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The Last Post

The Last Post

I’d like to start this out by stating how legitimately surprised I am that this semester has gone by so fast. What the heck? I’m sure this is a twisted metaphor for life and all that, but it’s far too late at night for me to go there.

For the final project I plan on teaming up with Steven and his project, but I also had an idea of my own to summarize this semester’s teaching (life) lessons. I want to do something with illustration and a kind of comic page. I’m sure it sounds weird, but I’d like to wrap up the semester with something funny and thorough, and a decent example of multimodality. I could totally be that person who turns in a 5 paragraph essay though! (Though actually, anyone who does would have quite a bit of pressure on them at this point and would probably write one heck of an essay.)

Also, when it comes to multimodality, I don’t know much about using Twitter for it except for where we have all endeavored this semester, but it did remind me of how some authors create webcomics. One webcomic in particular – dare I say it – Homestuck, is a particularly interesting model of multimodality. It incorporates text, music, video, illustration, animation, and even video game aspects into it as well as a burgeoning pile of references and external links to other works across the expanse of the internet. It strikes me as odd that that style of story telling could be so immersive and honestly could be applied to other forms of entertainment and teaching.

As for Twitter, I don’t see myself using it anytime soon except to read what others have to say. I’m sure it is a useful resource to those who use it, but I feel like I have enough to do between managing my Facebook and my Tumblr art accounts. I am too long winded to enjoy the text cap of Twitter. I’m glad that it is helping getting important information out there though, and I think there really is no limit to how useful social media can be, even with the down sides they carry with them as well.

One Reply to “The Last Post”

  1. I’ve tried a couple of times to get into Homestuck but i can’t. it’s too daunting- SOOO MANY CHAPTERS! that sounds like a fun project! presenting that sort of information is an easily consumable and approachable way, i honestly can’t wait to see it! Would you make yours into a web comic like homestuck and throw links into the pictures and dialogue? that would be neat. i hope it works out well for you, good luck!

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