Ethan Smith - Non-Print Media Fall 22

 Visual Literacy, if you are not familiar with the term, is defined as the ability to evaluate, apply, or create conceptual visual representations.  This link  will lead you to a video that I thought was very insightful in familiarizing the topic.  During our last meeting, my classmates and I wrapped up our first unit of the semester with Dr. TO. The unit mentioned was comprised of lessons and readings with regard to visual literacy, and I feel as though it was a great unit to start the semester with. When I enrolled in the course Writing for Nonprint Media , I had assumed that just meant that we would be learning how to effectively write for an online audience. I had no idea that the focus of the class would be diving into texts that by my previous definition of texts were not texts at all, but song, dance, art, and speech. Learning about visual literacy solidified my understanding of the course, and has exposed me to new learning strategies that I will not only be ...

 Hey all! My name is Ethan Smith, and I am a first-semester sophomore enrolled at Slippery Rock University. I am in college studying Secondary English Education, and am keeping this blog for my class "Writing for Non-Print Media." I am the second one in my family to pursue a degree here after my brother who graduated this time last year.  The purpose for I am keeping this blog is to give me an outlet for reflecting upon the units in which we progress through in this class over the course of the current semester. I am looking forward to keeping an open mind to ideas that I may not agree with, or even to ideas that I am unfamiliar with. I expect to learn a lot while in this class and am looking forward to expanding my knowledge and strengthening my mind alongside my peers.