I’m feeling a little nostalgic at the moment. I’ve been having so much fun in my CLS 105 class doing the journal, new strategies, TECH assignment, and the projects that I didn’t notice just how time flew by. I feel like I just got here for the first day of class. I remember I was so nervous and now I feel so at home here in this class and at SU. I can’t believe I’m almost done with my first semester as a freshman. Time does fly by when you’re having fun!
This feels so surreal. I’m happy but at the same time kind of sad because I don’t want to leave yet. But I really can’t wait to get home to my mother and sisters. I miss them so much! Especially my dog Gallego. And the beautiful sunny days in Puerto Rico. Such an amazing island!
If you ever get the chance to go visit Puerto Rico…GO FOR IT! You won’t regret it!
Now, going back to our last TECH assignment. I can’t believe this is our last one. I’m going to miss working on my blog.
We’re almost over and one thing I’ve noticed that I’ve used since the very beginning of classes was the D’s Due and Do! I love this strategy because it organizes all my work and at the same time writing all exams, projects, and papers that are due releases my stress. Because I am able to see when everything is due for all of my courses, then I can organize when will I do each assignment which in turn takes away some of my stress away because I am more organized.
When I am organized I always feel less stressed!
Here you can see an example of my D’s Due and Do:
As you can see I drew a line in the middle and then on one side (it can whichever side you want) I wrote down Do and on the other side I wrote down Due. On the Due side I wrote down when all my homework, readings, papers, or projects were due for PSC 121, WRT 105, CLS 105, SPA 202, and ETS 107. Then on the Do side I wrote down when I will be writing a paper, studying for an exam, or reading.
Follow this and I guarantee you will feel so organized and less stressed!
Another strategy I’ve been using since the beginning is the Building Blocks to Finish Graph/Chart! I say this because it looks both like a graph and chart. But that’s beside the point, this graph/chart you can draw it, make it in Excel, or in Word under the Tables tab. I do it in Word and use a lot of bright colors.
If I can explain how to create it you won’t understands so here is my example so you can follow.
| Course | Wed. Nov. 30 | Thurs. Dec. 1 | Fri. Dec. 2 | Sat. Dec. 3 | Sun. Dec. 4 | Mon. Dec. 5 | Tue. Dec. 6 |
| PSC 121 | QUIZ! Readings: Voting, Elections (ch. 15) | Study for final!!!! Read and answer questions on syllabus! | Look at past exams and quizzes! Start a review! | Keep on working on review! | | | |
| SPA 202 | Activity A & B p. 74 and 125 | Examen: Cap. 9&10 Exam I missed: Cap. 10 | Work on final paper!!!! | Work on final paper!!! | | | Bring 1st draft of final paper!!! |
| CLS 105 | Building Blocks to Finish! | Work on Major/Exploration Project. | Do last TECH! | | | Major/Exploration Project Due! | |
| ETS 107 | Q&A | | Write a question down for next Q&A! | | | | |
| WRT 105 | | Work on final paper!!!! | Continue writing final paper!!!! | REVISE PAPER!!! | Have final paper done!!!! | FINAL PAPER DUE!!!!! | |
Remember LAME????
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DOES IT RING A BELL?!
Learner- Describe your type of learner and learning preferences.
Action- Explain the strategy you chose and show your example of it.
Materials- Describe how the strategy helped you achieve something in the class you tried it for.
Evaluation- Reflect on what went really well when the strategy was put to action and think about what didn’t go so well. Then explain what would you change about it or how would you adapt it so that it works.
I am a visual learner. This means that I learn and comprehend better when the material is visual. Something visual would be color-coding, graphic organizers, pictures, drawings, graphs or charts. That is why I chose D’s Due and Do and Building Blocks to Finish. You can see the examples above. These strategies helped me finish my work on time and if I forgot I what I had to do I would go immediately to my planner or graph/chart to check. It went well using these strategies but sometimes I wouldn’t follow everything that said on the planner or graph/chart. Next time I would have to organize it in a way that I know I will follow.
Hope everyone understood and enjoyed my explanations and pictures! Please try this out! It will guide your way into high school or college! I’m sure even an adult could use these strategies for work!
This is my good-bye! I had a blast using this blog! Thank you my TECH assignment friends for everything and all the beautiful comments! I will miss you all!
Again Janine thank you for all the help, motivational speeches, and the great friendship you have given me! I will miss our Friday sessions!
Have a great Merry Christmas with much love and affection,
Gilmarie
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