Reflection On High School English Class

High School English class was just filled with reading assignment, quizzes, and essays. During English 1101 I learned more than just how to write an essay and about the plot of a story. I learned about how culture, communication, writing style, and the way we look at visual information has changed. I have learned how to interpret this changing world of media and culture through uses of multimodal methods during this course. Along the way I developed my knowledge and ability to communicate in written methods, oral methods, visual methods, electronic methods, and in non-verbal methods. I learned how to read Visual text and I learned how to record and upload a video to YouTube. I became more familiar with using google docs to communicate and work …show more content…
In the first week of class we had to work on the common week assignment and create a video verbal response to the book Garbology by Humes. I had to compose a script and practice the ability to vocally present my script while being recorded. The recording process took a lot longer than expected because of my lack of practice remembering a script and my ability to speak clearly and articulate my words to be understood. This extra time put into developing my video helped me develop my oral communication skills as well. In Artifact 2 we had to talk about our infographic on a gallery viewing day and I had to know the information so I could talk about the infographic without having to read directly off of the infographic. I learned it really helps to know the information in depth in order to be able to speak confidently and for an extended period of time. I also had to help write the script for Artifact 3 the video essay where along the way I learned how to use pauses and many other things in order to make the script flow as it is being recited out …show more content…
I learned the importance of class discussions and listening to others during class events such as the gallery walk. Non-verbal communication is very important because it has many more variables than standard written English. You have to keep in mind factors such as body language when giving a speech or background and other subtle touches when making a YouTube video. In order to fully understand the information being presented to you and why it is being presented to you. You have to listen to your professor and fellow classmate to show respect and it gains you the respect of others when you can listen and then give an appropriate response. We also observed the differences of attitude in different environments in our culture today such as when you are in a museum you act differently than you would typically with your friends. No one tells you to be quite and calm when in a museum or church but from observing the behavior of others you can simply tell the way in which you are expected to act. In English 1101 my class was fortunate enough to visit the High Museum of Art here in Atlanta and we got to experience firsthand how an environment can change the way in which you