"Students will gain knowledge and competency with regards to the variety of genres that readers and writers use to communicate, including digital and traditional print formats."
I believe that this Student Learning Outcome was met through the creation of my blog. While reading Tompkins and discussing the various genres in class, I also had the opportunity to reflect and write about my own personal experiences with these genres through my blog posts. I also met this Student Learning Outcome by having the chance to use a digital format to write about my class discussions and readings.
"Students will gain knowledge and competency with regards to the role of purpose and audience in writing and reading and the elements of author's craft used to address the desired purpose(s) and audience(s)."
Through my blog posts, I had to consider my audience along with the purpose of my writing. I also had to think about the various aspects of author's craft such as organization, presentation, and word choice in order to clearly state my purpose to the desired audience. I had the chance to write for multiple audiences including my professor and peers depending on each post.
"Students will gain knowledge and competency with regards to the cognitive processes and strategies of reading and writing, including the composition strategies used in crafting digital compositions."
For this Student Learning Outcome, I had to learn how to transform my blog posts into digitally enhanced pieces of work. Instead of simply writing about my class discussions and readings, I had the chance to incorporate hyperlinks and visuals into my blog which wouldn't have been possible if I had written in a traditional writing format.
"Students will gain knowledge and competency with regards to the relationship between the writing and reading processes."
I believe this Student Learning Outcome was achieved from my readings and reflections of Tompkins and the various genres of reading and writing. Through my readings and blog discussions, I learned how the different genres for reading can also be used for writing as well. I also had the chance to consider my own personal experiences and incorporate what I might do differently as a teacher in my blog posts.
"Students will gain knowledge and competency with regards to the role of metacognition in writing proficiency and reading comprehension."
I think having a blog served as a great way to consider the role of metacognition in writing because it allowed me to really think about and reflect on the writing process along with reading comprehension as I created a new post each week. Each post focused on one aspect of writing, and I was able to think about my role as both student and teacher along with any prior experiences I brought with me.
"Students will gain knowledge and competency with regards to the role of assessment and evaluation in determining student writing proficiency and strategic reading comprehension."
This Student Learning Outcome was achieved when I was asked to "bless, address, and press" the work of my peers. Through this process, I had the chance to critically evaluate another's piece of writing by looking at the strengths along with the areas of growth.
Along with these Student Learning Outcomes, I also believe that I learned a lot about myself as a writer and how writing is much more than simply essays and papers that will be assigned and graded in classrooms. I learned that students need to be exposed to a variety of writing in order to be successful and that creative writing is very fun and engaging when taken into consideration. I learned so much about creative writing through my blog, and I would recommend blogs to anyone who is interested in writing.
References
Tompkins,
G. E. (2019). Teaching
writing: Balancing process and product (7th
ed.). Upper
Saddle River, NJ:
Merrill.
This was a nice overview of the ways this blog has helped you meeting the expectations of the course. I will be interested to hear more in your final analysis of your Genre Pieces Project.
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