Within the larger body of material, I found in my research from Unit 2, I decided to focus on the generational gap in the workplace because I felt as though this was the most relatable topic for me. After hearing about the different topics brought up by my classmates, this one definitely intrigued me the most because I never considered associating diversity with age until this assignment. To determine what would actually make it into the project, I examined my sources and eliminated the ones that were too difficult to easily work with or held the wrong kind of information for my topic. If the author wasn\u2019t credible or the content was too specific in certain ways where it didn\u2019t focus on my assignment topic how I wanted, I chose not to use those sources. The lessons\/skills from the course that I applied in doing this were definitely the TSIS templates. I really enjoyed using the templates to form my own statements and putting my thoughts together in a cohesive, organized way. For example, agreeing with an author on an opinion helped me recognize my own beliefs while finding a work where I countered an idea helped me challenge myself.<\/p>\n
I learned that I really do enjoy writing. I absolutely loved the blog format of this class. I have never had experience with this before, and I loved the interactions between classmates because that definitely helped me grow as a student. I will admit that on some posts I was intimidated to share how I felt or bit uncomfortable when we dove into posts that touched upon racial or gender issues because I\u2019m not used to openly discussing these topics. But I\u2019m so thankful I was pushed out of my comfort zone because I definitely think those kinds of discussions will help me with my future classes. I enjoyed commenting on other people\u2019s posts and receiving feedback. I\u2019ve always been a fan of feedback because I\u2019ve always loved hearing other people\u2019s opinions on my work and how I can enhance my own work to make it better. It was difficult for me to acknowledge what I should prioritize and what I should give less of my attention too. I always feel the need to include absolutely every single detail in anything I do, so understanding the bigger picture and summarizing an article for example, are things I could definitely improve on. Talking right to my audience about my research was so unique in itself. It was pleasing to know that not only my teacher is receiving my work, but also other students. I feel like I am taking away so much just from what I\u2019ve learned through my other classmates\u2019 posts and comments, especially because new ideas were brought to me that I would have never thought of before.<\/p>\n
This assignment taught me that generalizing information isn\u2019t always the answer. In Unit 1 when this class first began, I definitely think my submissions held less value because generalization became my best friend. As the weeks went on and I got deeper into this class, I think I learned how to directly answer questions with responses that were articulate and detailed. For example, I couldn\u2019t just say \u201cI want to work with this source because it talks about my topic.\u201d I had to explain I wanted to work with it because of the data it contained, the industry within the working generations that it focused on, etc. Additionally, using the \u201cadd media\u201d feature on the blog post exposed me to working with unique features that the class layout entailed. I now know more about uploading files, converting pdfs, hyperlinks, etc. which none of my classes required as much last year. I also have never used the SUMMON feature at school last year, so this was extremely helpful in my research and will be sure to remember this going forward in my academic research.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Within the larger body of material, I found in my research from Unit 2, I decided to focus on the generational gap in the workplace because I felt as though this was the most relatable topic for me. After hearing about the different topics brought up by my classmates, this one definitely intrigued me the … <\/p>\n