Journal#16
In class today, my team made some final adjustments to the format of our website. I recommended adding buttons to the bottom of our pages for accessibility, which made navigation so much easier. We also separated the lessons on our “Big Lessons” page. For peer review, my team and I compiled our notes into a document and used that for the discussion. I complimented one team’s use of contact information on their resources page, and I recommended another group rotate…
Journal #15
Today, my team worked on unifying the format of all our outside-of-class work. We discussed how we wanted the finished product to look and worked with our site keeper to make it happen. After collaborating on all of our outside-of-class work, we began to break down the last few chunks of the project and assign them to the team. Although no one did any of the writing work while in class, we did get a lot done with discussing and…
QCQ#7
Q: “I was certain that this would be better than farm life. I am the family entrepreneur!” C: There is a bitter-sweet nature that attracted me to this line. It almost reminds me of the expression, “the grass is greener on the other side,” which has always rubbed me the wrong way. It can be hard to be grateful for what you have and even more challenging to be grateful while you have it. It seems that this poem is…
QCQ#6
Q: “sometimes praising a mother who knew how to give, or forgiving a father who couldn’t give what you wanted.” C: This line really caught my attention because I felt like it was the one of the most honest lines of the poem. The poem was meant to be inspirational and, as such, used a lot of patriotic language. I thought that this line fit into the motive of the poem because it was inspirational without necessarily matching the tone…
Journal #13
I was really interested in the different types of leadership that this chapter talks about. I think that often, when leaders step into their role they feel like they should be task leaders. However, when I’m put into a leadership role, I tend to lean towards socioemotional traits. One way is not necessarily better than the other, so finding a way to balance the two is crucial in good leadership. Another subject I read about was different types of power….
Journal #14
When project two was initially introduced to the class, my group had a lot of ideas about how to go about the assignment. We split the eight testimonies so that each of us would be interviewing two people. My team also traded contact information so that we could begin collaborating outside of class. In my own time, I was asked to get the testimonies of a Junior and a professor. After some thought, I decided on who will be good…
Feminism and Visual Texts 10/14 and QCQ#5
I watched The Opening Scene – ‘Rear Window’ | Hitchcock Presents. This scene is “an abusive version of masculine heterosexuality” (Parker 176) in both content and filming. The viewers are initially presented with a man and woman asleep on a balcony. Although outwardly innocent, the scene implies an intimate, sexual relationship between the man and woman. They do not lie next to each other as equals but instead with their feet together and heads apart. The camera then pans to…
Journal #12
One subject that this chapter talked about was “Vocational Anticipatory Socialization” which is essentially defined as the “exposure” of the workplace through various forms of media (Television, social media, communication w/ others, etc.). What interests me about this, is that from an early age our society trains us on how to act. Media discussing school, work, or other public formats, has been ingrained into the daily lives of almost every citizen. Personally, I can think of shows such as Gilmore…
J #11
I really enjoyed today’s homework (which is not somethin I can say often). I think it’s so intresting that there is scientific evidence backing up this phenomon. When I was younger, I was never given access to technology, my parents only let me read. In fact, in middle school I was reading a 1,000 page version of Narnia. Similarly to what we read about, as soon as I was introduced to technology, I lost my attention span. These days I…
