My personal goals for Unit two were: to update my LinkedIn profile so I could use professionally, develop my peer review feedback, work on team communication, get a head start on my formal report, and gain a better understanding of my writing style and ability.
I struggled with assignment 2.1. Having just had a baby, I am basically at home all day long and I found it very difficult to find a topic for my research proposal that fit all the report requirements. After much deliberation and many conversations with my husband I decided on bicycle safety, as that was an issue that is still very relevant to my daily life. Once I picked the topic I became quite excited about it and began immediately to research to see what information about bicycle safety in Vancouver was already available. After doing a bit of research, I was quite inspired and the proposal became quite easy to write.
Assignment 2.2 was not only a great opportunity for me to fine tune my LinkedIn profile, but it also provided me with incentive to research and discover some very useful information on LinkedIn best practices. Researching LinkedIn best practices along with the peer review of my profile, presented me with a great deal of insightful and helpful information and feedback that allowed me to create a profile I am satisfied with. I am very excited that I have updated and improved my LinkedIn profile, and am looking forward to using it to better establish my online presence.
Creating the outline for my formal report in assignment 2.3 was a great help on getting my closer to my goal of getting a head start on my formal report. I feel that with the outline and a schedule for my primary research I will be in a very good position when it comes time to begin drafting my report.
As I mentioned in my last reflection blog I find that the peer review process really helps me to analyze and critique my own work from another perspective. The feedback from the peer review on my proposal allowed me to edit my proposal and make it stronger and more understandable. Also, I find the more I am involved in the peer review process the more confident I am in my assessment and suggestions for my teammates work. I feel that through Unit 2 I have become a lot more comfortable with the peer review process and have greatly improved my capability to conduct a peer review.
I have really enjoyed this Unit and the amount of team work that has been involved in the assignments. My writing teammates have been so help in providing me with plenty of constructive feedback and many great examples of different styles of writing. And again, the peer review process has helped me better my work so much by providing me with useful critiques, as well as a more detached perspective for evaluating my own work. Overall, I am feeling very pleased with the completion of my personal goals for Unit 2.
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My revised proposal – report-proposal-hwagner-revised