Resources from my Heinemann book, The Digital Writing Workshop (2009)
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Reviews of CDW
- Mahmoud Abdi Tabari, Teaching English with Technology
- Judi Holst, Middleweb
- Kevin Hodgson, Edublogger
- Kevin Amboe, Edublogger
- Interview with Todd Finley, Edutopia
Chapter 1: Introduction
- Renee Hobbs’ Copyright Clarity Wiki
- Joyce Valenza’s Copyright Friendly Wiki
- Creative Commons Search
- Internet Archive
Chapter 2: Author’s Craft, Genre Study, and Digital Writing
Media and Examples
- PDF of Table 1: Elements of Author’s Craft and Genre Study
- PDF of Table 2: Additional Elements of Author’s Craft in Digital Writing
Additional Links
- Framework for Success in Post-Secondary Writing by the CWPA, NCTE, and NWP
- Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts
Chapter 3: Crafting Web Texts
Media and Examples
- NASA Website
- “A Special Kind of Smile” Essay (Lost due to broken link from student account)
- Death of a Salesman Essay – Created in Google Docs
Additional Links
- Web Pages That Suck
- Robin Williams’ CRAP Principles Handout
- Web Publishing Tools
- Tools for Gathering Information, Citing Sources, Brainstorming
- Diigo and Google Bookmarks (Social Bookmarking)
- Shelfster and Evernote (Web Clipping)
- Gliffy, Mindomo, and Google Docs Drawing Tool (Brainstorming)
- Zotero, Citelighter, and EasyBib (Citation Management)
- Grammarly
- Other Sites Mentioned
Chapter 4: Crafting Presentations
Media and Examples
- Hans Rosling’s TED Talk: “Stats that reshape your world-view”
- Presentation Tools
- Video/Multimedia
- Posters
- Interactive Timelines
- Word Clouds
- Infographics
- Sketching/Whiteboards
- Educreations (iPad)
- Cacoo (works in Google Hangouts)
- Scriblink
- Dabbleboard
- Cosketch
- Scribblar
- Flockdraw
- Screencasting
- Screencaptures and Annotation
- Lightscreen (Win)
- Grab (built in Mac OS X) or Skitch
- Photo editing
- Public domain and Creative Commons Licensed Photos
Student Examples
- Titanic Glogster
- Titantic Capzles Timeline
- Lady Macbeth Prezi
- “Summer” E-Book Summer E-Book.pdf
Additional Links
- Garr Reynolds, “Make your presentations stickier: these 3 books can help” blog post
- Dan McMillan, “Life After Death by PowerPoint” comedy sketch
- Joshua Johnson’s “10 Tips for Designing Presentations That Don’t Suck Part I and Part II“
- “Your PowerPoint Presentation: Developing an Effective Design” by Mary-Lynn Chambers
Chapter 5: Crafting Audio
Media and Examples
- NPR Story by Laura Sydell: “Teen Study: Social Media Is Positive Experience“
- National Forensics League TV
- Robert Rivera Amezola’s Podcast Project
Artemis Fowl Book Trailer Podcast
Additional Links
- Freesound: Creative Commons Licensed Sound Effects
- Jamendo: Creative Commons Licensed Sound Music
- Wikimedia Commons: Public Domain Sound Effects
- Audacity (Open Source Audio Editor)
- AudioBoo and Chirbit (Online Audio Recording)
Chapter 6: Crafting Video
Media and Examples
- Dove’s “Evolution” Video
- Elana Waugh’s Fourth Grade Class: “Plastic: Things You May Not Know”
- George Mayo’s Students: Saving the Old Blair Auditorium and The Drug War: Is It Time for a Change?
- Santos Hernandez’s “Illegal Immigration“
Additional Links
- 50+ Web 2.0 Ways to Tell a Story
- ReadWriteThink Director Outine
- Dropbox
- Video ANT
- George Mayo’s Class Wiki: Student Docs
Chapter 7: Crafting Social Media
Media and Examples
- Troy Hicks on Twitter
- Andrew’s Post on Youth Voices: Why I Think the War on Drugs Needs to End
- Cybraryman’s list of educational hashtag chats
Additional Links
- EngChat Website and Archives
- Social Media Reading Tools
- Email Lists
Chapter 8: “Teach the Writer…”: Modeling and Mentoring the Digital Writing Process
Media and Examples
Lydia’s Lego Harry Potter Video Game Review
Additional Links
Appendixes
- Websites and Apps for Crafting Digital Writing
- Studying a Piece of Digital Writing PDF Studying a Piece of Digital Writing – Handout.pdf
- NWP “Writing Assignment Framework and Overview“
Beyond the Book
- Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek by John Branch– an example of multimedia journalism
- HOW WE MADE SNOW FALL: A Q&A with the New York Times team – from Mozilla Open News
Updated: May 31, 2020
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