AI and Blackout Poetry (Zoom)
Spring (4-8 hours) | Available (Membership Required)
This course will use AI as a precursor to generate new poetry content. The participants will choose various topics, use AI to generate a poem, then ultimately use the blackout poetry method to create unique poetry—where participants will blackout certain words and only allow key words that resonate with them to remain. These remaining words will be the essence of their newly created poem. After lecture and discussions, participants will create their own blackout poetry content. Want even more of a challenge? Unique art designs can readily be a finished product as well.
Optional Book:
- Blackout Poetry - Rythian Black (ISBN-13: 978-1542710541)
A'Kena LongBenton
In her 30+ year teaching career (26 years at the collegiate level), A’Kena LongBenton has created over 70 instructional/ informational videos and made 70+ presentations at English, reading, and technology conferences. Further, two of her most humbling professional experiences are teaching English to Chinese professors in Beijing, China and having her co-edited online electric vehicle curriculum recognized by President Obama’s Executive Office of Science and Technology. Recently, from Harvard University, A’Kena has earned three post-graduate certificates in media and technology for education, instructional leadership, and universal design for learning programs. Moreover, from Yale Divinity School, A’Kena has earned a certificate in prayer, meditation, and mindfulness. Last, A’Kena will be a residential fellow at Yale Divinity School this summer in their limited clergy The Leader’s Way certificate program.