July 3

We responded to one of three quotes about reflection for the writing into the day (see slide 172 on the PowerPoint).

Then, we went over the questions from yesterday (see slide 173 on the PowerPoint).  The class answered the questions in the following ways:

• Reflection looks like creativity
• Writing about the advice you’ve gotten from other people
• Making sure you stay on the same narrative
• Go into detail
• Used example from other people – like someone told her about writing 600 words a day and how it helped
• Take the examples that everyone gave and use those to write the story
• Look at the development aspect of the writing
• Connecting all the points as you are developing yourself as a writer
• The whole paper is a reflection because she was explaining her style and her process
• Everything you did up to that point to make you a better writer.  All the examples were reflections.  Reflecting on what you did or what you were told.

• Tell a story from start to finish.  Tell a story like a before and after.
• I can now understand how I can write my own reflection.
• I used it as a model for preparing my own reflection.  I have come into contact that will be beneficial for me.  I can write about the professional aspect of the writing.
• This class is helping in my other classes (like Communication)
• The different things we learned will help us go forward.
• You learn from your mistakes.  You can look back and figure out what you should have done.  Then you can apply that to the next class.
• I can see how this class is preparing us.  It’s a gateway class.
• It helps to be open to suggestions and information.
• I haven’t been learning things that I’m not going to use again.  So it will be easy to reflect on.

What threads have you been considering?

• The progression of one assigmment
• Development of my writing

We discussed how to embed the final drafts using Scribd (see syllabus for instructions).  We also discussed how to hyperlink (creating a link that will take the reader to another post):

1. Log into blogger
2. Hit the orange pencil to create a post
3. Copy and paste your final reflection into the blog post
4. Highlight the word or words you want to turn into a hyperlink (such as “this post” or “Definition Essay”).  The highlighted words should give the reader a clue about the content that is hyperlinked.
5. Click the word “Link” (It is in line with where you can change your text font or color)
6. Open a new internet window or tab and go to the post to which you want to hyperlink.
7. Copy the URL to that post.
8. Go back to your final reflection post.
9. Next to “Web Address,“ paste in the URL that you copied.
10. Click ok.
11. Repeat Steps 4-10 for all hyperlinks you want to create for your final reflection.
12. Hit “Publish”

Important: Click “View Blog” and make sure ALL of your hyperlinks work correctly.  Working hyperlinks are part of the grade for your final reflection.

Finally, we began brainstorming for the final reflection using slides 174-179 on the PowerPoint.

Homework (due Monday):

• Post an instructor comments reflection on your blog

Note: ALL final drafts must be turned in on your blog by the due dates in order to pass the course.