Technology Skills

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I have dedicated time to learning augmented and virtual reality app creation in Unity, which I have used to create grant-funded digital projects. Besides general use, these apps help inform my scholarship on the process of creating environmental communication in XR and rhetorical choices and affordances in it. I am also leveraging these technologies as research tools for further research

 

I have also spent years developing other technology skills for more common tasks. I incorporate these programs and skills into my classes on rhetoric and technical communication. Flexibility with software is a requirement not only in academia but also within industry. During my time working with different companies, the software often changed and the ability to learn and work with new programs was an expectation of the role. Similarly, I try to emphasize design principles and approaches in my class, and then I talk about learning the software that best fits their needs and how this may change over time.