How have I been an effective learner (this semester)?
I have been an effective learner this semester by doing outside research (which were all below the actual word requirement) to brush up on what my topic is. I've learned a bunch of techniques to writing a game review, and it showed when I got my first chance to write one for the Cal Poly Post. I wrote a game review for a game called "Minecraft" and it was published in the Poly Post! A link to the article is right here: Sandbox-style indie game mines player's imaginations. Using what I've learned from what I've read and researched, I wrote this review, which I am very proud of. I've also learned that writing for a website is way different from writing for a newspaper, because online, you have virtually no word limit and can write about anything, while in newspapers, you're limited to a certain word count due to space.
How am I going to improve?
However, since it was my first review, I had left a lot of things out that I have actually learned since it was published. I can now improve my writing by keeping in mind an audience to write for, because in that first review, I just wrote to the general public, with an assumption that they knew what games were. I can also switch up the vocabulary because I used many words repeatedly, which I've learned can be bad, because readers don't really like repetitiveness, unless it's intended. I could possibly start doing more reviews independently and either make a blog or post on a website to see how they're rated in the general public.
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