Multimodal Literacy Narrative: There were a few elements of this narrative that I really enjoyed. I thought the concept was cute, especially the videos and stories from when she was a little girl. The interview style was pretty effective, but it was wayyyyy too long. The video just kept going. She could have gotten her point across in just a few minutes.
Digital Literacy Narrative: This video was very repetitive. If the author had mixed up the images and her voice overs a little bit, her narrative would have been a lot more effective. I wasn't exactly sure who the audience was for this video, it was not clear who it was made for and for what reason. I did like the movement of the book images, but they could have used a different background, the film strips didn't quite match up with the content of the narrative.
Words, Magic: I really liked this narrative. It was very interesting to watch, and it had a clear point of view. The interview seemed very personal and it did not get boring at all. The simplicity of the video used an impromptu setting with noise in the background and an informal introduction. It really got the point across though.
Digital Literacy Narrative (Peyton): I kind of liked this narrative. I liked the concept of texting and using the cell phone in the video, but I couldn't read the text on the phone. His use of video, text and some animation was very effective. I thought it was better that he put the text on a black background instead of in front of moving video, it was less distracting and easier to read.
Literacy Narrative: I thought this narrative was very effective. It was a great use of still pictures and the Ken Burns effects. The text and pictures told a story from beginning to end and made an interesting point. This video was very interesting to watch.
The criteria that I think we should evaluate our literacy narratives on are content and visual effects. The content is important because it contains the main idea and shows the author's point of view. The visuals are important because it tells the story and grabs the viewer's attention.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Blog Post 5!
I learned a lot about what makes an effective text through this project. Comparing texts that all have to do with the same idea really showed how rhetoric effects everything. For example, who the intended audience is has a lot to do with the look and layout of a web page. Family friendly sites are much more simple and easy to use than sites geared toward older generations. The word choice, font size and color also have a lot to do with who is viewing the site. Every genre also has different expectations for what is rhetorically effective. The movie review sites that I was analyzing had very similar layouts and had many of the same features and elements included on each page. But comparing a movie review website to a social networking site would be completely different. Overall, I learned that every text uses a different way to get their main points across and that every element of the rhetorical situation effects the others.
Cassie's web analysis of how to make sushi was extremely well done. She had an overview of all the texts and did a good job of explaining everything. Because she analyzed websites, videos and books, there was a little more variation in context, as well as purpose and genre. These different mediums would have made the analysis a little bit more difficult because of the broad spectrum of rhetorical situations.
Lauren's layout was a little bit different. She divided everything up by the modes, rhetorical situation, and the IX terms. I found this a little bit harder to follow along with. Posting what the terms were and what they meant in that context helped a lot. Each of her analyses are well written and she goes in to detail on every text. The variation of genres between book, web article and blog were interesting. Seeing how the modes and rhetorical situations change among those mediums is awesome.
Courteney's site analyzed each Avenger's poster individually. This was an effective way of laying out the text to keep all of the ideas for each poster together. It was interesting to see how each poster used the same modes, but they all used them in such different ways to create a rhetorically effective, visual text. Since all of these posters were so visual, they all had about the same purpose, audience, genre and context. Seeing how the modes change among these is very interesting.
After looking through all of the class' websites, there were quite a few that I liked. Tai's was very interactive, I especially like how the skateboard turned over on each specific page. I also liked Nick's webpage. It was very easy to use, I really liked the pictures and the color scheme and header.
Cassie's web analysis of how to make sushi was extremely well done. She had an overview of all the texts and did a good job of explaining everything. Because she analyzed websites, videos and books, there was a little more variation in context, as well as purpose and genre. These different mediums would have made the analysis a little bit more difficult because of the broad spectrum of rhetorical situations.
Lauren's layout was a little bit different. She divided everything up by the modes, rhetorical situation, and the IX terms. I found this a little bit harder to follow along with. Posting what the terms were and what they meant in that context helped a lot. Each of her analyses are well written and she goes in to detail on every text. The variation of genres between book, web article and blog were interesting. Seeing how the modes and rhetorical situations change among those mediums is awesome.
Courteney's site analyzed each Avenger's poster individually. This was an effective way of laying out the text to keep all of the ideas for each poster together. It was interesting to see how each poster used the same modes, but they all used them in such different ways to create a rhetorically effective, visual text. Since all of these posters were so visual, they all had about the same purpose, audience, genre and context. Seeing how the modes change among these is very interesting.
After looking through all of the class' websites, there were quite a few that I liked. Tai's was very interactive, I especially like how the skateboard turned over on each specific page. I also liked Nick's webpage. It was very easy to use, I really liked the pictures and the color scheme and header.
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