Technology

Technology for my group really helped us in many ways. When everyone has a different schedule in their lives it is hard to meet outside of the classroom, so email and blackboard was used to communicate with each other. By using this technology we were also able to keep each other updated on the progress of each person or of any last minute meetings that would be important for the group. We never used virtual meetings but I think using that would limit some benefits of actual face to face group discussions.

Ethics

When looking over the document in class, I was a little shocked that document was actually stating about human beings. The way the person was describing the problem and objects inside the truck, that was the first thing that came to my mind but I thought that was not possible. The way he described things was to the point only the person who he was writing to would actually understand. The other situations that we discussed in class were also similar. By writing this way, I feel as if the person or the company is trying to hide information from the public or maybe this is a way for them to justify the situation in their minds.

Writing like this is not right but it is bad that it could still be going on today. Personally I would not set my standards this low just to hide something or make it seem right. I would not want someone harming the public, my family, or myself.

Miscommunication

Miscommunication happens everywhere from at home, at school, and at work. The times when there is usually always miscommunication is between group members in a class. Trying to get meeting times, assigning parts for projects, or just trying to get the project done is a hard process because no one can get information together. If there is better communication between group members, things will go a whole lot smoother.

Presentations and Portfolios

On Wednesday, all of the presentations were good but the most interesting presentations was the one about Autism and the other about the architecture major and their travels. The Autism presentation informed me on alot about autistic children, the symptoms, and the treatments. This presentation was very effective on getting the message out because it was informative and the use of the statistics really helped. I enjoyed the other presentation on the Architecture major and their travels because I never realized the many things that Clemson had around the world. The pictures were also a plus.

When it comes to portfolios, I do not have too much experience except from freshman year, and that really was not that great. I did not know what I was doing or what was really expected, it was basically a confusing situation. I already know a few things about portfolios but hopefully this class will increase my knowledge and skills.

Presentations

My favorite presentation was the one on Asian Stereotypes. It was really suprising because alot of the things that were stated I have never heard of before. I liked the way it was presented because if was more of an informing comedy presentation. I also enjoyed the videos that he had for each fact. Overall, all of the presentations were good and informing. I even learned that we had a State dog which was suprising!

Coverletter

By reading the website's tutorial about writing coverletters it was very useful but also suprising. They say the coverletter should market yourself towards a specific job. By reading the sample coverletter, they made it seem like you should be very very confident in yourself when writing the coverletter but it seemed like a little bit much to me. There was no specific part of the tutorial that was more helpful than the others because I never really understood fully on how to write coverletters. The more help the better.

Client Visit

The client visit was informing because I really had no idea what was the basis of the project. Even though we recieved the information, it is still kind of hard to figure out exactly what we want to do and how we are going to reach that goal. My group is planning on working with the organic farm and trying to market it to the students and the community. Overall, I think the group is doing okay, but once we figure out what our goal is for the project it go a whole lot smoother. The biggest concern for the group is not being able to come up with any ideas or to have limited communication within the group. I really cannot think of any questions to ask at this point but I'm pretty sure I will soon.

Interview Mistakes

In my experiences of job interviews, I can see how the mistakes in this article can be pretty big. Especially about being too nervous or asking very silly questions. There are many other things that you can do wrong in a interview. Things like appearance, not being very open with your communication, or just being somewhat rude. In the past, my interviews have been one-on-one or with a group. They all had a more laid back approach when it came to the interview, which was a little calming. One thing I do regret on some of my past interviews is letting my nervousness hold me back. Some of the best things I think you can do for an interview is to go prepared, have an open positve attitude, to do research on the company, and to find a strategy that can help slow down the adrenaline.

Office Commercial

I have to say that the commercial that was shown in class on Friday was really funny to me. Since it was trying to show how to have good office manners, it proved its points of what not to do. If someone was in the office like that all the time, more work and respect would be shown in the workplace because of fear of being hit. It almost reminded me of a child doing something bad and once they get hurt you are able to learn very quickly the right thing to do.

10 years from now.....?

Ten years from now I hope that I will be or have gone through Medical School or Graduate School depending on my decision on what I want to do once I graduate. I have two things that I would love to do, they are to either become physical therapist (mainly sports medicine) or do something that deals with the study of diseases (especially diabetes) in which I could also use my degree of Nutrition. In my personal life I do not have anything planned except that I hope that I will have good and healthy relationships with people who will be in my life at that time. Hopefully my lifestyle will be positive, not too fast or too slow, a lil spontaneous, and something that I can keep up. For the future I want to have many options of where I want to be because some things may/may not work out ( for whatever reason) or my interest may change. I do not know where I will end up but I do know that I will be successful.

Web 2.0

Once I viewed the video, I was able to understand what the title of the video meant. The machine is using us because it controls our daily lives especially by the way that we communicate with each other and recieve the information. That is why we are also the machine because we put the information on the web and organize the information. In the workplace, the web is something that has to be controlled. It has to be understood that there are specific ways that information should be made and viewed on the internet. When it says that we have to rethink everything, it means that with all the information on the web it can help with our views of the things in our lives or just give all of us a second opinion.

All about me :)

Hey ya'll! My name is Kayla, I am finally a Senior at Clemson.
My major is Food Science: Human Nutrition, its a pretty nice major but I am hoping to go to school for Physical Therapy sometime in the future. I have 3 older sisters who are 10 to 15 years older than me and I also have 2 neices, 1 nephew and 1 more nephew soon to be born this month. I'm a pretty quiet person, most of the time I am either thinking about things in life, observing things around me or just daydreaming. Other than that I love to laugh, being around family and friends, going out, or acting silly. So hopefully this will be a good semester and I hope all is well for everyone this year!!