Can you see an improvement in your own writing throughout this semester?

If so, describe that

improvement and how it developed. If not, describe how areas of improvement could be better

addressed in this course.

I can absolutely see great improvement in my writing throughout this semester. This

manifested in several different ways, but I think the greatest affect this class has had on my

writing is an improved ability to follow document structure. It is very easy for me to get

sidetracked and forget about smaller details, but each document type we had to make having a

different format really helped me learn to abide by the differences between them. Another way

this class made my writing better was through focusing in on more informative forms of writing.

Much of the writing I have done in the past has been mostly informal, so I think it has been

crucial for me to get some practice writing more formal documents that are closer to what I

would be writing at a job someday. I think this was especially true with the email and memo

packets, since those are the primary things, I would have to write in a future computer science

job.

What was your goal for this course and did you meet it? If so, how did that happen? If not, how

do you think the course could be revised to better help other students meet that goal?

My goal for this course at the beginning was to become a better communicator, especially

when it comes to more formal information and communication. Through the process of this class

this semester, I think that I achieved this goal. I think that this happened through doing projects

and assignments that were using document types and formats that I had never created myself
before. By putting me out of my comfort zone, this forced me to be more thoughtful about how I

communicated information, and I could not simply rely on previous projects and papers I had

done before. I thought that this aspect of the class was great. However, I think something that, if

changed, could be much more helpful is the group discussions. I think that having group

discussions are a great addition to the course, but I think that they should be a bit more

concentrated than they are right now. I think it would have helped me personally if there was a

smaller, more consistent group of people who all peer reviewed each other throughout the

semester. This way, we can get to know how they write and see how they improve over the

semester along with ourselves.

Which assignment are you most proud of and why? If you could add any assignment to this

course, what would it be? If you could edit any assignment in this course, what would it be?

Out of all the assignments, I think I am most proud of the white paper overall. The main

thing I am proud of in this document is the research that went into it. I had several sources on

Climate Change that I needed to read and understand completely in order to implement it well

into my paper, so I was proud that the information came across clearly. If I could add any

assignment to this course, I think I would add more assignments like the Engagement Project.

Especially these past few years, with everything being online, it felt great to have to go out into

the world to get pictures for the project. If I could edit any assignment in the course, I would edit

the Workplace Correspondence. I would not want to change too much, but I think it would be

helpful if it was split up into two different assignments. One of them would focus on the email,

and the other would focus on the Memo.