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Tweet into Social Media

Writing is an attraction. You can’t assume that readers will be interested in what you’re going to be talking about if your lead in sentence is bland and not intriguing. Writing in the digital age is more of an art. … Continue reading

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Creating, Using, and Manipulating Digital Information

The Internet is arguably the largest single source of information ever created by humans.  This incredible bank of information has grown since the rise in popularity of digital humanities and web writing, which both contribute large banks of primary and … Continue reading

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Learning Not to Hate Twitter: Does Social Media Have a Place in the Classroom?

My quest: learning how not to hate Twitter. By exploring this social site and other social media in a classroom setting, I hope to understand a working relationship (if there is one) between new media and learning. Currently, social media … Continue reading

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Don’t Beat Them. Just Join Them

  Don’t Beat Them. Just Join Them   One of the most important facets of writing well, is being able to write appropriately for different audiences.  The best author would be equally able to write children’s books, research papers, and … Continue reading

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Technology, Twitter, and their Role in Online Writing and Identity

While researching this topic, I made a very important yet simple conclusion: technology is not bad. In fact, without technology, our world would be behind in more ways than one. Technology is responsible for spreading vast amounts of information to … Continue reading

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Blog Proposal

For my blog I want to focus on the theme of happiness. I hope to publish a combination of stories, quotes, interviews, challenges, images, videos, conversations, and reflections on this topic.   Last semester I studied abroad in Copenhagen, Denmark, … Continue reading

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Humans of Dickinson

When first brainstorming my ideas for my class blog I was torn about what to focus on. In high school I created a blog all about my experiences with the college search process. I thought about continuing this on with … Continue reading

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Just Ordinary People

The blog I intend on creating for class was partly inspired by my own anxieties and future career path in the entertainment field. I want to become a television personality/host and so much of my interests (professionally) lie in celebrity … Continue reading

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Food, Security, Love

“It seems to me that our three basic needs, for food and security and love, are so mixed and mingled and entwined that we cannot straightly think of one without the others. So it happens that when I write of … Continue reading

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Blog topic proposal

Trying to figure out an idea for my blog is proved to be pretty difficult. Nevertheless, I finally decided on focusing on writing about exercise and health. For the past eight year I have been an avid gym goer. I … Continue reading

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