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ADVANCED WRITING WITH TECHNOLOGIES
DIGITAL SHOWCASE
MELISSA
BIANCHI, Ph.D.
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I am an Assistant Professor of Writing at NSU, and my research focuses on the intersections between rhetoric and composition, digital media studies, and ecocriticism. Specifically, I examine how computer games contribute to contemporary environmental rhetorics about ecological crises, posthumanism, and sustainability. I have presented my scholarship on this and related topics at national and international conferences as well as published in refereed journals, such as Green Letters (2017), Ecozon@ (2017), and others. My latest works will appear in the edited collections Mediating Nature (2019) and EcoComix (2020). I am the director of NSU's CRDM digital collection, The Production and Preservation Project (P3), and serve as the Associate Curator and Technology Director for the annual CRDM Exhibit. The courses I teach at NSU serve undergraduate and graduate students, focusing on writing with digital technologies and multimodal writing.
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Below is a description of the course and objectives for which this website was designed.
This course is part of NSU's M.A. in CRDM program.
WRIT 5320: Advanced Writing with Technologies
This course focuses on developing advanced writing techniques for mobile and web-based technologies. Students in this course will examine in-depth the theories and approaches to writing within such digital environments and networks while at the same time investigate technologies as rhetorical objects. This course will prepare students to answer a variety of design problems related to technological contexts.
Student Learning Outcomes
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Demonstrate an understanding of technological theories as they relate to writing
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Examine the rhetorical practices of writing for technology
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Design effective texts using writing technologies that appropriately combine modes and media
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Define technological trends that affect composing processes