Bedford/St. Martin's Celebration of Multimodal Composition: A Showcase of Student Work

Virginia Tech's Writing and Digital Media Course

Writing and Digital Media is a 3000-level course in the Professional Writing Program. The course provides both a theoretical and a practical introduction to writing with and for digital media, including content management systems and social media platforms. The course will cover information organization, search engines, and basic HTML and CSS.

Students learn to identify, analyze, and respond to the theoretical assumptions underpinning the development and use of digital media. They also learn how to navigate, set up, and optimize social media sites for developing and distributing digital content, including digital images, video, and audio.

Quinn Warnick’s Resources

VIDEO NARRATIVES

Original Assignment: http://3844.quinnwarnick.com/unit1

• The Armory
• The Christmas Snake
• My Therapy
• What Is Celiac Disease?

TAP ESSAYS (no iPad required!):

• The Terrible Burden of Gender
• How Many Cheeseburgers Are You Drinking?
• You Are More
• Middle Child Complex/
• Say Cheese
• The elevators in my dorm are sealed off by two heavy doors
• F5

SCHOLARLY WEBTEXTS

Original Assignment: http://3844.quinnwarnick.com/unit4

• We May Look The Same, But We Are Very Far Apart: Remixing and Art in the Digital Age
• Identity in the Digital Age
• ©reativity and Copyright?
• Digital Marketing Tips from a Real Life Millennial!

Traci Gardner's Resources

• Spring 2014 Course Website
• Assignment 1: Build a Web Portal
• Assignment 2: Interrogate the Interface (PowToon example)
• Assignment 3: Remix a Story

Class Blogroll

1. Catie C
2. Ryan D
3. Megan G
4. Joanna J
5. Jay L
6. Hannah L
7. Matt M
8. Erin M
9. Alex M
10. Taylor M
11. Nenna O
12. Samantha P
13. Jenn R
14. Sara R
15. Kat R
16. Pierce S
17. Taylor T
18. Rachel T
19. Sara T
20. Kevin W
21. Christopher W