Category Archives: 2017

Educating Digital Literacy

Technology has incorporated itself into every aspect of our lives, from media and entertainment to literacy and education.  Digitization is a key component of teaching and learning, whether that be directly within educational institutions or through absorbing and contributing information … Continue reading

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Digital Writing Matters

  In today’s world, people are writing online more than ever. Social networking, tweeting, and blogging has been increasing rapidly and being used by people all over the world. People are being exposed to a range of digital tools like … Continue reading

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We Want YOU! (To Study Digital Writing)

Hey you! I see you. You are procrastinating on a writing assignment. You are sitting at your laptop, looking desperately for something to do that will let you ignore the multiple tabs of articles you pulled up from the library website. … Continue reading

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Readers Writing and Writers Reading

  One of the major writing beliefs I have held for a good portion of my life has always been that high quality, important writing requires a profound thesis, robust evidence, and intriguing and diverse diction. However, as I learn … Continue reading

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Digital Writing – Helping or Hurting?

As technology continues to advance, the way students use it to read and write continues to change. Students are adapting to various forms of technology in their schooling. It has been noticeable in many research articles that technology has influenced … Continue reading

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The Strength of Our Words: An Essay on Digital Writing

Writing Digitally as a Tool:  I want to introduce digital writing as a tool. It is a method of writing that has been sculpted to fit our ever-growing technology-dependent age. As much as I had hoped to come up with … Continue reading

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Not Another Teen Listicle: A Critical Look at Digital Writing

Avocado Toast, Anyone? Digital writing is the Millennial of the humanities world. Everyone has an opinion on it, it’s woefully misunderstood, and there are countless articles dedicated to examining it with varying degrees of irony and self-awareness. Another thing that … Continue reading

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2017 Class Blog Projects

It’s time for the new class of Writing in and for Digital Environments  to unveil their blog projects for the term! Students, please a leave a comment on this post that includes your URL as well as a short description of what … Continue reading

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A Blast From the Past

Everyone’s childhood wasn’t complete without Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, or Disney Channel. I remember that every day after school I would come home and turn on Spongebob, after my mom made me do my homework of course. Even today, as college … Continue reading

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Blog idea

I am going to create a blog that will provide students the best study spots on campus. Last year, I found myself doing most of my homework at the library. I enjoyed the library because that was where my friends … Continue reading

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