Sasha Passaglia – Task No. 4 – Manual Scripts
https://blogs.ubc.ca/sashapassaglia/2020/06/05/task-4-manual-scripts/
Sasha’s task no 4 caught my attention at first because of her hand writing. It is super neat which is the same as my style of writing. I continued to read her reflection and found that there were a couple of things that resonated with me.
We are both mothers and teachers and we feel the need to write very legibly so that our students won’t be confused. I started off my career with tutoring elementary school kids. I found that if I didn’t write super neatly, they would misunderstand what I was trying to say. Both Sasha and I prefer to hand write student comments and feedback. We feel that writing has a more personal touch, much like receiving a handwritten letter feels more special than receiving a typed email.
Due to the pandemic, we both felt that we do not write as much anymore. I used to ask my students to hand in paper lab reports and assignments so that I could mark directly on an assignment. Since the start of online learning, everything has been done through Google Classroom. At the time of completing this assignment, I have not been writing for about two months. We both felt the need to take a break in the middle as our hand muscles are not as strong as before.
Sasha also mentioned that when she made a mistake, she used white tape to cover her mistake but ended up pressing too hard when she rewrote on top of it. I personally didn’t realize where she made the mistake at all but it would also bug me if that happened to me as I have mild OCD.
Sasha and I both used the UBC blogs and we both have similar format and layout. I believe that due to the fact that we seem to both like being organized, we made our website very user friendly. We both put all our assignments into categories like weekly tasks and linking assignments. We also have an introduction page that talks a little bit about ourselves.