Rock my network was nothing that I was expecting. I cannot imagine being apart of so many different social networking sites. I cant even handle facebook and twitter! They both take up so much of my time as it is, I would never be able to get anything done with more sites. It was interesting to see in the end how the author found someone which was what she was looking for the whole time basically. It was definitely an interesting article.
Next, we are to discuss how/if technologies helped connect our us to our writing, place and class. I would have to say that yes, using these different technologies helped in all three areas. First, in my writing, I was able to learn about different styles of writing, ex found poem and haiku. I liked being able to express myself with different genres. Next, with my place, well in my twitterive I used some youtube clips, I made my own video, and uploaded pictures. I used different technologies to show the audience my place so they could understand the value or it. Finally, to my class,, technology definitely helped me to interact with the clas.s. I sit in a row all alone and dont talk to anyone in the class ever. Twitter has allowed me to talk to some of the girls and phil once in a while when I dont speak face to face with them in class. It is a way to talk to them even though I am shy and no one wants to sit with me :(
My blog and twitterive are pretty close to representing my real identity. As you can see in my twitterive, I hate being at Rowan. I get very emotional and upset when I am here and all I want to do is go home. I feel like i portray that very well in my twitterive and on twitter. I try to seem a little more upbeat on things that I know my classmates may read so in a way I am faking my online identity, but for the most part thats who I really am, an emotional wreck who hates Rowan Univertisy and loves Ocean City, my home.
1. At the end of my prologue I told you the place so you didnt have to guess, should I do that?
2. The story is about me with a few exaggerations, but I write in third person, should I keep that or write "I" instead?
3. Did the different multigenres I used help tell the story? Are there any I should take out?
4. Did the story make sense in the order I chose?
5. Can you tell what my place is? Does it seem consistent?
6. Does it end well?
For class we are doing a Heavy Weight Rock Paper Scissors event in class and we all were assigned certain parts. I am supposed to be a fan writing a letter to "boxer 2"
Dear Phil,
Hi, My name is Brittany and I am one of your biggest fans. I am 8 years old and I am on love with rock-paper-scissors! I play it all the time and I try to play just like you do. I was listening to the radio when I first heard about you. They were talking about how you were going to be at the local super market playing Cootie Caitlyn. You beat her ten times in a row! From then I knew you were my hero. I went to all of your events even and watched you win. I heard you are going to be performing in a professional match! Of course I am going to be there on the sidelines cheering for you.
I saw you the other day while I was with my mom in the super market and I waved to you and told you I liked your gray beanie, you smiled and said thanks. It made my heart melt.
I know it is probably a lot to ask, but I was wondering if you could send me an autograph. I want to hang it on my wall next to your poster. It would mean to much to me. With this letter, i included a self address, stamped envelope so you dont even have to pay for it!
I really would love to hear from you soon, I will see you at your match on Thursday. I can't wait to scream at the top of my lungs and cheer for you, after all i am your BIGGEST FAN!!!
Thank you for taking the time out of your busy training to read this letter. Good luck against Dee Light!
Love Always,
Brittany
Today in class we met with groups to discuss our twitterive. Going into this discussion I was kind of lost and didn't know where I was going to go with my idea. After answering some of the questions and hearing their ideas I was a little bit more confused with the idea they had but I was vague with them so it was my fault. In the end we came up with an idea for me. Here goes..
Who are the characters: Me
What connection/disconnection do you/characters feel about the place: I start and end my day here, whether I am at home or at school.
When does this story take place: One full day / happening now
Where does this story take place: It starts and ends in my bed.
Why does the story take place: I spend a lot of time here, this is where I do the most thinking.
How does this story take place: this one was kind of tricky to answer, but I decided that I am most comfortable in my bed, I do the most thinking there, I love spending time there.
When we finished discussing, the group tried to help me come up with a story idea because beforehand I only had my bed as a theme. I told them about how I noticed I am always tweeting about how comfortable my bed is, how I can’t wait to go to bed, or something relating to my room/bed. They decided I could do something about how I spend most of my time in my room. I liked their idea, but I was kind of lost as to where I could go with it so I kept thinking and I shot them an idea. I asked them what they thought of me doing a story about someone’s daily routine. They wake up in their bed, and go throughout their day, and end up back where they started, in bed. They liked the idea, they thought I could go take naps throughout the day so the bed is still in the story a lot. I am pleased with this feedback!
I am glad we got to meet with the groups because now I have a solid idea and I know I can start working on the assignment more and really develop it.
Creative writing is something that I never used to like, but in the last few years I have really started to love it. Right now I am taking Creative Writing 2, Writing Children's Stories, and Journalistic Writing along with this Writing Research and Technology class. Therefore I am constantly writing different things this semester. Writing different things in each of these classes has helped me to notice different genres.
In this class we have read different types of readings and we also wrote poems and short stories. In my first microfiction, I used a line from Anzaluda's writing. My short story was NOTHING like hers. Honestly, I didnt even really like my microfiction with the line I used, looking back on it I know I could have done better with it, but it still worked for the assignment.
My microfictions are completely done at random. They have nothing to do with my twitterive. I have just started thinking of what I really wanted to do with it. The microfictions helped me to work on the length so I know I can now write a microfiction about the topic I am planning on doing.
We also did a haiku, which again, had nothing to do with my twitterive. Really, it was just random as well! I wish that i had used different words when writing the lines of the micro fictions so that the haiku would have been better. I wish I used more descriptive words so it would be a better haiku.
The only thing that I have done this far that is worthy of being in my twitterive would be my found poem. By doing this assignment I noticed that I tweet about my bed, sleeping, having a bad day, napping, etc. all the time! That made me think that maybe I will do my twitterive about my favorite place, my bed. Haha! I think it will be a fun thing to write about.
Writing these different types of genres is going to really help when I write my twitterive since we have to use different types of genres. Although the ones I have written so far are on a random topic, it gives me ideas about what different things I can include.
