“Seeing ourselves Through Technology” Chapters 1-3 Post 

In Jill Walkers Rettberg’s “Seeing Ourselves Through Technology I feel chapter 3 was my over-all favorite. Chapter 3 was my favorite and was very accurate in my opinion. Jill Walker Rettberg talks about serial and cumulative, it’s about looking at an individual post, or only sells us part cool to read only to tell us part of the story. Tinger, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat it’s easy to make yourself look like something you’re not. People love using filters and that’s half the story, and that brings in the self-representation and the self- presentation argument about which means what to someone. They now a days hide behind filters and other social media, like to present an image. People aren’t confident in their selves that’s why they need assurance form the rest of the world. I know a lot of people who are just existing on social media and not lengthy may act like everything is ok, but their life is usually a mess.  

 Chapter 2, it talks about how Walker explained filters and how we used them in our daily lives. Filters has always been a-part of our world no matter the era.  They analytical term to understand algorithmic culture. Us as humans will always filter out the parts in their life that does matter without even noticing. My main two examples the spoke about was the coffee or the photos. Reading this article brought new aspect of thinking and on how filters affect us. My point of view on filters can be broken down into complex topics and reasons on how we filter our lives. Us as humans can filter out simple pictures to make us look better or we can filter out our news and get what we want to see. I feel filters have helped humans see and hear what they want.  

“Seeing Ourselves Through Technology”, chapter one she talks about the text or people self-representation with digital technologies is a form of self-documentation. I never keep my photos not one. I feel a memory is best lived in the moment and stored in your mental rolodex. How could a picture I no longer have be a documentation of my-self? In the section Writing about the self the author talks about Augustine’s “Confessions” written in 397-8 CE was the first autobiography. -people rarely wrote about oneself in 16^th century. -b 30% of the population were literate in the early 17^th century, then 70%-90% in the 19^th century. – First English language autobiography was “The Book of Margery Kempe” by Margery Kempe in 1373.  I didn’t know there where so many illiterate people in the 16^th centry. 

 I also feel there should have been more self-assessment prices during that time regardless of that. I know people still wanted to write. Overall I feel “Seeing Ourselves Through Technology” was helpful information and it will make me a better reader and writer.  

CITE: Jill Walker Rettberg (2014). Seeing Ourselves Through Technology. 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN 

How to Read Like A Writer: Summary 

In the essay Read Like a Writer, Mike Bunn explains the basics of reading like a writer. One must really pay close attention to the way authors write their pieces of work. Also, this will help the reader decide if they like or dislike the way the author is writing a piece, and if the reader does like that style, it can be replicated in their own writing. If not, the reader will know what types of writing they are not comfortable reading, and in turn will write according to their own preferences. Bunn also introduces the idea of using quotes at the beginning of a piece of work. Some people find that using a quote is more effective with impressing their readers, but it is not a guarantee. In this section, Mike describes the differences between RLW and normal reading. Normal reading consists of the reader barely scratching the surface of a piece for information. RLW is obviously a much deeper process. When RLW, one must really think about what the author is conveying to the audience, how this information is being conveyed, and what one can do to write like the author. Bunn acknowledges that “for most college students RLW is a new way to read, and it can be difficult to learn at first” (75). He tells his readers that learning how to RLW will improve their writing skills, and that most college instructors assume students have this skill, though most do not. Also, because students have written papers before in their educational career, students have an advantage when RLW. Bunn states, “All of your previous writing experiences – inside the classroom and out – can contribute to your success with RLW” (75). This is because students have a basic knowledge of how to write, and how to see the way in which an author is writing. The Author uses several past students to explain some of the most vital parts of RLW. The most common suggestion was for readers to examine the context around the assignment and the piece that must be read. The reader must know the author’s purpose for the piece of writing and the intended audience for the piece. The Author states that readers must consider the genre of a text before reading. By genre, he means poem, article, essay, etc. One must also pay close attention to the type of text being read. In conclusion the essay was about the benefits of RLW. 

 
Cite: Mike Bunn (2017) How to Read Like a Writer This Essay is a chapter in Writing Spaces: Reading on Writing, Volume 2 a peer reviewed open textbook series for then writing class room. http://writingspace.org/essays 

Why Blog?: Posts 

In Alex Reid article “Why Blog?  Searching for Writing on the Web” I took three benefits of blogging that he talks about in the writing peace. At the beginning of the search Alex talks about a study done by Malcom Gladwell. In Gladwell’s study it showed to be an expert or to become a professional you must dedicate 10,000 hours to your craft. Unfortunately, decades of research suggest extrinsic motivation can hurt our performance. Blogging allows you to be more of a free writer and have less restrictions. The next thing that the author talks about is the benefits of blogging. A blog is an excellent opportunity for exploring and developing motivation for writing. On a blog you control the subject matter the length, the form, the timing of the post, and all characteristics of ones writing. The author also talks about how blogging will need to come from inside and discover such motivation not only for writing but I general. Motivation for your academic writing and later into writing as a professional. The next point I will discuss if how many kinds of blogs there are. The author states that a blog is different depending on the content. Public diaries, armature journalism or political views. Specific interest or something that will discuss my journey in English. He also gave us samples of popular blogs such as The Huffington Post, Mashable, Tech Crunch, Gizmodo, Engaged, and more. The last main point I will talk about is how to discover what to write. The first one is Class Blog. The student and the instructor post common blog on the subject. The second one is Individual Reading or Learning blog. Write specifically about the topic of the course or reflecting or a learning experience. The third is Class Team Blog. Update your blog on the classes project and progress in that class. The last one is Individual Blog which is autonomy writing style. In conclusion the author Alex Reid talks about the benefits of blogging. He feels blogging is an excellent opportunity for exploring and developing motivation for writing. I feel everything has a benefit, even the worst things. So, I can see how he feels blogging will make you a better writer. It will allow you to think different then you would in other writing and reading classes. Alex also talks about how you control the length of your writing, subject matter, timing and all characteristics of your writing. This my personal favorite because it different from other teachers’ regular style of learning. It allows you to have more fun with your writing and thinking. Over all the author believes that blogging will increase your writing abilities and make you enjoy writing. After reading this post I am more excited about our blog journey 

     Sources: Why Blog? Searching for Writing on the Web. By Alex Reid 

Imagining the Blogosphere: Posts

In the article Imagining the Blogosphere, Graham Lampa of Hamline University weaves the ideas and terms of writers, researchers, and scholars and the experiences of the real world to define, as he calls it, the ‘blogosphere’. Lampa emphasizes that while the ‘blogosphere’ may feel like an online community, that community is only imagined. He claims that online news blogging has vast advantages over print blogging; online news blogging has room for personal experiences and ideas rather than that which has been written by a paid individual and then heavily edited. After reading this article, I have not only gained insight of blogging and the blogosphere, but also insight on myself. For starters, I never realized the amount of those that do not update their blogs, and those to the extent to never return to their very own blogs. After reading about the research and surveys mentioned in the article, I could not stop thinking about how it accurately related to me. The article mentioned that the average abandoned blog only lasts about four months. I instantly thought about this blog. I only created one purely for this class. In two months’, time, I would not come back to use this again. There will be no need because this course will be finished (and hopefully I passed). Like many of you in this class, we will abandon our blogs and continue our lives without worrying about turning in our notes and reflections by three in the afternoon on a Friday. Though we were required to build a blog, I feel a bit sad to let it go soon. Yes, my excitement about this blog has dramatically died down since writing the notes and reflections each week, but the idea of blogging still sounds intriguing to me. Honestly, if I had a blog (not for school), I would completely stop utilizing it after four months tops. The main benefit is the independent news blog as opposed to formal, print news sources is that the amount of opinions, accounts, and resources of blogging are, according to Lampa, unlimited. Still, while blogging may feel a global process, Lampa restates that any semblance of community within the ‘blogosphere’ is, indeed, imagined; only the most popular blogs are ever commonly seen, and blogs can only be reached by those with easily accessible internet. It is important to have real people giving us insight about a would event.