Meng
Wix Reflective Essay 2
Benefits
1. How do you think your English writing skills have improved after completing this Wix e-portfolio?
After sharpening my writing skills through creating a Wix e-portfolio for two semesters, I found that my overall English writing skills have enhanced significantly. To start with, I am a lot more familiar with English academic vocabulary now; hence, I can pick out the precise vocabularies that I need for the specific writing content after practicing through plenty of meaningful writing tasks. This growing process proves the old saying, no pain no gain. After a year of joggling with writing and rewriting again and again, I have to say that this is totally worthy of putting effort into it—the ability to write properly is something you could take away with you even after you graduated from school. Moreover, my motivation to write has also increased immensely through time and has transformed from a habit to a hobby, and that was also the time my confidence has built up gradually.
2. What do you think about creating the Wix e-portfolio for the final essay drafts?
Creating the Wix e-portfolio for the final essay drafts is a great way for us to exhibit the work that came from our hardworking and devoted process.
3. What do you think about creating the Wix e-portfolio for journal writing and commenting?
Creating the Wix e-portfolio for journal writing and commenting truly opens up my mind and offers me a chance to reflect on certain periods of my life.
4. Do you think that journal writing should be conducted in the same way as essay writing (i.e., Draft 1, peer review, Draft 2, conferencing, and Draft 3 on Wix)? Why or why not?
I think journal writing should be conducted as it is now. I think journal writing should offer a channel for us to write more freely and stay in the present, and write the feelings we have or the things we see at that given moment. It is the pureness and presentness in the journal that make the journal writing so special. Rewriting for Draft 2 and draft 3 would lose the kind of simplicity.
5. What did you benefit from TA feedback after you posted each final essay draft and journal on your Wix e-portfolio? (TA feedback was presented via Excel file and PPT slides).
TA feedback after you posted each final essay draft and journal on your Wix e-portfolio gives us an opportunity to view our website from a third perspective, and it is really helpful when I am trapped by my own perspective.
6. What did you benefit from conducting self-assessment and peer-assessment of the Wix e-portfolio in the second semester?
After conducting self-assessment and peer-assessment of the Wix e-portfolio, I found there is a huge space for improvements in my Wix e-portfolio, and the time to exchange ideas with classmates could also help me to better understand others’ opinions.
7. How did this Wix e-portfolio enhance your skills other than writing?
Other than writing, creating Wix e-portfolio also enhances my skills to build up a website and design the layout of the page. It was very challenging for me in the beginning; however, I manage to overcome it by practicing 3-5 hours every week.
8. Overall, what did you benefit from creating and managing this Wix e-portfolio? How is it different from uploading your assignments on ecourse2?
Creating and managing this Wix e-portfolio teaches me how to build a website like a personal “brand” and how to manage the problems I came across through searching online and asking for advice. Simply uploading assignments on ecourse2 loses the kind of training and the chance to cultivate the skills to actively learn by ourselves.
Challenges
1. What difficulties have you encountered in terms of creating and editing your Wix e-portfolio over these two semesters?
I have encountered a lot of difficulties in terms of using technology to create an online Wix e-portfolio over the two semesters. I sometimes could not find the specific function that I needed when creating it. Moreover, although I am much more familiar with the Wix system now, I still have not fully understood how to implement all the tools on the website.
2. Among all the difficulties mentioned above, what was the most challenging one? How did you handle this challenge?
The most challenging one must be unable to find the specific function that I needed when trying to create a Wix e-portfolio. However, through searching on the Internet, I successfully found some very useful tutorials for me to learn how to find the tool I needed.
3. Will you continue to use or write posts on this Wix e-portfolio in the future? Why or why not?
I will definitely continue to use and write posts on this Wix e-portfolio, for it not only enhances my hard skills--writing skills and skills to build a website, but also trains my resilience to overcome the obstacles.