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Creating Multimodal Compositions

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Dry-Interactive Timeline I knew very quickly once I began reading Dry by Neal and Jarrod Shusterman that I wanted to create an interactive timeline for this book. The events in the book take place over a very short period of time and there are some major events. I also knew that I wanted civic engagement to be a component of my timeline since Dry is a cli-fi novel. Rather than incorporate images and videos that might have told the story of the book, I chose to use videos, images, and websites that would educate people on climate change while also highlighting the importance of water and how the world could potentially run dry one day. I used the dates from the novel with a short synopsis of what was occurring on that day and then included different media on climate change and water. I really enjoyed the process of creating a multimodal response, maybe a little more than I thought I would.  multimodal composition - Bing When I started to think about the types of media I wanted to incl
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Technology in the Classroom

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When I was growing up, social media did not exist. Most of my friends didn’t even have computers in their homes, let alone access to the internet. In sixth grade, my school was able to buy about 30 desktop computers to be housed in a “computer room”. Teachers could sign up for specific time slots and take their class to the computer room where we mostly played games that kids today would certainly laugh at if given the opportunity. Back then, I don’t think anyone was aware at how essential computers and internet access would become in our everyday lives. Fast forward to today and I am currently active on a few social media platforms but my primary purpose is to keep in touch with friends and family. I primarily use social media to share pictures, and document experiences; however, I do occasionally read stories or articles relating to current events or pop culture. Most recently for a previous class’ assignment, I created a PechaKucha on the need for more mental health services in ur
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The Writing Process

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 As I sit here and try to figure out what my writing process looks like I struggle to find one technique or set of rules I follow for every piece of writing I do. My writing process very much depends on what I am writing but typically follows a goal-driven process similar to the one outlined in “A Cognitive Process Theory of Writing” by Linda Flower and John R. Hayes. Flower’s and Hayes’ mention writers working under a “high-level goal or plan to explore: that is, to think the topic over, to jot ideas down, or just start writing to see what they have to say,” (382). This is certainly something I do but it takes many different forms, usually resulting from the question, “What am I going to say about this?” Depending on the topic or the type of genre being written, the first step in my process likely involves note taking, which I consider as part of “exploring”. I start by researching the topic with the hope to really narrow the scope of my topic. Once I’ve taken notes from several sou
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