WEEK 8

PRE-CLASS ACTIVITIES

No pre-class activities were asked of us this week because this is the week our projects are due and when we receive our feedback from Sam on our learning journal. There is a list of activities for the upcoming project I will need to work on in class today to help with my workload for this week.

1. Discussing with Kieran and George how we are going to lay out our project.

2. Expanding the dot points in the shared Google document into paragraphs.

3. Asking Sam if there is anything extra we should add.

IN-CLASS SUMMARY

Today in class Sam explained we would be working on our second projects in our groups for the most of the day but, before we started doing that Sam did a short 20-30 minute quiz on everything we had covered over the previous 6 weeks. Some of the topics the questions covered were:

• Dynamic range

• Fundamental frequency and harmonics.

• What sound was?

• Human hearing range.

• Constructive and deconstructive interference.

• Psychoacoustics...and much more.

After the quiz and a short break we resumed the session. Kieran, George and myself compiled all of our findings and started writing up our project while the others in the session were being called up by Sam one by one to review their learning journal. We managed to find the template on how to lay out our project which meant we didn't need to ask Sam about how to, which was perfect. Upon reviewing the template we realised we were on the right track and all that needed to be added was splitting our points into the correct headings along with a reference page.

POST-CLASS REFLECTION

After the quiz today, I realised that I was very withheld when Sam was asking the questions. This is because I am still not confident in the language and terms that are being presented. I am pretty disappointed in myself. It's been eight weeks since we started this module and I still feel I am not truly understanding what's being taught. My quality of work is very good but am I understanding what I am saying? I'm not so sure. It's a result of me not compiling extra notes in my notes section for this module (I am somewhat playing catch up in that section).

In regards to the upcoming project however, I am feeling much more confident as I have a much better group this time. For the last project I was pretty much by myself because my old partner, Mushin, was barely present to contribute. When submitting that project I was extremely stressed because I sent him my findings for him to compare but received nothing from him. I was lucky enough to have both Kieran and John give me their projects for me to compare to.

With Kieran and George, we seem to mesh really well as a team even though Kieran is my group partner as well in AUD176. We all have busy schedules but have also used time management to plan out how we wanted to tackle this project and assigning each of us with tasks so that the load is shared evenly. We have open communication with each other like having Zoom calls to plan and discuss the project and have also provided each other with warm feedback as well as some criticism, albeit minor. These are all examples of many of the transferrable skills: professional, interpersonal and metacognitive.

So when asked am I on track with this module? Absolutely when it comes to the work and group projects but, when it comes to retaining what is being taught/understanding the module's language, I am not too sure.

Project 2 only needs some tidying up and the finishing touches which my group and myself have all agreed we can do that tonight before our Zoom call. That leaves tomorrow, Friday, to write up my reflection for the project after work before submitting. That is very achievable and I am confident I will be able to submit on time. That being said, this is where it can take a bad turn in terms of the module. After submitting this project I need to keep that ball rolling and start looking ahead at what is to come. This means brushing up and completing my notes for the previous weeks and actually delving in and understanding what is being taught, knowing the language, and preparing questions for my learning journal review for Sam.

In my past reflections I stated that I need to be going that extra mile by doing extra research because I don't retain information like others, but I'm still not there yet. Sure, I have seen progress as well as self growth within myself and the fact I am not retaining information and maybe not being as proactive as I'd like to be might relate back to my recently diagnosed learning difficulty, but I am now taking steps to treat this. To be honest, I don't really have an excuse anymore.

The only way I am going to improve this is to go that extra mile outside of class because I don't want to finish this module and still not know what was being taught. This module interests me so much and as much as I want that distinction or high distinction, I want to just GET IT! So that when Sam does another quiz or asks me a questions, I am more confident in myself and not afraid of not knowing.