The Magazine Reflection!

This project has been a great project for me to work on my writing skills. Drafting and revision have helped me the most through out this project. I know I probably sound repetitive because I say that so much but I feel that has helped me so much. Each draft I made improved from the previous one. My structure in writing has also noticeably improved from this project. Normally work would be thrown around in different paragraphs but I think this article came out very structured. When I put my writing into Indesign and started working on the layout, I was exactly sure how I wanted it. With the help of Randy and my classmates it came out just how I hoped. I used my photography from my photo essay in my article, I think it looks very nice. I wasn't exactly sure what I wanted to write about but I knew I had to make something new instead of using my photo essay. I chose to write about what it is like preparing for internship and how much it teaches the students. The process of printing the magazine is long. The proofs came back about 3 times and each time there were more mistakes to be found. I never knew what a long process it would be, but its really cool learning what goes on in the process of making a magazine.

I think that the overall experience of internship was amazing. I don't know anyone else that gets the experience in high school. Even if my internship wasn't as enjoyable as I thought, the learning process was great. I really think that this will help me in future jobs and work experiences. I think parts of this magazine will show what our economy is going through, and I'm not positive if it tells it in the magazine but the people who got laid of their internship should share with our audience at exhibition to show what the economy has done even to non paid interns.

What did you learn?
What I learned most would be the long process of writing, drafting, revision and the actual process of making a magazine.

How did you learn in?
I leaned this my going through the actual project and doing so much hands on work to complete this amazing project.

Why is this important?
This is important because everything that we learned is going to be used in the real world, no matter what you will always use writing in the future. Also the experience of making an actual magazine is going to look good on any job and for college as well.

Magazine Reflection Take Two!

1. Overall, when you think about the big picture of your writing, what improved? How did it get better? Why?

Looking at my writing from the first draft and looking at my final draft, it improved drastically. Going through each critique, my structure became so much better. I had no structure in the first draft and everything was just thrown around, each time we had a critique I would get suggestions and go back and fix them. An example of this was that my writing was scattered in all different paragraphs when I could have had the sentences organized together. This improved my writing completely. 

2. Overall, when you think about the big picture of your writing, what still needs work? What do you think will help you improve? Why?

I think my introduction on my article could be stronger. I think one last critique by Randy or a student could help me make my intro as strong as it can be. I feel that critiques help me the most out of anything. 

3. Specifically, show us something that improved and describe the path it took to get better. You can quote your article, your drafts, link to evidence, etc.

My biggest improvement would be my conclusion

draft:

  "The students around High Tech High Media Arts (HTHMA) have been asked if they had enjoyed internship, a good majority of them simply said “no”, But when asked if they gained anything from their internship experience, many said how much they had learned. The internship experience may not always be fun and enjoyable, but at the end of the day what has been gained from the experience is a whole new world of knowledge. Internship does not only prepare students for the "real world" it gives them a chance to experience a field of business that could be considered for a future career or could be decided as a no for a future career."

final:

"Even though not all students have enjoyed internship, they say they have gained a tremendous amount from the experience. The internship experience may not always be fun and enjoyable, but at the end of the day what has been gained from the experience is a whole new world of knowledge. Internship does not only prepare students for the "real world", it gives them a chance to experience a field of business that could be considered for a future career or could be decided as a no for a future career."

4. Describe something specific (or a few things!) that you learned about writing.

The thing that I learned most about writing would probably be that drafting and revision helps me more than anything. At the end of the project, after I had turned my final draft in, I went and got all my drafts and looked through them. I probably had about 15 drafts and each one was so much better as they went along.