Blog No. 8

Multi genre projects are beacons of creativity as they allow us to represent the research in different mediums to communicate a diverse message. Allowing the audience to divulge visual rhetoric can further prove a claim made in a paper. It seemed difficult at first- how can I make a whole other genre off a research paper on leadership statistics? Yet I realized that for my inquiry project to be more effective in my community, canvasing the need for leadership in HOSA in different ways. For example, Dawson Swan portrayed the gravity of nature deficit disorder by essay and research. He proceeded to use real life, cultural examples like a CD filled with lyrics spoken by rock artists praising natural life. As the CD speaks to an audience that appreciates the insights of an artistic approach, I include a twitter poll, a twitter committee, and an introduction to appeal to future FSU leaders (all on social media) and the HOSA executive committee at school. I hope the poll will aid my research about pro-white bias will continue to persuade the committee about the urgency for outreach. Social media has already been so supportive of minorities with the #BlackLivesMatter movement and #Latinx who stand together. By applying these social movements to school (at FSU) where students should be encouraged to expand intellectually, students who were not given a chance to voice their leadership will have a beacon of opportunity.