The genre that stands out to me is the edutainment blog, mostly because I find it interesting. Personally, I have read a few “What If” posts and have seen several videos from several of the YouTube channels that group 1 mentioned in their presentation. I have found all of these entertaining and I feel like I learn something interesting from each post. The genre itself is a good summary of a particular topic created from an understanding after what seems to be rigorous research. Because of this, this genre might be useful in that it could store my knowledge on a particular topic should I choose to create one. It can also educate and entertain others.
While it may seem unconventional, I can see this genre also being useful in a professional or academic environment, where it is necessary to train and educate a group of people on something that I am working on. One particular focus of this genre is making information understandable on a much simpler level. A rhetorical situation where this might be useful, therefore, would be presenting research I have done at some university or research organization to an audience without the same background as me, such as readers of a news publication. My desired uptake would be to educate, which in many cases requires the audience to be entertained should the information not directly pertain to them.
While the schema gives a good layout of the genre, I will still have to study examples to learn about how to emulate a different, less professional tone in my writing. It also seems like this genre will require a good amount of research depending on the topic I choose. The research will also involve looking into possible images to include as well, though I can also see many situations where I would have to create my own images as well.
