Journal Review

I just received an email from Ms. G containing my journal eval.  First off, it is much different than I expected!  I knew what the form would look like because that is what I filled out for Anna's project, but my evaluator took a completely different take on it!  It's very systematic and "listy" you could say, and doesn't really show the person's voice. 

That being said, it is still very useful.  Some tips I received were providing my sources to the articles I found my research from (and book title) and to share the training plan I started.  I will definitely start doing that if it seems like that is preferred as a reader.  When I read other WISE student's blogs, when they post the link to an article that they recommend checking out, I usually don't, though.  I feel like if they do a good enough job explaining what they learned then I feel informed enough, but I'm sure if something really interested me then I would like to know where I can find more information on it.  So I will start to do that, and it was a good piece of feedback.

I was also advised to add more pictures into my blogs, which I'll try to do.  Often I find them not so relevant and more obnoxious than anything, but if I can think of something worthy (such as the map from my 8 mile run) then I will add it.

To "provide updates on how and when tasks were accomplished from the lists and ideas that were generated throughout the journey. It would have been nice to have a timeline of events or way following and monitoring overall progress" seems kind of difficult.  I'm not sure how I would convey a timeline of events other than just listing them, but I think if I post my training plan and someone reads my blog then it's kind of clear.  I am not sure how to do this without blogging regularly and keeping a reader informed, which I feel like I already do.  But, I will keep it in mind when writing my posts and describing what I accomplish. 

Overall, I'm not going to lie, I think this review could have been a little more helpful.  I'm not sure if it's just the way I'm reading it or what, but it is hard for me to see exactly what the person is saying I guess.  I will keep these ideas in the back of my mind for future work on my project, though!