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From the people who brought you Digication: Reflect.me

Many companies are moving into the app-making business, and the e-portfolio powerhouse Digication is no exception.  They recently released Reflect.me, an iOS app designed to turn reflection…

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What Have I Clicked On? : The Uncertainty of the Hyperlink, the Ambition of the ‘Sparkicon’

Please click the following hyperlink before reading further; I will not provide any additional information other than that the page serves as a vital context for the…

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Can trolling teach you how to write? Chris Kluwe thinks so.

Football season may be over, but it’s worth talking about something that made this season a little unusual: it seems more and more athletes are speaking their…

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“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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Social Media: Helping or Hurting Writers?

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…

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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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New Media

What’s Heard vs. the Written Word: Collisions Between Literacy & Orality

I recently got ahold of Friedrich Kittler’s Gramophone, Film, Typewriter, a book that tells the story of a tremendous 20th-century upheaval, one which many of us (at…

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New Media

Social-ize Your Writing Center (with hints from our social media guide)

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…

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New Media Peer Writing Tutoring Writing about Writing

Get Help with Digication ePortfolios: a brand-new resource!

Maybe you’re a student who recently had to create an ePortfolio for a class, or maybe you’re an instructor, and your colleagues just won’t stop raving about…

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New Media Peer Writing Tutoring Writing about Writing

Support Something Cool: Graphic Textbooks

Ever wish you could have learned from something more engaging than dry old textbooks in elementary school?  Love comics and new media teaching?  Reading with Pictures, a…