From Fatima

When we were first assigned to start up our own blog, I felt a bit hesitant at the idea. I think I was under the assumption that blogging would just be an extension of a weekly discussion post, which tend to be dry and lack any level of personality shining through. But as this semester has progressed, I realized I was totally wrong and blogging is actually, maybe, slightly, fun. Although we had prompts to follow and requirements to check off, blogging offered the opportunity to get creative and not focus so heavily on trying to sound correct (however you define that). There was less pressure and I never dreaded having to sit down and write a post, which is a win in my book. Speaking of winning, here are my choices for best post in… Professionalism: Blog Post #1 – The Digital Landscape Seeing as this was my first post, I definitely leaned more into the professional aspect in including sources and evidence and really hitting all the requirements 110%. This acts as the first impres...

For this project, I chose a mix of picture books and one novel: One Plastic Bag by Miranda Paul, A Voice for the Everglades by Vicki Conrad, and Hoot by Carl Hiaasen. Responding digitally made engaging with these texts even more enjoyable and pushed me to explore the books while focusing on different features. Especially in the case of picture books where the story relies heavily on the visual aspect, I found myself connecting the sparse text to the vivid images and drawing meaning from the emotions meant to be elicited. I did end up responding by creating a zine in which I review the books and their many themes, but the designing element of a zine and including images related to the books provided a refreshing twist to the typical written response.  Here is a link to the zine review I created: https://www.canva.com/design/DAGBJaZnvds/dwcen310zS_nZIyoDk4aEw/view?utm_content=DAGBJaZnvds&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=editor In terms of amplifying ...