Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Week 7
Today while Tiffany was outlining the final week of class I started to realize that the semester is over. What happened to the time? I hope everybody enjoyed my input and company throughout the semester. Overall, I enjoyed the dichotomy of opinions and personalities that helped generate some original ideas. Engaging in this course helped me see that I am becoming more tolerant of criticism and feedback. There were times when I stopped myself because somebody was providing feedback and I wasn't taking it personally. The layout of the class and being paired with different partners helped alleviate some of the pressure and tension when feedback (criticism) was given. A sense of humility helped check my ego during this course. I love differences and originality but in the past I have judged or written things off without realizing it. With our final exam looming, I am looking forward to articulating the person I am and what I have learned in this class. Furthermore, I am excited to hear all the other presentations and what everybody will say to surprise me. Peace out until next week people!
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Hi, Chris. Thank you so much for the input you gave me yesterday about our group module. It was extremely helpful, and it was very generous of you to share those ideas with me. I enjoyed reading your blog today, and I agree with you. This class was very instructional in regard to preparing tools useful in dealing with others. It is a very good skill to learn how to take criticism, and I hope that I personally make progress in this subject! Actually, the cooperative nature of this class has allowed me to know my classmates more than I have done in previous classes, and this has been a great educational benefit. I learned so much even in terms of technology from my classmates, and for me this is very important. Best wishes for you final project. Susan
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your input throughout the semester!You had lots of great ideas and were fun to collaberate with. You were a great partner! Anyways, I know what you mean about criticism. For some reason, criticism or suggestions seemed less personal since I had a partner even though sometimes we split things up individually so we could accomplish more.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Chris, this class went by ultra fast but I sure learned a lot. I also agree that I learned how to accept feedback and learned how to not take it personally when reciving it because if anything it only made me better. :)
ReplyDeleteVery cool post. Its often hard for us to admit we sometimes pass judgements without thinking first. I too am very excited to present who I am on Wednesday, but at the same time a little nervous. We'll see what I come up with.
ReplyDeleteYes I agree that there was a great variety of opinions and ideas. Time really has flown by, and I think everyone did a great job considering the type of course it was.
ReplyDeleteOften times people who have a mindset of agitation and boredom about something, whether it be sitting through a class or attending a conference, discover that time appears to progress very slowly, and even though this is how I felt about this particular class, now that I am almost out of the class, the classic cliche of "time flies when you're having fun" is no less true to me as it would be for someone who had a comparatively different perception about this class, because overall the class did seem to just "fly" by.
ReplyDeleteYes, time flies, and the older you get, the faster it does. Some say that it's not just our perception, rather it happens for real, but I'm not getting into that kind of discussion :) I do remember my school days and how long everything seemed to last. Now the only things that seem to last for ever are meetings ...
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