Thursday, August 15, 2013

Multimodal @ VCU

Welcome,

Here are a list of cites and resources we used or referenced in the workshop held on Thursday, August 15.

Resources on Teaching Multimodal Writing

 ix visualizing composition 2.0, 2e  by Cheryl Ball and Kristin Arola


Because Digital Writing Matters by Danielle Nicole DeVoss, Elyse Eidman-Aadahl, and Troy Hicks

Digital Archive of Literacy Narratives -- OSU English and DMAC

Special Issue: Making the Implicit Explicit in Assessing Multimodal Composition, Technical Communication Quarterly, Volume 21, Issue 1, 2012, edited by Susan M. Katz and Lee Odell
Note: TCQ is available via VCU's Cabell Library in print or online.

Liz Losh's YouTube Description of her Digital Rhetoric Course



Not multimodal, but important:
 
"Why Don't They Apply What They Learned,  Part I" by James Lang
Part II

Multimodal Composing Tools 

Wix  -- Easy to use site/service for creating visually rich Web sites.

Creativist  -- Multimedia projects for apps, ebooks, and the Web.

Jing  -- Easy to Use Screen Capture Software -- record up to five minutes of video by TechSmith

Audacity -- Sourceforge's fee recording and audio editing software

Flip Cams and Teaching


6 tips from Bill Wolff -- http://williamwolff.org/composingspaces/some-recommendations-for-teaching-with-the-flip-video-camera/

Tips from Technology Integration for Teachers -- http://www.techforteachers.net/flip-cameras.html