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Teaches tricks to take your webpage from amateur to professional.

Teaches about the use of focal points to direct a viewer to specific parts of a page, the main purpose of emphasis.

Really good interview on NPR. Check it out, gives insight into what Gladstone is conveying in the book. 

Persuasion/rhetoric. Another great real life connection to rhetoric in our daily lives. This video breaks down the top 3 aspects of rhetoric Pathos, Ethos and Logos. It explains it based on a situation that happened a few years ago when a famous world renowned violinist played for free in a subway station, with all the passersby being unaware that is would usually cost over a hundred dollars to watch him play.

Persuasion/rhetoric. Another great real life connection to rhetoric in our daily lives. This video breaks down the top 3 aspects of rhetoric Pathos, Ethos and Logos. It explains it based on a situation that happened a few years ago when a famous world renowned violinist played for free in a subway station, with all the passersby being unaware that is would usually cost over a hundred dollars to watch him play.

Changes in writing due to technology

"But digital technologies also have made it easy to "write" in all sorts of new ways. We can use more modes and resources, such as image, sound and video. We can remix the work of others -- with and without permission -- and share what we create more easily than ever before. And people do, all the time, and for all sorts of compelling reasons." This link explains the uses and importance of digital writing and why it matters in education -- correlation to the Jenkins reading.

Summary: Expresses the importance of Digital Writing. Digital writing is collaborative and coordinated must have technology in order for it to exist. DW: a written form of expression that shapes success for individuals and groups

This article explains digital writing through an educators point of view. Saying that writing has been "radically transformed" due to technology. The educator, Jeff Grabill, also explains the meaning of digital writing in his words.

A Wikipedia style website for digital writing

A Wikipedia style website for digital writing

thought this was a pretty cool intro in coding

walks you through anything you could want to do! very cool!

This site gives complete tutorials on several wordpress functions.

This site gives complete tutorials on several wordpress functions. The site offers 26 different step by step design and layout tutorials. These tutorials teach you how to design unique and fun layouts for your blog and website.