Self Reflection #2

      In my technical description, I discussed the details of cupids bow and arrow. I enjoyed this assignment for the fact  that I got to choose an object that always interested me and got to come up with all of the features and attributes to it. I felt passionate as I was writing about cupid’s bow. I felt like I had really good ethos as well as pathos in writing my technical description.

      I feel as though I picked a cliche object that somehow had a really deep meaning and process behind how it works. I spent a decent amount of time trying to make sure I covered every aspect of cupid’s bow as well as his arrow and and described all of the technicalities behind it. I put in a lot of time and effort into this assignment. Personally i believe i had a left a deeper meaning behind the object alongside the technical termination of every detail on the object.

      I trust, that determined by the work I have submitted, I earned a grade of an A+. Regardless of the cliched object I renewed the item through the technical description I gave about it. I thoroughly described every single detail on the bow and arrow and somehow managed to explain it physically along with the deeper meaning behind it.

Reem Malek

                                                                                               Self- Reflection

        In my lab report, I discussed the impacts of potassium chloride (KCl) on the swimming pace of Paramecium. In this report, I could enhance the criteria of my report by making it more comprehensible for readers who are not familiar or  majoring in Biology. For this report, I had a particular group of people, the individuals who have some fundamental experience of science on the school level. In my report, I talked about certain lab methods that probably won’t be basic learning for understudies with non-science majors. If I had included more details and simpler instructions in my report it might have made it more or less beneficial. 

        While writing this lab report i felt like the most difficult thing i came across was the numbers involved. Due to the fact that i hate math and this was a biology based experiment i got super confused with the data charts and t-calculated values. If i could have done something different now, i would have did more research and asked more questions and practiced more of the math part so i can have a stronger ethos and confidence level.

        Personally, I had a great hypothesis as well as a null hypothesis, as well as my introduction. I have a good experimental design chart that I am proud of. I used accurate variables in my experimental design to portray its significance.

        I trust, that determined by the work I have submitted, I earned a grade of an A. My lab report was adequate in detail while holding it to the point. In typical lab reports, it is essential to give the important details without sentence cushioning, and I trust I have done as such effectively. I have introduced all the data expected to repeat such a test while keeping to the genuine logical technique structure. As I would see it, I would drop some points for not having other visual guides. In spite of the fact that I had tables and figures, and it isn’t important to have different pictures, the expansion of myself really doing the trial and the instruments I utilized would make it simpler for others to duplicate the experiment and not get disorganized.

This was my first time working with creating a tutorial and I definitely have learned a lot about what constitutes a proper lab report. The tutorial is similar in every way to what a proper lab report entails. I had to be as detailed as possible when walking the reader through the simulation just as a writer would walk one through a lab experiment. The assumption is that the viewer has little to no background on the topic and your goal is to properly walk them through the process with detailed explanations. The tutorial is the same. It is broken down into many categories and subcategories so that the process is clearly illustrated. I was used to writing lab reports and the arduous process of long paragraphs detailing the process was quite tedious and annoying. This tutorial was more enjoyable than writing a normal lab report because it was heavily visual and even though there was tons of details I had to include I enjoyed the process. I put roughly 20 hours in total over the course of a week. I would give myself an A for this report because of the thoroughness and presentation. It details all of the processes and leaves little to no confusion which could arise because I try to explain all the tasks and directions clearly

I enjoyed working on this project because it allowed me to tap more into my creativity with the medium of how I would deliver my information. Researching about the lightsaber was initially surprising because there was so lots of in-depth detail online about the anatomy of it. I was shocked to find detailed schematic drawings of how it works and it really bridged the gap between reality and science fiction. If I were to do something differently in the future I would try to actually design the saber in a design drafting software such as SolidWorks. This would allow for a much more fluid presentation of the lightsabers form and function. It would be 3 Dimensional and you could dive into every component of the lightsaber. In the end I feel that my delivery met the requirements of what a proper explanation of the object is. I not only explained the function of each part but I tried to give as much vital information of how they worked together without boring the viewer. I feel like I struggled with the balance between what is considered to be important information and what I had to leave out because it gave too much technical information that would disinterest a normal viewer who doesn’t necessarily want to know how and why an energy field permeates through a source to deliver power. Somethings were unnecessary but I still left them in because I thought they helped the cohesiveness of the report. If I were to give myself a grade I would give myself an A because I truly embraced the creative process and I did a thorough research of the lightsaber. I visited so many fan sites to find the best descriptions of each part and for parts that I couldn’t find explanations of I did research on the scientific names of the parts to determine what purpose they served from their names.

Technical Report#2: Artifact_REFLECTION

I have chosen Statue of Liberty for the artifact. I would say I have done lots of research online mainly via Wikipedia and done pretty good job.

This artifact represents freedom because it was a gift from the French after the American Revolution to show our alliance and friendship with them. I haven’t really separated the abstract, keywords and have done differently in order to explain in a box or table format. It will be easier to know the separate facts and more distinct.

The difficult part for me was to choose the picture to be uploaded as it looks so perfect from every angle. The facts I have mentioned were easy to get via Wikipedia and I believe that the purpose of the statue of liberty was received and even to this day will be our shining light to guide us to our dreams. The artifact culture now thinking about it more is more about the history of America.

Overall, I would say I deserve 92+ which is in the grade form of ‘A’. At last, while researching and writing about this artifact, I got to know lots of history related to Statue of Liberty.

In composing this descriptive essay, it took me several tries. I had difficulties in choosing a fictitious artifact that had enough substance to write about. I initially thought I would describe the Lazarus Pit from the CW show Arrow but I found myself running out of things to describe about it pretty quickly since specifics of size, composition and other details needed for a descriptive essay were unavailable. In the end, I chose to write about the Handy Dandy Notebook as seen in the Nick Jr.’s television series Blue’s Clues. In my opinion, I did well at including images to explain what I had described in my essay. I made sure to add not only regular images but also gifs to capture the reader’s attention. I believed since I was writing about a children’s television show I could keep my images light-hearted as such. So, not only do my images portray what I had described but also does it in an entertaining way.

Since my artifact was not very “technical” as it was not comprised of as many components internally as say an electronic artifact would, my downfall in this assignment would be not having enough to write on. I did try my best to explain all the parts to the Handy Dandy Notebook, which mostly had to do with its physicalities. Therefore, I believe I deserve an A for this project since although I did write sufficient enough detail and included images to support my writing, I might lose points for the specific artifact I chose.

Gabriel Almonte 

Reflection  

Grade:85 

Cover image: 10/10 

I believe I used an image that grasps a reader’s attention while also showing detail about the item I was describing. 

Abstract: 8/10 

I believe I explained the results of the lab well while introducing ideas that support why this lab is important. I should’ve gone more in depth on other ways to test whether a gun was the issue or if there were other factors that played roles, or whether other threatening objects would have a similar reaction.  

Introduction: 810  

I believe I introduced the idea that certain factors can affect human memory, but I think I should have provided more detail on how and why this is true.  

Method: 7/10 

I believe I explained the procedure fairly well but for someone who had a hard time understanding the abstract and introduction or didn’t read them wouldn’t fully grasp the exact procedure. 

Resultd:9/10 

I believe I explained the results clearly, stating the different results of the control and experimental group for each of the experiments.  

Discussion: 7/10 

I believe I discussed the issue at hand well, but I should have considered that some of my audience may not have understood the topic, so I needed to simplify it or gone more in depth so the audience can fully grasp the idea. 

Conclusion: 9/10 

I believe I wrapped up the lab report well while explaining why the lab report was important, some ways this can affect the real world, the results of the lab, and left off with a question on how to improve the procedure that may cause different results.  

For assignment #2 we were assigned to write a technical description about an imaginary object. I decided to write it on ironman’s helmet. I went into deep detail on many parts of the helmet. I described all the features of the helmet. I explained why certain protective parts were in place, I also explained the purpose of certain lights on the helmet. While explaining all these parts and their functions I also explained how many of these functions would be useful to ironman while he would be using the suit.  I believe I grasped all aspects of the assignment that were trying to be addressed with this assignment.