Original Content Post 14 - June 4th
What do you appreciate most about your learning about web writing? I learned so much throughout my four weeks in our web writing class. I appreciate the lessons that I learned along the way. Some of the things that I learned are the following. 1) Data isn't just about the numbers. Data is the driving point into how a content creator's platform will succeed or fail in the future. Data can be collected on just about anything on a content creator's platform, it's all based on what you want to learn about the content creator in question and what content they create specifically. 2) Writing on paper is a completely different subject when comparing web writing. To me, before I started this class, I always thought that writing was just writing, but I now have a new perspective on writing and web writing respectively. 3) Web writing allows content creators, viewers, and analysts to gather information about content on the internet and draw conclusions to the millions of questions that we have on a regular basis when it comes to the internet. Whether it relates to social media posts specifically or a content creator's video, we are able to use the processes that we learned in class to get to conclusions on a number of subjects in the future.
These are great points to mention. I still get caught up in the "Data is not just about the numbers". I think that is something that needs to be taught in more classes in lower grade levels, like middle school. Early enough for students to grasp the concept, old enough to differentiate important information.
I never realized how different web writing and paper writing are, as dumb as that may sound. I went into this course thinking that writing is writing and there is no difference except for what material it is written on. We went from writing on paper daily in elementary school to web writing daily by posting on social media or even just texting.
