developing writers
Anna Smith, educational researcher & teacher educator blogging about composition in the digital age, contexts for learning, theories of development, and global youth.
Monthly Archives: July, 2011
Tips on Tech in Class: Using a Strategic Writing Framework
Following last week’s blog posts about the affordances of composing with various tools both on and offline, writer and educator @erinehsani and I had a quick exchange on Twitter: @writerswriting … Continue reading
A Digital Phenom: Increased Presence of the Past in our Lives
In the Music section of The New York Times, music critic Simon Reynolds explored how and why The Songs of Now Sound a Lot Like Then. Right in the middle of … Continue reading
Imposters and Doppelgangers: Plagiarism Remixed
This post comes again from running in NYC’s Central Park. If you are one of the thousands of runners who frequent the park, you already know of street artist De … Continue reading
From Positive/Negative to Affordances/Constraints
Yesterday, the International Business Times reported on a couple of studies regarding the relationship between memory and the Internet. Like many titles, the purposefully evocative title of this article, “Google … Continue reading
Check Out the Book!
What I’m Diggin’ on Scoop.it
- That can be my next tweetGenerates your future tweets based on the DNA of your existing messages...See it on Scoop.it, via Developing Writers
- Twitter use | Pew Internet & American Life ProjectAfrican-Americans — Black internet users continue to use Twitter at high rates. More than one quarter of online African-Americans (28%) use Twitter, with 13% doing so on a typical day. Young adults — One quarter (26%) of internet users ages 18-29 use Twitter, nearly double the rate for those ages 30-49. Among the youngest internet users (those ag […]
- How Twitter & Texting Saved WritingThe end of literacy as we know it? Get over yourself. These popular tools force people to write more clearly and concisely.See it on Scoop.it, via Developing Writers
