Nick Lanza

@nicklanza

Millersville U ‘24

104 posts

What Do You Like Most About Your Learning?

What I like most about my learning is that I was able to gain a different perspective on creating content. I am used to getting the communications standpoint on creating content and not the writing or English standpoint. So I have learned quite a few things such as keeping audiences in mind and the importance of content strategy. Although I have learned this in my communications courses, this class helped with understand that these are the purposes for creating content.

It is definitely important to learn different views because it makes you a more well rounded person.

Brainstorming the Skills: Creativity

Creativity is the process of using your personality in your writing or when creating pieces of art. I consider anything that someone can make a piece of art, so this category is very broad. Creativity can come in many forms such as using figures of speech, or colors, or images. Creativity is all about making something special to you that gives the audience a glimpse of who you are and what is important to you.

Creativity is important without it nothing new will be created.

Content

Content is what is written, said, or represented. In other words, content is what makes your work your work. To write a paper there needs to be written words in it.

Learning

Learning is gaining knowledge of new material, skills, behaviors, values, etc. There are many ways in life you learn, the most obvious way being in school, whether that be from high school or college. In addition, you can learn skills from a trade school. You don’t even need to go anywhere to learn. You can simply learn something by observing an individual.

Communication

Communication is how people send information to each other. There are multiple ways people can communicate with each other. The two most common ways people communicate is with speaking and writing.

Critical Thinking

I understand critical thinking as a form of problem-solving. You can perform critical thinking by analyzing all the information available to you. With the information available to you evaluate your options. Then choose the option that you think is best.

Peer Feedback #2

I'm diving into content development and could use your expertise. What are your top tips and tricks for creating outstanding content? Whether it's mastering tone, visuals, or engaging your audience, I'd love to hear your insights and experiences. How do you consistently create content that resonates? I've been brainstorming and created the list above. I feel like my list is missing some elements.

I would add tricks on marketing your content to get more likes.

Peer Input #1

Within my HTWG I include a slide dedicated to introducing content strategy and why it is important.

I was wondering if this is too much text for one slide. Dr. P noted that content creators don't want to read a lengthy 12 slide slideshow so this was me trying to bunch all the info about content strategy into one slide.

I would break this up into two or three slides, but you get your point across perfectly.

Feedback

I think I did pretty well on this section of my how-to-write guide. I tried to keep it nice and simple. I am just curious if anyone has any ideas to get more views on YouTube. I am aware there are plenty of other ways outside of captions, clickbait, and hashtags.

Feedback

I think I did pretty well on this section of my how-to-write guide. I think I went into an appropriate amount of detail. I am just curious if I am stereotyping. I am well aware there are women and people from areas that aren’t rural that fish. From experience, this is the type of people that fish.

Feedback

I think I did pretty well on this section of my how-to-write guide. I tried to keep it nice and simple. I am just curious if I need to add anything or if I should expand on some ideas. If I were to do it should I make a new slide or add to this one?

How Content Creation Went

Content creation went rather well for me. I got the bulk of what I wanted done, but I wish I could have added more information. What I learned from the content creation project is how content creators promote their content. While content creators use a lot of clickbait a lot of it is based on fact.

Tips

One tip I included in my how-to-write guide is to narrow down your audience. The reason I chose this tip is because if you make content, you want to think about who will watch your content. Make the content according to how you think that group would like.

what does your final revision process look like?

I am going through, comparing my work to the guidelines, I am also going through feedback from my peers via. tumblr. I am making sure I have analyzed my data fully, and that the way I am presenting my work is clear for my audience.

I would recommend using Grammarly it is helpful for looking over your work.

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How will you integrate your created content so it's meaningful in your How to Write Guide?

Week 12: How will you integrate your created content so it's meaningful in your How to Write Guide?

To create a meaningful "How to Write Guide" specifically for TikTok, you can integrate content in several ways. Here are some that I am going off:

Scripts: TikTok scripts to illustrate effective storytelling, engagement, and use of language on the platform. This can serve as inspiration for content creators.

Content Structure Examples: Use outlines or structures for different types of TikTok content, such as challenges, duets, or tutorials. Demonstrate how to grab attention quickly and maintain it throughout a short video.

Trend Analysis: Leverage insights to analyze current TikTok trends. Offer content creators information on trending topics, challenges, or hashtags, helping them align their content with what's popular.

Caption and Hashtag Suggestions: Provide suggestions for catchy captions and relevant hashtags. This can help creators optimize their content for discoverability and engagement on TikTok.

Visual Content Ideas: Integrate ideas for visually appealing content. TikTok is a visual platform, so suggestions for creative camera angles, editing techniques, and visual storytelling can be valuable.

Optimizing Video Length: Provide insights into ideal video lengths for different types of TikTok content.

I think basing off what you see on TikTok trends is the most important thing because those are usually the more popular videos.

How To Write Guide

For my how-to-write guide, I will integrate my audience from the content strategy project. My target audience is men who enjoy outdoor activities. So, I will target that group. I will think of what they would want in my how-to-write guide. By narrowing down my target group I can make the best possible how-to-write guide by isolating my audience.

Good Revision Process

Having a good revision process is essential in life. The most important reason is that it helps you look over your work. If you do not look over your work, you could risk coming off as unintelligent and unprofessional. For example, if you were to apply for a job and not revise your application, you risk losing your job because you did not look over your job application, even if you are qualified for the position. In addition, even if your first draft is decent, there could be things you can do to your work to make it better. You can do things such as better sentence structure and visuals.

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