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Hello All! Or should I say ‘Goodbye All’… I’m sad to say that this post concludes my CTW Writing Portfolio blog. Throughout this course I have posted a variety of things ranging from research advice, my personal opinion on various learning techniques and, of course, numerous updates on my research project. Persoanally, I’m very sad to say … Continue reading »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayOyxTtkVeM This video is a multimodal representation of the all-consuming, yet fleeting atmosphere that social media creates. I created this short film to convey to my audience that social media should not be used as a replacement for social interaction. The song featured is “Passage D” by flashbulb.

Hello All! So this post is more for me than you but I just wanted to share something a little bit personal about how this class (My English/CTW course) has effected me. All throughout elementary school and middle school I LOVED writing. I mean seriously, I absolutely adored it. In the fifth and sixth grade … Continue reading »

Hello All! For the past couple days now I have been working on creating a multimodal presentation (in my case a video) to go along with final paper. Making the video has not only been extremely fun, but it has also shown me first hand how often times we need a visual component to really … Continue reading »

When getting assigned the multimodal component of our research assignment I knew from the beginning that I wanted to use a video to convey my point. I decided it could be a cool idea to film myself scrolling through my various social media platforms and then put it in fast motion. After filming the video … Continue reading »

When reading through my peers blogs I cam across a post, written by my friend Alex, comparing his writing style to a wave. He does this by explaining that when writing, he starts with a lot and then narrows his essay down to whats really important to his main point afterwards. While this is probably that … Continue reading »

Hello All! As a chronic procrastinator I know first hand that while it’s not the best idea, with enough coffee anything can be crammed out in time. Right? However, as I have learned throughout my college experience there’s a big difference between “cramming something out” and spending an appropriate amount of time on something. When … Continue reading »

Hello All! So the time has finally come for me to embark upon the final essay of my research project. For those of you who don’t know I have been spending the quarter going through a variety of research techniques and papers trying to formulate my own arguments on whether or not social media has … Continue reading »

Hello All! As many of you know, I recently conducted a survey to help determine whether or not social media has amplified the social and sexual pressures on females. The contents of my survey (which are displayed in my last post) asked the subjects an assortment of questions ranging from basic information, like their genders, … Continue reading »