Senior Educational Reflection

Senior Educational Reflection What did you learn at Otis? How did you learn it? And what do you plan to do with it? You should write this in" rel="nofollow">in first person. Your ePortfolio is a repository of your education at Otis and as a senior, this is the moment to critically evaluate and reflect on what you have learned, how that learnin" rel="nofollow">ing has in" rel="nofollow">influenced your ideas, your career choices, your positions and concerns as a citizen artist/designer enterin" rel="nofollow">ing a global economy. As an Otis graduate, you will be expected to have met the Institutional Learnin" rel="nofollow">ing Outcomes of the college as those from your own dept. and LAS. As a senior, we want you to perceive your education holistically and thin" rel="nofollow">ink about what you have experienced here. The ILO’s are the criteria that you measure your education by and you may be surprised at how much you have learned, how you have changed, and where you see yourself goin" rel="nofollow">ing as a result of your education. Look at the Institutional Learnin" rel="nofollow">ing Outcomes: and thin" rel="nofollow">ink about how those outcomes have been an in" rel="nofollow">integral part of your education. 1. Go through your entire and look at your LAS( history class) and studio courses, look at the assignments you completed, the work that represents what you were thin" rel="nofollow">inkin" rel="nofollow">ing and able to accomplish at the various stages of your education at Otis. You have an archive of your education, so make notes of what you thin" rel="nofollow">ink now about what you were thin" rel="nofollow">inkin" rel="nofollow">ing then. This is your first overview. Make notes on what you want to revisit more thoroughly, what you forgot that was so important. Notes are the first body of evidence you will be compilin" rel="nofollow">ing for your Senior Educational Reflection. 2. Identify the courses that in" rel="nofollow">influenced you the most, caused you to thin" rel="nofollow">ink differently or change your min" rel="nofollow">ind about issues or ideas. What were the LAS courses that were most in" rel="nofollow">influential in" rel="nofollow">in relation to your studio courses or your chosen field? Were there courses that you took simply because you were in" rel="nofollow">interested in" rel="nofollow">in the subject? What were the courses that challenged you the most? Consider study abroad courses, Creative Action courses where you worked with agencies and students from different majors? How did those educational experiences in" rel="nofollow">influence you? Read some of your homework or signature assignments and make notes about what you thought then, how critical you were, what your conclusions were. 3. Consider your co-curricular activities--the clubs or groups that you join" rel="nofollow">ined, the Otis events that you participated in" rel="nofollow">in. Were you a tutor? A peer mentor? A work study on campus? Were you in" rel="nofollow">involved with competitions? How did these experiences shape or in" rel="nofollow">influence you? These are all a part of your education as well. 4. Now you are ready to write your critical reflection about your education. You should write this in" rel="nofollow">in first person.