I agree with my expectations of the capstone. It has been a lot of work but a lot of very good experience, too. My capstone internship has been very different from my classmates' internships, and I feel it will bring some diversity to the group.
There were times where I did not think I would have anything worth showing at the end of the semester because a lot of my work was “behind-the-scenes” worksheets and e-mails. But in the end, the event was the majority of the work with little documents here and there that show my design abilities as well as organizational skills. That’s important for anyone to have.
I was so worried about what to say to the international collaborators in e-mails, that it took me 30 minutes to write an e-mail that could have been done in five. But I learned how to approach topics with these collaborators. My word choice is easy to follow for non-native English speakers.
For my portfolio, I think I will try to display the ability to communicate in e-mails with people I have never met before. Show that building a friendly relationship over the Internet helps people feel at ease when they finally do meet you in person.
For my poster, I’m trying for some kind of international theme. I'll include mostly my design abilitities and how I made everything seem to go together (the booklet, program, nametags, etc.) with a color scheme or icon. I'm going to try to incorporate the different countires I worked with. Hopefully, I will have a few layouts of what I could do with this theme for Thursday’s meeting, and I would like to incorporate this theme into my web portfolio. I think it makes mine unique and intriguing.
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I'm loving where you're going with the international idea for your poster and incorporating that since it was such a big part of your internship!
Glad to hear that your expectations were overall the same; I felt that way about mine as well. I think that shows we're really starting to look within ourselves and we are now able, as seniors, to accurately identify our strengths and weaknesses.
I'm very excited to see your poster presentation! Missed you yesterday at the meeting; did you get what you needed from the meetings for your web portfolio?
You make a nice point here, Meagan, about the importance of developing an ability to analyze one's strengths and weaknesses and developing strategies to exploit those strengths and, where possible, working to address and improve upon those weaknesses -- that's "reflective learning" at its finest!
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