ARCHITECTURED SPACE.
Some words in a poem seem key.
We want to circle them,
interpret and investigate them.
In the MOO we want to type
'look x'
to see the word/object better.
As the poem develops,
new spaces open.
The poem takes us to new places.
In the MOO, we open new doors.
Each MOO space leads to
new spaces. As we read a poem
we react to it. In the moo, as
we occupy a moo space we react
to it by "speaking" or "emoting."
Why make a poem into a MOO space?
Poetry is a space of encounter. A basic assumption we draw fromWordsworth is that the poet has an experience which he narratesin order to give the reader a similar experience. MOO space isreal time interaction with a textual space. By putting the poemas textual experience together with the MOO as a textualexperience [Poem + MOO = X], I hope students will have agreater sense of encounter.
What do you mean by textual experience?
The MOO allows us to interact with the text. We can look at aword (type 'look x') or we can performactions (type ':plucks flowers'). And all our actions producenew actions and reactions from a robot or from other students inthe MOO space. The text we type becomes woven in with the MOOspace as a poem-text. It is as if we entered into the poem andadded our commentary! Or perhaps we are re-writing thepoem!
[Poem + MOO + Me = P' (a new poem)]