http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/old/taxonomy/term/118/0 en http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/old/content/%E2%80%98robot-chicken%E2%80%99-deconstructs-%E2%80%98law-order%E2%80%99 <p align="center"><img src="http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/files/chickenorder.jpg" alt="chicken judge" width=350 class="example" /></p> <p>When I teach writing, I like to occasionally give my students imitation exercises to point out the features of a particular text. <a href="http://www.adultswim.com/shows/robotchicken/"><em>Robot Chicken</em></a>, Seth Green’s stop-motion-animation show, has provided a pretty funny video example of this practice (my favorite touch is when they bleep out the bad language). It would be interesting to assign this type of video exercise for students to familiarize them with video conventions.</p> <p>See the video <a href="http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/67097/detail/">here</a>.</p> <!--break--><!--break--> http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/old/content/%E2%80%98robot-chicken%E2%80%99-deconstructs-%E2%80%98law-order%E2%80%99#comments assignment parody Pedagogy video Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:50:09 +0000 John Jones 130 at http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/old