Process improvement

My first year at Colorado College helped me identify where I should focus my efforts to improve my writing in the future. The most significant gain from my first year here has been a clearer understanding of my writing process. This has resulted in realizing a number of ways to improve my writing. Besides time management, I have identified some areas where I can improve my actual writing. I need to structure my writing time better: planning my essay before I begin writing, keeping an updated…

on sentence structure to help create a flow within my writing. Along with sentence structure, organization is also something that is on my priority list. Through my past papers I would always see the same common mistakes, but I would also see improvement in areas such as: vocabulary and detailing. For most of my papers I use strong descriptive wording to really put emphasis on my main points/statements. For example, in one of my papers I wrote, “Along with her diction, the author also uses…

Not Dumb Just Different Is technology making us dumber? When social media users abbreviate or utilize “slang” does it instantly qualify an individual as being lazy, illiterate, or unintelligent? One of the major misconceptions about technology is that it distracts individuals from actually learning. That the use of social media is creating a generation of users who lack grammar or proper sentence structure. In her article “Our Semi-Literate Youth? Not So Fast?” Andrea Lunsford sheds some…

engagements into smaller, more manageable pieces in order to more frequentl y and consistently deliver measurable, added value. Each delivery provides an opportunity to validate the work -in-progress against expectations. Repeated deliveries promote process consistency and provide opportunities to improve processes. In this way they create the potential for solutions to become self-funding as the business benefits of each success more than offset ongoing development costs…

slight problem when writing my papers, but I also found that I had difficulty writing my papers in class around my peers. I was distracted easily which is not an aid in writing papers. Working in a quiet place with minimal distractions helped the process of my paper-writing even if it cost me valuable work time in class. I definitely could have worked to finish my papers a couple days before the due date rather than the night…

My Relationship with Writing Throughout my life, I have had a “love-hate” relationship with writing. I have always had a passion for written word. However, I learned early on that passion alone is not enough. There is a vast array of skills required to write well. Unfortunately, my Junior High English teachers were quick to inform me that I severely lacked said skills. Even though their words of discouragement stuck with me they did not defeat me. I clearly remember the moment that had the…

concept map? The answer to this question depends on the type of assignment given and how many ideas the student already has. Outlines include a careful organization plan, mental effort reduction, improvement of argumentative text, apply structure to ideas, revise ideas, and coordinate a writing process. Concept maps are visual, show…

skills performed by the different educational degrees. The competencies include: patient-centered care, professionalism, leadership, systems-based practice, informatics and technology, communication, teamwork and collaboration, safety, quality improvement and evidence-based practice. Because this was my first clinical experience, there were certain competencies that I was not able to either accomplish or I accomplished very little, like leadership or…

Writing Journey Interpretation To begin with after so long of reminiscing about all my compositions, I came to realize that writing is a journey where we all go through stages of obstacles, although this may be true, we also learn new ways to improve our own skills. Under the circumstances we live in one lifetime where time is measured unknowingly to us, therefore it is important for us to realize we just have one chance to learn as much as we can. With this in mind, when it comes to school is…

because I didn’t feel like it was my best work. I did a lot of research on it and with the help of the writing center and my Professor, Dr. Osterhaus, I came to the conclusion that a rhetorical analysis was not as foreign as I though it was. The best improvement I made on my paper was based on the feedback I received at the writing center. It was that I needed to have my paper flow better and not “jump around” so much when I am writing. Furthermore, I also think that I really spent a great…