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Bill Wolff's Composing Spaces

assistant professor, department of writing arts
rowan university, glassboro, nj 08028
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core2 spring 2012 major assignments

  • core2 s12 home
  • syllabus
  • weekly schedule
  • daily homework
  • major assignments
  • readings

Semester-long Research Project Overview

  • Twitter assignments
    • part 1: Live-tweeting Course Readings
    • part 2: Leveraging Twitter for Research
  • research blog
  • research proposal
  • Annotated Bibliography (.pdf; updated 3/27)
    • sample annotated bibliography 1 (.pdf)
    • sample annotated bibliography 2 (.pdf)
  • document analysis (aka Harper’s Annotation)
  • fieldnotes, interviews, and reflections
  • rough and final drafts (specific to each individual student)
  • research reflection and analysis
Page last updated on April 17, 2012 at 12:10 am
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Bill Wolff is an assistant professor in the Writing Arts department at Rowan University. In spring 2012 he is teaching 2 graduate seminars, Core2: Research Methods for Writers and Visual Rhetoric and Multimodal Composition, one undergraduate course, Technologies and the Future of Writing. His office location is Ed Hall 3075 and his office hours for the semester are Wed 11:00 - 2:00 and by appointment.

course-specific links

  • core2s12 Twitter List
  • NIH Training Site
  • Rowan Library Orientation Guide
  • Rowan University Academic Integrity Policy (.pdf)
  • Zotero Quick Start Guide

student research blogs

  • Jason Egner
  • Kristin Tangel
  • Laura Parise
  • Lauren Covaci
  • Megg McCourt
  • Myra Schiffmann
  • Tom Winkelspecht

examples of research-informed texts

  • Burn Lake by Carrie Fountain (poetry)
  • Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut (fiction)
  • Garbageland by Elizabeth Royte (esoteric non-fiction)
  • Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon (fiction)
  • Horror & Heroism by Janet Kelley (feature)
  • In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (literary journalism)
  • Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (fiction)
  • Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer (literary jouralism)
  • John Sarkin: The Accidental Artist by Amy Ellis Nutt (feature)
  • Kyrie: Poems by Ellen Bryant Voigt
  • Libra by Don DeLillo (fiction)
  • Michelangelo's Seizure by Steve Gehrke (poetry)
  • One Big Self by C.D. Wright (poetry)
  • One with Others by C.D. Wright (poetry)
  • Revolver by Robyn Schiff (poetry)
  • Right-Wing Flame War! by Jonathan Dee (feature)
  • Stiff by Mary Roach (esoteric non-fiction)
  • The Book of the Dead by Muriel Rukeyser (poetry)
  • The Falling Man by Tom Junod (feature)
  • The Source of All Things by Tracy Ross (feature)
  • The Things that Carried Him by Chris Jones (feature)
  • Tongue of War by Tony Barnstone (poetry)
  • Underworld by Don DeLillo (fiction)
  • Watching Whales Watching Us by Charles Siebert (feature)

helpful how-tos

  • Adding Audio Over Still Images
  • Black and White Slides for Use in Videos
  • Coverting MP4 to AVI with Easy Converter (created by wrtf10 student)
  • Creating an Effective Folder Structure for Movies
  • Creative Commons Licenses
  • Extracting Audio From Video Clip (iMovie 8)
  • Extracting Audio From Video Clip (WMM) (.pdf)
  • Flip Ultra Instructions (.pdf)
  • How to Capture and Convert Video
  • How to Connecting to Rowan Servers
  • How to Download and Convert Online Video
  • How to Take and Edit Screen Shots
  • iMovie '08 Tutorials
  • iMovie '09 Tutorials
  • iMovie HD and importing from Flip Video camera (video)
  • iMovie HD tutorials (ignore importing info)
  • Ken Burns Effect in iMovie 08
  • Ken Burns Effect in iMovie HD (ebook)
  • Ken Burns Effect in MIcrosoft Photo Story
  • Prezi Tutorials
  • ProfHacker 101 Tutorials
  • Rowan Library Orientation Guide
  • Windows Live Movie Maker for Windows 7: Tutorials for Every Step of the Process
  • Windows Movie Maker 2.1 for XP: Getting Started and Making a Video
  • Windows Movie Maker 2.6 for Vista/Windows 7: Making and Editing a Video

useful free web sites, plugins, and applications

  • Adobe PDF Reader
  • CaptureFox: Screen Capture Firefox Plugin (pc)
  • Creative Commons
  • Diigo: Social Bookmarking and Annotating
  • Download Helper Firefox Plugin
  • Evom: Free Mac app to convert videos & download Flash movies
  • Firefox Browser
  • FireFTP: Firefox Plugin FTP Client
  • HTML-Kit: Free HTML/Text Editor for PC
  • Jamendo: Creative Commons Music
  • Jaycut: Online Video Editor
  • Jing: Screen Capture
  • Microsoft Photostory 3 (pc only)
  • Moby Gratis: Creative Commons Music
  • MP4Cam2AVI Easy Converter
  • Netvibes: RSS Reader
  • Open Source Cinema: Creative Commons Video
  • Pazera Free MP4 to AVI Converter
  • Picnik: Online Photo Editor
  • Pixlr: Advanced Online Photo Editor
  • Prezi: Dynamic Presentation Application
  • Screengrab: Screenshot Firefox Plugin
  • Smultron: Free HTML/Text Editor for Mac
  • Splice Music: Online Music Editor
  • Web Developer Toolbar Firefox Plugin
  • Wordpress.com: Host Blog on Wordpress Server
  • Wordpress.org: Host Blog on Your Server
  • YouTube Multiplier
  • Zamzar: Online File Format Converter
  • Zotero Quick Start Guide
  • Bill Wolff's Composing Spaces has a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License
  • XML Sitemap
  • Valid XHTML 1.0
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