Whether we are teaching online or on ground, there are many ways we can use various forms of media -- audio, video, images, and graphics --  to teach and learn.  I'm specifically exploring how to use different kinds of media to help writers develop their writing skills. 

I am exploring the use of audio -- podcasting, audio files, sounds -- as another but aligned dimension of writing.  I think audio can help us explore tone, voice and ethos, as well as provide another way to connect with our audiences.  I also thought that it could help with editing (and I laid out my thinking in the SineCurve.) Then, much to my surprise, I found this great podcast interview with Micah Dubinko about how he uses podcasting as part of his editing process. 

This podcast is part of The Writing Show: Where writing is always the story hosted weekly by Paula B.  I think this is a great resource for readers and writers, and it would be my first choice to add to a college podcasting service, but you can listen to it on your desktop too.  Some of the interviews are just in text.

I am also exploring some different uses of video.  Of course, we can use videos as a means of presenting information or as the subject of analysis.  I've been trying to ferret out good videos about the writing process, and have come across a few.  But I'm also trying to find videos as examples of some conventional writing strategies or elements.  My first efforts have been with introductions and conclusions.  There's enough there to keep me busy for a while; maybe someone else is interested in thinking about similarities (and differences) between how writers and moviemakers create coherence or transition between parts of a piece. 

Again, images can convey information or become the subject of analysis.  I haven't quite figured out how they can help writers with the craft of writing, but maybe someone else can.  At the moment, I am using materials from the AP Archive (to which GCC's LMC subscribes) as conventional illustrations in conjunction with audio.

Graphics, like images, can convey information, and the AP Archives has some great diagrams that I have used in class to explain concepts.  But now I'm exploring using mind-mapping software for both brainstorming and editing.  I like FreeMind, but I'm sure there are other versions.  I've only played around with this a little bit.