digitalwriting

Twitter for CI5475/5330

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The Walter Library Smart Commons http://smart.umn.edu has camcorders, mics, and tripods available for check out for use in making videos.

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Jane Ranum, candidate for Hennepin County Judge, whose campaign my wife managed, won the race--lots of work paid off.

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Uses for Twitter in the classroom http://tinyurl.com/25u2cx

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I was really pleased with how you all created well-designed wikis that you'd end up using for organizing writing in your teaching or work.

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In using Animoto to create music videos, you need to reduce the memory size of photos by using the DropIt tool on their site.

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Check out this SlideShare Presentation : Mind mapping with Bubbl.us http://tinyurl.com/6nku78

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I'm really impressed with the CI5475/5330 blogs--appealing use of blog layout and features that enhance appearance and readability.

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NYTimes article about online connections fostering needed "ambient awareness" through use of Facebook and Twitter http://tinyurl.com/6p2j85

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The 355 computer lab is open all afternoon on Tuesdays; a TA assigned to the lab and/or myself (across the hall) are available.

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Looking forward to driving over the new 35W bridge on Tuesday on the way to work.

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NYTimes article about using cell phones to capture video http://tinyurl.com/5lv2mg

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Thanks to global warming, the Gulf is now a hot bathtub that intensifies hurricanes. But according to Palin, there's no global warming

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To follow other students: http://twitter.com/digitalwriting, click on Followers and then each to Follow. You/they will then get an email.

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To get on the class Twitter, create a Twitter account--http://twitter.com and then add digitalwriting (the name of this class twitter).

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Good news. My wife's candidate (she was the campaign manager), Jane Ranum, made the final race in the Hennepin County Judge race.

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A reminder that we're meeting in 355 Peik today; please bring your laptops if your want to use/add passwords to your laptop.

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The NCTE article on using Ning posted in notes describes some specific ways to use Ning to foster classroom discussions.

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The new iMac computers in the 355 Lab have all of the most current software as well as headphones/mics for podcasting.

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Remember that the next class on Sept. 9 will be in 355 computer lab. The lab is also open for your use in the afternoon before class.

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Welcome to the teaching digital writing twitter designed for use in the CI5475/5330 course.