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Digital environments have fundamentally changed the way people read and communicate. So why are we teaching students to write to audiences that won’t exist in the future, using mediums that are relics of the pre-digital world?
To communicate successfully in digital environments and with digital media, students need training in the core principles of digital rhetoric. The handouts on site are a step in the direction of offering that training.
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Category Archives: Composing Audio Essays
Narrative techniques for digital storytelling
Most of these techniques work for audio or photo essays, but some are specific to projects that draw on visuals. Elements of Storytelling (adapted from the Center for Digital Storytelling) …
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How to add music to an audio essay in GarageBand ’11
This screencast shows you how to add a bit of music to the opening of your audio essay and also in the middle, perhaps for a transition into a new …
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Planning an audio essay
STEP 1: ROUGH DRAFT If you’d like to produce an audio essay, the first step is to write a rough draft the same way you would for any other kind …
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For more help producing an audio project
Be sure to explore all the resources on this site that have to do with audio, including the categories under Using Digital Tools as well as relevant tags. The “Composing …
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How to make an audio essay trial recording
Overview After you’ve developed a written rough draft of the essay you plan to record, you should make a trial recording of it, even though you will continue to revise …
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How to make an audio essay first draft
Overview After you’ve made a trial recording of your audio essay, you will work on further developing, organizing, and improving the text of your essay, in response to feedback from …
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Characteristics of good audio essays
I originally wrote this handout for my WRTG 2090 class web site. The material on this handout will help you as you expand and develop your audio essay. Characteristics of …
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Tips for improving audio essays
I wrote this handout for students in my 2010 sections of WRTG 1150 as well as my Spring 2011 section of WRTG 2090.
