Spring2012Group5
Cornerstone Mentees: Lisette Cintron, Grant Cohen, Cayce Connolly, Pauli Donnelly, Sarah Lopez, Zenya Moreira, Joy Perez, Carmen Torres
Friday, March 30, 2012
Reflection and Personal Philosophy
This is our final assignment for this course and it is concerning Reflection. Reflection is a very important tool used to describe or justify the importance of reasoning in terms of explaining or making a valid point concerning an important manner. While a personal philosophy is a personal principle of believe that you as a person has chosen to follow.
I am planning to use reflection in developing my e-Portfolio content pages by adding my own personal experiences that I have encountered in the work place as a tool and a guide to prove some of the points and issues that patients who receive healthcare today should be aware of and how they can change or ask the right questions, that may or could save the life of someone.
For this assignment I would like for you all to do the following:
• Share your understanding of reflection. How is it different from description?
• How have your own personal reflections change your life and others around you?
• Also what are some of your own personal reflections? And on do you plan on showcasing this information in your e-portfolio?
• Give a few examples of how this course has helped you and will prepare you for the next phase of life.
• Also what are a few examples that you can share for the next upcoming cornerstone students.
Please take the time to answer each question and also please post to two postings.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Topic 7-Cover Letters and Resumes
Please review the following and post your responses:
- Investigate the Career Services Handouts Website at:
- Which handouts were most helpful? Least?
- Do you have any handouts or tips for writing an effective resume to share?
- What do you think makes a resume stand out (in either a good or bad way)?
- What do you want your resume to say about you?
Below are some activities. Please post your responses when you have completed the assignments.
1.Fill out the following handout (first print it out and then fill it out) then post answers on the blog: http://www.cccareers.org/docs/articles/29/CQT_Resume_Worksheet.pdf
2. After reviewing the website above and filling out the handout, what are three things you learned about resumes and/or cover letters that you didn't know before and will apply in the future.
Friday, March 9, 2012
Topic 6 Interview Skills
Go to http://www.perfectinterview.com/ucf/ and create an account with UCF Career Services, then tailor your unique interview based on your skills, background and position type. Be sure to take advantage of all of the interview tools available, such as, recording and playing back your responses, using the coach tool, and viewing the example responses in order to help you improve for the next time. Happy Interviewing!
Discuss the results of your interview practice with the group.
- What did you learn about yourself?
- How has this activity helped you prepare for a real interview?
- Discuss the best ways to answer standard and non-standard interview questions
- How should phone interviews and panel interviews be handled?
- When should you discuss salary?
******Don’t forget to also comment on at least two other posts!*****
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Topic #5: Professional Opportunities and Job Skills
Friday, February 24, 2012
Interdisciplinarity in the Real World
You may be asking yourself, "OMG WHAAAT IS THE POINT OF THIS?" Well, the reason we study a subject is to be able to use what we learn in real-world situations. Applying our acquired knowledge is the whole point of going to college! With that said, think about your disciplines and how you would integrate them in order to apply them to what it is you want to do.
This week’s post is about inderdisciplinarity in the real world. Keep this in mind as you answer the following questions:
•How do you apply your interdisciplinarity in daily situations?
•What is interdisciplinarity not?
•Who do you know who has an interdisciplinary profession? If you can't think of someone personal, discuss someone famous.
•How are you integrating your disciplines, or are you?
After you’ve answered the above questions, consider this: in the very first blog post back in Week 1, you analyzed two pictures (a smoothie and a fruit salad) and explained how they are or are not good representations of interdisciplinarity. Now, come up with your own example! What would be a different metaphor you could use to explain interdisciplinary studies? Be creative, and make sure you’re giving an example of interdisciplinarity, not multidisciplinarity!
Be sure to answer everything clearly and concisely. Also, remember to comment on at least two other posts!
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Critical Thinking
Friday, February 10, 2012
Week 2 Integration
Week 2 Integration
Hello Everyone, this week we going to talk about the topic of integration. Integration is a process that brings individuals or groups together. When I first came to UCF, I wanted a degree in business. I also had an interest in humanities and interpersonal/ organizational communications. I wanted to be able to study all of these, but I didn't know which one was the right choice for me. So I decided to make my major IDS, I got to use all of my choices, and I was able to integrate my major. By integrating my major, I found it helped me experience more ways to progress in my education and career course!
A news story that I find to be very interdisciplinary is the Occupy Wall Street movement. This current event is about the wealthy holding one percent of all the wealth in America and the ninety nine percent of Americans are not wealthy. Many people in that 99% are students with unpaid student loans, unemployed people looking for jobs, and people in financial difficulties. They are protesting all over the United States to make a stand against economic inequality. The Occupy Wall Street demonstrations have rallied many people who would like to see a change for Americans and less corporate greed.
Through my major of IDS I was able to integrate my areas of study and analyze this news story interdisciplinary. The Occupy Wall Street movement has many disciplines that it effects in many ways. For me I was able to integrate my areas of business, humanities, and I/O communications to take everything into consideration and look at this news story interdisciplinary. The Occupy Wall Street movement has many different views, and it is our job as interdisciplinarians to integrate those views together to form a diverse view!
Now it’s your turn please give us your thoughts on these questions: Write 2-3 sentences for each question. Post as a comment.
Also, make sure to respond to at least two other students posts.
What is integration? What are examples?
How have or haven't you integrated your areas and minor?
Why is integration of areas/minor important in terms of professional, academic, and/or personal developing?
How can your areas/minor be better integrated?
Now think of a news story, past or present, and explain its interdisiplinarity or what an interdisciplinary solution might be.