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About Me
- Ika-sama
- I'm a college student studying Japanese (in Kyoto) over the summer. I'm currently updating my blog everyday so my parents don't think I've died in a ditch somewhere. Also, I like writing and apparently people think I'm funny...?
4 comments:
Your entire ePortfolio has a very professional feel! It shows how serious you take writing and the fun loving person you really are.
The dry wit you share is wonderful. It give one a look into your personality.
One thing I really missed were your quarky poems of yours. I really like your style.
Great ePortfolio -- it was easy to navigate and your commentary was a joy to read. You're wonderfully witty and I loved the recollection of how your toy horse broke and creating your first story.
Admittedly, I didn't read all of the stories (there are quite a few!) What I did read, however, I enjoyed. It was interesting to see your progression as a writer, especially with your self-evaluation comments in mind.
My only suggestion is to maybe add some images. Your video was awesome but some of the other pages seemed like a lot of words. This didn't bother me so much personally, but it might be a problem for other visitors.
Overall: Impressive! Especially starting up an online community -- even the mere thought of organizing such a thing is daunting!
PS. Totally nitpicky of me, but I guess it's not completely amiss in an editing ePortfolio. When you introduce "Next, please" you include the "Best Part" as "Release you chakras." when in the story it's "your."
More embarrassing mistakes... >< It's fixed. And thank you!
300 points plus 3 cheers for your ePortfolio! Not to mention an A for the Seminar, of course.
Praise and Plaudits: Between the wonderful Editing Animation Video and the witty but thoughtful commentary I felt this was one of my favorite ePortfolios ever. Obviously you've learned a great deal running Mostly Literate Clan -- which (in fairness to your peers, who are no doubt worried that you have wrecked the curve) gives you a huge head-start in terms of organizing and presenting creative work online. That said, you've introduced a number of "tricks" which I'll certainly be turning into "Tips" the next time I try teaching ePortfolios. For example, I like the little tag lines that introduce each story -- which are custom-made for all of us online readers scanning like crazy. Likewise I think the "voice" you use sounds authentically like you -- as in quietly quirky, thoughtful, and always slightly sarcastic.
I think with the video animation in particular, you've got something "special" enough to present at next year's Stanford Honors Research Symposium, so let's definitely have a followup conversation about how to organize an application next Fall!
Which leads to my next topic: areas for improvement. I feel like there's an obvious need for more graphics and illustrations. Not sure what the copyright restrictions on Japnanimation are -- hey, you're the budding intellectual property attorney, not me -- but whether from creative commons or from your own self-generated content I think more graphics are essential.
Likewise I don't really agree with the black-background format you've selected either. I think some light colors and a larger font would help.
Finally, I think some kind of closing "So Where Do We Go with All This from Here?" section would be helpful, both in rounding out the presentation itself and in picking up the "so what?" question about larger themes and ever-more-grandiose conclusions. Just the type of questions you would be likely to encounter, in fact, at the Stanford Honors Research Symposium!
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