Famous Last Words for Week 8

I found it fun to review all the work I had already accomplished thus far. It was a great reminder of all that I had learned. I also had fun seeing what others thought about the course and what they have learned so far. 

This weekend my dad came to town, and we went to the OU vs Kansas basketball game. The game was very intense. The second half was literally back and forth with OU coming out on top with a buzzer beater tip in bucket. My dad and I had a blast. We are very obsessed with all the OU teams. It was a lot of fun to visit with him since he is my best friend. My puppy, Carmi, really enjoyed the time as well.

I read a couple new stories in the project commenting project. It was interesting to see how the storybook projects are coming since I chose to do the Portfolio style. I still think I made the best decision for me because I am so indecisive I would have hated to be forced to focus on one theme the entire semester. I also hate doing my own research. Someone else can do that for me. 

This past week was a little stressful with test, but I cannot wait to get to spring break. I know that this week is going to go by so slow. I hope everyone has fun plans to relax and get away from the crappy weather. I am going to enjoy my time on the golf course and go see my best friend who lives out of town. Just as this week will pass by slowly while we eagerly anticipate next week, I am sure that next week by pass by way too fast. However, every day is one step closer to summer! My favorite time of the year. I can't wait.

Hope everyone has a happy week!  

( It's almost spring meaning here come all the pretty flowers. A picture of my granny's garden from last year!)

Commenting Review Week

Formatting comments have been the most helpful types of comments. I don't really pay attention to paragraph breaks because I think I'm really picky on what a paragraph should be. Also, academic paragraphs are meant to be a lot longer then the ones found on a blog.

When I am leaving a long comment on a post I try to focus on formatting and spelling errors. However, when I leave short comments I tend to be a little bit more encouraging telling the writing what I really enjoyed about their writing. I think that we all need both, some encouragement and some criticism.

I do tend to find myself commenting and conversing more with some particular people in the class. I really enjoy some people's creativity or others format of their blog. I feel like it gives me motivation or ideas on what I should improve on my own blog.

(Call me lame, but she is my entertainment photo by me)

Writing Review Week

When writing the storytelling posts I just tried to start getting my thoughts down so that I wouldn't get writers block or forget an idea that I had created in my head before it could hit the paper. I do think that the reading material is a bit time consuming, but I enjoy the story writing prompts. They are so helpful!

My most successful stories so far are the one about Ahalya and Hanuman's birth that I have put in my portfolio. I think that the professors comments are so helpful. I feel like they give me a good insight to different writing skills. I feel like since everyone writes differently there are always new things to learn from people reviewing your work.

(Image Source: Hanuman's heart by Palagiri)

I choose this image because I love Hanuman and he is so loyal to Rama and Sita. Loyalty is the greatest quality a person can possess. Although, I may be biased. This visual of Rama and Sita in the protection of Hanuman's heart is priceless and gives a visual to the emotions of Hanuman toward the two.

Reading Review Week

I generally used the Reading Diary in order to do the storytelling assignment. I like the bullet points and headings so that I can stay on track with the pages that certain events happened on so that I can use this as a reference when trying to locate the topic I am trying to retell. I found that it was easier to summarize and add my opinion to each event that happened in the pages I read than to summarize on just the one story that I found interesting on that day. Later in the week, I had become uninterested in the topic I summarized and I had forgotten a good deal of the material from other events.

In the end, summarizing is more helpful at reinforcing the events that I had just read, and it makes it easier to remember at a later date.

Unfortunately, I didn't read anything in the UnTextbook, but I enjoyed some of the stories I read from them. I was really interested in the fuller version of The Ramayana that Buck provides.

(Image Source: Dasaratha with Rama by Keshava)

I choose this image because I love the connection with Dasaratha and Rama. Their bond reminds me a lot of the connection my father and I share. I love the joy the image shows. Also, I think I have really improved on my image information skills. It's been a good learning experience on plagiarism from web sources.