For the final project in my writing class, we were given the task of transforming our researched argument into a “multimodal” project. Going into this final project, I was concerned by the word “multimodal.” I didn’t even really know what it meant at first. I was not sure how I was going to turn my project into something that was effective, that fit the guidelines of the project, and that was in the means of the time constraint and my own skill level.
However, I realized that the term multimodal is intentionally ambiguous, and we simply needed to develop a project that was unique to our own assignment. The project needed to take our boring research paper and turn it into a medium that is easily accessible for our audiences.
My argument, that sex education needed to be taught at the university level to address the issue high rates of STDs, STIs, and pregnancy among teens and young adults in the United States, is geared to speak to both university administrators and university students. Inspired by a recent conference I personally attended, and by the frequency that my professors attend conferences in their field, the idea of making a mock sex education conference came to mind.
So that is exactly what I did. I created a mock conference that would be hosted right here on Santa Clara’s campus. I created a Facebook Page to market the event, and attached is the daily schedule (imagine it as a trifold brochure) for my conference.
