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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 →

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 →

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 →

The digital world is always shifting and we all know it. Myspace, once the king of social networks now finds itself clawing for any slight bit of relevance. Meanwhile, it’s successor, Facebook, is looking for every way imaginable to cement … Continue reading →

Why Blog in the Classroom? Emily Burton The purpose of my research is to shed light on how blogging can be a useful tool in the classroom. Pulling from my personal experience as well as my research, I have come … Continue reading →

As I sit here today and write this essay about the importance of digital writing, it seems almost silly to even question. I’m writing on a laptop, while I simultaneously research sources online only to post it online to our … Continue reading →

  Navigating the 21st Century: An Exploration of Self and Audience             As we have learned from class in the past few weeks, we must pay attention to numerous details when writing online. To look further into these details and … Continue reading →

Today, professors are integrating web writing into college curriculums as a means of increasing student engagement within the classroom. Twitter, and other online sources like Google Docs, Wiki’s, and blogs are some of major tools professors are using to introduce … Continue reading →

Welcome to the Digital Era             The first Printing press was first form of social media. The invention of the printing press burgeoned the first forms of writings such as books and the earliest form of newspapers. Despite this advancement … Continue reading →