At the beginning of the week, I wanted to stay as far away from the example projects as possible, especially the one that focused on the same book as my group, “Things Fall Apart”. I was afraid that if our group looked at it too much as a reference point, our webpage would slowly look more and more like the example; that it would cease to be our own work. This week I learned that it’s okay to look at examples, and that if you are cautious, they can be a great source of help. First, I looked at Snowfall. I was okay with looking at that example since it was so different from our own, but I was still apprehensive about exemplifying everything they did. As I looked into the piece, I was easily caught up in the story it told. It captivatingly took me through a journey that I hadn’t thought of before. Snowfall explained how an avalanche affected a group of skiers as they traveled down the mountain. The way that it was set up was easy to follow and kept me interested in the topic. By the time I was near the end, I loved the way they set up their multimodal piece, but I still wanted my group’s example to stay away from the techniques they used. However, after a group conversation with Schoenborn, I learned that it’s okay to use examples as a starting point. As we deconstructed Snowfall and looked at how the author set up their piece, the overall process of how we were supposed to create our own piece became much clearer in my mind. I learned that we should mention the major environmental event in the beginning. However, most importantly, I learned that I don’t have to avoid examples, as long as I exemplify the process instead of the material. https://sites.google.com/a/uwlax.edu/exploring-how-students-learn/learning-from-examples
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