{"id":3123,"date":"2011-06-20T03:30:17","date_gmt":"2011-06-20T07:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/?p=3123"},"modified":"2013-08-02T16:52:19","modified_gmt":"2013-08-02T20:52:19","slug":"the-evolution-of-digital-texts-bits-flashback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/20\/the-evolution-of-digital-texts-bits-flashback\/","title":{"rendered":"The Evolution of Digital Texts: Bits Flashback for June 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a title=\"Gunter Somerfeld, Transmedia Development &amp; The New World Model by Gulltaggen, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gulltaggen\/4560943535\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3156\/4560943535_2fa6c991d0_m.jpg?resize=240%2C160\" alt=\"Gunter Somerfeld, Transmedia Development &amp; The New World Model\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a>Just published last week, Troy Hicks\u2019 collection on <a title=\"Reading and Writing Transmedia\" href=\"http:\/\/digitalis.nwp.org\/collection\/reading-and-writing-transmedia\" target=\"_blank\">Reading and Writing Transmedia<\/a> on the National Writing Project\u2019s Digital Is site explores how  digital writing is evolving.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The collection of texts \u201cprimarily authored by Laura Fleming represents one educator&#8217;s vision of what transmedia is, and what it can be, for teachers and students learning to read and write in a digital age.\u201d You\u2019ll find an explanation and history of transmedia as well as example texts and pedagogical reflections.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also out last week are these posts from <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bedfordstmartins.com\/bits\/?utm_source=socmedia&amp;utm_medium=updates&amp;utm_campaign=tlg\" target=\"_blank\">Bedford Bits<\/a> posts:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Looking for a new way to do group writing? Holly Pappas explores <a title=\"The Collaborative Writing Sprint\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bedfordstmartins.com\/bits\/community-college-issues\/the-collaborative-writing-sprint-product-and-process\/?utm_source=socmedia&amp;utm_medium=updates&amp;utm_campaign=tlg\" target=\"_blank\">The Collaborative Writing Sprint: Product &amp; Process<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Andrea Lunsford shares her <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bedfordstmartins.com\/bits\/teaching-advice\/tips-for-new-teachers-7-effective-peer-groups\/?utm_source=socmedia&amp;utm_medium=updates&amp;utm_campaign=tlg\" target=\"_blank\">Tip for New Teachers #7: Setting Up Effective Peer Groups<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Jack Solomon explores the semiotics of recent scandals in <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bedfordstmartins.com\/bits\/popular-culture\/congressmen-behaving-badly\/?utm_source=socmedia&amp;utm_medium=updates&amp;utm_campaign=tlg\" target=\"_blank\">Congressmen Behaving Badly<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Whether you want to catch up with poetry or keep up it, High School Bits blogger Jesse Tangen has a solution for you in  <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bedfordstmartins.com\/highschoolbits\/poetry\/the-poetry-foundations-new-website-a-walk-through\/?utm_source=socmedia&amp;utm_medium=updates&amp;utm_campaign=tlg\" target=\"_blank\">The Poetry Foundation&#8217;s New Website: A Walk-through<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Traci Gardner explores how to use cell phones and encoded images in the writing classroom with <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bedfordstmartins.com\/bits\/teaching-with-technology\/qr-codes-for-composition-teachers\/?utm_source=socmedia&amp;utm_medium=updates&amp;utm_campaign=tlg\" target=\"_blank\">QR Codes for Composition Teachers<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li> Susan Naomi Bernstein considers what happens when students compose in that precarious space outside the box\u2013or outside the standardized curriculum in <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bedfordstmartins.com\/bits\/developmental\/crooked-seams-adhd-and-basic-writing-a-narrative-of-personal-experience\/?utm_source=socmedia&amp;utm_medium=updates&amp;utm_campaign=tlg\" target=\"_blank\">Crooked Seams, ADHD, and Basic Writing: A Narrative of Personal Experience<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>A Few Extra Links <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Writers tell stories that demonstrate how everyone is a writer in the video \u201c<a title=\"Who is a Writer: What Writers Tell Us\" href=\"http:\/\/ncow.org\/browse\/video\/who\/who_is_writer.html\" target=\"_blank\">Who is a Writer: What Writers Tell Us<\/a>\u201d from the National Conversation on Writing and  and the WPA Network for Media Action.<\/li>\n<li>Learn <a title=\"How Is the Internet Revolutionizing Education\" target=\"_blank\">How the Internet Is Revolutionizing Education<\/a> in this infographic that takes us from TV lectures to YouTube &amp; Facebook.<\/li>\n<li>For a diversion, \u201c<a title=\"Test Your Literature IQ\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/PWxyz\/?p=5435\" target=\"_blank\">Test Your Literature IQ<\/a>\u201d with quizzes on first lines, classic texts, and even cats in fiction.<\/li>\n<li>Sign up for our <em>Ink\u2019d In<\/em> newsletter and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.surveygizmo.com\/s3\/505406\/English-Opt-in-2011\">request  free professional resources today<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Have great assignments or student essays to share?  Jay Dolmage is <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bedfordstmartins.com\/bits\/rhetorics\/how-to-write-anything\/looking-for-essays-and-assignments\/\" target=\"_blank\">Looking for Essays and Assignments<\/a> and paying up to $100 for works chosen for publication.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For regular updates from Bedford Bits, be sure to <a title=\"Bedford\/St. Martin's on Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bedford.st.martins\" target=\"_blank\">like us on Facebook<\/a> or <a title=\"Bedford Bits on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/BedfordBits\" target=\"_blank\">follow us on Twitter<\/a>. Have a great week!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2013Traci Gardner<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[Photo: <a title=\"Gunter Somerfeld, Transmedia Development &amp; The New World Model by Gulltaggen, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gulltaggen\/4560943535\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gunter Somerfeld, Transmedia Development &amp; The New World Model by Gulltaggen, on Flickr<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just published last week, Troy Hicks\u2019 collection on Reading and Writing Transmedia on the National Writing Project\u2019s Digital Is site explores how digital writing is evolving. 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