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Writing about Writing

[Remote Reflections] Matthew P.

I’ve long been a fan of working from home when it comes to any project that requires extensive, sustained focus and solitude. Which was sometimes the case…

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Writing about Writing

UCWbLing 101

Agenda Share: what blogs do you read? Discussion: why does the UCWbL have a blog? Read: “How to Write an Effective Blog Post” Brainstorm blog topics Blog

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Proposal Writing Workshop

Today we conducted a workshop with the Undergraduate Admissions counselors on the topic of writing proposals for a range of tasks and goals. In the workshop itself,…

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The Difference Between Type and Lettering…

UCWbL web + tech folk love Smashing Magazine and that’s because of compelling articles like the one posted today about the difference between type and lettering. I…

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New Media

“The Myth of Digital Literacy”

Well done Canada! A whole TV show about Digital Literacy, including discussions with Andrea Lunsford and other awesome researchers of literacy.

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New Media

Make Your Words Look Nice with Web Fonts

While us UCWbLers are committed to our belief that writing is a multifaceted and active endeavor—

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Writing about Writing

Photos from the 2012 Peer Tutor & Mentor Summit

Thanks to the UCWbL’s Outreach Team for an awesome 2012 Peer Tutor and Mentor Summit!

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Writing about Writing

UCWbL Director Gets Inaugural Teaching & Learning Certificate!

Congrats to Lauri Dietz on completing her Teaching and Learning Certificate.

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Writing about Writing

Free Fonts…

I’m not quite sure why people make and then give away fonts for free.  But for those of us who like typography, there’s thankfully a whole bunch…

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New Media

The Ethicist on Giving Students Help on Writing…

In today’s (October 24, 2010) New York Times Magazine, Randy Cohen fields a question from a librarian (scroll down to the second entry) at a community college…