OVERVIEW Below is an ever-expanding list of the software applications I recommend you have available, even if only in free trial mode, in order to work on digital composition projects. … Continue reading

Below is a list of links to sites that have sample videos either made by students or designed to inspire students. If you know of a site I should add to the list, please post it in the comment box below or send it to me by email. A few of my students’ video projects […]

Explore these sites to find sample digital storytelling projects made by a wide range of people, from elementary school students to grandparents! Visual Stories Stories on the Center for Digital … Continue reading

Most of these techniques work for audio or photo essays, but some are specific to projects that draw on visuals. Elements of Storytelling (adapted from the Center for Digital Storytelling) Audience – Stories have a particular audience in mind.Purpose – Stories are trying to accomplish a task (inform, educate, entertain, scare, etc.) Content – Content […]

(I made these screencasts for my Spring 2010 classes. I’m in the process of making new versions that break the process into smaller units, to make it easier to view only the part you need.) The screencast videos below give you an overview of how to use iMovie ’09 to make an audiovisual essay. The […]

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’d like to produce an audio essay, the first step is to write a rough draft the same way you would for any other kind of essay project. You might find it useful to start with an outline or cluster map that helps you identify key moments in the story, or you might simply […]

After you’ve made a trial recording of your audio essay, you will work on further developing, organizing, and improving the text of your essay, in response to feedback from your classmates as well as what you learn by listening to your own and other students’ trial recordings. You might also make an appointment to see […]

RESOURCES TO HELP YOU WITH DOING RESEARCH Norlin Library Research Center If you’d like some one-on-one assistance from a librarian with any stage of the research process, stop by the Research Center in Norlin Library, Room E111. The Center is open from 2:00-5:00 on Mondays through Thursdays. Resources on the CU library’s web site Video […]

You can log into your class blog one of two ways: follow a login link on the blog itself, if available go to WordPress.com and log in there, and then select the blog from the menu under your name in the upper right corner of the screen Watch this screencast for details: From the collection: […]

Developing rhetorical awareness is a major learning goal for all WRTG classes. One way you can develop your rhetorical awareness is by paying attention to how readers interact with what … Continue reading

The page below is from my WRTG 3020 Syllabus (current as of July 27, 2011, but subject to revision!). I’m posting it here for those who might be interested in thinking about ways to frame “developing digital literacies” as a learning goal in a writing and rhetoric class. One of CU Boulder’s goals, as outlined […]

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 together: it’s about designing a “user experience.” I haven’t heard this phrase used to describe writing all that often, but I just did a Google […]

Soon I’ll add some posts to this category that explain the basic principles of HTML that everyone should know, regardless of whether you ever plan to design your own web site. Understanding these principles will help you make better use of the web sites, blogs, forums, and other digital platforms you currently use and also […]