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This is a complete video of one talk at WordCamp Phoenix/Chandler. It is about 45 minutes long. She starts out by showing various "one-page" designs. This is really helpful because it opens up so many possibilities. I wish I could have attended WordCamp, but I had a conflict. One is scheduled here for next year.

This website offers suggestions made by actual students on "surviving" and "thriving" in a group project environment. One student reiterates Team Writing by suggesting the use of a team charter. A "kick-out" clause is included here, which clear states the consequences if someone does not attend meetings or does his or her work. Other students bring up being open-minded about criticism from other team members and listening to their advice. However, this site recommends assigning roles based on the members' strengths, not on what they would like to learn. I suppose it depends on the deadline and complexity of the project.

This article provides an additional perspective of the "media revolution."  In its ability to transmit knowledge, a medium is a catalyst to open up new possibilities and perspectives to its audience. The media revolution took place when digitalization became a global and universal process. It is also described here as "irreversible;" it involves a great deal of change at the economic, social, political, and cultural levels of a society. This article also covers the process of shifting into a more computerized state; the first stage, for example, involves adapting traditional tasks from the old medium to the new. From there, the people speculate about the future.

All three websites both describe rhetoric as a persuasive and effective form of speech. The use of rhetoric is when you want a favorable outcome in your favor. Through logos, pathos, and ethos rhetorical persuasion is possible. One website goes into more depth than the other two about what logos, pathos, and ethos is. Logos is the use of induction, pathos is creating an emotional link, and ethos is being viewed as trustworthy. This website explains how it is better to be open minded and create shared opinions, because then both sides can have something to agree on if they both have different views on the main topic. The Webster definition describes how this style of communication is ancient and dates back to the 14th century. Rhetoric can be performed with both speaking and writing persuasively. Free dictionary explains how rhetoric is more about the end result and not so much the process getting there.

Here is the link to my blog site and usability test. There are instructions as a single pdf file to be reviewed, a search to be conducted and a 13 question survey/poll afterwards. You may open the pdf file in one window and then go through the instructions in a different window to keep the pdf file accessible. I have left a section for comments/suggestions on the poll but you may add them to my blog as site as well. Thank you in advance for participating.

This website will help me to tailor instructions for specific audience

This will help me because it gives a clear step by step. Also it shows me how to write instuctions for a specific audience, which will be helpful with project 1.

Comprehensive, includes style tips and other links.

D#2 HW#2 This website caught my eye as soon as it opened. What better way to show that the writer is experienced. The friendly tone and easy to read explainations appealed to me and kept me motivated throughout the page

This is a good article about the norms on a team work.  Each member of the team has to be committed to do their own part and pay attention to the content.  This article also includes how member should interact and it provides guidelines for the group to follow.

Here is an article about alignment in web design. It goes into detail about the meaning of alignment and even some history about it. This article contains a lot of helpful advice if your looking for ways to improve your alignment while designing for the web.

Article concerning assumptions made at the start of a writing project

interesting article concerning assumptions made at the start of a writing project

This site includes other good info on business and communication skils. This article in particular mentions using EOM - End of Message - in your subject line if all the info you need to share is in the subject (see their example), then recipient then doesn't have to actually open the e-mail, making 1 point per e-mail (keeps them short, and you can send as many as you want - it's free) and make sure to respond! (simple courtesy).

wikipedia definition of new media, with a few examples of new media vs traditional media.

This was the best website i found because I was honestly confused after reading the article so this breaks it down in less than 20 something pages and makes it easier to understand it explains everything there is to know about new media. 

Page full of information on new media (wikipedia) 1 History 2 Definition 3 Globalization and new media 4 As tool for social change 5 National security 6 Interactivity and new media 7 Industry 8 Youth and new media 9 See also 10 References 11 Further reading

This article, in terms of WWIC, directly quotes Ford's article. It expands on his thoughts in much further detail.

This is a great how to guide for video resume. It discusses equipment needed, what to consider before you shoot, creativity, time, legalities, production, editing, when to avoid the video resume, and editing.

This website show many details on how to create a video resume that can be followed step by step to accomplish this.

Very good website! A lot of information about how to create a video resume. What I liked about this is that it even provided information about the equipment that is needed to make one! It also covered the legal aspect of video resumes which the other two sites that I found did not. You have to have a consent form for every person that is in your video and this is good to know. It also states when it is important to avoid using a video resume.