Web Writing Style Guide – Part 2.

The Web Writing Style Guide has been beneficial. I think I’m pretty good about adding hyperlinks to my blog posts when they’re needed. I know they’re important because you will be instantly moved to a new page that can contain valuable information. What I didn’t know was the correct punctuation involved with links. Before I … Continue reading →

Beyond Black on White

For class this week we read “Beyond Black on White”, which is an article about web design and formatting. I learned many things from this article, and I can’t wait to start using them in my writing. I don’t usually incorporate pictures into my blog posts, unless we’re specifically told to do so. Teachers have … Continue reading →

Why wouldn’t you blog?

We read “Why Blog?” by Alex Reid at the very beginning of the fall semester and wrote about our thoughts on the article. I’m not surprised to find that my opinions haven’t drastically changed. Blogging is definitely a good way to develop yourself as a writer. My high school literature teacher used to tell me … Continue reading →

Web Writing Style Guide

The Web Writing Style Guide would be something good to read if you have never blogged before. It gives some good dos and don’ts. I hate seeing people tYp3 LyK tHi5 on Facebook and Twitter. How much more unprofessional could you get by putting in on your blog? The internet is becoming more and more popular. Newspapers … Continue reading →

Information literacy.

I had never used Google Scholar before I began working on the Civil Rights project that we’re doing for this class. But now that I’ve discovered it, I’m using it for other classes too. It’s fantastic. I’m still using Wikipedia, too (don’t judge me). Like I said about the James Purdy article, I don’t think … Continue reading →

Is Wikipedia Good For You? By James Purdy

In my high school writing classes, Wikipedia was forbidden. Our teachers told us that the sources were not reliable, because anybody can go in and edit, add, or remove information. This is true; Wikipedia is open and can be changed by the public. But according to James Purdy, Wikipedia is almost as reliable as Britannica … Continue reading →

Our class with Charles Lowe.

Charles Lowe came to our class to talk to us about copyright, Writing Spaces, and the film Rip: A Remix Manifesto. We asked him questions and he answered them, and then one of my classmates interviewed him. Dr. Lowe was very nice and very funny, but also a little intimidating. He has so much knowledge about so many … Continue reading →

A reflection on collaboration.

col·lab·o·ra·tion  /kəˌlabəˈrāSHən/ Noun: The action of working with someone to produce or create something. Something produced or created in this way. The Writing Spaces articles we read this week are all about collaborative writing. The first article, A Student’s Guide to Collaborative Writing Technologies by Matt Barton and Karl Klint, presents two students in a … Continue reading →

The “Who I Am” Story & “The danger of a single story” – A Reflection.

“Storytelling, Narration, and the Who I am Story” by Catherine Ramsdell “The danger of a single story” by Chimamanda Adichie Catherine Ramsdell put a new spin on storytelling in this passage. She is showing people that stories are more than just entertainment; they can be found everywhere, even in the corporate boardroom. Her example using … Continue reading →