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- What are you most confused by or nervous about in regards to the four major projects?
- There seems to be a lot of undertaking in these projects, especially in both the podcast and video projects. I have very little experience in audio/ visual effects, and I tend to be a bit shy when it comes to recording myself. But I think these projects will help me gain both confidence and experience.
- What are you most interested in or excited by in regards to the four major projects?
- As I mentioned in the previous bullet point, I am nervous about the audio/ visual project. However, I think these projects will help me gain both confidence and experience. I also think they will help with my procrastination habit because of their structure and importance.
- Based on your understanding of the major projects, what are the elements of this course that you have to plan ahead for? How will the coursework described in the four project assignment sheets challenge your time management skills this semester?
- This course and the strict schedule limits the amount of procrastination that can be done during the projects. I must follow a strict schedule in order to get the maximum amount of points allowed for each project. Specifically, the audio visual projects that require equipment rental have such restrictions because you can only rent them at certain times.
- How has your past English coursework in high school or college prepared you for the challenges of this course? What skills will you bring into the course with you?
- My high school english courses have trained me to write great and informative essays. I have been drilled on vocabulary and conventions, and I know exactly what NOT to do when writing an AP essay. With anything other than the typical essay, I am dreadfully unexperienced and lost.
- Do you have any questions about the four major projects that haven't been answered by the assignment sheets? What do you still want to know?
- I think I am still a bit confused on exactly the requirements of each project and how we are supposed to fulfill them. I realize that we are supposed to discuss a specific topic/ argument, but I am a bit lost on how much liberty we exactly have.
EDIT: After reading the posts from my fellow students I have realized that procrastination is a fear that exists among most of us, like Malik Bullock. But I also saw that many people, such as Nick Hernandez are excited to explore new genres.
I can relate to when you say that the video/audio projects will help with your habit of procrastination. I myself have a little bad habit of procrastinating on projects, so the amount of time on those projects will help with the bad habit of procrastinating. Also, your mention of how much liberty we will be given on these projects I relate to as well (since I have that same concern as well). Great post.
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree with that you said about how this course will limit procrastination if one wants to succeed. One thing that I couldn't really relate to is what you said about AP English only helping with writing an AP essay. I feel as though AP has helped me develop my creativity and analysis which would be beneficial for making these multimedia projects. I liked the easy to follow design of your post, but I feel as though you could go into more detail with your responses at certain points.
ReplyDeleteI can relate to your inexperience with recording audio and video. While I got some experience in high school, I feel as if these projects will be a much more difficult and strenuous undertaking. As well, my high school English teachers also tried to instill a habit of informative and thorough essay writing. I would say that you/we will all need to set aside a huge amount of our project time to research and investigation, however. Researching our field of study is tedious work and will require a great deal of effort and time.
ReplyDeleteI can definitely relate when you say an AP English class prepared you for college English. I feel the same way. I note however that I'm always learning to better myself as a writer though each course.
ReplyDeleteNote on conventions of the blog post genre: Revisit Step 1.5 from "Deadline 1" to re-familiarize yourself with the conventions of blogging. You're missing items on the bulleted list of conventions there.
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