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Hi all! My name is Dylan Temple and I'll be one of your writing coaches this semester! Here's a little collage to kind of see an abstract of who I am as a person and a writer. Who am I as a writer? Now that is a hard thing to define, so I'll have to start at the beginning of my reading and writing career... (Yes, that is baby me) Okay, so maybe not that far... But around late middle school to early high school I actually really began to slack as a reader and my writing suffered because of it. I became very dissuaded with reading because I felt no connection to what I had to read. This disadvantage was continued by having a hypercritical English teacher my freshman year. It is best said by McAndrew who speaks of tutoring, but applies with teaching: "if a tutor zeros in only on surface errors...the effect on the writer may be harmful and adverse to the goals of tutoring" (17). Rightfully so, I struggled through high school English courses going from honors classes t...

  What experience do you have working with online social media or digital composition as a way to connect with others? Social Media and digital composition has played a vital role in my forming of connections with others in my life. Through connections through Facebook and other social media sites alongside with online gaming, I have made countless Affiliations, which according to Jenkins are "memberships, formal and informal, in online communities centered around various forms of media" (3). Some affiliations are more professional connections. One of these are the online friendships made with old teachers. I reached out to teachers who had played influential roles in my education and upbringing, and therefore formed meaningful affiliations with people in my field. On the other hand, I have made lifelong friendships that only began as affiliations. Two of my closest friends were made online virtually through World of Warcraft. We bonded over Collaborative -problem solving tha...