1oo1-Flatworld Reflection

1. What did you like best about the project and why?

I liked that we got to learn about students living in places outside our state, even outside our country. It was interesting to read their stories, and learn about their cultures. All of them were friendly and it was a good experience.

2. What did you like least and why?

My least favorite part was having to fill out the "comment rubrics." Many times, I would read through a story and then come to the rubric, but forget what the story was all about, then have to go back and read it all over again. I would have liked to comment on others' stories based on my first impressions and thoughts, rather than with the guide of a rubric. But for some of the students, if there was not the requirement of using the rubric, they would have given one word comments that wouldn't have been very helpful.

3. What was something surprising that you learned about the other students (from other schools)?

Hmmm...surprising. I guess I already knew this, but I saw how the other students deal with similar issues to us. In their stories, they wrote about topics and feelings that students here in Hawaii can also relate to. Nothing specific, but I did learn alot about the Korean culture through the many stories about family and war.

4. How do you think the project affected your writing?

Honestly, I don't know how much it has affected my writing. I don't think that I've become a much better writer than I was before. I did, on the other hand, have more time in this project to focus on the details and descriptions in my story. The quality of description and word choice was probably better in this story than in my other hastily written papers.

5. Describe the most challenging aspect of the project.

The most challenging part of this project was generating an idea in the very beginning. Sometimes it takes many drafts to find the one story that just has the "it" factor; to find the topic that you feel you can write so much about. In relation to the actual wiki space and all, the worst part of the project was other students being on time with the feedback deadlines. It was hard for me to revise my drafts on time, when other people had not given me feedback when they were supposed to.

6. Offer some advice to future participants.

Let's see...advice...I suggest that you keep up with the deadlines of the project, and give feedback to all of your partners on time. Make sure you try to give constructive feedback as well. Being vague, for example, "it was good..." or "that part sounded weird" doesn't help the writer at all. Given good feedback on time will make them respect you even more, and be more willing to give you good feedback as well.

7. Other comments.

I think that we definitely had enough time to work on this writing assignment. It didn't seem so much like "work." This project was a new, fun, and different way of story writing and editing.