The three writing spaces I feel I utilize the most are pen and paper, word processors, and AOL Instant Messaging. Because I am such a sequential person I love and need to make lists. Making a list is usually the start of every day for me and throughout the day I find myself jotting down notes to keep me on task for that week or in a specific activity. A spiral notebook becomes my haven for ideas and also helps me keep up with upcoming tasks and manage my time. In the classroom I much prefer taking notes with a pen and a notebook to typing them on a laptop. Even though it might not look as neat and clean afterwards, I learn better when I physically write the words on paper. Although I often use a pencil and paper there are times when a word processor is necessary, such as for formal papers and assignments in the classroom.
Nowadays it is less time consuming and also a neater presentation to type assignments using a word processor such as Microsoft Word. This remediated writing space is required to be used for almost every assignment given out at the college level and therefore I am constantly writing and composing papers on my computer. Another vastly used writing space is laptop for instant messaging. I send tons of IM’s all day whether it is to ask a question of a classmate or simply send a friendly message to a friend. Instant messaging can be thought of as the remediated form emails because of the immediacy of the communication. Emails were considered convenient but answering an email was just not quick enough. Instead people can IM a person and receive a response the exact second the person sees the message. This may be the most remediated form of communication we use in society today because of the fast paced nature of the conversations.
