Unit 2 Reflection Blog
In Assignment 2.1 we focused on preparing a proper analytical proposal for a 12-15 page report. The subject I chose for this report was the addition of first aid to the UBC curriculum. The peer review of this assignment helped improve my writing style for easier reading. One of the criticisms that I realized was prevalent in my writing was often opting for a comma instead of a period. This made my sentences run long and made it harder for the reader. I also had gotten a lot of help from Jasmine and Erika in this unit. As someone with only a few English courses under their belt I am not the most practiced writer. I learned how to make a proper and more detailed review with helpful analysis. Reading through my old assignments, with respect to the new edited versions, I noticed a large difference in the specificity of my criticism and the professional tone. I feel that I have learned a great deal in this unit about my writing and the corrective measures for my bad habits.
In Assignment 2.2 we created LinkedIn pages, reviewed a team-mates page, and provided a brief memo on LinkedIn research. I think I definitely lucked out in this assignment. I got to review a great LinkedIn page. By reading through and analyzing Sean’s page I really found some great things to take away from his and bring to mine. I found this peer review especially hard based on the fact I had only good things to say. I think that my LinkedIn profile had some serious growth in this unit as well and hope that future employers will look at it and become impressed.
Assignment 2.3 was focused on developing our Formal Report methods of gathering data. I spent quite a bit of time thinking about what the most important questions were for my survey and questionnaire. I found this hard to create a survey that was short enough so people would actually fill it out but still had enough information on it. I am looking forward to the input form Erika and Jasmine on this matter.