Gender norms are integrated into children’s lives at a very young age. They learn it from their parents, their teachers, TV, and movies, particularly popular animated movies. This is why I chose to investigate gender roles from the highest grossing animated films of all time. Seeing as majority of Americans partake in watching animated films […]
When you comment on a blog post, you’ll notice that you don’t have a formatting toolbar like you do when you create a new blog post in the Visual editor. If you want to format the text in your comments, you’ll need to use some basic HTML codes. These codes are pretty simple, as you […]
In other handouts under Using Google Docs, I’ve explained how to share files with your class by putting them into the appropriate subfolders in your class folder. Any file you put into the class folder will be visible to everyone in the class. You can also use the method of creating and using shared folders […]
A series of photos of inanimate objects that were repositioned in tiny increments to create the illusion that they’re “alive” and are moving or behaving with a purpose. Objects may include those that resemble people or animals, such as puppets, dolls, clay figures, toys, and so on, or any other object that might plausibly “come […]
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 to promote visual literacy, the viz. blog presents a daily community forum for discussing images in the digital age. The website attracts a steady, significant following with […]
Diigo is a social bookmarking tool with a variety of useful features. At its most basic level, Diigo provides you with a better way to save bookmarks to web sites than simply using your web browser’s bookmark function because you can access your Diigo bookmarks from any computer on the web. So a bookmark you […]
If you want to use a presentation app like PowerPoint to showcase images only, or images with captions, you’ll get a nicer and more consistent overall look if you follow the steps below instead of simply inserting images into the default slide layout. STEP 1: INSERT INTO BACKGROUND As long as your images are of […]
This course gives you the opportunity to learn more about and experiment with new media storytelling. But what exactly is new media storytelling? Here’s one way to think of it: using contemporary media and methods to engage in the ancient tradition of storytelling. The following sections clarify what I mean by the terms in bold. […]
NOTE: I originally wrote this material for a Fall 2013 calendar entry, for students who were recording “solo” interviews (as though the interviewer was off camera). But I’ve added info … Continue reading (a list under development) Photo Composition The best way to learn about composition (in photography) Improving your photography with five easy composition […]
Wondering if you’ve posted all the required comments for earlier calendar entries? See the steps below the screen shot. (1) Go to the blog dashboard and click on the Comments tab, as shown above. (FYI: my dashboard has a few more items on it than yours does.) (2) Identify the right search term to locate […]
Most of the samples in the collections below are in the form of videos, but they include a variety of approaches, such as mini-documentary, promotional, and digital storytelling. If you know of other sites I should add to this list, please let me know, particularly if the sites feature digital compositions in formats other than […]
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 Winners page and play a few videos from the different grade levels. As you watch, consider: when is the last time you would’ve had the […]
Being able to highlight passages and put notes on a PDF file is extremely useful, particularly for students who don’t want to have to print out lots of documents but who need to take notes on them either to learn the material or to use the material in a paper. Preview for Mac OS 10.8 […]
An easy way to embed PDFs and presentations into blog posts and other web pages is to use a free hosting site like Scribd.com (1) Sign up for an account on Scribd.com (or use Facebook to connect) (2) Upload your document. (3) When it’s finished uploading and converting, view the document and look for the […]
