Hello! My name is Emma, and I am a psychology major from Snohomish, Washington. I grew up as a nerdy book kid and ended up as a gifted child burnout at Western Washington University. I have a fondness for Stephen King novels and Game of Thrones. Even as a tired and shriveled adult, I still try to read whenever I can, but when I’m told to read for a class I will never open the book. I’ve always enjoyed writing for my English classes. I’ve been trained for over four years now to read something and write an essay on it, so I’ve gotten pretty good at cranking out a four-page paper on any book. I am a peasant in the banking model. However, I am also a member of Generation Z, so my favorite medium is social media. I love posting on Instagram and on Twitter. Social media is a new form of literacy, one that not everybody understands, but it is still popular with people of all ages. However, on our webtext, we decided to go old-school. We wanted to research the practice of banning books in American schools and libraries, to find out whether it is a useful practice or if it is hindering the growth of students. Our webtext is clean and neat, formatted like a book with a “Table of Contents” containing a “Chapter 1,” “Chapter 2,” etc. You can find it at https://wp.wwu.edu/banned/when the site goes public. The most important aspect of our webtext is the visual design. My favorite part is the title and header on every page; a picture of a bookshelf with our title, “Banned,” and a definition of the word stretching underneath it. We took consideration into both the picture and the words, as the white block letters provide a clear and concise contrast against the colored background. The repetition of the page titles is important as well; they each are named after aspects of books. We call them “chapters” with a dedication, introduction, and “about the authors” page. The repeating of the title stylization is intentional, mimicking the books that we discuss in our webtext.
Writing is a PROCESS Not a Product