“Digital James Dickey” Developing an App for theiPad based on a poem by James Dickey (grade level11 & 12)Deno P. TrakasWofford College, trakasdp@wofford.eduEd EppsSpartanburg High SchoolCaroline OdellWofford CollegeJohn E. LaneWofford CollegeDavid A. SykesWofford CollegeFollow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/avdprojectPart of the Literature in English, North America CommonsThis Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Arthur Vining Davis High Impact Fellows at Digital Commons @ Wofford. It has beenaccepted for inclusion in Arthur Vining Davis High Impact Fellows Projects by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Wofford. For moreinformation, please contact stonerp@wofford.edu.Recommended CitationTrakas, Deno P.; Epps, Ed; Odell, Caroline; Lane, John E.; and Sykes, David A., "“Digital James Dickey” Developing an App for theiPad based on a poem by James Dickey (grade level 11 & 12)" (2013). Arthur Vining Davis High Impact Fellows Projects. Paper 4.http://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/avdproject/4 High Impact Fellows Project Overview Project Title, Course Name, Grade Level  “Digital James Dickey” Developing an App for the ipad based on a poem by James Dickey (grade level 11 & 12)      Team Members  Student(s): Caroline Odell  High School Teacher:  Ed Epps Spartanburg High School  Wofford Faculty:  John Lane                        English  Deno Trakas                                                English & Environmental Studies  David Sykes  Computer Science  Brief Description of Project (<150 words)  The purpose of our project was to create an app for the ipad based on a nature poem by James Dickey that could be used by a high school teacher in a classroom. The app includes a poem, video readings by the poet, perspectives (comment and literary criticisms) by a number of experts, biography, a gallery of photos, and a resources page. In fall of 2013 we will test the app in the high school classroom          List of Materials Required and Costs, if Applicable   iPad  iPad Digital James Dickey app The Digital Dickey Project:  Choose one Dickey poem:  The Vegetable King The Heaven of Animals On the Coosawattee The Shark’s Parlor Encounter in the Cage Country For the Last Wolverine Kudzu (All from Poems ’57‐’67)  Read on screen, then answer four or five questions about the poem and the way it demonstrates Dickey’s interest in environmental themes and subjects. Get Russ Bradley to video in fall. (bradleyrn@wofford.edu) 	Outline for AVD Grant Project:  The James Dickey App: A Selection of Nature Poems  Project team:  John Lane, Wofford professor Deno Trakas, Wofford professor David Sykes, Wofford professor   Ed Epps, high school teacher Caroline Odell, Wofford student   Description of Project:  Create an ipad-type app based on a selection of nature poems by James Dickey that can be tested by a high school teacher in a high school classroom.  Between now and next spring John Lane (Wofford environmental studies and English professor), Deno Trakas (a Wofford English professor and one of James Dickey’s former students), David Sykes (a Wofford computer science professor), and Caroline Odell Wofford (a Wofford computer science student) will work together  to create content and write a program for an app that will be tested in the classroom of Edwin Epps, a Spartanburg High School AP English teacher.  We are gathering material to create a scaled down app similar to “The Wasteland” app available for ipad:  http://www.touchpress.com/titles/thewasteland/  We will collect:  1.      Poems--select a number of James Dickey poems (maybe a dozen) with clear nature/environmental themes 2.      Readings--offer both audio and video of James Dickey reading some of the poems with this material pulled from existing sources we’ve gathered. 3.      Perspectives--videotape contemporary poets and critics reading and discussing various aspects of the poems. 4.      Notes -annotations and references explaining and exploring the texts of the poems. 5.      Manuscripts-scanned original facsimiles of James Dickey’s original mss. 6.      Gallery--a gathering of still photos of subjects, locations, and pictures of James Dickey himself (much like the “gallery” in “The Wasteland” app). 7.      Exercises-unique interactive ways (assignments, poetry exercises) in which students can engage actively with the material.  We have started working on the app with several full-blown meeting of our team.   We have chosen six poems and gathered material. In January Carolyn will learn to design an app in an independent study with Dr. Sykes.   In the spring we will prepare the alpha version of the app for limited testing, revise over the summer, and test a beta version in Ed Epp’s classroom in fall 2013.	Info	on	Costs	for	Required	Curriculum	Materials		This	app	will	only	be	available	through	a	site	license	owned	by	Wofford	College.	High	schools	can	request	use	of	the	app	in	their	class	room	and	it	will	be	free	for	their	uses	in	specific	literature	class	rooms.		The	app	will	not	be	available	any	other	way	because	of	copyright	restrictions.	Classroom	Assessment		In	fall	2014	Ed	Epps	will	test	the	app	in	his	Spartanburg	High	School	classroom.				Deno	Trakas	also	plans	to	use	the	app	in	his	Wofford	College	Fall	2014	American	Lit	class.					Curriculum	Units																																																	Resources	for	Digital	James	Dickey			Calhoun,	Richard	and	Hill,	Robert.		James	Dickey.		Boston:	Twayne,	1983.		The	first	full‐length	biography.		Carroll,	Paul.	“James	Dickey:	The	Smell	of	Blood	in	Paradise.”	The	Poem	In	Its	Skin.	Chicago:	Big	Table	Publishing	Co.,	1968.	40–49.		An	excellent	short	essay	on	“Heaven	of	Animals”	that	Dickey	refers	to	in	Self‐Interviews.		Clabough,	Casey,	“To	Blend	in	the	Place	You’re	In,	But	With	a	Mind	to	Do	Something:	The	Practice	of	Merging	in	James	Dickey’s	‘To	the	White	Sea.’	“		An	essay	about	Dickey’s	novel	To	the	White	Sea	and	the	process	of	merging	with	the	landscape.		Dickey,	Christopher.		“The	Sharks	in	the	Parlor:	Fact,	Fiction,	and	Foreign	Policy.”	South	Carolina	Review.		An	essay	by	Dickey’s	son	about	his	father’s	low	regard	for	facts	and	high	regard	for	imagination	in	fiction,	poetry,	and	people.		Dickey,	Christopher.		Summer	of	Deliverance.	New	York:	Touchstone,	1998.		A	fascinating	biography	by	Dickey’s	son.		Dickey,	James.	Self‐Interviews.		Baton	Rouge:	Louisiana	State	University	Press,	1970.		106‐109.		Dickey	talks	about	the	genesis	of	“Heaven	of	Animals”	and	says	he	got	the	idea	from	a	Disney	film.		Dickey,	James.		Sorties:	Journals	and	New	Essays.		New	York:	Doubleday,	1971.		Journals	entries	and	essays	on	poetry,	poets,	music,	love,	death	…		Dickey,	James.		Interview	by	Franklin	Ashley.		Paris	Review,	No.	20.		http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/3741/the‐art‐of‐poetry‐no‐20‐james‐dickey			A	fascinating,	wide‐ranging	interview,	but	it	doesn’t	touch	on	“Heaven	of	Animals.”		Dunlap,	Bernie.	Interview	with	President	of	Wofford	College,	on	“Heaven	of	Animals”.	16	Jan.	2013.	Videotape.		Harding,	Wendy,	and	Martin,	Jacky.	“Oscar,	Derrida’s	Cat,	and	Other	Knowing	Animals.”	Transatlantica	2	(2012)	(2012):	2–14.	Print.		A	philosophical	essay	that	includes	a	paragraph	on	“Heaven	of	Animals.”		Hart,	Henry.		The	World	as	a	Lie:	James	Dickey.	New	York:	Picador,	2000.		The	most	thorough	and	most	controversial	biography.		Hodge,	Marion.	“James	Dickey’s	Natural	Heaven.”	South	Atlantic	Review	56.No.	4	(Nov.	1991)	57–70.	Print.		A	useful	article	on	“Heaven	of	Animals.”		Jake	Ohring	Performs	“The	Heaven	of	Animals”	for	Poetry	Out	Loud	NJ	2011	State	Finals‐‐YouTube.			www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bM4dfKkSYw		McClure,	Nancye.		“Outsider	Artists:	Walter	Anderson	and	James	Dickey.”	(original	source	not	found)		Princess	Grace	Kelly	Reading	Heaven	of	Animals.			Audio	Recording.		An	interesting	cultural	artifact,	but	she	leaves	out	part	of	the	poem.		Tillinghast,	Richard.		“The	Creation	of	the	Animals,”	a	poem	from	his	book	Sleep	Watch.		“Turner,	Daniel	Cross,	“Mock	Primitive:	The	Artful	Ethnography	of	James	Dickey.”		Presented	at	the	conference	“James	Dickey:	A	Celebration	of	the	Life	and	Works,”	Jan	19‐20,	2007.		An	essay	about	two	poems,	“Slave	Quarters”	and	“The	Sheep	Child.”		Turner,	Daniel	Cross.	“Modern	Primitives:	Mergings	in	the	Poetry	of	Robert	Penn	Warren	and	James	Dickey.”	South	Carolina	Review,			173‐182.		Print.		A	comparison	of	the	two	poets	that	includes	a	brief	discussion	of	“Heaven	of	Animals.”		Verburg,	T.	Larry,	“Water	Imagery	in	James	Dickey’s	Deliverance.”	(original	source	not	found)		

“Digital James Dickey” Developing an App for the iPad based on a poem by James Dickey (grade level 11 & 12)

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