Individual Projects

 Can you specifically show me how these assignments have enhanced your use of
technology to create and write in multiple genres?

These assignments have specifically enhanced my understanding of technology by

showing me all of the different ways an employer must communicate with his/her
employee’s, associates, work partners, and colleagues. The recipe write-up showed
me how to communicate basic tasks to an employer that has no previous knowledge
in the field while the interview questions made me realize what I look for in a person
that I want to work for me. The good news and complaint letter taught me how to
communicate with those that I work with/want to work with. These four assignments
enhanced the ways in which I need to vary the way I communicate with different
people from various areas of my work life.

 How about your research skills?

My research skills have increased because I have come to the realization that I am
unable to go off of a whim anymore. In order to communicate properly with people in
such an important of my life such as business, then I need to be able to explore,
analyze, and plan out what I’m going to say and how I’m going to say it.

 How about your critical thinking skills?

My critical thinking skills have excelled due to my gain in research skills and overall
perspective going into experiences such as those that we’ve explored in class. I’ve
learned how to hone in my critical thinking skills through methodical planning of
assignments, tackling tasks with my group, and figuring out how to work as a team
with my classmates.

 What about reflecting on your writing and choices you made?

I wish that I would have put more time into my assignments because I feel as if they
could have been a lot better if I had taken the time to really plan them out. I was
happy with the choices and positions I took with my group and most decisions made
with my team. Personally, I wish I hadn’t procrastinated as much on assignments so
that my writing could’ve been better.

Group Projects
 How did this project enhance your research skills?

My research skills no longer only pertained to my own, they had to be done under the
influence of my group. I not only had to research for the actual work, but I also had to
 research what my group thought was acceptable work as well as what my group had
similar passions for.

 How do the SLO’s (especially Critical Reading, Rhetorical Knowledge, and Knowledge
of Conventions).

The SLO’s pertained to the group assignments through the wide variety of
assignments given as well as the diversity of sub-assignments within. One had to mold
to the new assignments given each week and put themselves in a situation they
thought wasn’t going to be given to them. In shaping ourselves week by week to new
assignments, we had to differentiate how we spoke, presented ourselves, and
approached the required task at hand.

Textbook Exercises
 Did you find these useful? Explain.

The textbook assignments seemed as if they really got down to the core of
fundamental technical communication. Whether that be with a friend, colleague, co-
worker, boss, etc. They taught you how to effectively communicate across all
spectrums of relationships.

 How do the SLO’s relate to this project?

As with the different people you had to “write” to, you had to vary your voice,
template, structure, and viewpoint towards the task at hand. You had to be able to
put yourself in the receiver’s shoes and determine what you would like to read and
how you would like to read it.

GROUP EVALUATION FORM

Write the names of your group members in the numbered boxes. Then, assign yourself
a value for each listed attribute. Finally, do the same for each of your group members
and total all of the values.

VALUES: 5 = Superior 4 = Above Average 3 = Average 2 = Below Average 1 = Weak

ATTRIBUTE MYSELF 1. Autumn 2. Paul Serb 3. Davidson 4. Ridha

Hudock Brock Paracha
Partcipated in 5 5 3 2 3
group
discussions.

Helped keep 4 5 3 1 2
the
group on task.

Contributed 4 5 3 2 2
useful
ideas.

Quality of 4 5 3 3 3
completed
work

Contributed 4 5 3 3 2
equally

TOTALS 21 25 15 11 12