Writer/Designer

by Cheryl E. Ball, Jennifer Sheppard, Kristin L. Arola

Grounded in multimodal theory and supported by practice in the classroom, Writer/Designer streamlines the process of composing multimodally by helping students make decisions about content across a range of modes, genres, and media from words to images to movement. Students learn by doing as they write for authentic audiences and purposes. The second edition of Writer/Designer is reimagined to clarify the multimodal process and give students the tools they need to make conscious rhetorical choices in new modes and media. Key concepts in design, rhetoric, and multimodality are illustrated with vivid, timely examples, and new Touchpoint activities for each section give students opportunities to put new skills into practice.


Based on feedback from instructors and administrators who incorporate multimodality into their classroom—or want to—this brief, accessible text is designed to be flexible, supporting core writing assignments and aligning with course goals in introductory composition or any course where multimodality matters.

Genres: Academic

240 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 8, 2013

Reviews

[Ali · Rating 4 out of 5]

Solid, easy to follow digital writing textbook written in a friendly tone that will appeal to students. Lots of examples, lists and projects to turn the abstract into concrete.

[Tiffany]

A great text for multimodal projects. Easy for students to understand, and short enough that they will.