Ch 4 Production Teams

The most amazing part of this chapter is that it blew the notion that I had about production out of the water. I never realized how many different people are involved and in so many different levels. I also was interested in the concept of some of the same people wearing the same production hats. The most important aspect is the team environment that is brought forth through the process.

Writing for Many Media

In this chapter we looked at the vast difference between print writing and writing across multiple medias. The first thing that is vital in this type of writing is conciseness. We must be concise in our presentation of information and opinion. On many websites, the text must compete with images, video, and other media for time in the users mind.
This is brings about another need in the multimedia writing experience. It has to be user focused. We must always keep the user in mind and thus it needs to be a concise, guided, simple, and straight-forward journey to the center of what we are trying to convey.

Technology / Litteracy Autobiography

I first used a computer in the 5th grade. It was an Apple II E and I played Oregon Trail. I then used the same system in 7th grade computers and failed the class. I did not touch a computer again until 1998, I was 23 and I was on a Navy ship deployed in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. I learned how to email my wife (then my fiance). I later got an office job where i learned how to use the internet. In 2003 I first began using Myspace, and in 2009 Facebook.

Supplemental online support can give you a framework that can guide you through the processes that you encounter on the web. The advantages of this are a collaborative approach to learning and teaching on the web. The drawbacks can be that we begin to rely to much on this support and retard are own personal growth and discovery. To limit these advantages and maximize the disadvantages we must plot our course with directives and objectives so that we can be sure to reach our desired goals.