Writing in the Digital Age: Using Video Content for Learning in the Visual World
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2023
Pages: 50
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Writing in the Digital Age: Using Video Content for Learning in the Visual World provides the opportunity for the reader to understand how communication has evolved in the digital age.
As our society increasingly leans on visual content, specifically video, we must adapt our learning for the present. Roughly 70% of the population are visual learners now. From board room presentations to short-form social media, the future applications of writing in the visual world are endless.
This book is a resource primarily for students and teachers that features lessons and real-world video examples of high-interest commentaries, commercials and stories that model traditional writing skills for the modern communicator.
Inside you will find 16 Modules (mini lessons) that cover lessons on traditional writing such as attention getters, thesis/main idea, transitions, evidence as well as types of writing - explanatory, persuasive, or narrative. Each module contains live links to videos that serve as examples of the writing skill that it mirrors. There are also critical thinking questions that accompany each video.
Throughout the modules, there are terms colored in orange as a way for the brain to focus on the key lesson, directions, and questions.
Modules Include:
- Module 0 Test of Observational Skills
- Modules 1 – 10 Parts of an Essay
- Modules 11 – 14 Types of Writing: Explanatory, Descriptive, Narrative, Definition, and Persuasive
- Modules 15 and 16 Tone and Grammar
- Suggested Additional Resources
Module 0 Let's Test Our Visual Awareness
Module 1 Prewriting: Subject, Audience, Purpose
Module 2 Facts vs Opinion
Module 3 GIST Strategy: Summarizing the Main Idea
Module 4 Thesis Statement/ Main Idea
Module 5 Introduction and Attention Getters
Module 6 Supportive Details
Module 7 Using Authorities for Support
Module 8 Transitions
Module 9 Conclusions
Module 10 Essay Structure
Module 11 Narrative Writing
Module 12 Explanatory/ Informational Writing
Module 13 Definition Writing
Module 14 Persuasive Writing
Module 15 Tone & Mood
Module 16 Grammar
Suggested Additional Resource Links
Katherine Kuta is a national award-winning author and professor. She has been teaching for over 40 years at the high school and university levels in the areas of English, reading, writing, and staff development in the Chicagoland area. She is currently a consultant and professional writer. Katherine has also worked as a free-lance writer and restaurant reviewer in Chicago. She enjoys sharing her experiences, knowledge, and expertise with her colleagues and students.
Besides being an accomplished author and teacher, Katherine is a reader, writer, traveler, movie enthusiast, foodie, and nature lover. Her husband, daughter Melanie, family, and friends are the relationships that bring her happiness.
Three of her past works include educational resource books, Novel Ideas for Young Readers!, What a Novel Idea! Projects and Activities for Young Adult Literature, and Reading and Writing to Learn: Strategies Across the Curriculum in print form or ebook. This is her first digital book, Writing in the Digital Age: Using Video Content for Learning in the Visual World, 2023.
She believes “Life is about constantly learning. Reading and writing are necessary skills in life no matter what area of study or work one pursues. The digital age is changing us to think differently - to be more observant, make visual inferences, write to analyze, listen carefully, and read more actively for meaning.”
Katherine hopes that this book increases understanding of academic writing in our visual society and critical thinking for all who use this book!
Writing in the Digital Age: Using Video Content for Learning in the Visual World provides the opportunity for the reader to understand how communication has evolved in the digital age.
As our society increasingly leans on visual content, specifically video, we must adapt our learning for the present. Roughly 70% of the population are visual learners now. From board room presentations to short-form social media, the future applications of writing in the visual world are endless.
This book is a resource primarily for students and teachers that features lessons and real-world video examples of high-interest commentaries, commercials and stories that model traditional writing skills for the modern communicator.
Inside you will find 16 Modules (mini lessons) that cover lessons on traditional writing such as attention getters, thesis/main idea, transitions, evidence as well as types of writing - explanatory, persuasive, or narrative. Each module contains live links to videos that serve as examples of the writing skill that it mirrors. There are also critical thinking questions that accompany each video.
Throughout the modules, there are terms colored in orange as a way for the brain to focus on the key lesson, directions, and questions.
Modules Include:
- Module 0 Test of Observational Skills
- Modules 1 – 10 Parts of an Essay
- Modules 11 – 14 Types of Writing: Explanatory, Descriptive, Narrative, Definition, and Persuasive
- Modules 15 and 16 Tone and Grammar
- Suggested Additional Resources
Module 0 Let's Test Our Visual Awareness
Module 1 Prewriting: Subject, Audience, Purpose
Module 2 Facts vs Opinion
Module 3 GIST Strategy: Summarizing the Main Idea
Module 4 Thesis Statement/ Main Idea
Module 5 Introduction and Attention Getters
Module 6 Supportive Details
Module 7 Using Authorities for Support
Module 8 Transitions
Module 9 Conclusions
Module 10 Essay Structure
Module 11 Narrative Writing
Module 12 Explanatory/ Informational Writing
Module 13 Definition Writing
Module 14 Persuasive Writing
Module 15 Tone & Mood
Module 16 Grammar
Suggested Additional Resource Links
Katherine Kuta is a national award-winning author and professor. She has been teaching for over 40 years at the high school and university levels in the areas of English, reading, writing, and staff development in the Chicagoland area. She is currently a consultant and professional writer. Katherine has also worked as a free-lance writer and restaurant reviewer in Chicago. She enjoys sharing her experiences, knowledge, and expertise with her colleagues and students.
Besides being an accomplished author and teacher, Katherine is a reader, writer, traveler, movie enthusiast, foodie, and nature lover. Her husband, daughter Melanie, family, and friends are the relationships that bring her happiness.
Three of her past works include educational resource books, Novel Ideas for Young Readers!, What a Novel Idea! Projects and Activities for Young Adult Literature, and Reading and Writing to Learn: Strategies Across the Curriculum in print form or ebook. This is her first digital book, Writing in the Digital Age: Using Video Content for Learning in the Visual World, 2023.
She believes “Life is about constantly learning. Reading and writing are necessary skills in life no matter what area of study or work one pursues. The digital age is changing us to think differently - to be more observant, make visual inferences, write to analyze, listen carefully, and read more actively for meaning.”
Katherine hopes that this book increases understanding of academic writing in our visual society and critical thinking for all who use this book!