Feedback from the post that I did on Understanding Genres from the reading Navigating Genres by

Kerry Dirk.
Re: Understanding Genres
by Talcott Nichols - Tuesday, 13 January 2015, 7:37 PM
I like when you said Genres help us to shape who we are and how we are understood and perceived by
others. Without genres, when someone asks what kind of music you listen to and you list off your favorite
types of music; if there werent genres to help describe those kinds, it would be very hard to communicate
what you liked to someone. Since those musical genres are already defined, when one person says
country music, most everyone has at least a broad idea of what that is.
Just like you, and probably everyone else, I am now more conscious of where my thoughts are coming
from and what is changing them and why they are changed in different scenarios.

My feedback to Hannah on her post To whom it may concern from the reading
The importance of Audience by Greg Skutches.
Re: To whom it may concern,
by Michael Crawford - Wednesday, 28 January 2015, 8:19 AM
It is true that many times in our life we may talk but without thinking or having knowledge of just who we
are speaking to. We understand more and more as we grow and get older that we have to be mindful of
those that we are both knowingly and unknowingly speaking to. Our audience sometimes are those that
we may be aware of but many times the audience could simply be those who may hear something or read
one thing that grabs their attention. Once they have an interest, than they become the audience we are
reaching.
I would agree in part that he is talking to other teachers, but the basis of what he is talking about is true
and can be applied by everyone. Anyone that writes needs to keep in mind the audience and specifically
what information they are wanting to get across. When we write to clearly express specific information, we
have to know who we are reaching. If we just want to get out basic information without reaching specific
individuals, than we have to keep our audience in mind always.

Feedback from my post Discourse and my community from the reading The
Concept of Discourse Community by John Swales.
Re: Discourse and my community
by Leandra Laronde - Tuesday, 17 February 2015, 11:12 PM
I really enjoyed how much you connected with this article in your examples. I found many of them sort of
relatable like when you spoke about ministry because I have been involved in the church community and I
can attest to the fact that to help lead someone to a relationship with Jesus so that their life will be
changed is one of if not the main goal of Christianity. As you said, like a discourse community, We each
have a responsibility to fulfill, but we have to understand the basics of it first in order for us to be able to
execute the requirements necessary. And that is something I connect with when I think of the reasons I
even decided to attend college.

My feedback to Zachery Archie from his post Representing participants ethically

from the reading Putting Ethnographic Writing in Context by Seth Kahn.
Re: representing participants ethically
by Michael Crawford - Monday, 16 March 2015, 8:31 AM
This is not just an ethical matter but even one that Kahn discovered after the fact. In the paper Kahn talks
about how after he had written and submitted his paper that the professor who was part of his research
was upset at how he was portrayed. (Kahn 181) While we are observing individuals in the setting in which
we are studying to understand better, we also have to be mindful of how those who participate and even
the readers will see and understand what we are stating. Many times we may write or state something
that to us (the writer) has one meaning but to the reader and even the participant can have an entirely
different meaning. One of the things could simply be that the teacher that was upset could have been
simply because he never saw himself/herself in the light which was written. This could simply be a case of
"The truth hurts" but many times we simply do not want to face it.
I agree with what you stated about being able to tie the research back to the original task at hand. We
observe people in many various settings through-out the course of a day or setting, but we have to keep
in mind what they are there to do. If we write everything that we observe them do without connecting the
dots, so to speak, then we could end up painting a false picture for the reader. Our field notes during
observations should be as complete as possible and honest.

Feedback given to me from a post Revising a hard choice from the reading The
Final Stages: Revising, Editing and Proofreading the Artifacts
Re: Revising - a hard choice
by Anthony Grant - Wednesday, 22 April 2015, 12:56 AM
I agree with everything you are talking about. I especially agree with the idea of reading aloud. It really
does help you stop subconsciously correcting yourself while you are reading your own paper. Sometimes
it can actually be funny what you thought you wrote on a paper and what actually got typed. I have not
tried to do the recording device like you talked about though. I may have to try that technique. I also agree
with you that I would like to start getting a hard copy of my paper to start editing on. It will make all the
changes easier to make like you said because typing really is a different art form.