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Category Archives: TEACHING DIGITAL COMPOSITION
Presentations on digital storytelling
Prepared for COLTT 2011 I prepared these notes for a two-hour presentation and workshop for faculty at the Colorado Teaching and Learning with Technology conference, held at CU Boulder every …
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The Rhetoric of Interface Design
Below is a short presentation I delivered in a session on Using Digital Tools for writing instructors at CU Boulder. I drew on many resources to develop this condensed version …
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Presentations on Teaching Digital Composition
Prepared for Emory University I delivered the presentation below at the Emory Symposium on Digital Publication, Undergraduate Research, and Writing on January 29, 2013. Teaching Digital Composition: Tips & Approaches …
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The role of digital literacy in writing instruction
Below is a presentation I was asked to put together in 2011 in order to explain the role of digital literacy in writing instruction to those outside the field. Digital …
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Use PDF annotation tools to teach academic reading
Common Teaching Issue: Students could use more help reading academic articles I notice this problem in two ways: in how students respond to articles as assigned readings and in how …
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Making a Digital Storytelling Project in iMovie ’11
The slides below are from a workshop I gave on using iMovie ’11 to create a simple digital storytelling project. The slides walk you through the digital storytelling process as …
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Digital literacy interviews
The gallery below shows the most recent entries on on my Share Your Digital Literacy Stories Vimeo channel. For more info on my digital literacy interviews, scroll down below the …
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Digital storytelling resources for teachers
The links below are of particular interest to those who teach digital storytelling, rather than those in the process of learning to compose them, although some sites cover both. For …
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Writing as a design art
I’ve been telling my students that writing is a “design art” for a while now, as a way of conveying that rhetorically effective writing is about more than stringing words …
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Writing Spaces: Web Writing Style Guide
Do you ask your students to write for the web? Do you post course materials on the web? If so, you might want to check out the new Web Writing …
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A glimpse into the composition skills of our future students
Wondering what kind of composition skills today’s grade school kids will be bringing with them to college? Check out the winners of the International Student Media Festival. See the 2010 …
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Tips on Teaching Digital Storytelling Projects
Here are a few tips for educators who are thinking of offering digital storytelling as an option for student projects.
Resources on visual rhetoric
WEB SITES Viz: Visual Rhetoric -Visual Culture - Visual Pedagogy The award-winning digital publication viz. is committed to the intersections of Rhetoric and visual culture. In keeping with its mission …
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Use Google Docs for peer reviews
Common Teaching Issue: Doing peer review with Word files results in too many separate copies of each draft Anyone who has asked students to do peer review by downloading copies …
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Use comment bubbles for self-evaluation
Common Teaching Issue: Students sometimes don’t follow writing advice Every writing instructor knows the frustration of reading a student’s final paper and realizing that the student has not incorporated the …
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