Writing History in the Digital Age

Writing History in the Digital Age
Author: Jack Dougherty
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2013-10-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 0472029916

Writing History in the Digital Age began as a “what-if” experiment by posing a question: How have Internet technologies influenced how historians think, teach, author, and publish? To illustrate their answer, the contributors agreed to share the stages of their book-in-progress as it was constructed on the public web. To facilitate this innovative volume, editors Jack Dougherty and Kristen Nawrotzki designed a born-digital, open-access, and open peer review process to capture commentary from appointed experts and general readers. A customized WordPress plug-in allowed audiences to add page- and paragraph-level comments to the manuscript, transforming it into a socially networked text. The initial six-week proposal phase generated over 250 comments, and the subsequent eight-week public review of full drafts drew 942 additional comments from readers across different parts of the globe. The finished product now presents 20 essays from a wide array of notable scholars, each examining (and then breaking apart and reexamining) if and how digital and emergent technologies have changed the historical profession.

Researching and Teaching Second Language Writing in the Digital Age

Researching and Teaching Second Language Writing in the Digital Age
Author: Mimi Li
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2022-01-10
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3030877108

This book presents a comprehensive approach to issues related to researching and teaching second language (L2) writing in digital environments. In the digital age, new technologies have revolutionized the ways we communicate and construct knowledge, and have also reshaped the traditional notions of writing and literacy, posing new challenges and opportunities for L2 teachers and students. This book provides up-to-date coverage of the main areas of L2 writing and technology, including digital multimodal composing, computer-mediated collaborative writing, online teacher and peer feedback, automated writing evaluation, and corpus-based writing instruction. It synthesizes the relevant literature, analyzes theoretical perspectives, compiles relevant resources, and offers research and pedagogical recommendations to guide scholars in undertaking new L2 writing research and instructional practice in technologically-supported educational contexts. This book will be of relevance and interest to researchers, language teachers, and graduate students in applied linguistics and education.

Research Writing in the Information Age

Research Writing in the Information Age
Author: Judith Arnold
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Total Pages: 312
Release: 1999
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Research Writing in the Information Age reflects a unique collaboration: the expertise of a librarian, a classroom teacher, and a rhetorician guides students through the research process. Beginning with invention and exploration, this book integrates current technology, research methods, and evaluation of sources to help students construct cohesive and responsible research papers. Students learn to write in their own voices to an audience whose needs they have been taught to discover. The text covers both APA and MLA styles of documentation, with sample papers in each style, and treats both library and electronic research techniques as integral steps in the process. Research Writing in the Information Age is a collaborative, real-world, user-friendly text designed to teach students contemporary techniques to take them into the next century.

Writing: A Manual for the Digital Age, Brief, Spiral bound Version

Writing: A Manual for the Digital Age, Brief, Spiral bound Version
Author: David Blakesley
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Total Pages: 640
Release: 2011-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780495833376

WRITING: A MANUAL FOR THE DIGITAL AGE, BRIEF 2nd Edition, is the rhetorical handbook for composing in the 21st century. Blakesley and Hoogeveen place students' writing front and center with an innovative page format that keeps students' attention focused on their own writing and on activities, checklists, projects, and visual aids that help them write. The page design and innovative visuals make information about writing, reading, research, documentation, technology, and grammar easy for students to access and understand. To accomplish their writing tasks, students are taught to ground their rhetorical decisions in the specific context in which they are writing. Because writing and reading occur both in print and online, WRITING: A MANUAL FOR THE DIGITAL AGE, BRIEF 2nd Edition, prepares students to work with images, audio, video, and print. Technology Toolbox features throughout, as well as two dedicated parts of the book (Parts 6 and 7), teach students how to compose with technology intelligently. A new chapter on Writing in Online Courses, the first of its kind in a handbook, will guide students in addressing this new but increasingly common context for writing. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Paper to Digital

Paper to Digital
Author: Ziming Liu
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2008-10-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Is the paperless society really possible? What is the future of paper in the Digital Age? Based on extensive statistics and six separate surveys, Paper to Digital explores the evolution and changing characteristics of documents in the Information Age. Resultant implications are studied through the examination of emerging issues in the digital environment. This timely book represents a useful and scholarly exploration of a major concern in our society.

Teaching History in the Digital Age

Teaching History in the Digital Age
Author: T. Mills Kelly
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2013-04-12
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0472118781

A practical guide on how one professor employs the transformative changes of digital media in the research, writing, and teaching of history

Critical Reading and Writing

Critical Reading and Writing
Author: Andrew Goatly
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 363
Release: 2013-09-27
Genre: Education
ISBN: 113628690X

Critical Reading and Writing is a fully introductory, interactive textbook that explores the power relations at work in and behind the texts we encounter in our everyday lives. Using examples from numerous genres - such as popular fiction, advertisements and newspapers - this textbook examines the language choices a writer must make in structuring texts, representing the world and positioning the reader. Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics, Critical Reading and Writing offers guidance on how to read texts critically and how to develop effective writing skills. Features include: * activities in analysis, writing and rewriting * an appendix of comments on activities * further reading sections at the end of each unit * a glossary of linguistics terms * suggestions for five extended writing projects. Written by an experienced teacher, Critical Reading and Writing has multidisciplinary appeal but will be particularly relevant for use on introductory English and Communications courses.

Creative Writing in the Digital Age

Creative Writing in the Digital Age
Author: Michael Dean Clark
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2015-01-29
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1472574095

Creative Writing in the Digital Age explores the vast array of opportunities that technology provides the Creative Writing teacher, ranging from effective online workshop models to methods that blur the boundaries of genre. From social media tools such as Twitter and Facebook to more advanced software like Inform 7, the book investigates the benefits and potential challenges these technologies present instructors in the classroom. Written with the everyday instructor in mind, the book includes practical classroom lessons that can be easily adapted to creative writing courses regardless of the instructor's technical expertise.

Libraries in the Information Age

Libraries in the Information Age
Author: Denise K. Fourie
Publisher: Greenwood
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Information resources management
ISBN: 9781591584346

Designed to introduce LIS students to the ever-changing world of modern libraries and information centers, this text provides an important overview of libraries in the era of electronic information. It helps students build necessary core knowledge in such areas as electronic dissemination of information, the impact of the Internet on libraries, the changing responsibilities of library professionals, the new paradigm for evaluating information, and characteristics and functions of today's library personnel. Each chapter revolves around a pertinent topic: the history of libraries, job opportunities, collections, preparing materials for use, circulation, reference service, ethics in the information age, job search basics, and the Internet. References and relevant books, Web sites, and publications at the end of every chapter point to further resources. Additional information--such as policies, the library bill of rights, the code of ethics, and the freedom to read statement-is supplied in the appendixes.

Information Literacy in the Digital Age

Information Literacy in the Digital Age
Author: Teresa S. Welsh
Publisher: Chandos Publishing
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2010
Genre: Electronic information resource literacy
ISBN: 9781843345169

This book examines the various types of literacy that are important in the Digital Age of rapid technological change and proliferating information resources in a variety of formats. According to the American Library Association (www.ala.org), "information literacy is a set of abilities requiring individuals to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information." Information literacy forms the basis for lifelong learning and is common to all disciplines, to all learning environments, and to all levels of education. Information literacy is an umbrella term that includes a variety of specific competencies: cultural literacy, library literacy, computer literacy, network literacy, and media literacy. Each topic addressed in the book includes contextual background information, basic concepts, a resource list, exercises and activities to reinforce the important learning concepts addressed in each chapter.