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MCOM 341: Welcome to Digital Publishing
It takes a lot more than just knowing your memes to be successful on the Internet. So welcome to all my digital publishing students. Here is the main link you’ll need for class: MCOM 341 Digital...
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MCOM 341: Tips for better blogging
Read great blogs on your topic. Start by using Google’s blog search to find good blogs, and then Google’s RSS Reader to subscribe to them. Be sure to follow these bloggers on Facebook and Twitter and...
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MCOM 341: Curated blogposts
Who do you want to attract to your blog? Why are you creating content for them? What’s unique about your view and your perspective? These are few of the questions we’re talking about in class today as...
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MCOM 341: Your HTML wish is my command
As you requested last week, we’ll be opening up Dreamweaver and building some more webpages so that you can review some of the basic HTML you’ve learned. We may even throw some of the basic CSS in...
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MCOM 341: Audience building
Is anyone actually reading your blog? If not, it’s time to do some audience building. 5 Audience building questions to ask yourself Am I creating shareable content? As our book reminds us, readers...
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MCOM 341: More tips for better blogging
1) Get out and talk to people Readers love getting the inside scoop on interesting people. So think like a journalist and get out there and interview a few people! Don’t forget to snap a photo too....
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MCOM 341: Other digital publishing options
Aside from reporting, interviewing and writing, there are a variety of other skills j-students need to know. To work at print-based outlets like The Towerlight, The Sun, or online outlets like Patch...
View ArticleMCOM 341: eBooks
Today we’re talking about eBooks and white papers. Though your textbook defined each, it also emphasized that the boundaries between the two are muddy. They can both be as simple as publishing a PDF...
View ArticleMCOM 341: Case studies and other links
We’re talking about case studies today, but first, a few links: On my Christmas list: Linotype: The Film Kaitlin’s blog, 120 Pearls, has been nominated for two Mobbies! Voting starts Oct. 29. Check...
View ArticleMCOM 341: Don’t overlook the podcast
WTF’s Marc Marron sits down with Forbes Magazine during SXSW to discuss how to turn a podcast into a business. Your book gave you some practical, basic advice on how to create a podcast. I’d like to...
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Congratulations Kaitlin!
She won a Mobbie! Kaitlin’s MCOM 341 blog, 120 Pearls, won a Baltimore Sun Mobbie for Best New Blog. Sure, it was for homework, but it was all her. She’s done an incredible job carving out a niche,...
View ArticleMCOM 341: PressPausePlay
What are the implications for culture in a society where anyone can be a publisher? We’ll be talking about that today after we watch PressPausePlay. A few discussion questions for you: Do artists,...
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MCOM 341: What developers wish content people knew
Visiting class today is Jason Lancaster, a friend, neighbor and fellow lindyhopper who also happens to work at the Canton Group. In addition to telling us what he wishes the content people he works...
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MCOM 341: How to assess knowledge
How do we assess a student’s learning comprehension? This is a question I’ve often struggled with, and I’ve found Bloom’s Taxonomy to be really helpful. This is the idea that there are various levels...
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Welcome to Digital Publishing
It takes a lot more than just knowing your memes to be successful on the Internet. So welcome to all my digital publishing students. Here is the main link you’ll need for class: MCOM 341 Digital...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tips for better blogging
Read great blogs on your topic. Start by using Google’s blog search to find good blogs, and then Google’s RSS Reader to subscribe to them. Be sure to follow these bloggers on Facebook and Twitter and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Curated blogposts
Who do you want to attract to your blog? Why are you creating content for them? What’s unique about your view and your perspective? These are few of the questions we’re talking about in class today as...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Your HTML wish is my command
As you requested last week, we’ll be opening up Dreamweaver and building some more webpages so that you can review some of the basic HTML you’ve learned. We may even throw some of the basic CSS in...
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