Final Project

I would like to use non verbal communication as a focus for my presentation which would relate essay 3 and 4 and then use essay 5 to show the connection between 3 and 4. I think that a video clip that demonstrates the power of NVC would be interesting and demonstrate why NVC is so important in communication. I think these 3 essays (345) would be most interesting to revise and relate the most to one another.

Brainstorm

For the portfolio, I plan on using project #1 because I really enjoyed writing the narrative and it really made me think about how language is important and the role that it plays for others who struggle with it. I am also planning on using project #3 because it made me realize a lot of different things about how my career speaks and writes. This project was a big eye opener because I never really thought about how it has it's own language until that project. The final project that I plan on using for the portfolio would be my last project #5. I want to use this project because it is basically what this class was about to me, learning how to write as a part of your future career's discourse community which is an important thing to know.

Portfolio

I have 3 papers that look specifically at my career field, and those are gonna be the ones that I choose for my portfolio. I believe that they have been the most consistent in terms of information and they all relate in a way to each other. Also I found them to be the most enjoyable to do, due to the fact that it was on an interest of mine.

For the Portfolio I would like to include:

(1) Essay # 3 because I feel like i really enjoyed my discourse community
(2) Essay # 4 because my wikipedia entry was a build of essay #3, of which I put a great deal of thought into
(3) Essay # 5 because it is the final project and I am enjoying it and the progress i've made so far

Ideas for Final

I am thinking that I want to revise my wiki entry, my paper on my discourse community, and I cant really at this point decide the last one that I want to revise. My first essay was thinking about just becasue I enjoyed that one the most but I'm not sure if it need to be revised. It something that I am going to have to think about.

course portifolo brainstorm

For the three projects that we have to put on a CD as of now i am thinking i will use project #2 the powerpoint with the group, our group worked well together and our powerpoint was well put together. I am also going to use the wikipedia entry, that was one of my best projects. and possibly the last project#5. I might revise project #3 and use that but i am not sure yet, if my #5 goes well i will use that insdead and since i will be going in a different direction that first planned with #5 I think this project will go well.

Portfolio overview

My three best essays were the Expliotory Research Essay & Annotated Bibliography, Wikipedia Contribution, and the Personal Discourse Analysis. These three essays were chosen because they have helped me understand how to write efficiently and effectively based upon there high grades. By receiving these grades I felt that I have mastered on developing a techinique on how to write about the situation, rather than how I felt about the situation. I feel that this technique is very helpful because in any business you need to write about the business with full resources with evidence to support your case. If you master this technique can be considered a major asset to the business world.

portfolio brainstorming

1. Essay2: Personal Discourse Analysis
2. Essay3: Expository Research Essay + Annotated Bibliography
3. Essay4: Wikipedia Contribution

These are what will be included in my portfolio. I chose essay2 because I enjoyed the project and recieved a good grade. I felt that I understood this project well. I chose essay3 because it contains two things; research essay and annotated bib. This project kills two birds with one stone. It shows more of my work in one project. Having a wide variety of material included on the CD is better than few writings. Finally, I chose essay4 because it was a challenge at first, but in the end came out better than expected. I recieved a good grade on it and understood it completely, towards the end. I've never created an entry and want it to be a part of my portfolio.

Portfolio Ideas

I think for certain I want to add my final project into my portfolio because it shows most what I think I tried to explain in my past 2 essays which is PR being a form of promoting a product. I've created original digital images in Photoshop and also plan to have a PowerPoint for my final presentation so I actually get to show what I plan to do in my career field instead of simply saying. I always think a visual is better than having someone tell you or just by reading about it anyway which is why I wanted to create an image for this final project.

I'll probably put the first essay in my portfolio since it was a bit more personal for me. As for the last essay that I will include...I'm not sure just yet.

Portfolio Project

In preparation for the final portfolio project I have decided that I will most likely be burning projects #3-#5 onto a CD to turn in at the end of the semester. I have decided to use these three because they are very similiar in content and relativity and I feel they will make the final portfolio appropriate and sensible to the purpose and content of the assignment. I feel that these three would be my strongest and most significant assignments and will be useful to the purpose of the assignment.

For the final portfolio I am planning to include project #1, project #2, and project #3. I chose these projects because I think they best reflect my different writing abilities. Project #1 provides an example of my ability to write creatively. Project #2 shows how I am able to put together a power point and a presentation to communicate my ideas. Project #3 is an example of how I can write professionally. I think the previously listed projects are the best combination to show the different skills that I have learned in English 207.