Category Archives: TEACHING DIGITAL WRITING

Interesting opinion article on the pros and cons of using different types of technology in the teaching of writing: “Technology and Teaching,” published on Inside Higher Ed. A particularly worthwhile …

The Machine is Us/ing Us This video packs in a LOT of concepts that you may not get right away, but it’s a good one to re-watch, study, and discuss. …

Damian Doyle and I attended this summer’s Digital Media and Composition Institute (DMAC) at Ohio State University, where we got to play around with lots of digital tools and toys. …

Dangler, Doug, Ben McCorkle, and Time Barrow. “Expanding Composition Audiences with Podcasting.” Computers and Composition: Professional Development. Spring 2007. Interesting discussion of using podcasts (as opposed to just audio essays) …

TEACHING WITH BLOGS Here’s an interesting analysis of some of the issues that come up when we ask students to blog: Arvan, Lanny. “Views: Teaching with Blogs.” Inside Higher Ed. …

What if the medium is no longer the message? [slideshare id=2238584&doc=digitalstrangelovefinal-091016000419-phpapp02]

“Digital Is: Interdisciplinary Writing Resources” by ProfHacker The Chronicle of Higher Education – March 30, 2011 One of the most exciting initiatives of the National Writing Project (NWP) is called …

See this page: Digital Writing FYI

This article, from the March 2009 issue of Educational Leadership, provides a clear overview of the changing nature of literacy and argues that teachers at all levels should more effectively …

I just came across this presentation while looking for more cool things to do with EverNote. EverNote is quite possibly the most handy digital tool I’ve ever used, and I …

I came across this image a while ago and saved it on my computer, but I forgot to record where I found it, so I didn’t post it here. And …

Good question! I suspect what they really college graduates need most are skills and knowledge that (a) are incredibly hard to measure; and, even more to the point, (b) are …

From the January 14, 2011 edition of Inside Higher Ed: “Editing Matters” by Carmen Werder and Karen Hoelscher Editing — oh, whoop-de-do — hardly a topic of intense interest in …

Post moved to: TEACHING TIPS – Working Definition of Digital Literacy for College Students

Controversial idea! http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/05/03/grading

Interesting analysis of issues that come up when we ask students to blog: http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2010/07/27/arvan

News: Technologically Illiterate Students – Inside Higher Ed   tags: digital literacy Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

Interesting cautionary tale http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2010/06/28/tomasch

If you’re looking for practical information and guidelines for implementing multimodal composition assignments, I highly recommend that you check out Cynthia Selfe’s book, Multimodal Composition: Resources for Teachers. Here is …

The WIDE Research Center Collective. “Why Teach Digital Writing?” Kairos 10 (Fall 2005). This article helps to clarify the differences in the theory and practice of writing for print vs. …

“Searching For Better Research Habits” September 29, 2010, Inside Higher Ed NEW YORK CITY — Should colleges teach students how to be better Googlers? Educators who see the popular search …

Atkins, Anthony; Anderson, Daniel; Ball, Cheryl; Homicz Millar, Krista; Selfe, Cynthia; & Selfe, Richard. (2006). Integrating multimodality in composition curricula: Survey methodology and results from a CCCC Research Initiative grant. …

I went over the notes below at the 2010 PWR Mobile Lab workshop. The document further down provides another variation on similar information, from a related workshop. You can find …

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 …

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 …

“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 …