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Welcome to the course blog for the Fall 2018 section of Advanced Exposition at the University of Florida! This course is designed to practice public writing, digital rhetoric, and multimodal composition. Most of the required course assignments and readings are in the schedule. In addition, all required course tools are free for students, including Canva, Arduino, Instructables, Cura, and Tumblr. Assignment prompts and student responses are all tagged and searchable for future educational purposes.

(This course Tumblr is designed as a closed, secondary group blog, meaning that students need a Tumblr account and an invitation to access, and no external replying is allowed.)

Please contact the instructor, Emily Brooks, at emilyfbrooks [at] gmail [dot] com if you have any questions!

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Speculative Introduction #gradcap Playdoh Instructions #playdoh Testing Printrbot Plays #3Dprints Bookmaking Activities #bookmaking Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature Movable Books Visit #UFlib Post-It Notes Stack Flip Book #postitflipbook Animated GIF #animatedGIF Light Up Paper Circuit Cards #papercircuits Arduino Pseudo Theremin #Arduino

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Gamebooks Internet Archive Collection #Chooseyourownadventure Interactive Fiction Theory excerpt “Thinking Into the Box: On the Use and Deployment of Puzzles #Thinkingintothebox Sensing Success, Touch, Tactile Fictions #tactilebooks Thinking as Handwork: Critical Making with Humanistic Concerns #criticalmaking Dialogic Objects in the Age of 3-D Printing #dialogicobjects Zines Then and Now #zinesthenandnow The Margins of Print #Marginsofprint Picturebooks #Picturebooks Zoetropes, Phenakistoscopes & Flip-Books Were The Original GIFs #originalGIFs Bibliocircuitry and the Design of the Alien Everyday #Bibliocircuitry

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I was very excited to take this course after hearing the course’s pitch: “You are being taught to be able to explain a variety of things to a 5 year old.” I always want to find ways to improve my writing and appeal to as wide of an audience as as I possibly can, and the pitch for this course made me really excited to be able to accomplish just that. 

Throughout this course I learned so many things. Not only did I learn how to improve my writing to appeal to a variety of demographics, I also learned how to make an interactive narrative, 3-D print cool and interactive designs, an infographic, little golden books, GIF’s, really interesting but very complicated arduino computer coding, and so much more. I honestly do not believe I would ever learn all of these, let alone one, in one semester course. This course also made me realize some strengths and weaknesses I have in my writing. While they are things I can improve upon, it was nice to be able to be cognizant of these tiny little mistakes that I would make that would drastically make me improve my writing skills. Its a work in progress, but I will get there! ]

The tumblr portion of the course was a very interesting, but very scary concept that (sort of) pushed me to make my work public. Anyone can stop by to see it. You don’t need to be a UF student to see my work online. That’s totally scary and nuts, but very rewarding. I remember when I got my first comments on my instructables project which made me realize that there are other people in this world searching for the content I was creating. Someone is bound to find my work, and I just have to accept that it is now out there, and I somewhat enjoy that. 

I got so much from this course. This course taught me so much about sharing my work and not being afraid to let my ideas go out there. It also taught me many ways I can improve my writing. I always strive to improve my writing in general, and having a class that dedicated portions of time to that felt very rewarding. I feel like so many new things and ideas came up throughout the time of the course. Now I am viewing books differently and redefining what a book is. I also want to expand my genre palette when considering reading new books. 

This class definitely helped out with a lot of things involving my writing and my view on literature, and I deeply enjoyed every class, every lesson, and every moment I spent being in that classroom. I don’t think I will ever take a class that is this jam-packed with content and learning. I really enjoyed this course. 

I can’t believe this semester is already over! It seems like only yesterday that I was scrambling around campus looking for my classes and anxious about what this new chapter in life would bring. Well, now I am here and I can say that taking this class this semester has made me a more confident writer, increased my ability to digest scholarly papers and boosted my confidence for treading in sensitive areas when telling a story. The format of the class really pushed me out of my comfort zone which I can already feel the effects of in my ability to create. Thinking about reading and writing in terms of form and function as well as design has opened doors for me in my mind freeing me to just write and see what happens. The revision process we learned is really helpful as well. I used to try and make it perfect on the first draft, but now I write and reflect and then edit and write again. This new approach allows me to look at things I want to tell a reader but think of how I can do it symbolically, allowing the reader to make the connections themselves. This method of show don’t tell is more rewarding for the reader and for the creator as well. One thing I really enjoyed this semester is the reactions I got to my writing. It is very hard to create something personal and let others look at it, but the looks on everyone’s faces whether disgusted, surprised, or happy, let me know that my intent was felt and that my work was having the desired effect. One thing that pushed my boundaries was all the crafting! I love words and I love playing with words, but as is evident in my final project, I came to enjoy (slightly) working with my hands to craft an interesting and memorable experience for my reader. Going to the libraries and seeing the different books from the special collections played heavily in some of my design decisions, and I would love to play more with different builds and methods in the future. I want to mix adult themes into the children’s book space and create something like pulp fiction the pop-up...it would be hilarious. At the end of the day though I am sad that this class has come to an end (even though I am ready for the semester to be finished!) I enjoyed growing as a writer with this class and I hope to see you all around campus.

When I seriously recalled the last few months, I realized I learned a lot from this class. It was informative and interesting, and I often found myself most excited to come to ENC3310 as opposed to my other classes. I felt ready to learn something new every time I walked in. My favorite part of this class was the creativity involved. I was highly engaged with the creative assignments, and while they were fun and felt light-hearted, they also conveyed important details about the way society shares and processes information. From creating my own instructions to writing for children, the literary skills I had to construct for these seemingly simplistic assignments were profound.

Regarding self-reflection on my writing habits, I noticed how often I overcomplicate my writing to sound more sophisticated. Unfortunately, it easily becomes confusing with all of the unnecessary information. I mainly worked on fixing this problem because it impacts everything that I write. I also enjoyed writing for an audience. This class has been the first time that I’ve consistently written for someone other than a professor. It raises the stakes, and it truly makes you rethink how you present information. Subsequently, completing the projects throughout the course has shifted my idea of how to write with regards to who I write to since each audience necessitates specific requirements; one writing sample will not work for different audiences.

On the same note, I found it eye-opening to see the detailed process of creating literature for “causal” audiences. It was frustrating to endure the same amount of critical work that goes into academic texts when writing twines, instructions, infographics, and children’s material, but ultimately have them considered as non-academic writing. Collectively, I practiced the art of constructing tailor-made pieces by working with these audiences. I learned how to refine my intention for the audience and how to help direct them, as efficiently as possible, to this intention. For me, this was the most challenging part of the course. I frequently underestimate the knowledge of my audience and feel compelled to add redundant information. Learning how to narrow the scope of necessary information was one of my main goals this semester.

Overall, I liked the combination of class activities and discussions. I thought the class was well-paced and contained a good variety of assignments. I would be cautious, however, to perform some of the same activities with a larger class. Because our class was so small, every project felt intimate, and I was able to develop discussions with all of my peers about their ideas. I worry that a larger class would not hold the same feeling, and I wouldn’t have felt as connected to my peer’s assignments.

If I learned one thing from this course, it is that there is room for creativity in even the simplest of materials. The capacity to create something instructive, entertaining or a mix of the two does not rely on the cost of the materials used. I learned the most when creating my final book project. I would definitely be interested in expanding on it because it was fun for me to make. I can see myself continuing to craft different styles of books.

This has hands down been one of, if not, my favorite class at UF! Thank you, Emily, for being so helpful and supportive. I had a wonderful time being creative, and I am so appreciative of your passion!

Arduino Project...Can't really hear it though...

Like many of us, I did not know what Zines were prior to being assigned to read about them. So, when hearing more and reading about them (i.e. this article), i’m surprised to hear about ho incredibly popular zines have been for such a long time. Its funny how even in the article, there really isn’t a definitive definition for a zine saying that there is a “ubiquity” in finding a true definition and “acknowledging how difficult [defining zine] is.” I also like how the example used in the article highlights how zines cannot be described without a “show and tell” first. I also learned about how they come in all shapes and sizes, mainly due to them mostly being self-made and self-written. During my time in the Civic Media Center, I read some zines that were akin to actual magazines you would see at a grocery store line, and others that had mostly pictures with a few words and sentences around them. Zines really highlight and describe the complexities of art. It has no real definition, and one zine can look entirely different from another. The article describes this notion by stating that “describing zines abstractly is difficult, [and] nearly everyone agrees.” Zines have the ability to be able to tell a variety of stories, describe unique and interesting ideas, and highlight artistic talent that you seldom can get from reading typical books. Zines are very interesting and I will definitely look into them a lot more in the future. 

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