NOTE: These instructions are for students who have created their own accounts on WordPress.com and who are maintaining blogs there. If you’re looking for instructions on how to use my web sites, see the entries under Using WordPress instead. WordPress.com is a web site that is run by the WordPress software, but the creators of […]
If your blog is on WordPress.com, see this list of “Shortcode” embed codes you can use to embed content from other sites, such as presentations you’ve uploaded to a presentation sharing site like Slideshare.net If your blog is on one of Amy’s sites, you may also be able to use the Shortcode embed codes mentioned […]
(Taken from an old handout; subject to revision) Much of what we teach in writing classes is based on research into how readers make sense of what they read. The research shows that readers have strong subconscious expectations about where to find the important information in a sentence or paragraph. They aren’t conscious of these […]
(the material below is from a calendar entry for my Fall 2013 digital storytelling class, but I plan to develop it further to suit a broader variety of video storytelling projects) UNDERSTANDING THE SYNOPSIS Overview To pitch a screenplay to a potential producer, the most important task the writer faces is preparing a synopsis. The […]
Although the title of the screencast suggests that this process works only on WordPress.com, it should also work on the custom WordPress blogs for my classes. From the collection: Screencasts for PWR Students
Dangler, Doug, Ben McCorkle, and Time Barrow. “Expanding Composition Audiences with Podcasting.” Computers and Composition: Professional Development. Spring 2007. Interesting discussion of using podcasts (as opposed to just audio essays) … Continue reading Wondering what this site’s all about? If you missed the opening page, you can view it by clicking on the About tab, […]
The nature of literacy — of what it means to “read” and to “write” — have fundamentally changed in response to the emergence of digital tools and environments, which provide today’s writers with access to rhetorical situations and strategies previously available only in theory. If we intend to educate students for the future of writing […]
Not too long ago I moved all the teaching-related resources on this site over to a separate sub-site, but I discovered that the sites ended up with a fair amount of duplication, so I’ve integrated them back together. While you might find all the resources on this site to be of potential use, the ones […]
Although the info below refers specifically to images, the general concepts apply to all forms of digital media you plan to use in a project you’ll be posting on the … Continue reading Wondering what this site’s all about? If you missed the opening page, you can view it by clicking on the About tab, […]
The projects currently on this page are ones I composed for varying purposes. I’m sharing them here as they serve as examples of different strategies for composing in digital media. Sample Remix Multimodality of Gender from Amy Goodloe on Vimeo. This is the “Concept in 60 Seconds” video I made for DMAC 2011. We had […]
If your phone can record video, if you have a digital camcorder, and/or if your digital “point and shoot” or DSLR camera can record video, you can use that to … Continue reading The easiest way to make a video blog entry is to use the built-in camera on your laptop (or a computer with […]
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 … Continue reading In order to help my WRTG 3020 students develop stronger reading and rhetorical awareness skills, I’ve developed an assignment that asks them […]
On this page you’ll find links to sample digital storytelling projects by CU students as well as by other students and storytellers around the web. Most of these projects are in video format, following the traditional approach by the Center for Digital Storytelling. For links to sample projects in other digital composition genres, including audio […]
NOTE: Apply the steps below only to images you created from scratch or that you have a legal right to re-use, as described on: What images can I use in … Continue reading Wondering what this site’s all about? If you missed the opening page, you can view it by clicking on the About tab, […]
