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So unit 6 was digital composition, we didn't touch too much on it especially with not having class on the 8th. Even without touching on it too much, I feel like I have a pretty good understanding of it. We only read one article but we split it up into two days. The second half of the article (pg. 110-123) I took more of a liking to, mainly because of the books they studied. To Kill a Mockingbird and Pride and Prejudice  are two of my favorite books. I also read The Outsiders when I was in junior high, I don't remember which grade but I was OBSESSED with the book. And then we watched the movie in class and I became obsessed with the actors. I literally had every single one of them on my wall for the longest time. One thing I liked most about this half of the article was all the remixes. Students could respond and create remixes of texts with a range of other texts. But to me, this section of the article focused more on using the media to better understand a text than using media...

In this unit, we focused heavily on podcasting which I loved because I thoroughly enjoy podcasts. I have had little experience in actually making them. I only recorded one podcast in my life and it was in high school. I did a podcast of interviews with the actors in the school play for the media page as a way to get more people interested in seeing the show. Students outside of the theatre club enjoyed the podcast, they thought it was funny and it did bring more people to the box office for the school play. And I will say, I had a lot of fun recording it, and not solely because it got me out of class. I loved getting to go further into the actors' experience with auditions and rehearsals. That started my interest for podcasts. Now I listen to a whole bunch of different podcasts, like criminal podcasts and just plain comedy ones. One of my favorites right now is the You Should Know Podcast. Their short videos have flooded my TikTok feed and it got me to watch their full videos. I th...