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"Issues of New Media"

October 27, 2009 Columns Comments Off on "Issues of New Media"

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Ball, Cheryl E., & Hewett, Beth L. (2003). Issues of new media. Kairos: Rhetoric, Technology, Pedagogy, 8(1). http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/8.1/binder2.html?coverweb/index.html

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Issue art designed by Mark Bildeaux (an undergraduate student of Cheryl's, at Michigan Tech)

Issue art designed by Mark Bildeaux (an undergraduate student of Cheryl's, at Michigan Tech)

This editorial column introduces five cutting-edge (in 2003, and some still) webtexts for the new media issue of Kairos. The column also discusses the history and reasons for choosing new media for this issue, definitions of new media that focus on how we distinguished it from other genres of online scholarship, why new media is necessary to explore in scholarship, and the changes in editorial processes we struggled with because of the new media texts that were submitted. (Historical note: This issue of Kairos launched my research agenda into new media scholarship.)

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"Poetry & Song: The Process of Composing"

October 27, 2009 Designs Comments Off on "Poetry & Song: The Process of Composing"

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Designer. (2001). Poetry & Song: The Process of Composing [Website].
http://www.hu.mtu.edu/oldsites/poemandsong

abstract
The Poetry and Song website showcases the relationship between the written word and song. Featuring renowned writer and keyboardist Bill Payne from the group Little Feat, this site lets you explore how professionals approach the craft of songwriting. Payne shares his original poetry and discusses how those poems were transformed into song; his insights are accompanied by rare footage of three Little Feat songs performed in a solo-acoustic format. In addition, you can find a range of resources on poetry and songwriting and even create original songs by combining your lyrics with music samples provided here.

(Note: Site featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education, 5/31/2002)

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  • website (site has been moved since original publication; graphic menu is disabled, so use text-only option)

"Technobabe Times"

October 27, 2009 Designs Comments Off on "Technobabe Times"

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Designer. (2003–04). Technobabe Times [Newsletter]. Michigan Technological University.

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I was the newsletter designer for this print publication. The newsletter was an on-campus and community feminist publication for women and men who worked with technology, distributing local and national news and local opinions and information about women’s causes such as health care and equality. (On a campus with an 5:1 male to female student ratio, a feminist newsletter was an important campus outreach activity.)

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"C Literary Magazine"

October 27, 2009 Designs Comments Off on "C Literary Magazine"

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Production Manager. (2003–04). C Literary Magazine. Michigan Technological University.

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I started this 64-page, perfect-bound undergraduate literary magazine to publish winners from the campus’s annual undergraduate literary contest. Students in my Publications and Information Management (HU 3630) class created the magazine’s title and design and performed basic editing on the collection. I supervised their work and performed final design revisions and editing for the press publication.

[Note: C Literary Magazine was published from 2003 until 2006, when a faculty member transitioned it into a national journal, PANK Magazine (personal correspondence, M. Bartely Seigel, 2007).]

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"Synopsis"

October 27, 2009 Designs Comments Off on "Synopsis"

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Designer/Editor. (2005–06). Synopsis. Utah State University. [2006 Winner of STC Newsletter competition].

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Synopsis is the print newsletter for Utah State University’s student chapter of  the Society for Technical Communication. I edited and directed the newsletter design as interim faculty advisor for the group.

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"Constructing a Tool for Assessing Scholarly Webtexts"

October 27, 2009 Designs Comments Off on "Constructing a Tool for Assessing Scholarly Webtexts"

citation
Designer. (2007). For Allison Warner [Author], Constructing a tool for assessing scholarly webtexts. Kairos: Rhetoric, Technology, Pedagogy, 12(1).
http://kairos.technorhetoric.net/12.1/binder.html?topoi/warner/index.html

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This webtext presents a tool for assessing the scholarly value of online journal publications. It is part of a larger study that uses Kairos webtexts to investigate the scholarly nature of online texts. The goal of this larger study is to deliver a rubric as an instrument to facilitate the acceptance of online texts within English Studies as evidence of scholarship for professional advancement. In order to understand more fully how an online text can be recognized and valued for its scholarly legitimacy, it is crucial to explore the nature of successful (published) online scholarship. The assessment tool presented in this webtext is comprised of questions that help to reveal commonalities and deviations in the function and value of traditional (print) scholarly conventions toward defining an emerging genre of online scholarship. This webtext is designed using a web browser interface that should be familiar to many web readers. Web browsers enable readers to view web pages and provide a gateway to finding information online. This webtext was intentionally designed to draw attention to the interactive ways in which readers can approach texts that are created in or remediated for the Web. This design is mimetic to my thesis, that scholarly webtexts need both familiar and new assessment tools in order to be valued by academic stakeholders.

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"English Studies: Redbird Style!"

October 27, 2009 Designs Comments Off on "English Studies: Redbird Style!"

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Producer. (2009, September 25). English studies: Redbird style! [Promotional video]. Presented at Executive-in-Residence Forum, English Department, Illinois State University.

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This 6-minute promotional video was filmed by several faculty and staff members in the English Department at Illinois State University to showcase the variety of disciplines that “English Studies” covers. I coordinated filming assignments, editing, and produced the final video.

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"Review of Writing Spaces, 2nd edition"

October 20, 2009 Reviews Comments Off on "Review of Writing Spaces, 2nd edition"

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Ilyasova, Ksenia, & Ball, Cheryl E. (2004). Review of Writing spaces, 2nd ed., by Jay David Bolter. Technical Communication Quarterly, 13, 135–138.

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self-explanatory

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  • Not available; Closed-access publication.

"Best Practices for Online Journal Editors"

October 20, 2009 White Papers Comments Off on "Best Practices for Online Journal Editors"

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Council of Editors of Learned Journals. [Co-author on subcommittee for electronic journal guidelines]. (2008, May). Best Practices for Online Journal Editors. http://www.celj.org/downloads/CELJEjournalEditorsGuidelines.pdf

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The Council of Editors of Learned Journals promotes electronic publishing as a legitimate method of disseminating creative and scholarly work in the humanities. The following compilation—representing the best current advice and practices of CELJ members—is intended to support editors of new and existing online journals in their efforts to produce publications whose value to the academy and to broader intellectual and artistic communities will be recognized. Online publication, for the purposes of these guidelines, includes serial journals and magazines that are specifically designed for digital access and that circulate on the World Wide Web, in library indexes, or in some other digital medium. Fundamentally, editors of online journals should uphold the highest standards of craft and/or scholarly thoroughness, accountability and fairness, as do editors of traditional print journals. However, there are additional dimensions to electronic publishing. The advice that follows takes into account concerns shared by all scholarly journals, regardless of medium, as well as concerns specific to online publication.

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"Who is the future employer?"

October 20, 2009 White Papers Comments Off on "Who is the future employer?"

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Ball, Cheryl E.; Ferraro, Lora; Rossi, Rebecca; & Schulz, Christina; et al. (16 authors). (2008, August 22). Who is the future employer? New Leadership Board of the Economic Development Council, Bloomington-Normal, IL.

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Since the start of the decade, Bloomington‐Normal has watched neighboring downstate communities, including Decatur and Galesburg, respond to de‐industrialization, unemployment, and heightened anxiety about long‐term employment and quality of life for residents. We have been impacted far less
than these neighbors. However, Bloomington‐Normal residents, employers, and employees—including
this New Leadership Board and the Economic Development Council—must keep an eye on the national
trends affecting our economy, as well as steward a customized plan that maintains existing employers
while also attracting new ones to our region. We’re glad to be part of what promises to be an ongoing conversation within the Bloomington‐Normal
community and offer the EDC this report comprised of the following sections:

  • Current Employers, with a focus on seven critical areas representing primary existing and newly emerging industries/professions.
  • Proposal for Developing Future Employers, with corresponding Advantages and Disadvantages to our proposal.
  • Summary

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