I have improved much of my E-portfolio’s presence and easy spelling errors. I have always really loved my layout, and the way I chose to go about expressing myself; therefore, I did not change that aspect of my portfolio. I fixed the grammar, spelling, and other writing errors that my friends and family pointed out to me, but otherwise my portfolio has stayed the same.
As previously stated, I love the way I chose to express myself in this portfolio. Choosing to tell stories that end with ideologies that I hold myself to shows who I am, and how I govern myself. I experience the world as though it were a series of stories, and I enjoy expressing myself through such.
The most challenging aspect of my E-portfolio was, and has been, sharing it with people. A more tangible difficulty I have is with my course projects page. I truly have a very difficult time designing and managing the buttons and projects in order to make it aesthetically pleasing and functional. Every time I go to recreate one of the buttons for the theme I have, it usually takes me about an hour to remember how to do it properly.
My advice to future students would be to start early, and look to other students who have done them in the past in order to create a layout that not only works for you but that is also functional. My biggest issue in the past was functionality, and it is still something I struggle with now. being able to turn to others in order to create an E-portfolio that really shows who you are and does what you need it to do can be both difficult and intimidating; therefore, turning to others for advice and help can be a really impactful thing.
I do not see engaging in conflict as a negative thing, but I do see how people conduct themselves in conflict as negative things. This course gave me the materials to better understand the people I engage in conflict with, and why they may act the way they do. My girlfriend and I have a very healthy relationships, and we conduct conflict pretty well; however, we have very differently styles of conflict. taking this course allowed me to better understand why my girlfriend and I may sometimes really struggle, and equipped me with the tools I needed to do conflict better.
The case study was the most impactful for me, and also the most enjoyable. It gave me key insight into two very different conflict styles, and how they are perceived by the opposite party. This assignment allowed me to reconsider my actions, and pay more attention to how my style of conflict may make the other person feel. Although I do not want to compromise sticking up for myself or standing up for what I believe, it reminded me that dominant conflict behaviors are not always received as well as we would hope they are. they are dominant, and can be a little too much. The power dynamic in Sarah and Russel’s relationships reminded me a little of my own, and showed me what could happen if one of both of us began doing conflict in order to take frustrations out on the other. Relating to this made the assignment extremely impact, and I really enjoyed it.
I want to be a communication professor in order to teach others the importance of understanding and engaging in communication. all courses within the subject of communication are important for what I want to do, but most importantly this one really highlights the things I want to be more mindful of in both my career and my life.
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