Bill Wolff, PhD

Associate Professor, Communication, Film, and Journalism, Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA

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  • what the web looked like on 9/11

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    Bill

    Many TV and radio pundits have mentioned that this is the first 9/11 anniversary for President Obama and are scrutinizing his every statement, bowed head, and solemn look. But this 8th anniversary of 9/11 also marks the first anniversary of the event on Twitter. Or, more correctly, it marks the first time when Twitter…

  • possible collaborative writing assignment for grad class

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    Bill

    This semester in Writing for Electronic Communities I would like to try a collaborative writing assignment that uses a wiki or GoogleDocs. I’ve never done a collaborative writing assignment before. The assignment would have the following goals: introduce students to wikis and/or Google Docs as a collaborative writing space as distinguished from blogging and…

  • possible texts for “writing for electronic communities”

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    Bill

    Last December or January I posted a note to Facebook listing possible texts for my upcoming gradurate course, Information Arcgitecture, asking friends for comments and suggestions. I got great feedback, but because I am no longer using Facebook, I decided to try the same here. Writing for Electronic Communities meets once a week for…

  • 6 recommendations for teaching with the flip video camera

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    Bill

    In June 2008 I received a grant for 20 Flip Video Cameras (.pdf) to be used in one of the required courses in the Writing Arts undergraduate major at Rowan, “Writing, Research, and Technology.” The general goal of the course was to extend traditional conceptions of composition by applying it to the medium of…