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Digital Writing: Connection and the Formation of Writer’s Identities

Digital writing created opportunities only possible in the digital age. How writers think about audience, process, voice, and scope changed drastically with the introduction of new digital mediums, such as Twitter, WordPress, Facebook, and Tumblr. Many people  reading this probably … Continue reading

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Get Acquainted with Digital Writing

We are living in an era of digital and technological uprise. The Internet has drastically changed how we communicate, learn, educate, connect, network and so on.  As  the web continues become an integral part of our daily lives,  so is … Continue reading

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Developing Digital Environments: Adapt or Get Left Behind

The world of technology and digital communication is developing rapidly. We have moved from telegraph to email, home phone lines to wireless communication, and floppy-disks to digital platforms where we can access virtually any information we want at any given … Continue reading

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School is Fun?

Everyday we sit through class after class with the same look on our face—one that says, “I stayed up way too late watching Netflix, and I’d rather be sleeping.”   We constantly think, “How will this class really impact my life?” … Continue reading

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Technological Literacy Changes: Communication, Learning, and Teaching

 “Multimedia and the internet enable learners to find a voice for themselves at the intersection of multiple time scales, to represent their own version of reality through multimodal texts, and to confront a broad public audience with that reality.” (Kramsch, … Continue reading

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Transformation: Nomadic to Tech Savvy Society

Imagine waking up in the morning, drinking a warm cup of coffee, going to school or work, returning home to enjoy dinner and relax before getting into bed. While this routine may appear relatively standard, it is missing one important … Continue reading

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The 21st Century: Redefining the Classroom and Community

Much anticipation and excitement surrounded finding out who my German exchange student was going to be. The German exchange program was organized by my high school, but I was first introduced to my exchange partner through Facebook. She lived in … Continue reading

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Web Writing as a Globalized Tool of Expression

Digital writing is focused on, if not limited to social media for most students, especially those in high school and early years of college. As Jen Rajchel, author of “Consider the Audience” on Web Wrting: Why and How for Liberal … Continue reading

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Using Electronics in Class?!

What is Digital Writing? Digital writing is as vast and varied as the imaginations of those who compose, create, and craft it.  Digital writing can be anything from Twitter posts about what you ate for breakfast, to theses on urban … Continue reading

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Public V. Private and Student Authority

The Internet has transformed from a space primarily used to retrieve information to a network for advancing and engaging such information. Moreover, the web has become a space to share ideas; it gives way to open participation, interaction and creative … Continue reading

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