With the continuation of the semester I feel my critical analysis skills have gotten much better. As this class has sharpened my skills in critical analysis with weekly blog posts and annotations so have many of my other ones. Being a history major and a prelaw minor most of my Continue reading
Wowzers! The podcast production turned out to be an exhilarating journey. I can’t believe we’re at the end of the road. In my last note to you, I had limited confidence in my skills to produce a decent podcast. Since then, I have further explored the elements which define a Continue reading
At the beginning of this semester, I thought I already was good at analyzing and breaking different events down because I use to debate. But as we got deeper into the semester, it became very clear that I had so much to learn. Based on the eight categories, I know Continue reading
After completing the podcast assignment, I feel basically the same about my proficiency at the criteria listed in the prompt. In my previous post, I wrote that I had critically analyzing films and television because I spend most of my spare time watching television and films. Since I am a Continue reading
To reflect upon my learning experience during this podcast project, I must say I grew from my first podcast production notes. Initially, thinking about doing a podcast on a dystopian film was nerve-wracking because I didn’t even know what to look for in the film that made it have those Continue reading
In my opinion whenever you engage in any major project within life whether it be for school or work, done independently or collaboratively, it does change you in some way or the other and at times, one doesn’t even realize the impact the endeavor had on him/her. Similarly, the podcast Continue reading
Throughout the semester, as a collective and as individuals, we have consumed and analyzed a number of dystopian pieces of different formats, including movies, articles, and books. I believe my ability to analyze these texts and films has improved as we have navigated them. The more texts we read and Continue reading
As the semester comes to an end, it is time I revisited my evaluation of my own strengths and weaknesses as a scholar. The skills that I know as strengths like written communication and analysis are of course still strong attributes that I believe gave me a nice foundation for Continue reading
I think the key to learning is having the ability to adapt to a large variety of information to ways that I can fully comprehend. Another key thing that encourages becoming a self-regulated learner is making goals, creating a plan and being able to make adjustments when necessary. I am Continue reading
During the initial thought of creating the podcast, I was excited because not only am I a mass communication major, but I am a person who likes to write and plans on becoming a print journalist. So, the script seemed like the part I would be most interested in and could Continue reading
Update: #Room101Radio, a podcast about the intersection between fictional & real #dystopias, created by students at @XULA1925, is available here:
Google: go.jtodd.info/8c6
Apple: go.jtodd.info/2d4a3
Spotify: go.jtodd.info/3db97
iHeartRadio: go.jtodd.info/aab4b
