Class Portfolio

Introduction

During the first half of the semester, I learned how to look at various point of views, use clear, organizational patterns to present content, as well as how to showcase my knowledge of a subject by using compelling and relevant content. I also learned about water infrastructure and some of the impacts it has on the world around us. What I enjoyed the most so far was learning about water and the advantages and disadvantages of the things that surround it. It was fun to gain knowledge on an issue I didn’t know too much about and it influenced me to do research on it outside of class. What I struggled with the most was keeping up with the work flow because a lot of that work and research is done outside of class and that was an adjustment that I had to learn how to make. The goals that I believe I excelled at meeting the most was goal 2c and 13b. The reason why is because I believe I did a good job on transforming my work from the edits I was provided, and I also believe that I was able to use appropriate, relevant, and compelling content during my source analysis dicussion to showcase my knowledge on the reading. What I want to continue developing during the second half of the semester is my knowledge and skills on implementing sophisticated, workable solutions to resolve global problems, as well as my ability to present content cohesively.

Goal 2c (20%)

Transforms ideas by gaining knowledge from multiple sources and point of views that have been researched.

The artifact that I am providing for this goal is Multimodal Compisition #1. The reason I chose this artifact is because it will showcase how I transformed my MC based on the edits I received.

This was my rough draft for MC #1 where I received edits to make it better. As you can see below, I was given the suggestion to give an example for my claim.

Quoted below is how I included that edit into my final draft of the multimodal composition.

“To give an example, let’s look at how there are kids who learn at different speeds, in different ways, etc. So if we implement a solution that only helps the most represented group of students, then the students who have some sort of learning disabilities will be left out and most likely will fall farther behind.”

The second artifact that I would like to include is how I made my paper multimodal. When I first turned in my rough draft, I did not include any pictures because I did not exactly grasp the idea of multimodal composition. However, after receiving the edit to include pictures, that is what I did. The pictures I used are included below.

I believe this assignment has helped me to develop a new skill of transforming ideas because I had to learn how to take constructive critcism and apply it in a way that enhances the items at hand. In addition to that, the process of learning how to execute the edits by going off of the few words provided, proved to be difficult. It was hard to figure out exactly what was wanted and how to structure it, but what helped was going through and seeing how each idea flowed with what was already in place. Something I might do differently next time, would be to communicate more as I go through with applying the edits. I believe it provide a different outcome as my current method does.

Goal 4c (30%)

Gain knowledge and skills to implement sophisticated, workable solutions to address complex global problems using interdisciplinary perspectives.

The artifact that I will be providing for this goal is Multimodal Compisition #2. The reason I chose this artifact is because it will showcase how I implemented sophisticated, workable solutions to address to problem I am working on.

At the moment, we have not finished MC #2, so I have no artifact to showcase. However, the due date is October 29th, so I will have this section done before the following day.

[add an artifact or two here and a few sentences about how the artifact demonstrates your learning; you should talk about process. How did this assignment help you develop a new skill, push you to try something new? What might you do differently next time? Note that when you have a heavily weighted goal, you should include more than one artifact]

Goal 8a (10%)

Uses clear organizational patterns and is skillful at presenting content cohesively

The artifact that I am providing for this goal is my source analysis presentation. The reason I chose this artifact is because it will showcase how I used clear organization patterns, as well as presented content cohesively.

My source analysis presentation was on the introduction, “A Most Magnificent Spectacle,” from the book “The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi River” by Boyce Upholt.

For our presentation, we made a list of things we wanted to dicuss in order to have our dicussion flow from point A to point B. The document also allowed us to get back on track whenever the conversation started to go down a rabbit hole. The shared document is posted below.

This assignment helped me to develop a new skill because it forced me to practice holding a dicussion by using a method that communicated a clear organizational outline for our presentation. What I might do differently next time would be to create a more indepth outline to get more deeper answers that require critical thinking.

Goal 9c (30%)

Learn how to address multiple contextual factors by implementing solutions.

The artifact I will submit for this goal will be the final project for my research team. Therefore, at the moment, I do not have an artifact to submit.

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Goal 13b (10%)

Use appropriate, relevant, and compelling content to illustrate mastery of the subject.

The artifact that I am providing for this goal is my source analysis presentation. The reason I chose this artifact is because it will showcase how I used appropriate, relevant, and compelling content to illustrate my knowledge of the book.

My source analysis presentation was on the introduction, “A Most Magnificent Spectacle,” from the book “The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi River” by Boyce Upholt.

The specific questions I would like to include as artifacts are as follows:

“Why was taming the Mississippi River seen as such an important task?”

“What are some ways that we can keep up with the ever-changing rivers

I believe these two questions provides evidence for this goal because they allowed for critical thinking in the dicussion. In addition to that, the questions were appropriate, relevant, and compelling content because it revolved around looking deeper into the story in order to find answers, as well as thinking more critically on how to answer the question. What I might do differently next time would be to create a more indepth outline to get more deeper answers that require critical thinking. Therefore, it would be more deeper answers throughout the entire dicussion instead of just a few.