ENGL 4885

Digital Writing

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Project 2: Annotated Bibliography in a Webspace
(Table of Links/CSS Page Design with Annotations)

Project Description
For this project you will create a webpage and the content will be links to various sites of interest with brief descriptions, which will be similar in nature to an annotated bibliography (a list of sources on a topic with brief summaries or descriptions). You will create a webpage with cascading style sheets for this project.

Link to information about myweb at ECU: http://www.ecu.edu/cs-itcs/webpublishing/myweb.cfm

Because there is so much information available on the web, learning how to locate, categorize, and record helpful and/or interesting websites pertaining to a specific topic or issue can be a challenge. For this assignment, you will use some effective techniques for web surfing, and you should collect web resources that deal with a topic or issue relating to digital writing of your choice. You may choose to research a specific writing technology, the tools that allow you to write in digital environments, or any number of concepts or issues informing digital writing. You will also create a table for these links and annotations. Your table should include at least 10 web site links with annotations and screenshots but could include as many links as you want. You should first put your links on DIIGO to share with the group.

Materials on web development including some basics on simple, old fashioned HTML.

Some topics to consider

Web 2.0
Remix
Email
Instant Messaging
Discussion boards
Forums/Listservs
Content Management Systems (CMSs)
Information Design/Architecture
Javascript
CSS (syle sheets)
HTML 5
Curating

e-readers
Navigation
Blogs
Cyberethics
Digital Rhetoric
Writing for the Web
Website usability
Interface design
HTML/DHTML
Accessibility
Copyright/Intellectual Property

Color Theory
Visual Rhetoric
Online Learning
Social networking
Social media
Twitter
Blogs
Facebook
Cloud Computing
Crowdsourcing
Mash-up
Digital Humanities

 

You do NOT need to choose one of these topics. Let your interests and experiences guide you.

You will create this on a website that you start using ECU webserver space.