REFLECTION #1
The planning process with the individual and group projects has been going well. We all already have our individual products planned and got to brainstorm on how we are going to go about doing the products. For the group project, we discussed our website and what to do and the things we are going to add and change. I think our group is going well due to the fact that we are a small group and that we are all different in terms of race, backgrounds, interests, etc. The diversity helps us to come up with many different ideas that relate to our fields of study but also that our different ideas help to build off of each other. Just like in the reading where they use the example of ants and how the small individuals work together to build a whole colony. I feel like that applies to us.
REFLECTION #2
During the first part of the reading where a story is being told, I feel like both the work I do in CODES and my personal life can relate to that. In the story an indegnous girl finds some sap and then introuduces it to those in her community. When first demonstrating how she did this, it was not working right away, but those around her wait patiently and her mother encourages her. Eventually she suceeeds and her community cheers her on and this method she used was then passed on from generation to generation. I feel like in CODES I’ve taken lots of risk with certain assignment I’ve choosen that may have been challenging but had support from my peers. I also believe in my life I have an amazing community that is supportive and patient with me even when things do not go exactly as planned. I think about my major changes from early childhood to speech pathology for example and how supportive the people were around me when those things were happening.
REFLECTION #3
In the past semesters of CODES, I believe some of the principals that were most relevant in our work was communicating in images. We worked a lot with digital storytelling so choosing photos that properly portrayed the message of the story was something that we were familiar with. I also think that this goes into telling better stories. I think that was definitely a principal most relevant with our previous CODES semesters.
I think creating meaningful calls to action and invoke emotion with intention are definitely ones that we are focused on now. I believe that with our final project a lot of us are adding in little pieces of our own personal skills or personal lives within it which can relate to evoking emotion with intention. As well as creating meaningful calls to action since a lot of the work we are doing is with the purpose for the audience to utilize it to their advantage with either helping other or themselves.
REFLECTION #4
When I think back to what drew me in at that age, it was the use of metaphors and the deeper meaning behind symbolic things. I loved when a writer could take something simple and turn it into a metaphor for something much deeper. It made me feel like there was always more to discover. Stories that felt real and spoke to things I was dealing with ike identity, peer pressure, or finding my place, became even more powerful when wrapped in symbolism. It wasn’t just the surface story but the layers beneath it that kept me engaged.
If I’m shaping my work now for that audience, I’d want to tap into those same elements. I’d weave in metaphors that speak to the struggles and trials they experience, adding depth to the narrative. I’d still keep the tone relatable, something they can see themselves in, but with imagery and symbolism that makes them think and feel. By focusing on deeper meanings and connections, I could create something that not only holds their attention but sticks with them long after they’re done reading.