The four major projects this semester seem daunting at first glance. The most nerve racking part of these projects will probably be the production of a video for one of the projects. I have never made a video for anything before in my life which means not only will I be learning something knew but I will also need to be good at it. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of these projects are that they all relate to each and every person's own major and area of study. I will be interested to find out more about my own discipline as well as finding out more about other areas of study. Although each of the projects are related to my area of study, there will need to be a lot of preparation for each project; first and foremost, each project will need research from various sources and proper preparation of each source will allow the easiest access to information. Secondly, each genre should be paired with the project that will best fit it in the opinion of each writer. Since each project is fairly comprehensive, each project will require a lot of devotion and hard work. In order to achieve this, it is paramount that each deadline is met on time. Although this time crunch isn't unusual for college work, I would have to say that previous English classes have helped prepare me for projects of this scope, particularly the written essay. In my preparation for this course I have written many essays in the High School AP English courses. I hope to bring my ability to manage time as well as the ability to detail information during planning. Although the four major projects were fairly straight forward in their explanation of what was expected, I still have a few questions. I would like to know if reusing evidence found for one project on the other projects is allowed. Secondly I would like to know if there is a length limit or minimum on the podcast and the video.
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Dear Jason,
ReplyDeleteThis blog post was very detailed and well thought out. I certainly agree with you when you're saying that even though we are doing projects in our majors, it will still require a lot of preparatory work. I can also relate to your time management skills. I took 5 years of differing English classes so I, like you, have learned a few things about time management. The only thing we may disagree on is how much our high school english classes prepared us for college projects. I of course do not know how vigorous your high school was or how much you learned, but I know that college is a lot different than high school. My only advice is to keep in mind that I feel like these projects are going to be a greater bearing on us than any high school project could be. Overall, very great and insightful post!
I can relate greatly that all four major projects seem very daunting. For all the projects it seems as if time management and meeting time deadlines is probably the most important part of doing well in the class. As for creating a video, my advice for you is to keep it simple and do not try to outdo yourself. Often, a video that is clean and basic will be far more appealing than a video that just appears to have tried too hard to be perfect. Overall I enjoyed reading your perspective of the projects and it makes me more comfortable knowing I am not the only one dreading the upcoming projects and their included workload.
ReplyDeleteIf you could break that huge central paragraph up into smaller shorter paragraphs, with space between them, then this would written like a blog post.
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