Class Reflection

When I first found out that this class wasnt a normal English i wanted to switch out as fast as possible. At the end i am glad that i ended up staying in the class because overall it was a great experience. It was a great environment to be in because everyone was learning how to do everything at the same time. No one was ahead of anyone else so no one felt left out or left behind. (unless they are procrastinators) I believe i have learned skills in this class that i will be able to use in the future. I am so glad that i decided to stick with this class rather than switch to a regular 105.

Argument Report Reflective

When it came to doing this report I am very happy that we did the other two reports. It seemed as if the Hypertext and multi modal were preparing us to do this report. Little by little the projects were getting us used to different things so we can use them when it came to this project. Everything seemed to come easily due to the experience i had working with the other projects. While doing this project it made sense why we needed to do the previous two. If we were to have just jumped into this one it would have been too complicated and too confusing. Overall I believe that this project was a great experience

Claim For Web Argument

The claim i am making for my web argument is that video game play can necessarily be considered an addiction. It has been proven that excessive game play causes psychological and neurological changes which resemble that of people who have a substance addiction. Also a person will become more reliable on playing video game with excessive play. How can something physically change the human body in a way that something else does and yet not be considered the same thing. Thats like saying something that you use to harm someone is not considered a weapon. They have the same characteristics and in turn must be the same thing.

Multimodal Reflective

This time around i found making a hypertext essay more how should i say...comfortable??? Everything seemed to run more smoothly. I suppose the fact that i had somewhat experience with dreamweaver by now i was able to get things done more efficiently because i had the basics understood. In the process of doing this report i learned how different media such as videos and pictures can contribute to the point you are trying to portray in your report. When used correctly the proper use of these additions can turn an average report into an extraordinary one. Overall i liked this report over the previous hypertext assignment.

Podcast

Can Video Game Play Lead To An Addiction?

Hypertext Reflective

Overall i thought that the hypertext project was a great idea. Not only did it require us to research the topic in various ways it also helped me familiarize myself with dreamweaver even more. When i began thinking about how i was going to layout my hypertext i decided that my goal was going to be to give my audience an overview of who digital immigrants and natives were and the conflicts between the two. The biggest problem i had was probably linking my hypertext to my purdue space. The reason this was was because i have dreamweaver at home so i tried to do it from there. There were complication because i had to upload everything to my purdue h drive and then link it from there. After i was able to figure out how to do it, it was pretty simple. Overall i believe that the hypertext was, although frustrating, a great experience.

Semester Topic

The topic i decided that i would like to research for the remainder of the semester is "Do video games prevent someone from having an active social life?" Being a "gamer" as some may call it myself, this topic interests me very much. When people find out that i play video games some of their reactions are "O you play games you dont go out or have friends." when in actuality the situation is the complete opposite. One of the main reasons i play video games is because with things such as X-box Live you can play with or against someone anywhere in the world. This is a great way for me to keep in touch with friends who have went away for college or dont live near me. Even though with me the situation is different, i do see people who completely throw themselves into video games going as far as to dressing up as a character and going to conventions or constantly talking about how they got to the highest level or beat the all time high score. . Some might say these people have no life but in doing so arent they interacting with others?