Our Class Blog
Come along as we explore Writing for Digital Spaces. New posts arrive weekly throughout the semester.
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Human tone
Jokes are so much funnier when it’s told by a human rather than a machine, in a world of AI human voices are starting to be appreciated a bunch more.
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Old Media VS New Media
New media blurs writing and speaking, making digital literacy essential for evaluating sources and sharing information responsibly.
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Evolution of How We Share Knowledge
Humans & the way we communicate has evolved. Oral storytelling to writing & digital media, this expands how knowledge is shared & understood.
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Impostor syndrome: Finding My Voice
Using my voice in the classroom helped me overcome impostor syndrome, showing how orality shapes confidence and professional identity.
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How Language Shapes Us and is Shaped by Us
Despite what we may have been taught all our lives, it’s a core function of a language to adapt to its speakers. Let’s expand on that.
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It Was All A Game Of Telephone Before
Writing isn’t just communication; it reshapes thought, preserves knowledge, and frees ideas from memory, allowing them to last and grow.
Categories
- About the Class (3)
- Preparation (Wk 0): Privacy & Agency on the Web (87)
- Topic 1: Digital Situationships (361)
- Topic 2: Power Distribution (112)
- Topic 3: Public Audiences, Public Authors (145)
- Uncategorized (79)
- Unused Topics from Past Semesters (404)
- Connections (11)
- Mediums (64)
- New Media (30)
- New Media and Literacy (77)
- Refining Terms (16)
- Speaking, Writing, and Literacy (75)
- Text (79)
- The (Late) Age of Print (57)
- Traditional Writing (9)
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