online technologies

Reflective Essay on writing course
a) How are online technologies changing the way we live?
b) How is technology changing our definition of what it means to be human?
c) What role should technology play in education?

This assignment calls for you to reflect on your writing, reading, and research experiences in an essay. The essay should be 700-900 words, double-spaced. The essay should have the following academic essay elements:

1) a clear introduction, body, and conclusion
2) a clearly identifiable thesis statement in the introduction
3) evidence based upon your recollections and any material from the course (whether from the texts, the online resources, the feedback to drafts, or the conference topics, the reading material) that you might find relevant to mention in your discussion

Length: 700-900 words

Due Dates: Please post your rough draft to Turnitin.com and to the Week 7 Conference by June 30 (not to the Assignments Folder) and provide generous feedback to two other essays.

The Final Draft is due in the Assignments Folder by July 7.
Possible approaches for the reflective essay in WRTG:

On the following two pages, you will see descriptions of two examples of approaches you can take in your reflective essay. Each approach has three (3) parts. Be sure that you understand clearly what is expected of you. If you have questions, be sure you ask your instructor. You should choose only one of these tasks, and you may not choose any other topic.
Approach One – Self-Evaluating How Your Views on Technology Have Changed or Remain Unchanged

What You Will Do:

In this essay, you will reflect on the various authors you have read in your theme for writing assignment #1 (the response essay). You will also reflect on any additional authors you read while conducting research and completing writing assignment #2 (the annotated bibliography) and writing assignment #3 (the synthesis research essay).

You will then examine how your views have changed, have not changed, or perhaps have changed in some areas and remained the same in other areas, on any aspects of technology that the authors discussed.

For example, perhaps you never considered the notion that the Internet may be affecting reading skills in society and making us less literate. Or perhaps you never thought that the Internet might actually be making us smarter. Perhaps your views have changed on one of these topics.

Or perhaps you have considered such arguments but still remain unconvinced of them after having read them during the semester.

In this essay, you will integrate various authors you have read into your writing in addition to integrating your own reactions to the authors. You will reflect on how your views of technology may or may not have changed during the course of the semester.
How You Might Do This:

Since your essay uses a traditional structure for academic writing, you could try the following technique:

1) Think of your thesis as a “then and now” proposition. Your essay’s introduction can offer readers a brief look at what your views were on a certain aspect of technology when you began the semester in WRTG 291. It could lead to a thesis statement that begins with a phrase such as “At the beginning of the semester, I thought ___. Now my understanding has changed.”

2) Discuss how and why your views on the impact of technology have changed. If they have not changed, discuss why not.
a. Evaluate the arguments made by the authors that you want to include in this reflective essay.
b. Discuss how your views have changed and why they have changed, integrating and synthesizing the source material and your own analysis throughout.
c. Discuss how your views have not changed and why they have not changed, integrating and synthesizing the source material and your own analysis throughout.
Please be specific. Use quotations, paraphrases, or summaries of certain authors. Write robust, well-developed paragraphs as you reflect on your “technological thinking journey” throughout the semester.

3) In your conclusion, summarize in a succinct fashion the main points with which you want the reader to leave your essay.

Approach Two- Reflecting on Your WRTG 291 Writing and Research Experiences:
What You Will Do:

In this essay, you will evaluate your learning experience in WRTG 291. Your purpose is to estimate where you think your writing and research skills were when you began the course and, by examining the work you did in WRTG 291, determine as well as you can the skills that this course helped you learn and develop.
How You Might Do This:

Since your essay uses a traditional structure for academic writing, you could try the following technique:

1) Think of your thesis as a “then and now” proposition. Your essay’s introduction can offer readers a brief look at why you took WRTG 291 and lead to a thesis statement that begins with a phrase such as “I began WRTG 291 with “X” writing skills; now I…”

2) Discuss when/where/why you learned particular skills.

a. Evaluate how you approached certain assignments and tasks in the class.
b. Evaluate how you interacted with class materials (these can be materials in Course Content, conferences, the texts, the online resources, the Course Modules, the feedback you received on drafts of essays, the discussions in the classroom areas, etc.).
c. Then discuss when/where/how/why you learned particular skills that helped you complete the assignments successfully and increase your writing skill set.

In analyzing your acquisition of skills, it will be helpful to consider the course outcomes for WRTG 291. They are as follows:

· locate, organize, and evaluate diverse sources in order to construct an academic essay
· apply the writing process to develop a research topic appropriate for an academic audience
· integrate appropriate sources to construct unified, coherent, and well-supported paragraphs
· demonstrate accurate grammar, mechanics, and documentation style in writing

 
In writing this section of the essay, please be specific. You might refer to specific grammatical issues (outcome #4) and the process of developing a topic (outcome #2). You might refer to research skills (outcome #1) and your ability to integrate sources into your writing (outcomes #2 and #3). You might refer to challenges you had in writing paragraphs (outcome #3) and how the development of the paragraphs might have been enhanced by the use of sources in your writing. You might consider your experience in finding sources (outcome #1) and how the perusal of those sources helped you focus in on a topic (outcome #2).

These are just some suggestions to help you develop your points that you want to make for your essay.

Do not be afraid to discuss any areas in which you felt you did not achieve as much as you would have liked to or wish you could have had more instruction or practice. This information will be very helpful to your instructor.

3) In your conclusion, consider the skills you feel you are taking away from WRTG 291 and how these skills will help you in future courses you take. Consider also areas you think you will want to continue to try to improve.

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