Josh Keller

[joshkeller13]

Writing Journal 11/4

In the articles, 7 things Every Designer Needs to Know about Accessibility by Jesse Hausler and Accessibility Guidelines for UX Designers by Avinash Kaur both talk about accessibility and making things easier for many different people on web pages. It is pretty cool to see some of the details that websites have to make it just as easy to navigate, read and understand for people who may have problems with other things in life. One being, Consistent Navigation in a web site, you don't want to be lost on a website when you are trying to look for something. I find it very useful and efficient if I am lost on a website and there is something that can navigate me to the right spot. And one thing that I found interesting was that in the article by Avinash Kaur, said about how you cant have content that flashes more than 3 times per second unless it is really small so that it cannot cause seizures. And another thing that I found was cool was the color contrasting for people with low vision and difficulty reading the text. Also, they said about different things that are like touch screens for phones, laptops, etc need to be a certain length/size (9mm wide and 9mm high). The reason they do this is for people who have mobility impairments. It is really unique how these websites can adapt things for people who may have trouble seeing something or using something so that it can be easier for them to access and navigate there way through the website.

I used visual and linguistic for my models. I used visual to show the reader what I am talking about. And I used linguistic to get my point across in my own words. 

[joshkeller13]

Professor Conference and Peer Review

Peer reviews can have its goods and bads but I personally don't like doing them just for the reasons that if I am reviewing someone else's paper, I am not the best writer out there and for me to be looking/grading someone else's work I feel is pointless because I could be wrong with what I tell them to correct. And there were times where I had my paper peer-reviewed and the other student told me to correct something and then when it was reviewed by the professor they changed what the student told me to change basically changing it back to what it was. Another reason why I think that peer reviews are not really that good is because some people's opinions could be very different from yours and sometimes the feedback can be negative. Although, I do think sometimes peer review can help because sometimes I get stuck with writing papers and having new ideas from others can give me some more inspiration for my writing. The good thing out of peer review is that you can get the chance to see how your classmates write/form their papers up and learn from them too when reading their papers. Professor conferences I do like a lot because it gives me a chance to be one on one with the professor and get their food for thought on my paper. It also can let me see what they are truly looking for in the paper assigned. Also, I feel like the professor always helps with putting good twists onto the paper to make it more informative/engaging.

I used visual and linguistic. I used visual to show a picture / GIF and I used linguistic to bring my point across in words.

[joshkeller13]

Journal Post 10/16

In the chapter “Sustaining Critical literacies in the Digital Information Age: The Rhetoric of sharing, Prosumerism, and Digital Algorithmic Surveillance” and the video clip with Danah Boyd both basically talked about how social media and search engines may have more power than you think. It's crazy to think about how social media and search engines can manipulate people's thoughts and choices in life by simply giving false information to get them into using their platform more to do more research on something that could have caught their attention. In the video, Dianah talked about Youtube and how its the place for people to go when they have questions or if they want to look something up; some of that information is manipulated to satisfy the person looking for it. Another thing that Dianah said that really stuck out to me was that these platforms can pick key terms/words that were used in the last search you did and find other ads or websites with those keywords in it to sort of loop you into believing that information that keeps popping up. It's just mindblowing on all the things they do to try and manipulate the way people think or state their opinion. With that Dianah summed it up to say that when those people go on google or bing so search that “news” they heard that they are basically just getting conspiratorial content instead of the proper info that they should know.

I used visual and linguistic for my rhetoric strategies, I used visual (GIF) to show what I am talking about and then I used linguistically to help me state my opinion.

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10/2 Writing Journal

In the reading, What is Rhetorical about Digital Rhetoric? Perspectives and Definitions of Digital Rhetoric, it talked about how digital rhetoric can be hard to describe for some people due to the different ways people view digital rhetoric. It’s almost as if there is no solid definition as to what digital rhetoric was or is. In the reading they also had a video the shows them interviewing what I assume to be professors. And they asked each one of the the same thing, “How do you define Digital Rhetoric?”, and none of them gave an answer more so trying to work around that question/ avoid talking about it. I feel like the main thing with Digital Rhetoric is that it can be looked at differently or be understood differently by way people may view it in their mind. Therefore I feel like it should be what you believe it is due to everyone having their own view point. It said that digital rhetoricians view/see rhetoric as a theory or an art of making and teaching. I feel like the viewpoint/definition will always change as the future goes on because there will always be another person who sees rhetoric differently.

I used visual and linguistic, i used visual that shows the thinking to define Digital Rhetoric. And i used linguistic to verbally get my point out and across to other people.

[joshkeller13]

Writing Journal 9/27

Chapter 9 “Writing in Knowledge Societies” taught me how much some people can or want to use rhetoric in order to get their side of their story out there and across to the audience. Also metonymy was brought to my attention, and its basically a type of metaphor in which an object is used to describe something that is closely related to it. Within this chapter I never really understood how much rhetoric and metonymy was used in general but especially with scientists. It just goes to show how important rhetoric really is when it comes down to scientists using it. But there has been some questioning if rhetoric even works most of the time for the scientists. 

I used visual and linguistic approach so I can verbally state my opinion in the article. I also use visual to show something that relates to science due to the article being related to that subject. 

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Writing Journal 9/25

After reading the articles, Multimodal Composing and Women, Rhetoric politics on Pintrest, it really made me realize how many ways there are to taking notes. I feel it’s all up to the individual themselves to determine how they want to/prefer how to write. I think it also is a big part on what the individual prefers for that subject. Most of my classes I write notes the same but there were some that I had to do something different for because that style wouldn't properly help me learn what it needed to learn. Also I feel like women are more on Pintrest then men but I do know some guys that have one but don’t hardly ever use it. 

I used visual and linguistic, I used linguistic to get my point out and i used the visual (gif) as a response to me thinking of all the ways to write depending on the person.

[joshkeller13]

Journal 9/20

In this reading, “Miracles of the Digital Age” technology and the uses for it especially for the up and coming generation has been used more and more each year. I can remember back in elementary school having the over-head projector and looking back its kinda crazy to see where we are now with technology. I do feel that technology is important to be involved with in this generation and especially in the future due to more technology coming out and it getting more updated/advanced for our generation. Education purposes I feel like technology has benefited me with staying on track, learning, and making things easier. For ESU’s, D2L is pretty helpful with all of my classes in the aspect of the work that I need to study/complete. Though I feel like back when it was my first semester here, I had to mess around with D2L a little bit until I understood it. So I do think that when technology is a key factor in your learning or anything in our lives, we must also be taught how to properly use that technology at its best. I know some people that have professors that have a problem with technology being used in their classroom but I feel like if the university is going to be so heavily based on technology towards education that it should be used across the board regardless if that teacher prefers it or not. At the end, I feel like technology is a key thing for our future regardless what you do as a career because its going to just keep evolving as time goes on. it will help to provide new opportunities to lear and grow as person as well. 

The two modes I used in this journal was linguistic and visual. I used linguistic because I can explain what i want in a specific way and try to get my point across at the same time. That is why I used visual (gif) to represent technology being used. 

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9/6 Writing Journal

After I read “The Primary Care Clinic as Writing Space” in my eyes it really emphasized on how important and complex medical documentation can really get. One simple error in that documentation can possibly do harm to your patients as well as yourself and career. For my major, athletic training, we do whats called SOAP notes in which we have a way of writing important information down in a specific way to understand what our patients may be having problems with or what kind of injury they might have. Also, this goes into the “literacy” that the article was talking about where if something is not understood, or explained to the fullest it could effect the patients progress to improve and or recover. Being able to write down information that will not only help me understand the patients problems, but also allows for others who might to comprehend and be able to help out. The thing about writing down information and/or documenting everything about a patient is what helps diagnose and treat them as well. Although, written communication can also be very confusing and complicated at times. For example, a doctor could write something down about a patient and it might be interpreted differently to other doctors or nurses. Therefore, it’s important to improve not only written communication but verbal communication to help better the health care system and help the future doctors and nurses in the field.

For my rhetorical strategies I used linguistic and visual. When I use linguistic I feel like I can get my point across in a more detailed way. And for the visual I used a gif and I have a typewriter in it to represent the documentation being made. 

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9/4 Writing Journal

When reading the first comic “Spaces for Writing”, I found that the exploring visual literacy part was very interesting. I found it interesting in the manner that framing/cropping of the picture can change the whole meaning behind what is supposed to be portrayed - it can change the message that is being brought out. I think it really is a unique thing to be able to take a single picture and and it be able to tell you so many things. For example, if a picture was taken of a person smiling while walking with a bunch of school supplies in their hand, you could assume that they are excited to start school while heading to class. Another key thing that was brought up is that words can even throw off a pictures story and can completely throw a different idea out. like the example i used before with the person with the school supplies, if I were to insert a caption stating “Finally done with all my classes for the day!” it would change the meaning to possibly the fact that maybe that person ended classes and is relived or happy that they are done for the day rather than being excited to start classes. 

For my rhetorical strategies, I used linguistic and visual. The reason I used linguistic is because depending on the type of response, I have to give, it may be easier to say what I need to say. Secondly, one being the visual using the gif, it can give everyone a visual statement to sum up about what visual literacy really is. 

[joshkeller13]

Introduction

Hey everyone, my name is Josh Keller and I am a junior here at East Stroudsburg University and my major is Athletic Training. I have always been involved with sports since I was young, I started lifting in middle school as well as playing football and that is when I started to grow my interest in athletic training. I have got to work with ESU’s Baseball team and it was a great first experience. I have always been a big USC (University of Souther California) Football fan since I got involved with football. I am thrilled to meet new people and experience new opportunities within my major. 

 USC’s Brian Cushing and Clay Matthews in 2008 before they got to the NFL