...Entry 1 Week 1 Understanding the definition of ‘Public Relations’ was daunting me from the minute I pressed send on my UCAS application. I had studied Fashion PR at The Fashion Retail Academy so I had a vague idea of what it was all about but began panicking when the thought occurred to me that I might be asked to go for an interview before being offered a place at University. What would I say if someone asked me in an interview what ‘Public Relations’ is? I began my research straight away into finding the perfect definition by purchasing Public Relations for Dummies from Amazon. This gave me a better understanding of what it was all about but it was still very difficult to grasp a short punctual definition of what Public Relations stands for. ‘What is PR?’ was the title for my first lecture which filled me with ease as I then became aware that I probably wasn’t meant to start university knowing exactly what public relations stood for. As the lecture went on it became apparent that actually defining Public Relations is a very difficult task and that there are many definitions, however a main word that comes up again and again when describing public relations is ‘communicating’. Entry 2 Week 2 I have had my first lecture on the module ‘Media and Cultural Landscapes’ finding it challenging and difficult to get my head around but on the other hand extremely interesting. Marxism was a critical theory that we talked about very briefly and as I don’t know a lot about Marxism...
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...around me. This class truly changed how I thought about certain topics and it opened me up to things I had never heard of before or even had thought about. Three activities in Core...
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...happening around the world; one who genuinely cares and is curious, and one who has the desire to help in any way possible. When I first arrived in Greece and we talked about being a mindful traveler, I realized that I had never even thought about that. I realized that even when people visit America, I am not mindful of their culture. My Global Lead experience really made me realize that I never really took the time to learn other cultures and what was happening outside the United States. The only things I really ever knew about other countries were the things that affected America. I wasn’t even aware that I was not being a global citizen. Being a global citizen means to be aware of things going on outside your country and to try and help in any way possible, even if it is something simple like supporting another countries product. The Greece culture is so beautiful and full of history. The people are so nice and courteous to visitors, especially us when we visited. Almost everyone there knew English, which really surprised me because I am not fluent in any other languages. The fact that pretty much everyone spoke our language showed me a good example of global citizenship and what its like to take your time to learn about other countries. There is a wide variety of other languages being spoken in America, today. Foreign exchange students, teacher assistants, professors, and businessmen are just some examples of people that I am surrounded with everyday that speak other languages, and...
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...yourself and what you are communicating. Your audience takes you more seriously and will take what you say as important. If you lose focus and your eyes wonder off your taking a chance of losing the people you are speaking with and the truth in your facts may be lost. Lecture 4 and 5 confirmed this for me when it discussed the conversation of a leader, the climbing the L.A.D.D.E.R method (L standing for “look at the other person”) and the portion that explained how to organize your speech in chapter 12. In Lecture 5 and chapter 12 it also elaborated on how to connect with you audience and giving consistent eye contact was one of the main factors. TCO 6 when it discusses nonverbal message talks about how eye contact is a part of how we present ourselves and gives the person your speaking with or too can make judgment on what you are presenting. 8B. Consider the implementation of your new behaviors in Part 7. Which of your behaviors particularly please you? What was the course material that suggests that this new communication behavior is a positive change? Be specific; apply material from the text, lecture, TCOs, and so forth. When feeling under pressure or uncomfortable I tend to lose focus which causes me to become nervous in which I do not provide eye contact. During this course I’ve learned that staying focus is keeping a clear mind, and do not lose sight of your goal, don’t let other issues distract you...
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...In this session of class we went discuss abortions and ways to get pregnant. I was feeling really uncomfortable at first since it is essential a social taboo to even speak about abortion especially since I grew up in a christian household. I was taught and still believe in not getting an abortion. Once I saw the facts and was a clinical abortion was changed how I looked at. For example, I had this assumation that the egg had developed to the point where we can distinguish them with other human but once I saw a picture of what a normal looked like. I was completely baffled when I saw it was less than the size of a dime. Another point that really stood out to me is the fact the federal act can only stop federal and state abortion clinic which only prevents safe abortions. With this in mind I changed my views to more of a pro choice for those This helped a lot since the only information I generally obtained about abortion are from the radicals who show up on campus from time to time with the graphic images of abortion. Further on in the class we begin talking about artificial insemination. This was an interesting topic to me since I been explained the full procedure or operations such as in vitro infertilization it was interesting to see the possibilities that couple who suffer from infertility.Also the other potions that people have who want a baby can have such as a suggate mother and adoption. I was familiar with adoption and everything we talk about ...
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...that captured my interest. I admired the skillful drivers, but I was more drawn to the person who made the car. My father told me only mechanical engineers are able to design machines that complex. In that moment, I decided to study mechanical engineering so that I could design the best cars in the future. When I discovered physics in high school, I realized how exciting it was to focus on a subject I liked. The deeper I studied physics, the more passionate I became. My growing interest helped me make my decision to study abroad in the United States. I know that the U.S. has the most advanced engineering technology in the world, so I am excited by the possibility of continuing my education there. My parents support the idea wholeheartedly. In all the generations of my family, I will be the first to attend college—they would be proud if I pursued my studies in the United States. While there have been many events in college that have convinced me I am well-suited for the study of mechanical engineering—such as building a “mouse trap car” during a physics class I took—my interests have been shaped most dramatically by a college robot competition. The robot competition took three weeks to complete. It was the first time I tried to build a model robot, but my mentor in the project taught me everything I needed to know. Professor Mason took me through the process step by step until I had built a complete...
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...and have the dreams of a college degree, because not everyone can make it to a lecture hall 2 or 3 times a week for lecture. Online classes give you so many opportunities, you can be the mom or dad you want to be, provide for your household, spend quality time with your family, all while you are doing are getting a degree to better yourself. Right now, I am a freshman in college and working part time. Online classes are helping me because when I am getting ready for bed I can crawl into bed, pull out my laptop, and do homework that is due that night or whenever. It gives me the opportunity to keep my job at the hospital and also work on getting a degree for my dream job. In my eyes, online classes are amazing and a true blessing for this world. I know there is a big difference from sitting behind a computer screen and being in a lecture sitting in front of an instructor, but, I believe that the quality is just the same. One major topic going around right now is, is online classes take over and replaces the traditional classroom settings, which are interesting because would we really get rid of all the teachers the United States has? Online classes give more people to opportunity to get the degree that they need or want to better themselves and a better way to provide for their family. Not everyone can get up and go to school to sit in lecture halls and some; they just don’t want to go sit in a lecture hall and would want to just do it on their own time. If they need 2 classes...
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...Robert B. Burnish The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch The Last Lecture is a New York Times best-selling publication co-authored by Randy Pausch, a lecturer of computer research, human-computer interaction, and conceive at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Jeffrey Zaslow of the Wall Street Journal. The publication was born out of a lecture Pausch provided in September 2007, Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams. (Dann, 14-19) The publication has often been in evaluation with Mitch Albom's Tuesdays with Morrie, a publication on courses the scribe wise from his staining school professor. When inquired about his information of the publication, Pausch answered that he had not ever read that publication, and commented that he "didn’t understand there was a dying-professor part at the bookstore” with his usual sardonic wit. Speculation that the publication would be turned into a video was turned down by Pausch himself. Pausch consigned his "Last Lecture", titled “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams,” at Carnegie Mellon on September 18, 2007. This converse was modeled after an ongoing sequence of addresses where peak academics are inquired to believe profoundly about what matters to them, and then give a hypothetical "final talk," i.e., "what wisdom would you try to impart to the world if you knew it was your last chance?" (Dann, 14-19) A month before giving the address, Pausch had obtained a prognosis that the pancreatic cancer, with which...
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...I had never really took into consideration how much of a privilege it is to have the ability to hear until taking this class. These past few weeks of being in ASL 121 have been a real eye opener to me, and how being a hearing person you don’t really consider the struggles a deaf person may have. Through the various lectures and the two videos we had the pleasure to watch I gained insight on how deaf people may feel in regards to the ignorance hearing people sometimes possess. As I take the time to really reflect on my views of the deaf community before joining this class I realize I did not have a positive or negative view towards the culture. I simply did not know anything about deaf people, and I never really took the time to get to know about deaf people and how their lives may be effective by their inability to hear. I never really saw being deaf as a “disability” I mean I still don’t really see it as one. I see being deaf more as a barrier or limitation, almost as if you were a english speaking person going to mexico or other countries. You are not considered handicapped or mentally disabled if you are deaf. In fact the only thing that may be different is the fact one cannot hear. In the video the deaf community they went over how being deaf should not be considered a “disability”, in which I completely agree with. I was very touched with the conversation we had in class today about the rule that majority of the class including myself seem to be having a hard...
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...Leading up to it, I was dreading the poetry lecture. I figured it was going to be insanely boring and that I would probably fall asleep during it. I was thinking the same thing even as I was walking into the library. In the car and on the way in I was mentally preparing myself to be bored and not have any fun at the lecture. Hearing that it was a lecure, I was thinking that it would be someone old, white guy lecturing in a monotone voice about different types of poetry and techniques. However, I wanted the extra credit so I figured it was worth it plus it was only an hour and a half and not like 4 hours long. Given the option to go to a lecture or to a poetry slam, I initially wanted to go to the slam. I have never...
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...Another exploration into a world of toxicology. If there’s anything that baffles me with this skill set, its that there’s so much around us and in our environment that we just don’t bother to do findings on. I have discovered that after listening to the recorded online lectures on this course site, I seem to have explanations as to why some things change, people react or are the way they are around me. The basic facts interests me once again are that in as much as Chemicals can cause adverse effects, the timing of exposure to the chemicals, the duration the exposure lasted, and the route the exposure came through, really proves the difference between a lay man and a consultant. Before the lecture, tags such as CAUTION, DON’T TOUCH on anything presumed a mixture or chemicals might just mean the same thing to me. Then should I say the explanation of the Metabolism or Biotransformation of ethanol (alcohol) as explained serves as a caution to me, and my friends which I will soon be preaching same to. Another point of interest to me is the explanations on LEAD poisoning. It really brought me close to what could have happened in the Northern region of my country two years ago. That was the first time was hearing about LEAD, and as a poison when exposed to it. You explanation perfectly explains how much and at what level it can begin to cause havoc to the body, and eventually death. Pls look check: Nigeria's gold rush kills hundreds of children (2012). Retrieved on 22, Feb...
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...that is both internal and external personal attributes that have been expressed in some way in your life,” (Visual Culture Self Portrait Slide Show, Studio Week 1 and 3). Scarlett did this with flying colors. First, starting with the portrait of her mom she is a role model for Scarlett and is someone who is always there for her through everything she really admires her so it influences her personal attributes. Playing on the playground with her friends is something that she finds fun and enjoys doing. It helps express and influence that she is as a person because this is where she makes friendships and it is very important to her. Friendships is something that makes a person unique, you share uniqueness with one and other and see common interests to than become friends. Scarlett is very friendly, and while working with her for a short time you could tell that having friends is very important to her. Lastly the picture of the watermelon, this expresses her inner and external attributes. Inner because it is her favorite type of food, and she enjoys eating it. External because it is during her favorite time of the year, and she really likes the...
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...that I would make a great teacher. I was able to learn many different things that will be helpful to me when I get hired as an educator someday. Although I will have to face many challenges in the classroom, I possess many of the strengths it takes to be a good teacher. There were many times during the week that gave me a great idea of how the everyday life of a teacher would go. Also I got a great feel for how the classroom environment will be for most secondary educators. Overall it was a great experience for me and I learned a lot about myself, and the classroom. During my time in the classroom I felt very comfortable being around the students and helping them out when they asked me questions. As a teacher it is very important to feel comfortable in your work environment because if you don’t it will be nearly impossible for you to do your job in a successful manner. It was a great experience being around the students and being able to help them, which is one of the main reason for why I want to become involved in the profession. The classroom environment was a very inconsistent one and usually depended on how the students acted. If the students were well behaved it was very positive and constructive, but if the students were acting up it was exactly the opposite. The desks were lined up in straight rows to prevent students from interacting and talking too much during lectures. Also the room was decorated with colorful walls from posters to help create a positive classroom environment...
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...The reflection paper for ‘Leadership Lessons from the Edge’ This lecture on Oct 23rd was given by Christopher P. Michel, an eminent alumnus of U of I, mainly focusing on leadership lessons he gained from a decade of entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley. Mr. Michel, also had a MBA degree in Harvard, is the founder of Affinity Lab and Military.com. He runs Nautilus Venture currently as well. He shared his experience about how to become a successful entrepreneur and leader in the lecture. The main purpose that the College of Business sponsored this opportunity is to help the students to better understand what leadership is and how it works. The leadership, as one of most important characteristics for businessmen, is essential for the future success of us, the students of college business. Doubtless, the lesson from Mr. Michel, an outstanding entrepreneur, will definitely enhance the growths of our leadership. In the lecture, he introduces his experience to keep his employees passionate through his leadership. He took responsibility to interview his employees and kept in touch with every one of them. As a result, Mr. Michel’s enterprise achieved massive success because the positivity and passion his employees engaged into work. From this part of experience of him, we should have got a sense of what is leadership and how to positively affect your employees by your leadership. Another purpose of sponsoring this lecture should be expecting business students to learn some life wisdom...
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...This field experience provided me with the chance to be in a diverse setting and experience how diversity was handled by my cooperating teacher. I witnessed situations that I had never experienced before. I would not have known how to handle these situations without the help of this field experience. My cooperating teacher introduced me to new and creative ways to help the students succeed to the best of their ability. There were students within the class that learned in different ways and had specific disabilities that hindered their learning. My cooperating teacher presented the information she taught in multiple different formats to meet the needs of each one of the students. During the health class, the students were to learn how to provide CPR to...
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