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Troy HIcks's presentation: Why Digital Writing Matters

Jane Austen's fiction manuscripts are the first significant body of holograph evidence surviving for any British novelist. They represent every stage of her writing career and a variety of physical states: working drafts, fair copies, and handwritten publications for private circulation. Digitization enables their virtual reunification and will provides scholars with the first opportunity to make simultaneous ocular comparison of their different physical and conceptual states; it will facilitate intimate and systematic study of Austen's working practices across her career, a remarkably neglected area of scholarship within the huge, world-wide Austen critical industry. Many of the Austen manuscripts are frail; open and sustained access has long been impossible for conservation and location reasons. Digitization at this stage in their lives not only offers the opportunity for the virtual reunification of a key manuscript resource, it will also be accompanied by a record in as complete a form as possible of the conservation history and current material state of these manuscripts to assist their future conservation.

Very unique and promising instructions on digital storytelling.

digital writing is changing the nature of writing

Frontline documentary about the impact of digital technologies

Video: Troy Hicks describes the digital writing process in a workshop setting

video series on digital storytelling

"The Center for Digital Storytelling is an international not-for-profit community arts organization rooted in the craft of personal storytelling. We assist youth and adults around the world in using media tools to share, record, and value stories from their lives, in ways that promote artistic expression, health and well being, and justice."

Bud Hunt and Troy Hicks's 2009 NCTE presentation on digital tools

Describes specific examples of how digital writing has changed writing instruction.

positive features of blogging

Integrating New Literacies into the Teaching of Writing » Blog Archive » Notes from "Educational Blogging: What, Where, Why and How"

IRA Reading Radio interview with Peter Johnston about assessment standards related to digital literacy learning

The new National Writing Project site: Lots of resources

nice post on moving from an analog kournal to social media - IMPORTANT conversations needed now, eh?

digital writing - lots of tools but did you ever think about tweets?

These presentations should help spark some ideas for teachers new to using digital tools in the classroom.

ambitious digital writing project and alternate reality game