For those of you that don't know, I am currently in an English class at South University. Recently we began our "Doc1" assignment and were put in groups to write "1" paper. This paper was to be on the importance and necessity of building and mainting a professional online identity.
I feel that I learned a lot from just writing the draft for this assignment. There were a lot of things about using the internet that I hadn't ever given much thought about. Information pertaining to employers checking potential candidates online using tools like google was particularly illuminating for me. But what I hadn't considered would be something I'd learn, was the difficulty of working with others to come up with one cohesive paper. Even in the brainstorming and division of responsibilities, I felt that I might've had less work if I didn't have to go through the channels of communication with three other people. And that is not to disrespect my other teammates at all, each of them put in the work and brought something useful to the metaphysical "table", but organizing four peoples thoughts and ideas about one subject and creating a coherent paper with a clear main point and sub points was difficult for me. That's what I thought was most intriguing about writing Doc1.
James, I felt the same way. I'm use to working alone always. But i must say I have a great group, and Im also learning to organize different thoughts.
ReplyDeleteYes, most of us think of writing as a solitary effort, but most of us will work in groups when employed, and learning to work together is part of that. Also, I want each of you to build a PLN early in class.
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