Writing 321- Multimodal Writing in Public Spheres, Fall 2016
This multimodal writing class was centered around the idea of being able to "write" for various audiences. In order to do so, we had to pay close attention to who we were writing for, and what mode of writing would be more effective to communicate the appropriate message to them. This site will serve as my explanation of all of the projects that we completed, and how this helped me to achieve the objectives of the course.
At the beginning of the semester we started talking about where we were from. We focused on this when we wrote our “I Am From” poem which was our creative place to talk about the essence of where we came from, and a little about how we got to where we are. In the next project, which was our audio bio, we focused on something that made us who we are. In my recorded piece I focused on my job at the beach and how it changed so much about who I am today.
Lastly we started our main focus for the semester which was the Quest for Refuge Project. We started with research; learning about stories of people who have gone through the refugee process and the struggles that they have faced. We then started preparing for an interview with a refugee, we found out our partner was a woman from Liberia so we did some research about the context of where she came from, and the reasoning for her displacement. We used the interview techniques that we learned in class and in readings to create questions to ask Celcelia Nelson during our interview. It was amazing to hear the first hand accounts of the First Liberian War. From there we began the editing process with the footage that we had, which required us to use various editing softwares to complete our project. In the end we were able to create a narrative of Cecelia’s journey, and what she wanted people to know about her life story similar to what we did with our own audio bio project.
To view my full website with the showcase of my work from the semester, click here.