Kai Corley-Jory
November 12th, 2018
Unit 2:3 – Reflection Blog
This blog is a reflection on the work I have accomplished and the processes I used and learned during this units extent. In unit 2:3, the primary assignments were that of progress and outlines of format reports, and work on setting up a professional networking profile on LinkedIn.
Let’s start with the LinkedIn profile. This assignment gave me a great opportunity to update my LinkedIn profile for all of the experiences and work that I had done in the past year. Having the assignment to create the profile, and take a more professional approach help me turn out what I think is a great final product. Unlike previous times updating my profile, I tried to use a professional but friendly tone and was aware of how I was portraying myself to my colleagues and of course potential employers. The fact, that we had the chance to get direct feedback on our profile from our peers is invaluable. The peer review processing has quickly become a favorite to me in terms of editing and learning tools to use when writing. Overall, I really enjoyed updating my profile and I’m not sure when I would have gotten around to it if it weren’t for this assignment.
During this unit, there was also extensive work on planning and preparing for data collection that we will be using in our formal reports. I’m generally not one to think ahead so much on reports or projects, I like to start, research and finish then prepare for editing in a very short time frame. Having already been thinking about the report for about a month, I find myself continually thinking about it and adjusting and changing ideas as I go over it in my head. I’m interested to see how this will affect my final version of my report. All the assignments, like creating a report outline or progress report of the report itself, again force you to go over the concepts you want to cover. This repetition has allowed me to sort through my initial ideas and pick the ones that will be the most important. Though my particular report is a bit different in style from most of the members of my writing group, or other examples I have seen in this course, I feel confident that I can produce well-rounded report, mostly because the topic is something I have quite a bit of prior knowledge about, but still have a lot to learn as well.
So far I have really enjoyed the peer-review process, and I like to see all the writing styles that my colleagues have. Some of their work has inspired me, but more in a technical manner. Sometimes I like the way they have a layout for their page or the way they have worded a particular argument. I would say I am picking up small writing nuances every time I review their work, whether I’m entirely aware of it or not. I think my colleagues have become accomplished writers in their own right, and I look forward to reading more of their work in the future.
Link to Peer Review of Report Proposal :
https://blogs.ubc.ca/engl301-99a/2018/10/18/peer-review-of-research-proposal-kai-corley-jory/
Link to Revised Report Proposal: 301 Kai Corley-Jory Report Proposal – Only Cantung