Author Archives: Amy G.

TEACHING TIPS – Using wikis for collaborative writing and publishing

CATEGORIES: TEACHING DIGITAL WRITING

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A wiki is a web site with pages that can be easily edited by anyone the site owner grants permission to, without the users needing to know anything about HTML. …

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WEB RESOURCES – Journal of Undergraduate Multimedia Projects

CATEGORIES: INSPIRATIONS & FYI'S, TEACHING DIGITAL WRITING

You might find it interesting to look through the first and second issues of The JUMP: The Journal of Undergraduate Multimedia Projects, most of which were prepared by students in …

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TEACHING TIPS – Reflection on multimodal projects from Spring 2010

CATEGORIES: TEACHING DIGITAL WRITING

In my Spring 2010 sections of WRTG 3020: Rhetoric of Gender and Sexuality, I gave students the option to develop their final projects using whatever mode of delivery seemed appropriate …

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WORTH A LOOK: "The Machine is Us/ing Us"

CATEGORIES: TEACHING DIGITAL WRITING

GUIDE – Strategies for Using Review Tools for Draft Workshops

CATEGORIES: TECH TIPS

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USING REVIEW TOOLS FOR WRITING WORKSHOPS (handout created for the August 2010 PWR Mobile Lab Workshop) This handout describes several ways to use the review tools that come with most …

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WEB RESOURCES – Research Review: Multimodal Learning Through Media

CATEGORIES: TEACHING DIGITAL WRITING

If you’re interested in how different modes of communication impact how we learn, you might want to read this article, “Research Review: Multimodal Learning Through Media.” Also download the report …

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WEB RESOURCES – "New Media and Multimodality in Composition Studies"

CATEGORIES: TEACHING DIGITAL WRITING

“New Media and Multimodality in Composition Studies: An Interview with Chris Anson.” Computers and Composition: Professional Development. Spring 2009. Interesting insights into the role of new media in composition theory …

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ASSIGNMENT – Instructions Project

CATEGORIES: ASSIGNMENTS ARCHIVE

I used the following assignment in my WRTG 1150 class, as a way of introducing rhetorical awareness and the importance of structure and clarity. You can see some of their …

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GUIDE – Bibliography Formatting

CATEGORIES: Writing & Revising

HOW TO – Use blocked quotation format in Word

CATEGORIES: TECH TIPS

Rule: Long quotations should be blocked to make them easier to read. In this context, “blocked” means indented .5” from the left margin. But don’t do this manually. Use Word’s …

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APPROACHES to Educational or Informative Writing

CATEGORIES: PLANNING & DRAFTING New Media Projects

ABOUT: If you’re most interested in helping your audience better understand particular issues or concepts, these approaches might be of interest. These approaches typically fall under one or both of …

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APPROACHES to Persuasive Writing

CATEGORIES: PLANNING & DRAFTING New Media Projects

ABOUT: If you’re most interested in analyzing artifacts from pop culture or in persuading viewers to rethink their ideas about certain issues, the approaches below might appeal to you. Pop …

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APPROACHES to Writing About Personal Experience

CATEGORIES: PLANNING & DRAFTING New Media Projects

ABOUT: If you’re most interested in sharing examples or observations from your own personal experience, the approaches below are your best bets. They’re all based on the genre of personal …

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GUIDE – Resources to help you use and cite sources

CATEGORIES: Writing & Revising

Using and Citing Sources How to Work with Information from Sources (Bedford Research Room) Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing (CSU) Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing (Purdue OWL) Avoiding Plagiarism Avoiding Plagiarism (Purdue …

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HOW TO – Making a CDS-Style Digital Story in iMovie '09

CATEGORIES: HOW TO: Use iMovie

The screencast videos below give you an overview of how to use iMovie ’09 to make CDS-Style digital story. The first video shows you how to create a new iMovie …

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