I consider myself to be pretty technically savvy, but after taking this class, I have realized that I am not using all the digital communication technologies available to their full potential – or at all. If I want to someday have a career in digital communication, I need to get with it. Below are a few things I’m going to do. View full article »
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A citizen journalist is someone who reports information to the public – someone who is not actually employed as a journalist; they’re just a citizen. View full article »
My template I chose for my course blog appears to have only two different typefaces – one serif, and one sans-serif. The serif typeface is used in titles and headings, and the sans-serif is used in the body of blog posts, links, and the date/time stamps. I counted about six different sizes of the two typefaces. Even though the two typefaces are quite different, I feel that they work well together – I don’t think it looks weird. View full article »
Well, not only was it helpful to review some of my peers’ project ideas, but the comments I received from them about my project have been extremely helpful, too! For example, Dana mentioned something about having a caricature of “The Pie Lady” (i.e., my mom), rather than a photograph. I can’t draw but I might try to find someone who can, because I know my mom does not love having her picture taken, and I’m already forcing her to make videos. View full article »
When my friends first started using Twitter I thought it sounded stupid, like just some way to follow famous people and hear the not-always-intelligent things that come out of their mouths (or in this case, read them). I said I would never sign-up for one. But since taking more and more Communication classes – including this one – and learning more about all the different forms of social media and how they’re used in corporate situations, my opinion of Twitter has drastically changed. I can now see how it is an asset – a communication tool that should definitely be used. I will be making a Twitter account – not only to increase my own online presence, but to gain experience with something that I hopefully will be using someday in my career, as a Social Media Manager 
For the Wikipedia editing assignment I will be adding content to the article on Document Management Systems, specifically, the portion on Document Control.
My addition: “Document control is a regulatory requirement within … Medical device manufacturing (FDA), manufacture of blood, human cells, and tissue products (FDA),…”
I am Katie. Tonight is the first night of Winter quarter at the University of Washington – my second quarter here. I am in this Digital Communication Technology class because I like to write, I like mediated communication, and it sounded like a fun class!
