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Writing In Entertaining And Serious Aspects: Teaching Digital Writing With Stephen Colbert

What is Digital Writing? Freedom of Expression In The Digital Age Every day we use digital writing in ways that share information and, as Facebook puts it, “what’s on your mind”. The news is no longer limited to print media … Continue reading

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Accept it: Merging Digital Writing into a Classroom Setting

Take a stroll through the campus quad, or even sit down in a college cafeteria. Attend a class at a large university, or maybe even walk through a school’s athletic center. Wherever you are on a college campus, you cannot … Continue reading

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Engaging the Digital World

Anthony Survilla Writing in and for Digital Environments Professor Kersh October 23, 2014   Engaging the Digital World   Digital writing has become an important asset in our society throughout the last decade. With texting, blogging, and social networks, people … Continue reading

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Writing in the Digital Age: The Pedagogical Benefits of Social Media

What is Digital Writing? What is Social Media?             Digital writing is a multifaceted and constantly evolving term. It not only refers to writing blogs posts and online articles, but also being multimodal: using images, as well as online platforms … Continue reading

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‘Cause We Are Living In a Digital World

2008 was a big year. I had just transferred schools and was anxious to begin learning in what would be my school system until I graduated high-school in 2013. The school system had just decided to distribute MacBooks to the … Continue reading

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Adapting to the Constant Evolution of Digital Writing and Environments

Defining Digital Literacy Digital literacy is a skill that does not have a definite meaning. For instance, while my proficiency with digital media can be considered average in comparison with other college students, it could also be considered below average … Continue reading

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Engage In Digital Writing

Do you like to write but don’t really do it? I bet you five dollars that by the time you finish reading this that I will have made you want to engage in digital writing. I can see you right … Continue reading

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Lights, Camera, Write: The Live World of Digital Writing

When AOL gave me my first glimpse of the internet I was hooked. Immediately I created my first AIM screenname (Trexer6) so I could communicate “rapidly” with my friends on this new platform. This marked the first taste I got … Continue reading

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Academia’s Going Digital: The Transformative Power of Web Writing

  It is widely accepted that digital media in the twenty-first century has transformed our professional and personal lives. Teens, college students, and most adults are constantly plugged in to their iPads, laptops, and cell phones. Across liberal arts college … Continue reading

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Digital Writing and the New Opportunities It Offers.

Digital writing has become increasingly important in the last decades. But, what exactly is digital writing? When we talk about digital writing, “we are referring to a transformed composing environment — that is, to writing produced on handheld and desktop … Continue reading

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