Below are some of the workshops and presentations the Digital Composition Committee arranged for the Spring 2012 semester.
Over the summer we’ll be working on a schedule for Fall 2012, which will include a few presentations and workshops that we’ll offer the week before classes begin.
Amy will also be offering a Digital Storytelling workshop, sponsored by Academic Technology, as well as (hopefully) a few workshops at COLTT 2012 in August. See the possible topics on Amy’s Digital Writing Workshops page.
SPRING 2012 SCHEDULE
NOT YET SCHEDULED
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EARLIER THIS SEMESTERWeb Page AssignmentsFriday 4/27 from 1:00-2:30 <– note date change Workshop – Sigman Byrd will guide participants through the process of creating and organizing assignments that ask students to build web sites for real or hypothetical audiences. |
Approaches to Digital Composition: A SamplerWednesday 3/21 from 3:30-5:00 Presentation – Amy, Michelle, Dalyn, and others will provide brief overviews of a variety of digital composition projects and their pedagogical rationales. We may arrange future workshops to focus on projects that attendees express the most interest in. |
Multimodal Composition Workshop with Cheryl BallFriday 4/6 from 9-3 All-day workshop on multimodal composition for all faculty, with Cheryl Ball. See this post for details. |
Integrating Digital Literacy into the CurriculumSaturday 4/7 from 10-3 Workshop with Cheryl Ball for DC Committee and all interested Coordinators and Committee Chairs. Please RSVP to Amy. Civic Engagement, Design, and Social Media: Rhetoric in ActionWednesday 4/11 from 3:30-5:00 Presentation – Nancy Hightower will discuss assignments that ask students to make rhetorically effective use of social media for civic engagement. |
Moving Pictures Across the CurriculumFriday 4/13 from 1-3 Presentation – Molly LeClair and Dave Underwood will discuss rhetorical strategies from film and how they might apply to students’ multimodal compositions. |
ADDITIONAL POSSIBLE TOPICS
Below you’ll find a list of topics we haven’t yet scheduled but might if there’s enough interest. If you’re interested in attending or leading a workshop on any of these topics or would like to propose a different one, please contact Amy.
- Rhetorical considerations for writing on the web (applies to digital course materials as well as web writing assignments)
- Visual Literacy: Reading Images, Designing Words
- Intro to Digital Storytelling
- Creative uses of digital tools to address common teaching issues
- The many uses of screencasting (for instructors and students)
- Basics of HTML for WordPress, D2L, and other uses
- Understanding fair use and copyright issues applicable to digital composition
- Managing Audio Projects
- Managing Video Projects
- Making Rhetorical Awareness Real: Engaging Students in Writing for Digital Audiences
- The Rhetoric of Web Design: Understanding the Relationship between Content, Design, and Usability
- Using Audio and Video Tools to Provide Feedback on Student Work
- Strategies for Managing Your Digital Life (Teaching, Professional, Personal)
- Service Learning Video Projects for WRTG 1150 & 1250 (Petger Schaberg)
- Approaches to Class Blogs (Molly LeClair, Dalyn Leudtke, Amy)
- Many Uses of Screencasts (Nathan Pieplow)
- Using Google Docs
Amy Goodloe is an instructor for the Program for Writing and Rhetoric at CU Boulder, as well as the Program's current 
