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Graphic Design Crash Course, Part 2: Balance

It’s ePortfolio season at DePaul. Programs that require students to submit portfolios as graduation requirements are wrapping up, job and internship applications are being prepared as the end…

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New Media Peer Writing Tutoring Research Writing about Writing

Graphic Design Crash Course, Part 1: Color

It’s ePortfolio season at DePaul. Programs that require students to submit portfolios as graduation requirements are wrapping up, job and internship applications are being prepared as the end…

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New Media Peer Writing Tutoring Writing about Writing

Preparing My First Inservice

On February 18, I presented my first inservice (a staff professional development event for UCWbLers) about Using Assistive Technology in Writing Centers and, thankfully, I didn’t have…

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Looking Back on IWCW: The UCWbL & Social Media

As many of you may know, last week was a very exciting week for writing centers around the world. It was International Writing Centers Week! Part of…

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I Actually Like Your Facebook Status

Who doesn’t love family reunions? Food. Rolling through traffic for a  couple hours. Food. Being questioned about your college major and plans for the rest of your…

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New Media Peer Writing Tutoring Writing about Writing

Excel Meets Moleskin

  Entering a completely unknown world can be unnerving.  When a business major, specifically Accounting, is thrown into a brainstorming machine of writing and English majors, the…

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New Media Peer Writing Tutoring Research Writing about Writing

Using Assistive Technology in Writing Centers

Whenever you’re writing or collaborating with someone, you probably have a favorite go-to tactic to brainstorm or write. However, as tutors, we should consider going outside of…

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Multi-Media Writing: to use or avoid?

Tutors at the UCWbL understand the importance of having an appealing portfolio. The art of crafting a portfolio is reader based. We must question “How do we…

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R is for Research

Knowledge is Meant to be Shared Spend a week with the UCWbL’s Research Team, and you might get a little overwhelmed by the sheer amount of data…

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3 blogs that win at the content game

I write about content development a lot on this blog, not only because I do a lot of it myself as a freelancer, but also because it’s…