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I don’t know about anyone else,  but I had a difficult time paying attention to the Podcasts on Blackboard. From the moment I pressed play I felt like I had a.d.d, my mind started to wander and I couldn’t really function on what was being said. But as I thought about it, in the midst of the cast, I am a pretty visual learner and without a physical text in front of me i generally have a hard time retaining information. Maybe this fits in with the discussion of new media’s and hybrids of the visual/verbal, etc that tend to appeal to different learners…or maybe I am just trying to think of what to say to fill this blog up 

Just wanted to comment on the Wysocki text, namely the activities listed around page 20-40. In particular, I thought the “writing in crayons” assignment was interesting, especially when she suggests to question the class to see if anyone thought about their topic in a different way or began to “drop” ideas because it was just too annyoying or difficult to write them. it got me thinking about the way texts have been created over time, especially in ancient Greece. I’m not sure exactly how they composed their work or the range of materials they worked with,  but it is interesting to think about what sorts of works never made it to text because of the seemingly insignificant fact that it was too irritating to literally write them. When I went to Greece last summer, there were many writings carved into the walls of the sites. They looked so tiny and intricate, but a real pain to physically convey them.   

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My name is Audrey H.  The purpose of this blog is to satisfy the requirement set forth by Dr. Rhodes for Eng 658.  I consider myself adequately literate in terms of computer technology such as using programs like Microsoft Word and excel. I occasionally text to friends and family and know my way around the internet. As far as visual/web design, I don’t know all that much.

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