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Engaging 21st Century Writers with Social Media

Engaging 21st Century Writers with Social Media

Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 306
ISBN13: 9781522505624|ISBN10: 1522505628|EISBN13: 9781522505631
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0562-4
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Bryant, Kendra N., ed. Engaging 21st Century Writers with Social Media. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0562-4

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Basic composition courses have become a fundamental requirement for the major of university degrees available today. These classes allow students to enhance their critical thinking, writing, and reading skills; however, frequent use of technology and online activity can be detrimental to students’ comprehension.

Engaging 21st Century Writers with Social Media is a pivotal reference source for the latest research on the integration of social media platforms into academic writing classes, focusing on how such technology encourages writing and enables students to grasp basic composition skills in classroom settings. Highlighting emerging theoretical foundations and pedagogical practices, this book is ideally designed for educators, upper-level students, researchers, and academic professionals.

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Front Materials
Title Page
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Copyright Page
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Advances in Higher Education and Professional Development (AHEPD) Book Series
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Editorial Advisory Board and List of Contributors
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Foreword
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Preface
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Acknowledgment
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Chapters
Chapter 1
The authors whose chapters are included in this section discuss their classroom experiences with integrating Twitter to assist students both in the scaffolding process and in “exploring networked, digital compositions.” Chapters in...
Blogging in the Writing Classroom
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Chapter 2
In this section, authors discuss how Tumblr, Instagram, Podbean, and Twitter help to promote “Remix Writing,” which mirrors the multimodal activities that permeate present rhetoric & composition discourse.
Exploring Multi-Digital Media in the Writing Classroom
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Chapter 3
The four chapters that complete this section are grounded in theoretical concepts. While each chapter offers readers ideas about how to implement social media networks into a writing classroom, they more specifically invite readers...
Theorizing about Social Media Networks in the Writing Classroom
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Chapter 4
In this section, chapters explore WordPress, LinkedIn, and Twitter as vehicles for helping writing students compose themselves professionally. In this section, audience is carefully discussed as authors suggest students be aware of...
Integrating Social Media as Professional Development in the Writing Classroom
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Chapter 5
Although rarely referred to as a social media platform, the authors in this section invite readers to explore Wiki's capacity for teaching students how to interact with and write for “real” audiences, while improving student...
Re-Envisioning Wikis in the Writing Classroom
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Back Materials
Compilation of References
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About the Contributors
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Index
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