I think that my work this semester in English 364 has been great. I have never studied race, gender, or media before, so it was completely new material for me. I had used Weebly in a previous semester, and although I knew how to work the basics, this semester really enhanced my skills in website-making. I learned other ways to help navigate a website instead of use the bar on the top or the side. Often, buttons on a homepage can suffice and also may look better than a typical nav bar.
I also learned how to direct my projects to a specific audience. My first hyperessay, which was focused on disability use on the Internet, has mulitple target audiences. While I was writing, I had to understand that because I was publishing to the Internet and not simply handing in a paper, I could have potentially thousands of visitors, which means many different audiences. In order to cater to such audiences, I tried to touch upon each point of view in my hyperessays. I particularly enjoyed the fact that my writing could be used as a place of interaction for many people.
Contrarily, I used specific voices, tones, and levels of formalities when I wrote my blog. My blog was a place to share my opinion, and thus I tried to incorporate my personal voice into these posts.
Among all of these papers, hyperessays, blog posts, and projects, I utilized correct grammar, rhetoric, etc. I always began with a draft, and then published a final piece a few days/weeks later. It’s harder to see this process because the posts are online and only the final piece is published, but you can infer the process because my pieces are well-written and have (hopefully) great grammar and punctuation.
I believe I mastered the art of being abel to write/compose in many genres, as we have had many diverse projects this year. The two main components, Weebly and a movie, are two different sources of media that we’ve used. I have never used iMovie before, and although my skills can still use some work, I have learned a lot about putting together a movie. Unlike my hyperessays which were a little more directed toward activism, my movie was of an entire different genre. It had to do with dance music, and thus allowed me to make a more upbeat, lighthearted composition.
One thing that was similar in all of my projects was my use of primary and secondary sources. Primaries were extremely significant in my movie, because I did live interviews. They also proved helpful when using newspaper and magazine articles for references in my hyperessays. Secondaries were extremely useful as well; I retrieved most of my basic facts and information for my hyperessays from secondary sources, mostly from the web.
I also learned how to direct my projects to a specific audience. My first hyperessay, which was focused on disability use on the Internet, has mulitple target audiences. While I was writing, I had to understand that because I was publishing to the Internet and not simply handing in a paper, I could have potentially thousands of visitors, which means many different audiences. In order to cater to such audiences, I tried to touch upon each point of view in my hyperessays. I particularly enjoyed the fact that my writing could be used as a place of interaction for many people.
Contrarily, I used specific voices, tones, and levels of formalities when I wrote my blog. My blog was a place to share my opinion, and thus I tried to incorporate my personal voice into these posts.
Among all of these papers, hyperessays, blog posts, and projects, I utilized correct grammar, rhetoric, etc. I always began with a draft, and then published a final piece a few days/weeks later. It’s harder to see this process because the posts are online and only the final piece is published, but you can infer the process because my pieces are well-written and have (hopefully) great grammar and punctuation.
I believe I mastered the art of being abel to write/compose in many genres, as we have had many diverse projects this year. The two main components, Weebly and a movie, are two different sources of media that we’ve used. I have never used iMovie before, and although my skills can still use some work, I have learned a lot about putting together a movie. Unlike my hyperessays which were a little more directed toward activism, my movie was of an entire different genre. It had to do with dance music, and thus allowed me to make a more upbeat, lighthearted composition.
One thing that was similar in all of my projects was my use of primary and secondary sources. Primaries were extremely significant in my movie, because I did live interviews. They also proved helpful when using newspaper and magazine articles for references in my hyperessays. Secondaries were extremely useful as well; I retrieved most of my basic facts and information for my hyperessays from secondary sources, mostly from the web.