So This is Late

The presentations were all so amazing and thought-provoking. I enjoyed giving the fairytale presentation, and then learning from the other groups during their presentations.

The rap as literacy one definitely threw me far, far out of my comfort zone. I’ve never exactly tried to write a rap before, and while it is a sort of poetry, it’s very different than the kinds I’m used to. I found the scientific aspects of that presentation very interesting. I had never really thought about that before. It was all very new, and I don’t think it’s something I would have learned about if not for this class. I’m glad I did.

I also found the identity one where they had us make Pintrest very fun and interesting. I had never used Pintrest before (and though I made an account for the purposes of the activity, I still don’t) but it really got me thinking about how we present ourselves in online personas. It never really struck me how central social media can be to a person’s identity in this day and age. It is easy to dismiss social media, but our generation and kids younger than us are growing up with the expectation that they will at least have a Facebook. What people choose to post or not post on social media makes a difference, and I guess I had never really given it much thought before.