- Teaching Resources
- Web Design
- Video Production
- New Media Scholarship
Sample Assignments and Evaluation Rubrics
from Cynthia Chapa's German 30063 (Third Year German)
Assignment Prompt
Semester Project: A Multimedia Production
Evaluation Rubric
Multimedia Project AssessmentSample Project (by Hanna Fiddick)
from Curt Rode's English 20833 (Sophomore Seminar)Assignment Prompt
Writing Project 2: Advocacy Argument and Website
Evaluation Rubric
Rubric for Project 2: Advocacy Argument and WebsiteSample Project (by Wesley Carmichael)
The Path to Economic Liberty
New Media Composing in Composition Classes:
A comprehensive resource developed by the Composition Program at TCU for teachers of English 10803/10833 and 20803/20833. This resource should also be of real interest to teachers in other disciplines who hope to incorporate new media assignments into their courses.
Adobe Instructional Resources:
A resource page created by Adobe for teachers who plan to teach new media projects using Adobe products.
This resource provides an introduction to Writing Web-based Content:
Click below for handouts distributed during the Digital Portfolio Workshop
Creating a Google Site Professional Portfolios Creating a Dreamweaver Site Teaching Portfolios HTML Cheat Sheet CSS Cheat Sheet
Click below for good general online Web Design Resources:
- Photoshop #1: How to Use Photoshop
- Photoshop #2: Getting Started with Adobe Photoshop
- Dreamweaver #1: Dreamweaver Basics and Tutorial
- Dreamweaver #2: Dreamweaver Support Center
- Dreamweaver #3: How to Build a Website with Dreamweaver CS3
- Flash #1: Flash Tutorial from EchoEcho
- Flash #2: Flash Tutorials and Resources from Entheos
This resource provides a general overview of the Video Production Process
Click below for handouts distributed during the Video Workshops
From the "Hello" page: "I’m David McCandless, a London-based author, writer and designer. I’ve written for The Guardian, Wired and others. I’m into anything strange and interesting.
These days I’m an independent visual & data journalist. A passion of mine is for visualizing information – facts, data, ideas, subjects, issues, statistics, questions – all with the minimum of words.
I’m interested in how designed information can help us understand the world, cut through BS and reveal hidden connections, patterns and stories underneath. Or, failing that, it can just look cool!
My pet-hate is pie charts. Love pie. Hate pie-charts."
ProfHacker delivers tips, tutorials, and commentary on pedagogy, productivity, and technology in higher education, Monday through Friday.
"Not Just Words Any More: Multimodal Communication across the Curriculum"
Abstract: Faculty members at a large state university engaged in discussions of 21st century communication, new media, and the demands for new communication skills as they elected to establish a Communication across the Curriculum (CxC) program in 2005. Faculty leaders reviewed communication theory (e.g., from McLuhan to Kress), best practices from other programs around the country, and multidisciplinary arguments for an expanded definition of communication. The authors report strategies they used to build consensus, collaboration, and credibility for a "multimodal" communications curriculum. More>
"Clive Thompson on the New Literacy"
"As the school year begins, be ready to hear pundits fretting once again about how kids today can't write—and technology is to blame. Facebook encourages narcissistic blabbering, video and PowerPoint have replaced carefully crafted essays, and texting has dehydrated language into 'bleak, bald, sad shorthand' (as University College of London English professor John Sutherland has moaned). An age of illiteracy is at hand, right?" (from the first paragraph)
Here's a blurb from its description:
"More importantly he not only talks about the technologies but how he encourages extraordinary participation and collaboration from his students by engaging them in meaningful learning activities... During his presentation, the Kansas State University professor breaks down his attempts to integrate Facebook, Netvibes, Diigo, Google Apps, Jott, Twitter, and other emerging technologies to create an education portal of the future."
"Is Technology Producing A Decline In Critical Thinking And Analysis?"
"As technology has played a bigger role in our lives, our skills in critical thinking and analysis have declined, while our visual skills have improved, according to psychological research" (from the first paragraph).
"WASHINGTON -- A new report calls on English instructors to design a new curriculum and develop new pedagogies -- from kindergarten through graduate school -- responding to the reality that students mostly 'write to the net.'" (from first paragraph)
"Are We Ready to Use Wikipedia to Teach Writing?"
"Several years ago I started asking students in my composition classes to compose entries for Wikipedia. Most of my students were familiar with Wikipedia as the most popular link at the top of a Web page after a Google search. But my purpose in bringing Wikipedia in to the classroom was not to use Wikipedia as a reference source; instead, I sought to bring a more authentic, immediate audience for student writing." (first paragraph)
"My headline title’s a pun — a play on a Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young song for you whelps born after 1970 — but the sentiment referenced is a burning issue for pedagogues. How much technology should be used in the classroom? It’s a white hot issue for new professors. As anyone who has ever set up a new computer or HD-TV knows, “easy to install” is an oxymoron. Now imagine getting up-to-date tech-ready for all your new classes. Just don’t imagine getting any sleep, because you can’t do both. Here are some dos and don’ts for those who’d like to find middle ground." (first pararaph)
Center for Digital Storytelling
"The Center for Digital Storytelling is a California-based non-profit 501(c)3 arts organization rooted in the art of personal storytelling. We assist people of all ages in using the tools of digital media to craft, record, share, and value the stories of individuals and communities, in ways that improve all our lives." (first paragraph)
the nmws is a resource. Our website serves as a resource for online tutorials, downloadable course materials, readings on new media, and much more.
