Week 8 Comments and Feedback

Feedback tells you that you can go higher. 

Source: Growth Mindset Resources.

This cat is a great reminder that we should have a growth mindset rather than a fixed mindset when we receive feedback, whether positive or negative. When we receive feedback, we shouldn't let it make us feel low, but instead it should inspire us to go higher and give us a path on which to do that!

So far, I've had a great experience receiving feedback from other students in the class. I like that the story comments are more social, so I get to hear what people appreciated about the story. I do think about what people have said they liked when I write my stories. It's nice to know that someone is reading my story each week, and I think that pushes me to put more effort into my writing. I wish that I was getting more constructive criticism on my project, as most of the comments have been more social and purely positive. I do really appreciate hearing that I'm on the right track, but sometimes I'm not sure what I want to change and what's working for people, so I hope that as my project continues I'll get more constructive feedback.

I've put a fair amount of effort into the comments I give other people, and for the project I try to give an idea for something to add or expand upon, even if I thought the introduction/story was nearly perfect. I enjoy reading other people's projects more than I thought I would, because my classmates have been so creative with their Storybook ideas and their Portfolio stories! I especially like reading the Storybooks because people have come up with some very interesting and unique topics.

I don't feel like I know anyone in this class very well, just because we don't see each other and it's a big class, but I've started to recognize certain names, and I associate those names with their introduction. It's fun to go to someone's project or weekly story and realize that I've read their introduction and already know something about them! I'm pretty happy with my introduction post and the comments on it. I talked about why I'm a biochemistry major in the introduction, and people often comment on that. Those comments are a nice weekly boost of motivation for when classes are hard, ha ha!

I might add a sentence to my comment wall that encourages constructive criticism and ideas to help me move forward in my project. I want to let people know that I really do want to know what's not working for them and what they'd like to see more of!