Aims and Objectives: This week I wanted to come up with a good draft for my poem for the MRP. I am not very artistic or creative so I knew that it would take me a while to come up with a good poem. I also knew that I was going out of town over the weekend so I wanted to get at least one or two assignments done before I left so I would have a few left and could get all of the assignments done in time.
Declarative Knowledge: This week I learned some different forms of poetry. I have not had a lot of experience with poetry so I was introduced to a few different kinds of poems. One of the new forms was a found poem. The poem I chose and had some previous experience with was an acrostic poem. I also reflected on what we learned and discussed about copyrights. This was enlightening to me because I think copyrights are confusing. The newest thing I learned about this week was photo-visual literacy. I did not have any previous knowledge of the concept and researched the topic to discover that it is basically the ability to use and understand images or photos. Photo-visual literacy requires certain skills in order to be considered visually literate.
Procedural Knowledge: In order to create my poem for my 3rd genre, I had to creat it as a page in my weblog. I then had to choose the word/words that I wanted to use and creatively think from the perspective of a mother with a child who will receive a cochlear implant. I chose the words “cochlear implants” to be the starting letters of each line of my poem. I then thought carefully and went back and completed each line to add meaning to my poem. After completing my poem I then saved and published it as a page to my weblog. Next, I reflected on our group discussion from 9/27/06. I went to the transcript of our discussion and read over it carefully. I identified what my main contribution was, what questions our group came up with, how and if we answered the questions, and how I related what we learned to my own work. After reflecting on these areas, I posted my reflection to my weblog. I then stopped by Mrs. McComas’s office and made an appointment with her to discuss my project. Next, to find information on photo-visual litearcy since I did not know what it was, I conducted a search on the Internet. After finding what it was, I also provided the links to where I found the information. I then saved and published my reflection to my weblog and responded to my groupmates refections.
Conditional Knowledge: I am not very confident with writing poetry, but I tried very hard to come up with a good poem this week. I hope I portrayed the feelings of a parent with a child who is deaf and must undergo major surgery. I think poetry is a good way to express emotions and can be used effectively to display those feelings. Reflecting on our discussion concerning copyrights helped me review what we learned and how we should apply it to our own research. Copyrights are very important and should be taken very seriously. This will be helpful when doing future research to be aware of the copyright policies. Learning about photo-visual literacy was interesting because I already knew it existed, but I was not aware the process actually had a name. Knowing that practice helps people become visually literate will help me as a student trying to understand concepts. I also feel it will be important when working with and trying to teach people things in therapy. Photos and images are commonly used so we should try and help people become more visually literate.
