Week 12
One word comes to mind when I compare my past weekly team reports to my later ones-- evolution. From not knowing what to do, to posting weekly reports on the internet, I have come a long way from the beginning of the semester.
Hanging in there
At the beginning of the semester, I was expecting the traditional writing intensive assignments-- reading the book, then writing about what I had read. I never expected to be working on the computer so intensely in my life!! Like many others, I was scared and intimidated in the beginning and even considered dropping out. But with a lot of encouragement from other people, I stuck to my guns and decided to stick out the whole semester being in both Psychology 409 and 459 classes.
My So Called Dark Ages
Looking back on my past team reports, I noticed a significant difference in the first half versus the second half. In the first half, links are scarce, as well as the amount of in-- depth searches. Repetitious using of search engines are also common, and I know for a fact that postings were always late. I guess It was just this sense of "lacunae" that I was experiencing during the first couple reports, especially when we met in class and it would seem like everyone was ahead of me! I also needed a lot of help during this time which Christina Kealoha gave me, whom I can't forget to acknowledge. Thanks, Christina!
Getting Good at This!
The second half was progressively better. The second half seem to emulate a sense of confidence in knowing what I was doing. Links are plentiful, text is clean cut, and resources are more plentiful. I felt up to date with the class, and truly confident that I was or should I say am going to make it through this class!
Comparing Lori Morita's Reports
For this comparison, I just had to compare Lori Morita's team reports. Clear and concessive, Lori Morita unsurprisingly has links in every single report to the outside, as well as her teammate Reynilda Cortez. Her documents are easy and interesting to read, and my first impressions upon reading her team reports give me the impression that she knew what she was doing all along. Other than icon links and other accessories, Lori's team reports look surprisingly uniform.
Lori's First Half
As you could recall, Lori was one of the first people to post up her report, as well as have links in it. Her discussions on search engines are quite informative, giving the reader all they need to know about particular search engines-- what they are, how they search, where to find them, and so forth. Lori also has the proper titles in every one, and a mail link.
Lori's Second half
The second part of Lori Morita's reports seem to get even more advanced and formal than they already are. I like the way she begins her reports, written in a way that gives the reader the impression of a oral report. The body of her team reports has a lot of substance. Each of the search engines that she discusses has its own clickable icon ( the search engine icon), and are all live. Good work, Lori!
Nitsa McCarthy
One person that I think has significantly improved in her reports has to be Nitsa McCarthy. However, I think Nitsa would agree with me that her improvements came with a lot of hard work, and log in time on the computer. I remember seeing her as a familiar face at the clic lab in the beginning of the semester.
Nitsa's First Half
Nitsa McCarthy's first few reports ( as conducted with Ragna Borres) about the internet itself are very informative, and pretty lengthy. Global issues are prevalent, and are interesting to read. One thing is for sure-- Nitsa still has strong ties with her homeland, Israel (She must be homesick being on the other side of the globe!) Links are included in her reports, and she seemed to be on track from the beginning.
The second Half of Nitsa's Weekly Reports
Nitsa's second half of her weekly reports seem to significantly
improve from the first. More links are included in them, and are more
informative than ever. Nitsa seems to have the ability to write her weekly
reports in a way that doesn't bore the reader; once you read one, you want to
read all! Other than that, Nitsa deserves an A.