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I think this is interesting coming from people who develop and release email software what they find appropriate and deem 'good' to do in a business related email setting.

This was my favorite website out of all the one that I came across. This list was very well put together and it is presented in a very professional manner.

The best tip given is to not use email to avoid personal contact. Face to face time with a person is valuable and most of the time allows for better communication understanding.

A different kind of video resume.  This website allows companies to email potential employees questions and then asks them to answer them using a webcam and submit the responses.  The employer can then watch the 'interview' whenever they have time.

Discusses tips on making a successful video resume.

Serif is just a word that translates to "tails" on the letters. For instance, Times New Roman, which is pictured below, a popular font in most word processing programs, is a serif font.

This video consisted of many stats about how quickly new media has been evolving and expanding. I love this statistics format because it provides amazing facts that don't take much time for me to read and comprehend. This helped me to better understand where technology was, is, and where it's going. This also helped me understand some more facts about new media while keeping my full attention

Examples of Rhetoric. I found this article really helpful in that it not only gave examples of rhetoric but broke down the elements of rhetoric and how it came together.

Examples of Rhetoric. I found this article really helpful in that it not only gave examples of rhetoric but broke down the elements of rhetoric and how it came together.

Just a plan and simple article easy to read and a tool good for first time users introduction to the concept of contrast such as myself.

MANOVICH. This essay makes a case, as it were, for video games as a viable new media and defends them against stereotyped ideas that consider video games to be pointless and a waste of time. 

New Media: This is Wikipedia's definition of new media, in which accessibility and interactive abilities are prominent factors. This page provides a history and definition of the term and includes the various uses and effects of new media.

Defines new media and has links to further define key words in definition. Links you to our scholars write about new media, even Manovich.

"New media is a broad term in media studies that emerged in the latter part of the 20th century which refers to on-demand access to content any time, anywhere, on any digital device, as well as interactive user feedback, creative participation and community formation around the media content." This is a quick and easy resource to reference new media.

"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.

History of smartwatches. Timeline detailing the early stages of computing in watches, and the evolution of the pieces today. 

I was inspired by the storyboard example in the textbook. So this is Toy Story 1 storyboard read.