Reflection Blog

The writing process was very helpful. As I am currently creating a presentation of the Universal Turing Machine, it was very helpful to have to make sure to explain the definition as clearly as possible. My having to go through and make sure that each section was clearly explained I vastly improved the coherence and organization of my explanation. Having to create visuals to help explain my definition also forced me to make sure that the illustrations clearly explained the topic.

The peer review was also very helpful as he was able to point out some places that were unclear and needed better explanation. I was able to revise my definitions and some mistakes to improve my explanation of the topic. He also pointed out that I missed including my references which I was able to fix in my revisions.

Perhaps the thing that I should have improved on my most is making more clear why I choose this term. As this definition is a part of an explanation of the Universal Quantum Computer, and the real meaning of the Universal Turing Machine isn’t fully seen until understanding that topic, my review seemed somewhat confused as to why I had chosen the topic or what the importance was. I should have been more clear at the beginning as to what my intention was.  

Definitions Word Doc: UniversalTuringMachine

Peer View Link: http://engl301.arts.ubc.ca/2017/02/03/13-peer-review-review-for-travis-gritter/