Blog... What's in a name?
Blog is perhaps not quite the right word for what you'll find here, as I don't really use this space for blogging. But what you'll find below is more of a miscellany of stuff I wanted to feature on my own web site but that I may have also posted elsewhere.
The "elsewheres" in question are listed on the home page of this site. The ones I post to most often are the Rhetoric of Gender and Sexuality blog, DigitalWriting101.net, my Technical Communication class blog, and the PWR Teaching Writing with Technology blog.
Resources in transition
Just a heads up: I’ve never been happy with having my teaching related handouts on this blog, so I’m in the process of moving them over to a new sub-site I set up off of DigitalWriting101.net, called Teaching Digital Writing.
Read MoreNew Fall 2012 Course: Digital Storytelling
I’m excited to announce that I’ll be offering a new course at CU Boulder for Fall 2012: Introduction to Digital Storytelling. The course is cross-listed with ATLAS and the Program for Writing and Rhetoric. Please see the announcement below for details. Course web site coming …
Read MoreA few of the news feeds I follow through Facebook
I occasionally come across people who didn’t know you could receive news feeds through Facebook, so I put together this list of some of the sources of news I receive that way. If you want the posts of a particular group to show in your …
Read MoreStaying up to date on the changing nature of literacy
Interested in staying current on the conversation about the changing nature of literacy? Browse through: Digital literacy resources recently shared on the PWR Digital Composition Facebook group.
Read MoreToo many clicks to edit widgets on D2L
(Originally posted on the blog for my section of WRTG 3035: Technical Communication and Design.) Here’s another entry into our collection of design successes and failures. As the “designer” in a D2L course, you have the option to create custom “widgets” to go on the …
Read MoreInconsistent visual cues in Google Docs
(Originally posted on the blog for my section of WRTG 3035: Technical Communication and Design.) (This post serves as an example of what you might contribute under the Design Successes and Failures category. Note that I analyze the design problem and offer a solution, in …
Read MoreVisual representation of the writing process
(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 a comic style to illustrate the many different paths we can take to get from …
Read MoreA few rhetorical considerations for posting course materials online
I’m hoping to start writing a series of articles for the my Teaching Digital Writing blog that focus on some tips from my own experience. Here’s the first in the series: A few rhetorical considerations for posting course materials online
Read MoreNotes on the rhetoric of web design
(Also posted on the PWR Teaching Writing with Technology blog) These are the notes for a presentation I shared with colleagues on August 10, 2011, as part of the PWR Digital Composition Workshop. The notes are part of a larger project I’m working on that …
Read MoreOne approach to defining digital literacy
I wrote this post for the PWR Teaching Writing with Technology blog as a way of providing one approach to defining digital literacy in the context of a writing class so that it makes sense to students: One approach to defining digital literacy.
Read MoreAn introduction to the pedagogy and practice of Digital Storytelling
To avoid the problem of having to update the same info in multiple locations, I’ve moved my digital storytelling presentation notes to this post on Teaching Digital Writing. Faculty: If you’re thinking of offering Digital Storytelling as an option for student projects, I’d love to …
Read MoreStudent reflections on learning from my Summer 2011 section of WRTG 3020
Each paragraph below is from a different student’s final “Reflection on Learning” from my Summer 2011 section of WRTG 3020, in no particular order. Though I hate to admit, before the class began I was totally unaware of what the word “rhetoric” even meant. I …
Read MorePrecursors to the iPad and the Harry Potter newspaper
Found on this article: Here’s what an iPad looked like in 1994 Starting around 2:32, the narrator predicts that we’ll all be using tablets (instead of computers) to interact with information by the turn of the 21st c. At around 4:00, an interviewee sings the …
Read MoreBlog stats for Summer 2011 WRTG 3020 class
Wow… my students really had a good time with the class blog!
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