When analyzing publications on the internet about yourself, there seems to be a common theme, highlights. The internet seems great at achieving just that, glances into a lifestyle that you want to portray. Instagram is the best example of “Highlighting” an individual’s life. In both of these screen captures, the post is focused on a …
Author Archives: dstrace
A Book Review… I Think
Jarett Kobek in 2016 decided to publish the novel “I Hate The Internet”, which discusses the concept of the book itself being a bad book. He uses characters to bring up how the internet has impacted these individuals’ lives, and can affect mainstream society. The author creates terrible scenarios of how the internet can impact …
Gif Poem
The form of poetry that was recreated is a free-verse poem. This raw sense of poetry without many guidelines and rules seemed like the perfect style for such a nontraditional creation of poetry. The gifs I used, mainly display actions, therefore speaking the actions of the poem. Pacing was developed through this poem by setting …
Having Sex On Social Media
The terrible sex education I got in middle school did two things for me. Forced the thought that if you have sex, you will get an STD every time, and that abstinence is the only way to avoid teenage pregnancy. It wasn’t until a few years later, I learned this information was actually false. The …
Writing in The Typing World
Writing takes place in many different forms and many different locations. A text message I compose varies extensively from a midterm paper I’d write. These differences lie within the diction that I use to talk to my audience, as well as the time spent ensuring the outcome looks correct. In a text, my writing is …
The Digital Classroom
The future of the classroom will be enhanced and modified through the use of upcoming technology. Mobile devices have begun to get used more in the classroom. Kahoot is a program that many teachers have used to quiz their students on their understanding of the content they teach. I speculate that many classrooms will begin …
Techno-catastrophes
The age of digital print is here, and many writers have learned to adapt to the current times. R. M. Drake is a poet who has learned that his medium is going to be most sought after in the form of a instagram post. His poems usually are a stanza with one simple theme and …
Literature & the Internet 