I’ll be honest – I used to be a hardcore Twitter snob. I used to be avowedly anti-Twitter, turning my nose to those who used the social networking site. I thought that it seemed narcissistic to blast your opinions into … Continue reading
Last night, in my “Text and Image” class, the topic of ethics came up. And although it may not have exactly been the direction my professor wished to go in, this prompted a huge debate of whether or not material … Continue reading
Take a minute to browse this Storify piece from The Today Show. How many types of social media can you point out? Twitter, Vine, Instagram–with Storify, you can reassemble the far-flung fragments of the web and social media spheres into … Continue reading
I’m just going to throw it out there: many organizations that use social media have no real idea what they’re doing with it, or why they’re using it in the first place. Social media means many things, but few of … Continue reading
Social media. Its everywhere we look. You and all your friends are using it on your phones and computers. Businesses cannot seem to survive without it. Its on the news. Lets face it, whether or not you want to be … Continue reading
We’re always encouraging our colleagues to share the awesome work they do through our social media outlets. If you’re an UCWbLer looking for the best channel to broadcast a new project, or if you belong to another writing center and … Continue reading
Great news for social media-savvy UCWbLers – the Modern Language Association has rolled out the correct format for citing a tweet in an academic paper. If you feel the need to add Kanye West’s deepest thoughts to your next research … Continue reading
After receiving Monday’s email from the Outreach Team, I hope all UCWbLers are just as excited as we are for the upcoming third annual National Day on Writing (NDOW)! Not only will October 20 be an opportunity for us to … Continue reading
It’s a family affair on today’s Scrawl, as we welcome not one, but two special guests from the UCWbL! Writing Tutor/Fellow Martina Mihelicova reads some short fiction and poetry, and UCWbL Director Dr. Lauri Dietz joins us for a discussion … Continue reading
You might ask what these things have in common. Books are often enjoyed in solitude, but on one of DePaul’s snow days earlier in February, I found myself entranced by the social cataloguing site Goodreads.