textbook materials: Picturing Texts website
citation
Ball, Cheryl E. (2004). Picturing Texts website. New York: W.W. Norton. Available: http://www.picturingtexts.com.
abstract [from site]
Redefining composition to include conscious attention to images and design, Picturing Texts is a writing textbook that teaches how to compose visual texts as well as how to read them. This Web site is a repository of useful materials for working with the book. It includes online readings, with suggested focus and respond sections [coordinating with the structure of the print book]; guidelines for writing for the Web; links to resources on the Web that will help students do the kind of work invited by Picturing Texts; and more.
purpose: This website accompanies the writing/composition textbook Picturing Texts (Selfe, Cynthia; Faigley, Lester, George, Diana; & Palchik, Anna; W.W. Norton, 2004).
contribution
- content for 7 interactive chapters
- content for 3 sections of ancillary materials
accompanying materials
website
book project/edited collection
citation
Ball, Cheryl E., & Kalmbach, James (Eds.). RAW: Reading and writing new media. (in progress)
RAW (Reading & Writing) New Media is an edited collection of 22 chapters and includes four sections: Reading New Media, Writing New Media, Situating New Media, and Teaching New Media. This collection contains chapters by a range of new media/writing studies scholars, from graduate students to full professors, many of whom are well-recognized in the field.
status
Prospectus and four chapters go to MIT Press in November 2006, for consideration. 18 chapters are in final editing stages.
co-editor/contribution:
- James Kalmbach is Professor of English at Illinois State University.
- My contribution = 50% editorial work on 22 chapters + 40% authoring on book introduction.
accompanying materials
- prospectus [draft]
- annotated table of contents [draft]