What have I gained?

I have learned a lot of new things since taking this class. The most important thing I have gained was me becoming a better writer. I use to not know how to do APA format, how to do a wikipedia article, but now I can use MLA format, and do a wikipedia article. Also, I use to always make mistakes in my writing, just little stuff like comma splices and errors. Since this class I have learned a lot, and I do not think I will make as many errors as I did before I took this class.

Portfolio

So far my portfolio is going a little slower then I thought it was going to. I am having trouble finding all of my stuff because I do not remember where I put all of my notes and annotated papers. Hopefully I will figure it out before tomorrow!

Technology

My whole life I have always played video games, watched T.V., and was usually always around computers. I was always hooking up my Sega, Playstation, X Box, or whatever it was. I had it and I was always hooking them up to T.V.'s I think this helped me because knowing a lot about technology now days is important with getting a job, and especially for school. I think I know enough about technology to get a job and to finish school.

Wikipedia Articles for Sources

I did not know that people could change information on a Wikipedia article til this class. I had used one of my sources for wikipedia, and then I realized that this information could be false because people can change it. I thought this was the most interesting writing assignment we did, personally. I also learned that it taught me how to take multiple article summaries and combine them into one article summary.

Free Write Number 3

When I was in high school, all I ever used was MLA format, not APA format. Most of my english teachers told me that was all I would have to know so we never really discussed APA format. So when Mrs. Bowles told us to write it in APA format, I was really confused and was hoping that I wasn't the only one lost. Thank goodness I wasn't because many people had said the same thing. I ended up learning and understanding it a lot more and I think Mrs. Bowles did a good job teaching it to the class.

Free Write Number 2

Over this semester, I feel like I have improved my writing skills because of everything we have done in this class. Before this class, I was terrible at researching, citing, annotating, and knew very little about APA format, but now I feel like I can do all of these things a lot better. Another thing I learned how to do in this class was summarize articles, and this was something that came to me a lot fasther then anything else we did in here. First you have to read the article, then briefly describe what the article was about, and you do not put what you thought about the article either.

Research Topic Proposal

Do you think the UCLA Bruins are the best college basketball team ever? This is a question that a lot of sports analist, teams, and college basketball fans argue everyday. Many people argue that other teams have had more success then UCLA but I just do not see how they could think that. I mean only six schools have gone undefeated and they had four undefeated seasons. They also have 7 consecutive national championships, no one has done that, yet. UCLA Bruins have had a lot more success then some schools combined. They play in the Pac-10 conference and have won the Pac-10 championship more then anyother team in their conference, with 18 conference championships.