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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: RESOURCES
Reduce the size of a PowerPoint file
If you make a PowerPoint presentation that contains a lot of images, the file might end up being quite large in size, particularly if the images you used were very …
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Links to learn more about digital storytelling
ON THE WEB 50 Ways to Tell a Story Jason Ohler’s Digital Storytelling site Storytelling and new media narrative Digitales Educational Uses for Digital Storytelling Center for Digital Storytelling (home …
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Links to media converters
Flip4Mac plugin for QuickTime (so you can play wmv and wav files — Apple approved) QuickTime for Windows FLV Crunch - simple media converter
Information management tools
These are downloadable apps that can synch content across multiple computers and devices. MarsEdit - blog management app for Mac (not free) Evernote - note management for Mac, Windows, web, …
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Sample digital storytelling projects around the web
Explore these sites to find sample digital storytelling projects made by a wide range of people, from elementary school students to grandparents! Visual Stories Stories on the Center for Digital …
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Recommended apps for digital composition
OVERVIEW Below is an ever-expanding list of the software applications I recommend you have available, even if only in free trial mode, in order to work on digital composition projects. …
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Finding re-usable media for digital composition projects
Below are a few resources to help you find materials that have already been labelled for re-use, sometimes under certain conditions. When in doubt, contact the creator or publisher of …
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Recommended web browser tools
It’s always a good idea to have more than one web browser on your computer, so that when something doesn’t work in one, you can try it in another. If …
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Hosting sites for documents, videos, and images
Need to share files, images, or videos with others, either in online albums or by embedding them into blog entries? Try one of these free hosting sites. DOCUMENT HOSTING Scribd …
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Media converters
Multimedia applications on Mac and Windows computers don’t always make it easy to save or export files in a format that any computer can open, so if you find yourself …
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Freeware and shareware multimedia apps
Although your Windows PC or Mac most likely already has some basic image, audio, and video editing applications installed, you might want to browse the relevant categories on these sites …
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Recommended Mac apps for composing photo essays
OVERVIEW In order to create a photo essay, you will need to use an application that allows you to combine, edit, and adjust photos and audio and export the resulting …
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Recommended Windows apps for composing photo essays
OVERVIEW In order to create a photo essay, you will need to use an application that allows you to combine, edit, and adjust photos and audio and export the resulting …
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Recommended audiovisual equipment
Amy’s WRTG classes require students to compose projects using a variety of digital media, which means that students should have access to the following hardware equipment: If you’re a student …
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