Author Archives: Conor Landry

I think that the primary thesis of this series is that most of everything, if not most, than everything, that we have in our world today is a remix. This means that all of these “things” that we have, and appreciate, are not original ideas, but ideas that were taken from another source and changed.Continue reading “Remix Series”

Project 3 seems like a very fun and unique project. I have not started the self portrait portion of the project yet, but I have made an outline of what I want to draw. This is sort of a draft for my statement of goals and choices portion of the project. I basically have writtenContinue reading “P3/Shipka -3/30”

I think that project 3 is different than any school project that I have ever done. I am exited to get to work on my self portrait and this is something that I think I will really enjoy. I have not decided yet if I want to start from scratch, or use a picture forContinue reading “Shipka/P3”

I learned so much throughout the process of our second project. The first thing that I learned about was research. In high school, I never really did any real research, the most I ever was required to do was use google to obtain sources. My school only had access to one database, and they neverContinue reading “P2 – Reflection”

There is a innumerable amount of purposes in which research is used. research can be used when writing a paper, like we are in class, or it can be classified as delving into new and unexplored scientific discoveries. The term “research” is extremely broad and I would classify research as any form of discovering andContinue reading “Library Instruction Day”

Wardle The author of this piece is Elizabeth Wardle. Wardle is a professor and director of the Center for Writing Excellence at Miami University, which makes her very qualified to write about the factors of good and bad writing. The primary audience for this text is students. I can tell that the primary audience isContinue reading “Miller; Wardle”

The author of this piece is Robert R. Johnson. Johnson is Professor of rhetoric, composition, and technical communication and works in the humanities department at Michigan Technological University. He has written two books, “User-centered Technology (1998) and “Romancing the Atom” (2012). He has also the winner of the 1999 Best Book award in Scientific andContinue reading “3/5/20 – Johnson”

My revisions process for the project one draft was very similar to all of the other times I went through the steps of my writing process. I began as I always do, finding a nice quiet place to do my work, and luckily my room was empty so I did not have to go far.Continue reading “P1 – Revisions”

I had no idea where to start with my second draft for out rhetorical ecology project, so I began by putting myself into an environment in which I could productively think and work. My roommate was not in the room, so I did not have to go anywhere to find a quite are to work.Continue reading “Project 1 – Draft 2”

I went through a few stages of making my first draft. The first thing that I did was sat down at my desk in my room, and put some music on quietly in the background. I then thought of ideas for the rhetorical ecology that my project would be about. For me, this part ofContinue reading “Lamont”