Reflection

1. In general, what did you like most about MMP?
2. What did you hate most about MMP?
3. Write five things you learned from the MMP that you have not learned before (including the classroom presentations).
4. Write the three hardest challanges/problems you have faced in MMP.
5. Would you recomment MMP to other students? Why/why not?

1. In general the thing I liked most about MMP was finding out what a voice thread is. Before I had never heard of a voice thread and now I have and not only do I know what it is, but I know how to make one.

2. The thing I hated most about MMP was having, what I felt, such little time to complete it. I feel because we all came into this project not knowing what to do we could have used a little more time to figure it out and complete it.

3. Five things I learned from the MMP that I have not learned before is one, what a voice thread is, two, how to make a voice thread, three, in presenting the voice thread I was told that I need to be more clear and louder when I present and that I seemed shy even though I was not, four, I learned a little bit about other MMP such as where to go to learn about them and make them, and five, I learned more about the smoking ban and the other topics that the other groups presented on.

4. The three hardest challenges/problems that we faced in MMP were figuring out what a voice thread was exactly, figuring out how to make one, and finding the right material to put onto the voice thread. We had a really hard time figuring out how to upload videos and we never figured out how to upload voice clips.

5. I would actually recomment MMP to other students, because now that we have done this project, I know what a voice thread is, where to go to make one, and how to make one. From this project we also recieved links that we can go to so that we can try to make one of the other MMPs. For me, as an elementary education major, it should be helpful knowing about the book site.

Do you believe in the necessity of this project for your future goals? How did you feel when you were first introduced to the project? What are your..

* Do you believe in the necessity of this project for your future goals? How did you feel when you were first introduced to the project? What are your concerns about the project (grouping, time, schemata, etc.)?

No, I do not believe this project is needed for my future goals. I do not believe I will ever have to do, use or make a voicethread ever again. I do not even know what a voicethread is as of now. When I was first introduced to the project I was honestly worried about it.
At first I was glad that we were going to do a group project and not another paper, but now that I know a little bit more about it, I am worried it will be worse than writing a paper.
My concerns for the project are partially the fact that we are working in a group, have no idea as of now what our project is that we are doing and the technology to accomplish it. I am worried that some group members might not do their part and I will get stuck with it. Another concern is the fact that we don't even know what a voicethread is or what we are doing or how to make it. I've never even heard of a voicethread before. Therefore, I am worried we will have a hard time accomplishing this project with technology when we don't even know what it is.

"Two heads are better than one" - Alan Hirvela

* "Two heads are better than one" - Alan Hirvela

To me, this quote is saying that two brains are better than one. I believe this quote means that when you have two people working together, you have twice as much knowledge, therefore it is better than someone working alone. I believe this quote could also mean that having two points of view is better than just having one point of view. It could also mean that having two opinions is better than just one opinion. Overall, two heads, two brains, or two people are better than one.

Was it helpful? What did you like/hate most about it? What was the most useful comment you got? What are you going to change?

* Was it helpful? What did you like/hate most about it? What was the most useful comment you got? What are you going to change?

Today the peer review was a little bit helpful. What I liked most about it was that I got to ask you questions about my paper. What I hated most about it was that neither of my partners were here to give me any of their advice or help me with my paper. The most useful comment I got was probably regarding the criteria part of my paper. It made me realize that it sounds like I am still summarizing in my criteria paragraph so I need to channge it and make is more specific. A few of the things I am going to change in my paper include how much I use the movie title, the word "I" and little things here and there that need to be fixed to improve my paper.

What did you like/hate the most about it? What was the most useful thing you learned? What was the hardest thing to do in the paper?

*What did you like/hate the most about it? What was the most useful thing you learned? What was the hardest thing to do in the paper?

The thing that I hated the most about this paper was doing all of the research. This was a long process that consisted of searching for scholarly articles and reading through all of them and then choosing which information what the most important. I thought this process was long and a little bit hard. However, the part I liked the most about it was all of the new things that I learned from doing all of the research. Although I already knew a bit about the topic I know have a greater understanding for it.
The most useful thing that I learned would probaby be how to use the library's website. Also, learning how the writing center works was also very useful to learn and experience. From doing this paper I also learned many new things about citing APA style; this will be very useful.
The hardest thing to do in the paper was probably all of the citing that it required. This paper had a lot of citations, paraphrasing and summarizing, so there was a lot of citing. Also, I felt like the references page was a bit hard to get right and to make perfect. I think the hardest thing about this paper was trying not to plagarize because of all of the citing that needed to be done.

The saying, "Be ashamed to die until you have won a victory for humanity"- Horace Mann

* Be ashamed to die until you have won a victory for humanity"- Harace Mann

To me, this quote means basically what it says. It is saying that you should be ashamed to die if you have not yet had the chance to do something good for humanity. Another way of thinking about what this quote is saying the you should be ashamed if you have not done something good for humanity throughout your life and because having died without doing so is shameful. I believe this quote is advising people to go out and do some good. Doing good makes people feel great about themselves and having not contibuted to humanity can make you feel ashamed. Another way of wording this message is that you should feel ashamed of yourself until you do good for humanity. I think it is saying that you should not be satisfied with the life you are living until you "win a victory for humanity".

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday-Dale Carnegie

* Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday-Dale Carnegie

I believe this quote is trying to tell people not to worry about tomorrow, but only to worry about today. I think Dale Carnegie is saying live your life one day at a time. You cannot perfectly plan ahead your life; things will happen that you do not expect to happen. You will not be prepared for everything that you are faced with in life.
I also believe this quote is trying to tell people not to try to plan every detail of their life, but to just let life take its course. It is also saying, do not spend your life worrying about what will and will not happen; you cannot worry about everything.
Lastly, I believe this quote is saying that you should live your life one day at a time and only worry about today, because we do not know that there will be a tomorrow.

If you had a time machine and could travel in time, where would you go and why?

*If you have a time machine and could travel in time, where would you go? Why?

If I had a time machine and could travel in time, I would go back to about 2001 or 2002 when I still lived in my home town, Shakopee. I would go there because I really miss my home town. If I had the chance to go back, I would not ask my parents to move. Now that we have moved to where I live now, Belle Plaine, I regret having asked my parents to move. I dislike where I live and want to go back in time to change this because I do not like living in the small town of Belle Plaine. I miss being close to my friends and I dislike having to drive so far just to see them or even just to go shopping. I would aslo like to go back in time because after we moved, I was no longer able to participate in sports and I really miss that.

Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions. ~ Albert Einstein

Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions. ~ Albert Einstein

To me, this means that if you can imagine something happening, it can or it will. For instance, if you really want to become an artist or an athlete, and if you can imagine that and see yourself being that person, then you will become an artist or an athlete. I think Albert Einstein is trying to tell us that if we really want something and we work really hard for it and if we can see it happening in our future, than it can. What you imagine for yourself is proabaly what you will make of yourself or for yourself.

Peer-revision session

1.) Was the paper review activity helpful? Why or why not?
2.) What did you like/hate the most about it?
3.) What was the most useful feedback you got?
4.) What will you change after the peer-revision session?

1.) Yes. The paper review activity was very helpful because my group members helped me to better understand an analysis. They were able to answer all of my questions that I had and lead me in a good direction.

2.) What I liked most about the review activity was that I recieved a lot of helpful advice from my group members. The part that I hated most about it was that I do not recall being told that we had to give our members the revisions back on their printed copies so I did not have their revisions for them.

3.) The most useful feedback that I got back was really just a better understanding of an analysis paper. One of my group members really helped me understand what I did that was wrong and what I can do to fix it. My group also gave me a few opinions and good pieces of advice of what to change in my analysis.

4.) After the peer-review session I will probably end up changing my whole paper. I learned in my session that I wrote it wrong and how to write it correctly so I will end up changing the format and organization of my paper.

Most people learn by observation. There are the few who learn by experimentation. And there are those who actually TOUCH the fire to see if it is hot.

*Most people learn by observation and there are the few who learn by experimentation. And then there are those who actually TOUCH the fire to see if it's really hot. --Anonymous

To me this means that some people are good enough with just seeing someone else do something and learning from others experiments with things. Then there are those people who learn by doing things themselves and then paying attention to the consequences. And then you have the people who are not satisfied by observing what happens to other people and they want to see what will happen for themselves if they do it instead even if it means that they will have a negative consequence.
Kind of like I said before, you have the few people who learn by doing the experimentation, but most people learn by observing those people doing the experimentation. And then you have the people who are not satisfied with just watching those who are experimenting and they have to experiment for themselves.

If you can't fly, run. If you can't run, walk. If you can't walk, crawl, but by all means keep moving. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

*If you can't fly, run. If you can't run, walk. If you can't walk, crawl, but by all means keep moving.

To me, this quote means you should try your hardest at all times. I also think it means that you should not give up. If you cannot fly, don't quit, try running. Even if you cannot run, still don't quit; try walking. Even if you cannot walk, then try crawling, but whatever you do, do not give up!
I think this is a great quote! It can be used as a very good motivator to keep people moving along in the right direction. For instance, if you cannot lift 100 pounds, then try 90 or 80 or 70. Try something, do not give up!
I believe this quote is telling us that we will not always be able to go all the way, which is okay. All you have to do is try your best and give 100 percent. We cannot always go all the way, but our best, is all the way as long as you try!

Perseverance-Obstacles melt away when we have the will to succeed.

*Perserverance- Obstacles melt away when we have the will to succeed.

When I hear the word perserverance or read the deffinition of perserverance, I think of determination. I think, "obstacles melt away when we have the will to succeed", means that if you are determined enough or if you want something bad enough, obstacles will disappear; you will not let them get in your way. I also think that perserverance means that you will not give up, you keep pushing through the hard times until you reach your goal. I believe you will prevail if you have perserverance.

Obama

My thought on Obama is that he has a lot of promises that he claims he will keep and I do not know if he will be able to do so. One of Obama's biggest claims is that he is going to make peace with other countries. I honestly do not think he will be able to do this because I feel that other countries already feel a certain way about the United States. Obama also claims that he is going to end this war, but it is not that easy. You cannot just pull your troops out of a war, you have to gradually pull away.
I personally do not like or agree with Obama because he supports murdering babies. I am pro life and on top of being pro choice, Obama has also supported partial birth abortions. Obama was okay with leaving babies on a table to die after they were born because their parents did not want the baby. This is very wrong and knowing that the president of the United States supports this type of thing, scares me. All I can hope for is that Obama does what he says he will do and changes this country for the better.