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3 August 2010
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What Is a Vook?

A friend of mine asked this question in a post online and because I could never the initial link that talked about this “vook,” I went in search of it myself. Here it is…a new stage of book development.

At first glance, this is very intriguing to me. The idea of …

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26 June 2010
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Do You Know about Kno? Talk about Remediation!

While no one was looking, someone revolutionized the textbook, higher education, and learning itself in one crazy, bold move.
Wanna see what a digital textbook looks like?
Then check out the Kno.

For a person like me who loves the digital world but still is enamored with the print world, the Kno looks …

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21 June 2010
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Internet Writing #3: Digital Literacy Skills

If you were to think of digital literacy as a two-tiered model, standard skills and advanced skills, how would you characterize each?  Speculate as to what skills will be required in the not too distant future (say 5-10 years)?
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In last week’s Internet Writing class, we ran into several graphics that ...

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14 June 2010
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Internet Writing #2: Pick a New Media Theorist

Which new media theorist, which you have read (either avidly and/or recently) would you want to read further? What ideas, concepts, books, and articles interest you most and why?
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Hard questions. There have been many theorists I have read that deal with hypertext, identity on the Internet, narrative in cyberspace, virtual ...

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6 June 2010
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A Trip down Theory Lane & Convergence Street

Chapter 2 of Baehr and Schaller’s Writing for the Internet: A Guide to Real Communication in Virtual Space reads like a who’s who of theories, particularly from mass communication:

Critical Theory – seeks change in the dominant social order and notes how communication is controlled by the in-power group and used to exert …

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