Beyond Film
Movie adaptations are more important than ever, but cinema as a form is a 20th century genre that is getting retooled in the digital age. If my students look at film adaptations, I want them to study how these are embedded within digital culture and not just remark on them as adaptations. For example, what does it mean to experience Shakespeare films on a computer screen? on YouTube? Or, how are people remixing Shakespeare or employing clips of Shakespeare in educational settings? How are films adaptations of Shakespeare becoming something different because of the ways they are viewed, shared, or remixed? Here's an example of someone who has collected various uses of Shakespeare's sonnets within contemporary film.
Databases and Search Tools
Shakespeare's texts can be searched creatively and various now. Look at something like Shakespeare Searched or at how you can incrementally search lines or phrases over at Rhyme Zone. Over at Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet (an excellent web portal for the Bard), they list multiple concordances and other search tools to get into Shakespeare's works.
Teaching Resources
All kinds of resources are available for Shakespeare instruction, including these lesson plans featured at the Folger Shakespeare Library's site or some 380+ open content courses about Shakespeare from MIT's Open Courseware archive.
Cell Phones and Twitter
David Tertipes, in his recent post, explained how Shakespeare is being experienced in South Africa via cell phones, with text message versions of the plays. He also directed us to Such Tweet Sorrow, a Twitter-ized performance of Romeo and Juliet done with the Royal Shakespeare Company. And of course, thanks to Joanna, we experienced the live and interactive #askShakespeare event on Twitter (written about by David and Joanna).
Visualization
One way in which Shakespeare is being re-mediated in the digital age is through various ways in which the text can be presented in digital , explored, or shared. Claire, for example, looked at this from the point of view of digital teaching aids that can help one explore the text of Romeo and Juliet. In her post, she describes the use of Wordle and gives an example of this visualization and analysis tool from R&J:
Interactive Media
Sara introduced us to the very interesting Stage Work Mckellen, an interactive site in which an automated Ian Mckellen discusses Richard III with site visitors.
