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A plea, to everyone – from content designers, everywhere
Content design is an actual thing It sounds obvious, but content design is a real thing. Before trying to advocate what content designers are, it’s probably easier to explain what they’re not. Source: A plea, to everyone – from content … Continue reading
Content in the Age of Coronavirus
Welcome to day 4-ish of my self-quarantine from the coronavirus pandemic. I say 4-ish because I went out on Sunday, but once I came back, I’ve stayed home every since. I went for a walk with my husband around the … Continue reading
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Tagged content experience, content storytelling, content strategy, digital literacy, Distance Learning, DIY education, e-learning, education, elearning, instructional design, Jimmy Fallon, Learning, social media, STC, storytelling, tech comm, TechCommGeekMom, Technical communication, technical communications, technical writing, The Tonight Show
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How do we determine the bounds of digital literacy?
Yes, you are seeing this correctly. There’s a blog posting from me. No need to double-blink in disbelief. I am still alive and well. I don’t always get much of a chance to write here because I’m busy! One of … Continue reading
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Tagged content strategy, digital literacy, e-learning, education, edupunk, elearning, higher ed, higher education, instructional design, instructional design and technology, Learning, m-learning, mobile learning, social media, STC, tech comm, TechCommGeekMom, Technical communication, technical communications, technical writing, UX
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Music is the ultimate single-sourcing resource
A few years ago, I wrote an article for someone else about how music was used in remixes and mashups, but it never got published. Even so, I was reminded of how music has a lot of reuse due to two … Continue reading
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Tagged 1812 Overture, 9th Symphony, Beatles, Beethoven, Choral Symphony, content strategy, copyright, digital literacy, edupunk, George Harrison, John Lennon, Learning, mashups, music, Paul McCartney, Penny Lane, remixes, Ringo Starr, sampling, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, single sourcing, singular experience, social media, Strawberry Fields Forever, Tchaikovsky, tech comm, TechCommGeekMom, Technical communication, technical communications, technical writing
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9 Recommended Tech Tools for a Conference Attendee
I don’t attend as many conferences as some people, for sure. There are those I know who whisk off to different parts of the world to attend such conferences–I’m not quite one of those. I’m usually going to at least … Continue reading
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Tagged attendee, bluetooth keyboard, conference, Elizabeth Fraley, iPad, iPad app, IPhone, Liz Fraley, mobile, personal wifi hotspot, portable batteries, portable devices, remote machine apps, Skyroam, social media, STC Summit, tech comm software, TechCommGeekMom, Technical communication, technical communications, technical writing, travel router, Twitter, wireless keyboard
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4 Lessons Learned (About Learning) From Blogging
Blogs provide great insight and are a helpful educational tool. But did you know the act of blogging can teach us something, too? Danielle Villegas explains. Source: 4 Lessons Learned (About Learning) From Blogging Thanks to Phylise Banner, Jennifer Hofmann, … Continue reading
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Tagged Body Language in the Bandwidth, content strategy, digital literacy, Distance Learning, DIY education, e-learning, education, elearning, higher ed, higher education, instructional design, instructional design and technology, InSync Training, Jennifer Hofmann, Learning, m-learning, m-learning tools, Methods and Theories, mlearning, Phylise Banner, social media, tech comm, TechCommGeekMom, Technical communication, technical communications, technical writing
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2016 TechCommGeekMom Year in Review: Yeah, it could’ve been better.
As 2017 gets going, I realized that I haven’t written a whole lot in the past year. Why? Simple–not a whole lot to write about, frankly. 2016 was a rough year in many ways, but there were some good elements, … Continue reading
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Remembering Carrie Fisher, Writer
As the list of favorite celebrity talent seems to grow even as 2016 comes to an end, I thought it would be good to share this video, created by the website, The MarySue. Carrie Fisher, one of the latest stars … Continue reading
BBC – Capital – Native English speakers are the world’s worst communicators
In a room full of non-native speakers, ‘there isn’t any chance of understanding’. It might be their language, but the message is often lost Source: BBC – Capital – Native English speakers are the world’s worst communicators The BBC has … Continue reading
BBC – Culture – The language the government tried to suppress
Most of Singapore’s population speak the unofficial language or dialect known as Singlish. But why would the government rather it went away? James Harbeck takes a look. Source: BBC – Culture – The language the government tried to suppress This … Continue reading
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