Understanding Comics

from this course the ability to identify a specific genre that I’m targeting and compose a message so that it’s geared towards that audience in a way that they understand. I’ve learned a concept that I wasn’t familiar with previously, including understanding how to analyze a variety of text, recursive reading, and most importantly research processes to participate in the meaning-making. This is the most significant to me because of my current position in my industry in which I am responsible…

definition of perception is, “The way you think about or understand someone or something (Unknown, 2016)”. Is this not the very thing that causes us to take sides in conflict or to act on something that doesn’t seem right? We are not born with the understanding that “White is Right” we are taught this from a very young age by our predecessors; our parents, our society, history, even by the very nature of being human. Our perceptions define our realities, and when we are afraid of the dark or the…

Sensation and Perception in Dillard’s “Seeing” There is no one way to look at nature. Everyone has their own way of looking at nature, but in “Seeing,” author Annie Dillard sees nature in two radically different and contradictory ways. Early on in the chapter, she explores an overly analytical method of seeing that she first began to use as a little girl searching the air for flying insects. But as the chapter progresses, she shifts to a second, arguably preferred method of seeing involving a…

“teacher radar” for use in class management, class control, and discipline. This article is to help teachers in understanding the concept of teacher radar and use specific strategies for enhancing teacher radar. In addition to comprehend the signals sent by students and know the meanings and ways to proactively react to the signals. To increase class management techniques by understanding and employing early intervention radar techniques and enhancing the student learning environment by…

Interdisciplinary Studies combines several of the top disciplines from CIIS curriculum to support the development and inspire their students. Recently, I have become aware that most topics I encounter in school are composed of many layers of understanding, conditioning and possibility. In order to more thoroughly understand a problem, I must connect with it through different perspectives. Interdisciplinary Studies is a cutting edge methodology because connects and integrates several…

Every individual has a different social location; it may include their education, gender, sexual orientation, religion, and much more. Our social location can help us understand our position in society, how we may be classified, and the ways we are included or excluded. It can also help us understand ways we are privileged individuals or oppressed individuals. With these social locations we are placed with a certain social and political world that puts us with others. We form certain…

Case Study: Carlos 1.) Considering both environmental and individual factors, which of these appear to be associated with Carlos’ reading problems? Carlos’ reading problems most likely stem from a combination of both environmental and individual factors. The environmental factors that have affected Carlos include that fact that he is an ELL student whose family immigrated to the United States when he was ten years old. According to his parents during an interview at the school, Carlos only…

Nothing is Needed for Something Many people judge their success on how much they have and the material possessions around them; Ernest Hemingway, however, believes people must accept they are nothing to achieve true success and happiness. Nothingness is a difficult concept for many to grasp, but it becomes more clear with age what nothingness means. People also often do not want to accept or believe they are nothing in the world. Most believe they have a specific purpose and are in some way…

As an International Relations major, when I first looked at the classes offered in the communication section, the name “Intercultural communication” stood out. I was expecting to learn a little bit about every culture: their religion, beliefs, language, mores, etc. I also expected a lot of international students in the class, and the teacher to be chill and open-minded. Gladly, the class exceeded all my expectations. I learned a lot about other cultures, but not in a superficial way, I came to…

As babies, we are born into the world with many possibilities that can occur for us and environments that can change us. For every individual that is born on this Earth, not only are we born into families that have varying characteristics, parenting styles, teaching styles, etc., we are born in to various environments and societies that can also shape how we develop as a person through the interactions we have with others and our experiences figuring out our environment. In Nigel’s case, he is…