Blog Post # 6 Part 1- 1st Year Seminar

My greatest skill in Visual Studies is that I am already comfortable with a camera and know how to take good pictures, so I don’t have to worry about learning basics. For greater success in this course I need to start experimenting more with my camera and learning how to rely on my camera instead of Photoshop. My greatest skill in Basic Math is that I already took college algebra in high school so I know all the basics, so since I am in basic math it is all stuff I already know. For greater success in this course I need to just make sure that I continue doing my work at the speed I am so I don’t have to worry about being to ahead or behind. My greatest skill Rhetoric and Composition is that once I start writing I am generally pretty quick at getting my thoughts and ideas on paper. For better success I need to get a lot more help with correcting my grammatical errors. My greatest skill in Political Controversies is that I am very interested in learning about the government, so it is easy for me to pay attention. For better success in this course I need to pay better attention to details, so when I take the quizzes I’m more prepared.

My computer skills include Photoshop, Basic Word, Spreadsheets, and some Bridge. I still need to learn how to gain more Photoshop skills, and also get more in depth skills with bridge and lightroom.

My greatest strengths as a researcher and writer is that I am very good and expressing my ideas and writing papers in a quick manner. I need to work on grammatical errors such as spelling and sentence structure, also paragraph structure.

I learn best and accomplish most when I study with other people and also when I am able to get help especially when writing papers. My action plan for my Rhetoric and Composition class is:

  • Go to the writing center
  • Have multiple people revise my paper
  • Start writing earlier so I have more time to correct errors
  • Re-read my paper more than twice
  • Start and finish paper on same day, but re look the day after so you have time to think about it.
  • Search for more interesting words to use
  • Make my writing clear and do the best and saying what I need to say
  • Try not to fluff too much
  • Make multiple theses so that I can choose which one sounds best.
  • Make sure my conclusion includes all my main points

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