VISU 1100 : Blog Post #6

Part 1: Complete the skills inventory & action plan questions below, and post to your blog.

SKILLS INVENTORY (copy and paste questions into your blog)

For each class ask yourself the following:

  1. My greatest strengths in Art History include:
    1. My interest in the class and my motivation to get a good grade in the class
  2. For greater success in this course, I need to:
    1. I needed to study all the time, every day.
    2. I should have turned my required images into physical note cards rather than quizlet notecards.
  3. My greatest strengths in Drawing I include:
    1. My passion for drawing and wanting to learn how to draw better
  4. For greater success in the course, I need to:
    1. Start on projects when they are given and not wait until the last minute because art takes time
  5. My greatest strengths in Asian Traditions include:
    1. My interest in learning about Asian religions and understanding them
  6. For greater success in the course, I need to:
    1. remember to do the homework.
    2. Study and learn the stories for each religion
  7. My greatest strengths in VISU 1100 include:
    1. I am not really sure, maybe to learn what it will be like after I graduate and what I all I can do with a arts degree
  8. For greater success in the course, I need to:
    1. Remember to do the blog posts because I am in great pain right now!

Computer skills:

  1. My computer skills include:
    1. the basics like
      1. microsoft word and power point and I know I don’t know everything about those applications
  2. I still need to learn:
    1. All Adobe products
  3. I am not good with computers

Research & writing skills:

  1. My greatest strengths as a researcher/writer include:
    1. I can write a good formal paper that is quick to the point
    2. I can make a good outline when I know and have all the relevant information I need
  2. I need to work on these aspects of research and writing:
    1. I need to work on my writing skills. I can write a nice paper, but my grammar and spelling are sometimes messed up.
    2. Critical thinking
  3. I learn best & accomplish most when:
    1. I am a very hands-on kind of person. I learn better if I am doing the task with a teacher, like photoshop or another adobe product lesson I need to do the motions, not just watch and then do it later with my notes.

 

ACTION PLAN

Art History Action Plan

  1. Watch the videos multiple times and take an abundance of notes
  2. Create the required images into physical note cards
  3. Study note cards every single day
  4. Do not wait till the last minute to cram for an exam
  5. Reread the book and focus on the important images that were talked about in class
  6. Study harder
  7. Don’t procrastinate
  8. Talk to Brantl when I am stuck or need help
  9. Get a good amount of sleep
  10. Don’t stress over the little things

Choose one class that you are struggling with or are not doing as well as you could.
Now make a list of 10 ways you could improve your performance in this class.

Don’t forget to submit the url of your finished blog post by Oct. 12.

 

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