A Discussion on Mark Mario’s article “Teaching Writing in the Post-Blogging Era”
What stands out to me is the trends within blogging. As a relatively new phenomenon, we have already witnessed great shifts in this category of writing. Traditional blogs have birthed a multimedia revolution. From textual blogs, microblogging was born. with the addition of audio, video and photography, podcasts and photo and video blogs were born. These categories of blog, while still routed in the traditional, have allowed for an expanded sense of expression – whether that expression is in the creative or academic.
This multimedia development for me is the most exciting. The ability to link to other writings and embed visuals combined with the almost unlimited scope of sharing that the internet provides completely changes how humans can express and connect. For students in the modern day, it certainly seems archaic to write papers in Time New Roman and physically hand them into a gloomy college office at a particular time and date. Research writings and even more personal works should be given the room to exclude the full plethora of media types that we have access to in today’s society. Creating nuanced and interesting works relies on this ability – that is the ability to express ideas through all avenues available.
