Archives for the Month of October 2005 on Alan Baucco's Online Journal
Text Book readings vs. Xanedu readings
In this class we are required to read many chapters out of our text books and read many Xanedu articles. I strongly believe that most of the readings out of the text books are a waste of time. They go over information that is sometimes useless. Some of the chapters are on topics that we are already completely familiar with. For Example, the two chapters we had to read on listening. Why should I have to read about how to listen to someone else. I am capable of doing that very well already. On the other hand, I like reading the Xanedu articles because they incorporate real life situations. They are more interesting, and I usually get much more from them.
About the Mock Intervew write up
I do not think that the grade many people recieved on these were what they expected. I did not think that the directions were very good, and I believe many people did not understand EXACTLY what to do. It said to write a memo to you fellow student about you mock interview, but no one ever said it had to be in strict memo format. And I dont ever remember hearing about incorporating the Kolb Learning exercise into our papers. I dont even remember reading that in the directions. And it seemed like everyone got points off for both of these things. If they wanted strict memo format and Kolb Style learning included the Proffessors should have said something besides "Turn in a write up about your mockinterview experiences."
HR simulation Meetings
Our meetings have gone very well so far. I believe that by our group meeting for so long, we are getting a great start on the simulation. Everyone is particpating in the group and we are all on the same page. One thing I dont like about the simulation is that it seems like a lot of work was just thrown at us at once. The second time we met we had to do a ton of work to make the deadline. It seems like the work in this class is just piled on at once and sometimes it is not totally clear what to do. Other than that, I think the simulation is a very good project.
Participation
This comment is about our class participation. I really think that making us write down our score for participation each day leads to bad discussions. No one really cares about what they are saying in class, they just say something to get the points. This leads to redundant comments and poor discussion. If the was no participation points, when someone made a comment they would actually mean it. This would lead to better discussions, and it would cut out all the pointless and repetitive comments.