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20 Jun 08
Clay BurellStephanie on writing and networked learning. Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fkispln.kiswrites.org%2F2008%2F06%2F09%2Ffreeway
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This class has taught me that a student can be a public writer who is capable of getting just as many feedbacks as the adults in the networking world. Especially in the beginning of the year, I didn’t know that writing with a simple language could be more effective than using hard SAT vocabulary. Adding silly jokes and catchy metaphors/smilies were also necessary for the world to see. The major thing was different about this class compared to other classes was the fact that we can enjoy writing without having to think about the complexity of the text. Editing was still essential, but no particular format was needed. We were given with an opportunity to write whatever we wanted to.
The thought of me being a good writer has never come up to my head - not that I’m a “good” writer - but after getting feedbacks from real people out there, I gained more confidence. Diane Cordell, whom I interviewed about 2 weeks ago told me that she could see a personality in my writing which didn’t hesitate her to keep scrolling down. Also, Heather, from Mr. Sharesky showed interest in my blog posts which did amaze me. As a writer, I think I’ve learned to put personality in it, but still have a bit more to go with holding the readers’ attention.
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Numerous topics went through my head this semester, such as designing restaurants, online recipe book, comfort foods. I don’t think that I was able to make any of these “super effective” at all. Only if I figured out this system of networking with everyone in the world I could have moved on faster, but there have been many bumps on the way.
First of all, the bar design group did not work so well because we had no idea how we could incorporate other people’s idea when we wanted to design our own bar. It was way too complicated. Then I went off by myself thinking that it’d be easier. Well, I was wrong. All the responsibilities and pressures were on me, but at least I could control everything that I do. It was May when I set up my first interview. After spending so much time in this class, I finally got the purpose after 4 months. In a way, it sounds like a waste of time, but I still accomplished something before the semester ended.
I realized that talking to other people weren’t as hard as I thought. As I’ve written in my other posts, confidence was all it took. No one would want to come and find me unless I go and search them. It’s too bad the semester ended when I just started to get the hang of it, but I can still continue on my own.
Bumpy roads, narrow path, and freeway. I’ve gone through numerous roads during this experience. Perhaps now is the time to go my way instead of following the made paths. Hopefully I’ll continue to do more networking and set-up interviews to post on my project blog and/or my own english blog.
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