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This student took a writing course this semester where they wrote various documents, including instructions, a report, and workplace correspondence. They found that their writing improved overall and they learned how to inform broad audiences about technical topics. The student particularly enjoyed creating their report, which covered issues with trout stocking, and was pleased with how they incorporated images and formatting to make it visually appealing and informative. They were proud of the work they put into their report and felt it was the most effective at meeting their goal of improving how they share information with others.

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Reflection Essay

This student took a writing course this semester where they wrote various documents, including instructions, a report, and workplace correspondence. They found that their writing improved overall and they learned how to inform broad audiences about technical topics. The student particularly enjoyed creating their report, which covered issues with trout stocking, and was pleased with how they incorporated images and formatting to make it visually appealing and informative. They were proud of the work they put into their report and felt it was the most effective at meeting their goal of improving how they share information with others.

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Reflection Essay

Throughout this semester, I wrote an instructions set and a usability test for it, a report, and a

memo and email (called a workplace correspondence packet). I found that my writing improved

somewhat during this process. I already believed I was a good writer, but this class showed me how to

easily inform a broad audience about a topic that is foreign to them. I found this this will be a useful skill

later in life as the people you talk to every day are not always experts or even knowledgeable in your

field of work. I appreciated each step of this process as well as every assignment we were given, and I

saw how they contributed to the overall purpose of this class. However, I did not think the instructions

were very useful in developing my skills as it was very similar to scientific procedures and methods that I

have written many times, just less professional and more casual. Overall, this was very effective though

it was time consuming, and the workload was heavy at times.

My goal for the course was to improve my writing overall, but mainly to improve how I show my

information to an audience and provide a meaningful interpretation of it that is easily understood. I

think I did meet this goal. Through the use of images and effective formatting (especially use of white

space), I learned a lot about how to provide more colorful and entertaining ways to educate others

about topics I am interested in or concerned about. Additionally, the sectioning, specifically in my

recommendations and solutions sections of my report and memo proved to be informative for me and

helped me understand how others could read a document without them and easily get lost as the topics

meld together.

I am most proud of my report. I think it was very pleasing to look at simply aesthetically and was

very effective in its purpose of informing others about trout stocking and some related issues plaguing

their populations that are very pertinent and relevant to me as a person who fly fishes in North Carolina,

exclusively for trout. Additionally, it took by far the most work as it was the longest and most

information-packed document I wrote. I enjoyed finding useful pictures and formatting them in a useful
and effective way. I also enjoyed the story sphere as it was a new and interesting way to provide

information to a group. The use of VR seems to be growing in all facets of life and it is a very effective

and inclusive way to entertain and educate people. I enjoyed taking the pictures because of how it made

me realize that the issue is much closer to me than I had initially thought. I had believed I understood

how relevant it was but going to these places and seeing the litter and trash made me realize there is so

much more I could do about this issue. If I could change any assignment, it would be the instructions and

usability packet. Specifically, I mean the instructions. I mentioned it earlier, but I did not find this

assignment to be as productive as the others. It was a very simply document and a good start to these

topics and methods of informing. However, I did not feel as though I learned much about writing from it

as I do not think it was relevant to things I will be doing in the future or things I have done in my

internships/co-op rotations. The usability packet was useful, just not the instructions in my opinion.

Additionally, the information I used in it and the research I did was not very technical and did not give

me any knowledge I did not previously have other than very minor things. Overall, the class was very

effective in improving my writing and I enjoyed each assignment in the end.

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