Introduction

In this section of the portfolio, speak in broad strokes about the skills and content you’ve learned during the first half of the semester. What did you most enjoy? What did you struggle with? What goals do you think you’ve most excelled at meeting and what do you want to continue developing during the second half of the semester?

Goal 1 (10%)

1a) Demonstrates ability and commitment to collaboratively work across and within community contexts and structures.

[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 2 (10%)

8c) Develops clear, innovative central messages with significant supporting material.

[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 3 (10%)

11a) Evaluates texts scholarly significance to apply reading to other context issues.

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Goal 4 (60%)

2b) Takes risks in assignments and in approaches to learning to create new knowledge.

As shown above on the left I have my Reflection #2 and on the right, reflection # 5. By showing the before and after I wanted to improve my writing and knowing that my reflection on the right is better than the one on the left. Small detail like having paragraphs gives structure to the topic I am writing about as well as able to generate my ideas in a more professional way.

Goal 5 (10%)

5b) Accesses information using effective, well-designed search strategies and appropriate sources.

[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]