Category Archives: INSPIRATIONS & FYI’S

MATERIALS for Sketching & Drawing on Paper

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Although my classes emphasize the use of new media tools for writing and creating visuals, I also encourage students to explore the use of physical materials for sketching and drawing, …

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EXPERIMENTS – Test Shots from Stop Motion and Digital Animation

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Over the holiday break between 2013 and 2014, I led myself through a “crash course” in stop motion animation, using clay figures, and in digital animation, using iPad apps. Some …

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CONCEPT IN 60 SECONDS – The Multimodality of Gender

CATEGORIES: INSPIRATIONS & FYI'S, SAMPLES - Multimedia Commentary, SAMPLES - WRTG 3020: Rhetoric of G&S

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Explanatory Video by Amy Goodloe About the Project At the “Digital Media and Composition” workshop I attended in the summer of 2011, we were asked to compose messages in a …

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DEMO DIGITAL STORY – This is What a Lesbian Looks Like

CATEGORIES: INSPIRATIONS & FYI'S, SAMPLES - CDS-Style Digital Storytelling, SAMPLES - WRTG 3020: Rhetoric of G&S

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A Digital Story by Amy Goodloe This project is an example of a CDS-style digital storytelling project, which is one of your options for a video project. In June 2012, …

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SAMPLES – Links to Digital Stories about Gender and Sexuality

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I’ve gathered these links specifically for my WRTG 3020 students, but they may also be of interest to other visitors: Amy’s story: This is what a lesbian looks like (made …

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PREZI EXAMPLE – Technologies and the Future of Writing

CATEGORIES: INSPIRATIONS & FYI'S, TEACHING DIGITAL WRITING

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I don’t know anything about the person who made this, but the info and method of presentation are both relevant to learning about digital writing!

DEMO STOP MOTION – While I'm Away

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An Experiment in Stop Motion by Amy Goodloe Approach: This was my first attempt at doing stop motion video (in 2012), using dog toys as an easy source of objects …

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EXAMPLES – This I Believe Audio Essays by First-Year Writing Students

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These samples were produced by students in classes taught by my colleagues at CU. From Nancy Hightower’s WRTG 1150: Gender in Media Tech Nation: An Introspective Wiki on Technology and …

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DEMO VIDEO EFFECT – Distortion Effects in iMovie

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I made this demo for students who wanted to know how to protect the privacy of their interview subjects by applying a blurring effect in iMovie.

LINKS – Collections of Digital Storytelling Projects

CATEGORIES: INSPIRATIONS & FYI'S, RESOURCES: Digital Storytelling

Also see this more recent post: Collections of digital and new media stories to read, watch, and listen to STORY COLLECTIONS ON THE WEB On these pages you can access …

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WEB RESOURCES – Collections of Sample Digital Media Projects

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Most of the samples in the collections below are in the form of videos, but they include a variety of approaches, such as mini-documentary, promotional, and digital storytelling. If you …

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WEB RESOURCES – Visual Representation of the Writing Process

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(Originally posted on the blog for my section of WRTG 3035: Technical Communication and Design.) I just came across yet another infographic that’s relevant to our class. This one uses …

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WEB RESOURCES – Multimedia Literacy Narratives

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(From my Spring 2011 WRTG 3020 Syllabus) A great site to visit to become more familiar with the genre of literacy narratives is the Digital Archive of Literacy Narratives. The …

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GUIDE – Rhetorical purpose of peer review

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Before you do peer reviews in my class, I want to encourage you to think about the rhetorical purpose of peer review from several perspectives. (1) From the perspective of …

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GUIDE – Rhetoric of academic writing conventions

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I know “conventions” is kind of a funny word, but I’m using it because that’s the word that shows up on the state-mandated learning goals for all writing classes, as …

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SERVICE LEARNING EXAMPLES – Service Learning Videos from First-Year Writing

CATEGORIES: INSPIRATIONS & FYI'S, SAMPLES - Mini-Documentary

These service learning videos were by students in Petger Schaberg’s WRTG 1250 classes at CU Boulder: Spring 2011 Gallery Fall 2010 Gallery

EXPERIMENT – Testing Out GoAnimate

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After having several students use GoAnimate for projects, I decided to test it out — and it’s very easy to use. I made this very short conversation scene after talking …

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SAMPLE – Using Google Docs to collaborate on cool animated presentations

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I just saw this on Elise’s blog and thought I’d share it here. The video gives a great demonstration of how you can collaborate with others on a project, no …

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TIPS – Using Wikipedia

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I will occasionally include links to Wikipedia articles as part of your readings, so I want to explain what I think are appropriate and inappropriate uses of Wikiepedia. HOW SHOULD …

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GUIDE – What is rhetoric?

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VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW At its heart, rhetoric is the study of how knowledge is created and shared through communication practices that include reading, writing, and speaking. Rhetoric gives us the …

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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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