Mythology and Folklore

Looking Back Taking a peek back through the past weeks of the semester and looking at my progress I am happy with all I have done and also somewhat displeased with myself. I really thought I would have more time to dedicate to this class and get weeks ahead of schedule but as well all know there is simply never enough time. Although I have not fallen behind by any means I am not as far ahead of the game as I had wished to be. According to the "grading chart" that is a good measure of how many points one should have at a given time in the course to get the grade they want I am doing just fine to receive an "A" grade and still finish early. What disappoints me is that I skipped out on some key extra credit opportunities a couple weeks that would have furthered me in the class to the point I would be satisfied with. This being said I do, do at least a few extra credit assignments each week. My favorite assignments however are the story telling tasks. I love getting ...

Feedback In I have found that for about 99% of the time the peer to peer feedback has not only been helpful but also has been motivational. I'm not sure if it is the fact that everyone is trying to use the feedback strategies that have been outlined for us or if it just the way the class is formatted but everyone's feedback has been quite helpful in my writing experiences and also is encouraging. Most all of my comments and feedback end with some sort of "good job" which is a good feeling making me what to incorporate their suggestion into future stories and make them even better.  Feedback Out Feedback that I personally have left on other helps in a two fold manner. First, it helps the individual better create stories in the future either directly by taking my comments and using them or indirectly by making them think about something maybe they would not have and incorporating it that way. Secondly it helps me to better myself. In thinking about ways that th...

Looking Back So, we are now half way into the semester and it is time to look back at the first half of the quarter and reflect on all the reading and storytelling I have done. I love the way the class is structured with two reading notes due at the first of the week and a story due during the latter end of the week. This gives time to read many different stories and get the juices flowing for our own storytelling experience. I find that the reading notes are particularly helpful in allowing me to put some information and thoughts physically down for later when I am actually writing up a story. This can act as not only a reminder for me when I start to right something up but also can give me a platform to springboard off of for story telling. I have been decently happy with my overall project this year so far. It is difficult sometimes trying to create a story that is not only pleasing to read but also goes with past and future stories that we must create. The stories that I have re...