1) I very much enjoyed the Wysocki text about the multimedia of text. I identify as a visual learner so I can appreciate the conversation that Wysocki illustrates in terms of translating design and visual thinking in composition. I think students very much benefit from reflection on things such as font, spaces, and aesthetic appearances of writing. My main question for Wysocki's work would be how can we implement this thinking into our own course design and instruction? How can we foster a better awareness in our students for the ways in which they are influenced by visual design and aesthetics in their everyday lives. I think to my internship in which students ask the question is Instagram a genre? And I think that this question reflects the way in which contemporary culture can sometimes be desensitized to the importance of multimedia texts.
2) I enjoyed coming back to Yancey's ideas on portfolio evaluations. I think this article comes at a good time in the semester when we have had opportunity to observe classes and reflect on teacher-student interactions. I feel that Yancey's self-reflexive approach can serve as an important answer to student's "product-based" thinking. For example, I observed in my own internship a high level of anxiety in students when they were faced with the prospect of evaluation even for rough drafts. So my question for Yancey would be "How can we give students confidence about their writing and encourage them to be reflexive even within the drafting process?"
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