Shipka Questions

1. Shipka acknowledges the difficulty of many people in recognizing whether her students' works are 'academic' or play. She seems to view composition as a process not a moment. What is your idea of how composition should work?

2. Shipka seems to suggest that the final product may not be the most important component in a project but that authorial intent must be taken into account? However, many people might only see the final product and not know the authorial intent. Do you agree with Shipka? Or do you feel that without knowing about the author the audience does not get the entire experience?

3. Do you feel that multimodal composition is something that can be graded?