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Midterm Reflection - Jacob Grimes

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Section 1

 

 

 

What are you learning in class? What more do you think you could learn in class? How can class be structured to help you learn what matters to you?

 

 

This class seems to be centered on two major focal points, gaming and the composition process. From what I have gathered so far these two seemingly different subjects are more related then I thought. They both will not succeed without an extended amount of time developing and nurturing the ideas that are being put on paper. I feel that by reading the texts that legitimize gaming as a true form of rhetoric and art, I will learn more about a subject that I ignored. In order to succeed in this, it is important to give each student a chance to express what they are having trouble with, but not spending too much time on one subject.  

 

 

 

 

How do you define your responsibilities to this class? How are you living up to those responsibilities? What are your greatest contributions to class? What can you improve?

 

I believe that each student in the class shares the same responsibilities, which are providing prose for strict editing and the ability to give unbiased feedback. As a whole we are accomplishing these responsibilities rather well by offering peer reviews in class and on the wiki. Not only mine, but the rest of the classes greatest accomplishment was able to succeed in providing feedback and peer grading. Even though the reviews worked out well in the end they still can be approved by adding strict deadlines, which has already been put into fruition.

 

 

 

 

How do you define ShareRiff's responsibilities as teacher of this class? Is ShareRiff fulfilling those responsibilities? What more or different can he do to help you fulfill the work of this class?

 

It seems that ShareRiff should be acting as an instigator and moderator for discussion amongst the students. What that means is he is able to start a topic for discussion and allow the rest of the class to chime in with their feelings. He is fulfilling that role almost perfectly with a few exceptions. I feel sometimes we get caught up in one subject for too long or go off topic at times. This is not always the instructors fault but sometimes the students asking questions that could wait until break or after class. An easy way to remedy this is follow a strict schedule and encourage office visits for these problems.

 

 

 

 

What more or different can ShareRiff do to help you understand the work he is asking you to do?

 

As of right now I feel that I have a pretty good grasp on what needs to be accomplished. Although I may be having an easy time I think that some of the other students might benefit from more detailed explanations of assignments. Sometimes the class schedule may not of an entry for that day because we discussed the assignment in class. By providing an entry for each class period I feel that this problem would be easily remedied.

 

 

 

 

 

 

What suggestions do you have for how we can improve class, to help you learn more, and enjoy the class and the learning more? (you can bullet your list for easier reading)

 

 

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  • More focus on individual needs
  • Detailed expectations for the week
  • Stricter deadlines
  • Focus on text
  • Review individuals blog posts in class

 

Section 2

 

Graphical Representation

 

 

Cover Letter

Unlike most of the writing classes that I have taken during my collegiate career, this one in particular has focused more on the creation process. This has taught me to not only rely on myself as a writer, but also the opinions of my peers.

 

During the writing process it is important to identify your audience in order to understand who you are writing for. By doing this the writer will be able to determine what type of structure and language they should use in the construction of their prose. Before any of this can be done an author must determine his purpose. During the development stages of my first paper it was important to chose a subject that I could relate to. The DIY scene is very important to me and I found a way to relate it to the gaming culture. After this was done I was now able to adopt a persona or voice in my writing. As the author I tried to sound unbiased and well informed on the topic at hand. One thing that I could have done differently is use the technologies that were given to me a little more effectively. By using a wiki to post my paper I should have included possible sound clips and videos to help convey my message.

 

When deciding on what to write I determined to pick a topic that interested me, but also help me expand my knowledge on it. When writing about the DIY lifestyle I focused on the emerging gaming technologies and inventions. I feel this opened up know world to myself, but also the reader. In order to find this information I had to explore various gaming message boards. This was a great benefit because I was receiving information from the programmers themselves. This taught me to read between the lines and decode what the message board user was actually saying.

 

Perhaps the greatest benefit of this class was the peer reviews. This allowed each member of the class to lend their expertise to certain papers. Not being a "gamer" myself I was able to obtain valuable information on the gaming culture. By posting our drafts to wiki we were able to reach out to more people then imagined. It was very reassuring to log onto Pbwiki and see suggestions posted to my paper. This allowed me to make multiple revisions to my assignments, which I will continue to do. Unfortunately this is not always a good thing for myself. I find myself going back to a certain paper and changing little things. I always find something wrong. Hopefully by the end of the semester this habit will be broken.

 

Using Pbwiki has proved to be very beneficial. Not only does it act as a word processor, but it also allows multiple users to view my writing progress. By doing so our papers are viewed not only by the class, but everyone on the wiki. This has opened up many doors when it comes to peer reviews and grading. I plan on using this technology more effectively in the future, specifically on the assignment I am working on now. I would like to post videos and sounds to accompany my final work.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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