My Claim

Parents should monitor their children's internet usage because children can be exposed to information made for mature eyes only.

Synthesis Blog

The think I find most difficult in writing academically is organization. For me I have no problems generating ideas for a specific topic but when I try to organize my thoughts, this is where I struggle. I have a tendency to elaborate on my supporting ideas but then I tend to stray away from my topic and talk about something else. It is much easier to write creatively I think because there is no pressure as compared to writing for a class. I can free write and express my ideas clearly enough for the reader to grasp my thesis right away. Integrating sources is difficult at first but after you are able to find one great source, that will lead to the next good source. It is almost a domino effect once you are able to find the initial source because you then have some ideas about your next source.

Multimodal Reflection Blog

There were a couple of choices as far as my audience and purpose. I wanted my audience to be targeted towards business oriented people and consumers who use the internet to shop around on. Also, consumers who don’t utilize the internet for researching purposes because after they have read my topic they might start using the internet more often. My purpose for writing this essay is to inform readers about the impacts of businesses choosing not to use the internet for their business. I would have to say I am proud of my organization of this essay because a lot of time was put into this project and research as well. My pictures and hyperlinks are great sources of information relating to my essay. I would have liked to improve my proofreading for this essay because my brain is thinking faster then my hands are moving sometimes. I would have also like to improve on incorporating my powerpoint slides into my essay because this will look more organized and an well efficient essay. I think that we were allotted plenty of time, but as you already know, most of college students procrastinate until the day of the essay being due. I also like how to made us complete the final draft a week ahead of time because this was very helpful since I always wait until the last minute. I would have to say the my topic of choice was ok for this multimodal essay because I had already done research on my hypertext essay that was similar to this essay. I think I could have spent more time on researching information for other sources such as books and magazines. I believe that if we were allowed to revise these essays, I would have an “A” every time but sometimes things don’t work out the way that you would like. Overall I am proud of my research on this multimodal project and now I am just “thrilled” over the web argument project, ha ha.