Response to Takayoshi/Selfe Piece

Takayoshi and Selfe seem to have a very direct message in their piece. They attempt to expalin why multimodal texts are absolutely neccesary to teach a composition course in the 21st century. While I agree with what Takayoshi and Selfe are trying to say, I also believe it is just as important to include some of the traditional ways of teaching- simply because everyone learns differently. I personally prefer writing papers after doing a variety of different research. By writing I work my way through the my ideas. On the other hand there are students who actually have to be making something- like a movie- to actually be engaged in it and therefore learn more. For instance- in my Radio Practicum class last semester we had to write our story down entirely and get it approved before we were actually allowed to record the story. The way that was balanced worked for me because I worked through my ideas by writing them down and then did an audio clip. In my opinion this sort of balance is absolutely vital because it teaches a combination of traditional writing and "multimodal". Daley's piece shared many of the ideas with this piece but added to Daley's piece by truly explaining the advantages of using multimodal learning in the classroom. In the Takayoshi/Selfe piece it says "such instruction is often refreshing and meaningful"(4). Multimodal instruction is refreshing and meaningful to us because (1) we usually don't get to do multimodal projects in ther classes and (2) we spend a lot of our free time using these technologies for fun- so the project for class is that much better. Our blogs in 308 are a way for us to articulate our ideas in a less formal way than writing a paper and maintaining a community forum by sharing our ideas without having to physically meet and take turns talking. Both of these are reasons for blogging- according to the Walker/ Nardi piece.