Well it is about that time.....
and I have finally come full circle with this once crazy, complicated and confusing course. The beginnings of this course were the most difficult to me, Writing as a Technology specifically, but looking back at it now it set up a great groundwork for everything else we did. You can never know where you are going, until you know where you have been.

Moving onto the All About Style Unit, I learned that I can have my own approach to style and writing, but still follow the rules that govern my writing and improve upon them to make them better. I can't make up my own language without following the rules because then my style would not be recognized, it would gibberish. So from this unit I got a hold of how to say what I wanted to say, but through words. Through speaking there is facial expression, tone, etc. This can too be expressed through written style.

The Visual Rhetoric Unit took style a step further by introducing the visual aspect. McCloud opened my eyes through an entirely new world; one that I still feel is the most effective, and somehow the world lost touch with this style of communication. The combination of words and pictures makes your personal style that much more apparent. The disconnect between words and picture can even further one's unique style.

In building the websites, I was really able to showcase my style using words and pictures. This was even taken a step further than comics. By following the Web Style Guide and Spider Pros, these were the specific rules that I followed (like following Strunk, White, and Williams) so that my style would be understood correctly.

In gathering all this useful information, I think I proved my understanding in my final website. It's been fun, it's been eventful, and it's been stylish. ;)