Reflective Journal

Writing - Reflective Journal

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this lesson's material, students will be able to:

Demonstrate the ability to write reflectively about the content of the course.
Connect course content to personal experiences and thoughts.
Demonstrate writing skills including syntax and mechanics

Instructions

Throughout the first 8 Lesson Plans of this course you will create a reflective journal in which you will document your thoughts and experiences in this course. This is a process of self-reflection and is not an evaluation of the course. The aim of this sort of assignment is that you will engage yourself in a process of observing your own thought processes and personal change as you experience the content of the course.

The journal is expected to be written in such a manner that it reflects deep contemplation about personal experiences, challenges to your ways of thinking, personal challenges in facing this kind of work in your career, and thoughts about the experiences you have had in the classs and/or discussions.

In order to provide you with options you can either, 1. write your journal out in a word processor such as Pages and simply submit it to the drop box that way, or 2. you can get the Day One app and use that.

The Day One app is the premium journaling app for iPhone and iPad. You can also add pictures.

There is a cost for this app so we are going to keep it optional.

Create a journal that summarizes your understanding of crisis, your role as a crisis working, identity formation, grief, loss, trauma, and resiliency, coping and growth…. I would like this to include any quotes, graphics, doodles, pictures, poems or poetic aspects you'd like to include. What music matters? What messages matter? I want at least 10 pages, but this does not have to be a double spaced APA creation. I want this journal to include your birth announcement, your graduation announcement (graduating from anything you'd like to create), announcements of your achievement, and your obituary. I would also like this journal to have a typed portion of reflective learning assessment: 300 words for every lesson- 1-8. Nothing cut and pasted- free write your thoughts on each section.