Remixing is as old as art itself. As digital technologies expedite the transition from passive consumers of text to an engaged, read/write culture, we explore the pedagogical benefits of the remix in relation to writing and tackle the thorny issues of plagiarism and illegal appropriation.

1. Collaborative writing in the social media classroom. Dr. Leif Gustavson, Arcadia University Vanessa Scanfeld, MixedInk DON’T JUST WRITE… REMIX!

2. Collaborative Writing Experiment

14. What are students saying? MixedInk introduces a new dimension to collaborative writing, and that is the ability to mold other writing into a new piece. I was able to have those "ah-ha" moments because someone else's thoughts triggered me to think about something in a different light… MixedInk allowed me to create a whole new response in which I fused together my thoughts and the thoughts of my classmates… In the end, you have this amazing explosion of thoughts and ideas that belong to a group of people.