ENGL 303: Multimedia Writing

Remixing - is the authorship? is mashing and mixing someone else's work an active of creativity and authorship?

The machine collaborates with the author?

This article addresses the differences between the types of writing students do in the classroom and the writing they complete outside the classroom, including text messages, e-mails, and facebook posts. The article further explains how teachers should take advantage of students' interests in online writing to help encourage enthusiasm for classroom writing as well.

An interesting article about the generational shift to new technology around 2005 and the innovative thinking that accompanied the shift.

Future Foundation is a UK based company that I worked for as an intern this past summer. One of the projects I worked on was the planning and organization of a client conference. At the conference, Future Foundation speakers used Twitter as a way to facilitate discussion and recieve feedback from clients throughout their presentations. This website uses Twitter to keep clients and/or potential clients updated on the research that is being completed for the Future Foundation databases.

a site dedicated to showcasing the artworks of others, allows for comments - and you can see the fairies moving through the wood at the top of the page ;)

Polaroids of people and they write what they want to do before they die.

There are 340,000 video results for Twilight. Some are trailers made by fans in anticipation of the movies, spoofs, remixes, alternate endings - and the most creative - a Twilight puppet show.

Abstract: The article identifies ten myths about Internet Art, and explains the difficulties museums and othes have understanding what it means to make art for the internet. In identifying these common misconceptions, the suthor offers insight in successful online works, provides inspiration to internet artists, and explains that geographical location does not measure success when making art for the internet.

A piece and it's comments written about the TTYL book that is all in text/IM "speak"

The Sims 3 Exchange, where people upload their content to share with the world. For free.

The Sims 3 Store, where you buy furniture, clothing, and much more for your Sims.

Website that anonymously allows college students to gossip, meet other people, post pictures and videos, and trash talk other students... without claiming any responsibility for damage that may result from the forums.

I saw an article in the DA about West Virginia University's News and Information Services, WVU Today launching a new website. They said they did this to keep up with the changing culture. The website is based around multimedia and social media, letting people interact with the story. The story talked about the new iWVU application available for iPhones, and a WVU mobile site for other smart phones. The website WVU Today allows users to share news stories in a variety of ways under the "share this". There is a media center section with a story archive, video archive, podcasts, and more.

Twitter has become one of the next biggest things to hit the multimedia world. It's a free social-networking site where people read and send messages, much like sending out a mass text message. People can access Twitter via the website or on their phones. This is a site that features all of WVU's Twitters that people can "follow". Examples include WVUNewsFeed, WVU SportsBuzz, Coach Bill Stewart, and so on.

This website offers WVU students access to Twitter feeds relating to University news, sports, colleges, and various departments. This site also provides links to specific WVU Twitterers.

Article about Post Secret and its creator Frank Warren

Review of online literature

Read the Remix article on mash-up DJ, Girl Talk. On the heels of releasing his latest release Night Ripper, the mixtape lover goes shopping for everything from random cassette tapes to mainstream CDs at Gramaphone Records in Chicago.