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  In our last unit, we talked about digital composition. This is the use of digital tools to create a multimodal final product. I can’t say that I’m the biggest fan of this. I avoid Canva at all costs because I’m so bad at using technology to design things. In general, I much prefer paper-based handouts and assignments over technology-based ones. If I have a paper version of it to lay in the middle of my desk, it serves as a physical reminder for me to do an assignment. Without something being in my way, I will forget about it. I even have to keep my room key in the middle of the floor by the door, so I remember to take it with me, or I’ll leave without it. I also hate switching tabs to reference something when I’m typing because by the time I’m back in the tab that I’m typing in, I forget what I was supposed to write. I’d much rather have a physical version to reference. It saves me time and the headache of squinting at my screen. In the reading, “Use of Multimodal/Digital Tools for R

 Unit 5 was all about podcasting and blogging. I’m a frequent consumer of podcasts and, personally, they have revolutionized the way that I read. I was an avid reader in my childhood, but as I grew up, I started to have major problems with focusing on any book you put in front of me. I listened to my first podcast when I was a senior in high school after picking up the book 1984 by George Orwell. At first, I immensely struggled to retain any of what I read and felt like I was just looking at words rather than taking them in, so I started listening to an audiobook. It completely transformed the way I experienced the story. There was mood music and sound effects, and the tone of the narrator’s voice varied depending on the emotion displayed in the scene. I was hooked. I remember sitting at my desk in study hall and my jaw dropping as I listened to the part where (SPOILER ALERT) Winston and Julia were arrested in the bedroom that they rented. Beforehand, there were background noises of bi