A lot of the revisioning was looking at sentences where the words did not make sense or sounded quite weird. There was not really any additions in a sense besides moving a couple of words around. A lot of it was more of compressing certain parts of a sentence or replacing or having an idea of replacing words that may fit the essay overall. There was some portions that ddi not need the a change which was when the essay dove into the possible bias of the author. In reality though I thought perhaps and probably for the best if the whole essay was to be rewritten for a better overall experience.
Electronic Reflection on the ePortfolio
This site will have to be improved overtime in order to have a better flow and be more organized. I may not be the best at technology especially at creating content on the internet. There are some advantages though having this site and the ability to compose various works and to also organize them which gives me greater flexibility than my current blog. Not to mention easier to find things which is also a plus. This could be an advantage for anyone in the future who might come upon this site and to learn more about my past efforts. This is certainly a bit more complex and more permanent form of communications than I have done in the past. This though is a small step and perhaps maybe I make have a different website to show off pieces of art or other things I may have make that I hope others will see.
Electronic reflection
This electronic reflection is that on the various post especially of those reflections of which this could be a reflection upon a reflection. Though I have not done much in the ways of the electronics especially as I have struggled plenty of trying to at least the reflections post being simple enough have been painless. Though following a written form which is part of my own laziness makes most of the reflection post rather not transition well from sentence to sentence. There is also the possible case that for this whole time I have put everything on the wrong eportoflio which could impact me very greatly in the future. Hopefully it will not impact me of whether I will pass the class or not. In the future though post will probably be attempted with more flow and better typing. Which is always a good thing to type in a more acceptable way.
Visual Reflection
This is the visual reflection of the social media project back from September. The reasoning behind this choice was that because it was really one of the few visual work I have done and that I love maps. Though this was made in a limited time effort everything is in print as to be legible also the map includes social medias from that of the current generation. There was not much feedback as this was created rather fast and everyone had something to do. Though as basic as the drawing is it is not a half bad one and perhaps without a time constraint it could be better especially with the help of learning of the modern day social media’s impact on our society.
Final Reflection Post
Dear Mr. Hanson
First off, hi, hi! So about my approach to learning may have slightly changed in learning. College is such a fun time to experience new things and also to have your soul ripped out from your body doing finals and especially doing writing essays. I have started to give more time and to plan out a bit longer than I usually do which leads to more essays being fully completed. This situation underlines the fact of how important planning and that of giving ample amount of time to actually completing and assignment will greatly reduce stress and improve overall quality. This is especially true for WOVE communications as with better planning and time, the assignments will turn out better. Though also more time means I can say proofread an written assignment or work while editing various parts of a Visual or Electronic assignment that may make the work more favorable. All in all my tentative action plan is to well have a plan for every task in order better myself in the WOVE communications because a plan means a well thought process of accomplishing the satisfactory goals of having better communications. Though to better appeal to communicating to those in the future would mean improving one’s vocabulary to a more academic level while also making sure the errors are of nonexistent. There is though certain ideas that I have learned in ENGL 250 and one of those was that when composing an essay over a controversial topic it is a good idea to have one side’s point next to another side’s counterpoint instead of having two separate sections.
Probably the strongest of the WOVE for me is written though visual could be top that if it just pertains to actual drawing and such. My written is not the best though I could do better if I take a lot of time and planning in the steps for completing an essay or just an assignment. It definitely could use planning and time with also a higher vocabulary usage.
The weakest of my WOVE is electronics as well I am not the that well verse in technology and can often struggle such as turning in an assignment three different times in order for a teacher to actually be able to view the assignment. Some practice and a lot of learning I could eventually improve this area.
As noted before perhaps the weakest point of of my whole communication process is not planning out or giving enough time. If I give myself that then the only real other improvement besides the serious struggle at electronics is just to keep learning new techniques, improve vocabulary, and make sure everything is formatted in a proper way. That way I can produce proper and high quality products, I mean pieces of work. This process of improvement can be done alone though assistance is always a good thing to have around especially when questions arises. There is a possibility I may swing around your office in the future for a question or two. There is also our great internet for me to surf on for information.
Oral Reflection
I would say probably one of my more ideal oral projects was that of the slide show with the voice over from a while back. Besides some simple visuals there was not much to the slide show and with some feedback which shifted the focus of the topic around in order to better fit the assignment. The piece though shows that with some practice I could be a decent commentator. Though the work in a sense did not connect much with the other work besides the concept that it was an visual analysis as the project was unique.
Visual Analysis Reflection
Overall the project was not bad but one exception was trying to send it over Canvas. I soon gave up over the endeavor as I have spent 30 mins pondering and trying multiple ways of doing so. I have found the process to be a bit similar to that of the textual analysis though the nature and the subject of both matters really do separate these two projects in very different categories. I did find the skill to provide audio during the presentation to be quite useful.
Video planning
- I have never even been trusted with making a video before.
- I will give imovie a try
- I really do not know maybe like a presentation slide show type of thing though I may opt for a different type of style. Subject still debated.
- I feel time maybe a factor though how I present it may be a major factor
- Probably make sure I get enough information to back my analysis
Analysis Reflection
Sometimes you just have to sit back and observe.
Textual Analysis Reflection Post
I felt as if I did a nice job on the textual analysis essay. The wording may have needed some small tweaking though over all grammar did not seem to be much of a problem. Perhaps maybe one area that may have needed some extra information was about the author views that was rather “low-key” inserted into an article that was supposedly to be a rather political free and factual information piece. Perhaps maybe I should have put that as the first topic that was to be discussed regarding ethos though to be fair the author did do a fair job when it came t the actual topic about the tuition hike and the various benefits and disadvantages that have come about such action. Also the thesis and the conclusion would maybe benefit from being more fleshed out or perhaps to be rewritten. I would say the quotes were fairly well integrated with none being dropped. The feedback I got back about my initial draft was that I mostly needed to put a bit more emphasis on how the author built up credibility in her article before using some questionable quotes and also incorporating ethos in it. Both which I have done so overall I believe the essay is of fair quality.