Ian+reflection+2

=**//__Ian reflection 2 - Due Nov. 20, 2009 __//**=

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1. How are things going with your Senior Project?


 * Falling behind schedule
 * Having some trouble with certain pieces
 * Making Great Progress
 * Moving Along Fine
 * Stuck and need help


 * < My project is proceeding well. ||

2. How and when are you working effectively on this project? If you had the last month to do over again, what would you do differently? Why?


 * I am working on this project on Monday's during SLC, and during weekends. If I had the last month to do over again, I would spend more time working on my project during the school week. I have often found myself having to work long hours on the weekend to make up for my lack of work on my project during the weekend. ||

3. What kinds of decisions have you found yourself making recently? Have they been good decisions? What are you learning about how you make decisions and what kind of effect these decisions have on your learning?

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 * When writing my research paper, I made the decision to spend the majority of my time conducting research rather than actually writing the paper. I viewed this decision as the right one because I needed to conduct through research in order to complete the most well informed paper possible. However, as my deadline for submitting my paper approached, I realized that I had little to show for my hours of research. Because I had not spent a great deal of time writing, I felt rushed when trying to complete it. As a result, my paper did not fullfill all of my expectations, and emerged less coherent than I had hoped in would. ||

4. What did you learn about yourself—your working style, your interests, etc?


 * I learned that I must be flexible in order to succeed. I recently changing the direction of my project from creating a blog to traveling to two schools in the Washington DC area. My new direction is much more relevent to my post high school plans. ||

5. What did you learn about your topic/subjects that you didn’t know before? What connections among the various things you have studied and researched do you see? Have you had any “aha” moments? What were they and how did they affect you?


 * I completed the research for my paper. One of the biggest things I learned was that there is no clear consensus on the future of journalism, with many experts offering often contradictory ideas on where the future of the industry is headed. ||

6. How have you used your advisor or mentors feedback? How have you implemented their suggestions into your project?
 * My advisor's imput has been instrumental in shaping my project. It was on the suggestion of my advisor that I changed the direction of my project from creating a blog to traveling to journalism schools. ||