A Fall 2013 student made these short comics (using Pixton) to illustrate some of the unexpected consequences of two common beliefs about the origins of sexual orientation. Because the comics are responding to a larger conversation about nature vs. nurture, I’ve provided some context before each of them. Nature Since the early 2000’s, LGBT activists […]
[youtube WGmzN1EK55U] Amy’s Note: The photos and narrative structure are compelling on their own, but Kennady also provides a piano soundtrack for her story that she played herself, which enables her to underscore the emotions she wanted to convey with the power of music. Personal Narrative by Kennady (WRTG 3020 – Summer 2011) I envision […]
Persuasive Video by Ariel (WRTG 3020 – Fall 2013) Recently the annual Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show was on TV again and with it came many speculations from young girls all over the world inquiring about their imperfections and how beautiful the models were. Soon after Beyonce released a Self-Titled album with many messages in it […]
Mini-Doc by Jess (WRTG 3020 – Fall 2012) My project entitled “Breaking the Gender Binary” focused on the concept of gender neutral/inclusive bathrooms, specifically on the CU Boulder campus. The purpose of my project was to raise awareness about what gender neutral bathrooms are, and explain to my audience of students, faculty, and staff on […]
Pitch: A story about the day a young boy flatlined. View on YouTube Story by Christian (WRTG 3090 – Fall 2013) Behind the Scenes To recreate this story I went back and filmed at the location of where the event actually happened. With the rest of the footage I could not get I used images […]
This screencast shows you how to make a simple audio recording using QuickTime X Player for Mac, which comes with Macs running 10.6 or 10.7. Older versions of the free QuickTime do not have this feature.
Re-posted from: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/13/how-to-write-a-memoir_n_5440161.html The First 3 Steps To Writing Your Life Story These quick, one-time-only exercises can teach us about ourselves and what we want—and how we can tell our story. The bonus? You might just end up with a book… By Leigh Newman 1. Your 3-Sentence Life Story What to write: Try to summarize […]
Final Personal Narrative Project by Isaac Hannagan, Spring 2011 Rhetorical Analysis: As a Psychology major at the University of Colorado at Boulder, I have this digital version of a personal narrative for The Rhetoric of Sex and Gender a course at the University of Colorado at Boulder. In creating this narrative I wanted to design […]
View on Vimeo Video by Sammy (WRTG 3090 – Fall 2013) How do you face the reality that you have no idea what you are doing? Behind the Scenes I created this story by using powerpoint, screancast-o-matic, and iMovie. I used animation and transition effects on multiple slides in powerpoint to create the effect of […]
Atkins, Anthony; Anderson, Daniel; Ball, Cheryl; Homicz Millar, Krista; Selfe, Cynthia; & Selfe, Richard. (2006). Integrating multimodality in composition curricula: Survey methodology and results from a CCCC Research Initiative grant. Composition Studies, 34(2), 59-84. This article describes the results of a 2005 survey of how composition instructors use multimodal assignments.
If you spot a problem with your blog post or simply want to add more material to it, you can easily open it again and edit it. FRONT END ACCESS If you see something you want to fix after you publish the post and you still have the post editing interface open, just make the […]
A wiki is a web site with pages that can be easily edited by anyone the site owner grants permission to, without the users needing to know anything about HTML. The user clicks “edit” to make changes to a page, types the changes into an editing window, and then uses a toolbar with options similar to […]
Presentation by Cierra (WRTG 3020 – Fall 2012) My project, titled PING, is directed toward anyone who has ever questioned somebody else’s sexual orientation; that just because somebody’s physical appearance matches their perceived sex, that doesn’t mean their not gay. I took four gay college aged students: one boy and one girl who looked gay, […]
[youtube Nw0drPFCqxA] This video project was composed by Mara Race for the Spring 2011 campus section of WRTG 3020. Read Mara’s rhetorical analysis of her project on the class blog for the campus section.
