Week 8 Progress

 

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I'm ok with the progress I've made so far. I would like to have more points, but I've been busy and I kind of fell behind. I think I should start getting on the grind again, and hopefully finish early! 

My weekly routine is pretty set, so I think if I tried to change anything now, it wouldn't work out well.

I really enjoy writing the stories. I think it's refreshing to have a class that I can be creative in, and just really do whatever. I also really love creating my storybook project. I'm hoping to get more done on that.

I do some extra credit, but I feel like I should be doing more. I'm going to start writing more blogs I think. 

As the second part of the semester progresses, I think I'm just going to write more to hopefully finish early. I just gotta put the time and effort in!

Week 8 Comments and Feedback

 Feedback in:

 I've received a lot of feedback from other classmates, and overall it's been very positive. I've had a lot of encouraging comments, as well as comments that include constructive feedback. I enjoy reading through them, I think they're very helpful.

Most of the constructive feedback has been on my storybook project. There's a lot of ideas people are kind of throwing my way that I think would work well with my project. I've been trying to do things a certain way, and another set of eyes will point out a better solution. 

All in all, the feedback I've received so far has been great. 

Feedback Out:

I'm not sure my feedback is very constructive. When I read people's stories and look at their projects I tend to find things I like and comment on that aspect. I've never been good at giving feedback, which is why I couldn't ever teach. I'm not sure how to be constructive.

Blog Comments:

Blog comments are probably my favorite part of this course. I love seeing new comments on my post, and I really like to post comments as well. I see familiar names often, and I feel like there's a community of sorts posting on each others blogs. I think it's really fun.

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I chose this image because I think it's a great template on how to provide constructive feedback. Like I said , I've never been good at giving feedback, and I think this is a great infograph to follow when providing. I'm going to use it in the future when giving feedback.

Week 8 Reading and Writing

 

Recovering a Jewel from the Palace of the Dragon King. Utagawa Kuniyoshi. 1883. Source

Looking Back:

I'm rather pleased with how my writing assignments have turned out. I have really enjoyed creating this blog and my project site, and I've put in a lot of time and effort to make them both look good.

I think my biggest writing accomplishment so far is my Introduction post. I received a lot of comments and feedback on that post. I'm not a very personal person, so when I posted that I thought about deleting it and writing something about how much I love cheese. I'm glad I stuck with it though.

I've enjoyed all of the readings so far, but my favorite has been The Monkey King. the reading notes for that lead me to writing my favorite story: Ao Run: The Dragon King of the West. I just wrote a retelling of the story, but I loved it so much that I was excited to rewrite it. I think it turned out great.

Image:

The image I liked the best is from one of my favorite artists Utagawa Kuniyoshi. He was a Japanese artist who created works based off of myths. They're so cool. Many of them involve dragon myths, and I like the way he created dragons. 

Looking Foward:

Looking foward, I can't think of anything I would change to get more out of reading and writing. I like the system I've created. I usually read the stories first, then reread them while taking notes. The notes portion gives me the ideas I use to create stories.