English @ SUNY Geneseo | Katie Allen | Activity https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/members/kaitlyncallen/activity/ Activity feed for Katie Allen. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:23:02 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 eb8b483880bbbbbba448f40cf308cedf Katie Allen commented on the post, Shaping a Legacy: Thoreau, Harding, and Fluidity of the American Cultural Canon, on the site Digital Humanities at Geneseo http://dh.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/05/05/shaping-a-legacy-thoreau-harding-and-fluidity-of-the-american-cultural-cannon/#comment-1915 Wed, 07 May 2014 14:46:13 -0500 Kevin, this is so awesome! Thanks for sharing what is definitely an inspiring and relevant post for our class.

]]> e3b985650d6618fc5cf0aa8ac6c52591 Katie Allen commented on the post, Emotional Facebook Video Shares , on the site Digital Humanities at Geneseo http://dh.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/05/03/emotional-facebook-video-shares/#comment-1567 Mon, 05 May 2014 01:21:12 -0500 Ellie,

Thanks for sharing this video and your thoughts, I really enjoyed them! I definitely agree that the author’s argument about people being robotically absorbed in technology is valid, and that people could […]

]]> 2066249d75cd18d012481e6db18d9e9c Katie Allen commented on the post, Phones in Church?, on the site Digital Humanities at Geneseo http://dh.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/04/30/phones-in-church/#comment-1336 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 15:46:50 -0500 Lindsey,

This is definitely an interesting idea. I think many churches are struggling with the idea of balancing the “sacred” with the “up to date.” A church I used to attend in Rochester, NY had a live […]

]]> 76c5155026d7446e18cbe9a52013605c Katie Allen wrote a new post on the site Digital Humanities at Geneseo http://dh.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=790 Sat, 19 Apr 2014 18:10:02 -0500 In part because I’m still thinking about Katie Bockino’s The Creepy Side of Technology?, and in part because I recently changed all my passwords (thanks a lot, Heartbleed) and downloaded a new app to store them […]

]]> 605ed76a23fb11e2c5f48a506c22891d Katie Allen wrote a new post on the site THE PRACTICE OF WRITING http://practiceofwriting.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=78 Sun, 13 Apr 2014 19:39:00 -0500 ThumbnailI recently came across a quote from Rear Admiral Grace Hopper that reminded me of our in-class discussion about grammar. She says, “The most dangerous phrase in the language is ‘we’ve always done it this way.'” […]

]]> d2412a20cbddce8f586eb6174d8cb456 Katie Allen wrote a new post on the site Digital Humanities at Geneseo http://dh.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=731 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 19:54:16 -0500 I do a lot of commuting: from Churchville to Geneseo, Churchville to Victor, and Churchville to Greece, all on a regular basis. I recently realized that rather than suffering through Eminem & Rhianna’s “Monster” […]

]]> 8ab5dd330764194eb642a247cd396793 Katie Allen wrote a new post on the site Digital Humanities at Geneseo http://dh.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=642 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 00:09:13 -0500 ThumbnailLet’s face it: English majors probably fall victim to ridicule much more often than other college students. Our peers in the math or science departments might ask well-intentioned, yet still annoying questions […]

]]> 9ca8d7f2aadc1af0c2dce5d6bcecbfff Katie Allen joined the group Explainers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/927/ Mon, 31 Mar 2014 15:18:05 -0500 0 639fce68c9bf19e001f1bff33d08470c Katie Allen replied to the topic Share a tool in the forum Digital Humanities http://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/digital-humanities/forum/topic/share-a-tool/page/2/#post-320 Wed, 26 Mar 2014 14:49:53 -0500 If you’re anything like me, one of the reasons you might enjoy reading on paper, rather than on a screen, is the ability to easily highlight or annotate a text. Some platforms do allow users to make notes on the computer, such as documents that can be opened in Microsoft Word and some PDFs using Preview – both Word and Preview have built-in…[Read more]

]]> a066950f4e87c92323ce56a4d5368556 Katie Allen wrote a new post on the site Digital Humanities at Geneseo http://dh.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=448 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 20:31:30 -0500 ThumbnailThe Beginning of the End of Online Commenting?
In a recent class discussion, we touched on the topics of censorship, relevancy, equality, and anonymity when thinking about who should have a voice in certain […]

]]> 7d1dc3f894a244bf86fc1a5f9a544226 Katie Allen wrote a new post on the site THE PRACTICE OF WRITING http://practiceofwriting.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=47 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 17:11:35 -0500 Teaching in York this past week has been an incredibly value experience, both for myself and hopefully for the students as well. I haven’t been in a classroom formally for a while, and though I’ve never doubted […]

]]> 206b9493641585df351e36af64248625 Katie Allen commented on the post, Reading Without Scanning Lines?, on the site Digital Humanities at Geneseo http://dh.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/03/06/reading-without-scanning-lines/#comment-121 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 03:13:50 -0500 I think this is a really interesting concept in theory, and I look forward to seeing how this might catch on (or not) in the future. To play devil’s advocate, I agree with the limitations you’ve already identified […]

]]> e941db1065ecad2d4a5210841daa71ab Katie Allen commented on the post, It's Dangerous to go Alone...Video Games as Narrative, on the site Digital Humanities at Geneseo http://dh.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/03/05/its-dangerous-to-go-alone-video-games-as-narrative/#comment-118 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 23:22:11 -0500 Brodie,

This is a really insightful post, and though I don’t consider myself a gamer, I can appreciate what you’re saying about games and narrative. This post is a sort of interesting contrast to Ellie’s […]

]]> a1c06944bde23c8a7c9dd972fb2146d7 Katie Allen commented on the post, Gaming Shifts From Individual Experience to Mass Experience, on the site Digital Humanities at Geneseo http://dh.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/03/03/gaming-shifts-from-individual-experience-to-mass-experience/#comment-106 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 01:39:01 -0500 It’s definitely interesting to see how a technology that used to be and feel so personal now has the capability of connecting people from across continents in real time. Even so, I sometimes appreciate the option […]

]]> 72a7a21a93ede60a7c422e8663588783 Katie Allen commented on the post, Free Rice, on the site Digital Humanities at Geneseo http://dh.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/03/02/free-rice/#comment-98 Sun, 02 Mar 2014 23:10:23 -0500 I seriously love Freerice and I’m so glad you wrote a post about it. The site has won numerous awards as well, which I think it deserves, for being such a great humanitarian/humanities bridging powerhouse. When I […]

]]> 370f0c67b67163381ca35b8f610872b3 Katie Allen wrote a new post on the site Play Nice http://playground.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=23 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 21:36:45 -0500 ThumbnailA few things that make me happy.

1. Cute animals

2. Colorful things

Like this color, this color, and this color.

3. My past & future home: San Diego, CA

Additionally where this little peanut […]

]]> 4da36b367c32d0a972a6bddba295544b Katie Allen commented on the post, (Digital) Literacy, on the site Digital Humanities at Geneseo http://dh.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/02/23/digital-literacy/#comment-70 Sun, 23 Feb 2014 23:52:16 -0500 Becca, this is such a thoughtful post and deals with issues that I think are really relevant to our course. This line is really interesting to me: “Because I’m young and, therefore, ‘naturally understand the […]

]]> 7ccaa6387010a0ec4ed7ca96cae94ea9 Katie Allen commented on the post, You Can Be a Cyborg without Being a Techhole, on the site Digital Humanities at Geneseo http://dh.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/02/22/you-can-be-a-cyborg-without-being-a-techhole/#comment-69 Sun, 23 Feb 2014 23:28:58 -0500 Becca, that’s so interesting! I was picturing that scenario too, where musicians would just be sitting there staring into their Glasses without any stands or music. It would definitely add a technical element to […]

]]> c94dcfd2dde03210e9eca70761e9e8cd Katie Allen commented on the post, You Can Be a Cyborg without Being a Techhole, on the site Digital Humanities at Geneseo http://dh.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/02/22/you-can-be-a-cyborg-without-being-a-techhole/#comment-68 Sun, 23 Feb 2014 23:22:45 -0500 Agreed! I kind of like “glasshole” though. 😉

]]> 9a867d9583d45c22276ab045f0d88402 Katie Allen commented on the post, You Can Be a Cyborg without Being a Techhole, on the site Digital Humanities at Geneseo http://dh.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/02/22/you-can-be-a-cyborg-without-being-a-techhole/#comment-65 Sun, 23 Feb 2014 20:51:07 -0500 This is a valid point that I hadn’t considered, so thanks for adding some cultural perspective. Maybe you’re right, that the issue was of differing toilet paper practices leading to confusion. 🙂

]]> 61d135805fd40a4487b63d71ba24aebc Katie Allen wrote a new post on the site Digital Humanities at Geneseo http://dh.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/02/22/you-can-be-a-cyborg-without-being-a-techhole/ Sat, 22 Feb 2014 21:48:09 -0500 ThumbnailTechholes
I stumbled across an interesting article posted this morning called Don’t be a techhole: A common sense guide to tech courtesy. In this piece, the author highlights a few capital offensives for users of […]

]]> 9ae56c71a92d28b34ea2afefdaea4323 Katie Allen commented on the post, Can crowd-sourced gaming teach us anything about social reading?, on the site Digital Humanities at Geneseo http://dh.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/02/17/can-crowd-sourced-gaming-teach-us-anything-about-social-reading/#comment-61 Sat, 22 Feb 2014 19:45:33 -0500 I stumbled across this on Buzzfeed and thought it was funny: http://www.buzzfeed.com/jacksonv/nearly-75000-people-are-playing-a-single-game-of-htvg. Enjoy!

]]> fd8f8d977c4b295213aa796b81208cdc Katie Allen wrote a new post on the site Digital Humanities at Geneseo http://dh.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/02/14/happy-digital-valentines-day/ Fri, 14 Feb 2014 20:03:32 -0500 http://www.someecards.com/valentines-day-cards/nothing-steve-jobs-ever-creates-could-fully-replace-you-in-my-life

http://www.someecards.com/valentines-day-cards/hold-hands-phone-funny-ecard

]]> a387513cc8c6278667063b80a7854197 Katie Allen commented on the post, Rethinking some received wisdom about writing, on the site THE PRACTICE OF WRITING http://practiceofwriting.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/02/11/rethinking-some-received-wisdom-about-writing/#comment-16 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 22:41:38 -0500 Throughout history, During our last few classes I’ve come to realize that many of a writer’s decisions need to be considered on a case-by-case basis. Although it might be simpler to have rules like “never use the […]

]]> 506f66b316561be61d3b04e25d085762 Katie Allen replied to the topic Exploring in the forum Digital Humanities http://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/digital-humanities/forum/topic/exploring/#post-232 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 16:01:45 -0500 Reply to Lyndsay

]]> 2a3fb99d5bd0b8e00aa2f91622d49484 Katie Allen wrote a new post on the site Digital Humanities at Geneseo http://dh.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/02/09/medieval-helpdesk/ Sun, 09 Feb 2014 00:21:39 -0500 As I was sitting in class on Wednesday, I couldn’t help but remember a certain YouTube video I’d seen a few years back called Medieval Helpdesk. I don’t include this clip because I think it’s of any great quality, […]

]]> 835de192e7c1fdc150315ca3a65bf67f Katie Allen commented on the post, Williams, on the site THE PRACTICE OF WRITING http://practiceofwriting.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/01/28/williams/#comment-9 Tue, 04 Feb 2014 01:22:23 -0500 Hi Julianne! I completely agree with what you’ve said here, and I want to respond to the question you posed about our own high school experiences. At CCCSD, we definitely focused on the “formula” for writing a […]

]]> c1936126b9a614fa10043669b2b9aae8 Katie Allen commented on the post, Williams, on the site THE PRACTICE OF WRITING http://practiceofwriting.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/01/28/williams/#comment-8 Tue, 04 Feb 2014 01:12:08 -0500 Michael, I just want to say that I completely agree about hoping to learn more grammar skills and having more hands-on practice with them! We’ve touched on this conversationally, but now I actually want to ask our […]

]]> 683b88ca670b9b54409d7ddf0f088bef Katie Allen commented on the post, Williams, on the site THE PRACTICE OF WRITING http://practiceofwriting.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/01/28/williams/#comment-3 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 00:29:29 -0500 Connor, I really appreciate what you said about writing being used to exclude populations of people from entering into certain discourses; it’s especially ironic because writing is a form of communication, which […]

]]> 45b40666807d28814edd9e3ebd036d3a Katie Allen joined the group Digital Humanities https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/267/ Wed, 22 Jan 2014 03:44:55 -0500 0 9cf647fd1b301797966f297eae75ccb8 Katie Allen changed their profile picture https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/266/ Wed, 22 Jan 2014 02:29:55 -0500 0 251eaabffcd62e00f12d018ba165f89b Katie Allen became a registered member https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/265/ Wed, 22 Jan 2014 02:25:43 -0500 0