Tumblr Reflection
When the semester began my perception of rhetoric was to be able to write and deliver a message, while my perception of writing was just being able to write an adequate essay, paper, etc. Now that the semester is coming to an end, my perception of rhetoric has changed in that rhetoric is not about just writing and delivering a message, rather it takes a lot more work because you have to think of ways to make your message more effective. You have to look at who the audience is going to be, and think of the best way to communicate with that audience, for example using multimodality to deliver your message in the form of a poster, PowerPoint, essay, etc. In addition, I learned that multimodality and using mixed media within the Tumblr posts helped reinforce the topic that I was writing about, by giving a visual reference/example to the audience. I really liked using Tumblr to submit our reading responses. I enjoyed being able to use mixed media to further express my writing, as well as, being able to see how my peers expressed themselves. If we were to have used Blackboard, then most likely the writing process would not have been as enjoyable due to the fact that maybe we would have not been able to use mixed media, which to me became an important part of our reading responses. I would not change anything about my Tumblr experience because to me it was enjoyable the way it is. As I mentioned before, I could show my peers my perception of the reading topics through my writing and visuals, as well as see their perceptions through their own writing and visuals, which I believe helps us deliver our messages more effectively and helps us become better academic writers.
The three posts that I believe are my top works are:
W3 Reading Response: https://knsuarez.tumblr.com/post/156685382279/w3-reading-response
In this post, the reading had to do with analysis and I believe that I was able to relate the reading to my major pretty well. This in turn really helped me in writing the response and choosing the visuals that I would use in the post.
W12 Reading Response: https://knsuarez.tumblr.com/post/159506075314/w12-reading-response
I think that this post is one of the top works because I was able to understand the reading/article really well due to the fact that we had been using Tumblr and multimodalities for our reading responses in weeks past, which in turn helped me write about the reading more effectively.
W13 Reading Response: https://knsuarez.tumblr.com/post/159765142734/w13-reading-response
The reading for this post was really interesting to me and therefore I understood the material better, in turn helping me express myself more effectively. Also, I believe that as the semester progressed, my writing skills got better, and this being one of the last reading responses, I feel my writing in this post was one of the best.












