Practicum, CCT698

Mid-term self-assessment NAME:

1. This is what I like about what I have done so far.

2. This is what I plan to do differently from now on.

3. The most difficult thing for me to do is... and so I need support of the following kind...

4. I need more help from my peers on... and from PT on...

5. Other comments on the course -- what you have appreciated and what could be improved. Research organization – mid-semester self-assessment ------Organization of your computer files (be as specific Organization of your paper files (be as specific as possible in listing the directory/folder structure as possible in listing the sections you're dividing you're using). your material into & how you're using any other notebook etc.).

Research and Study Competencies — Use right-hand margin to indicate competency or your plan, if you have one, to achieve that competency — Be Honest. (see www.cct.umb.edu/competencies.html for more details) Computer use o Open a UMB email account (to keep school work separate from personal and junk emails) o Establish a filing system for email and attachments downloaded to your own computer o Establish a system on your computer of folders/directories and folders/directories inside folders/directories, so that all files are inside folders/directories and can be easily backed up or synchronized o Establish a system using zip disks to synchronize files from one computer to the next (doubling as a backup so you are not crushed when your hard drive crashes) o Use of listservs o Become familiar with the facilities and professional development opportunities provided by Computer Services o Set preferences on your internet browser o Download Acrobat Reader to read PDF files o Combine the above into a sustainable set of computer-use practices

Library use o Get your student ID card and then a library bar code o Access to electronic course reserves via Electronic reserves o Access to on-line reference material and internet searching

Bibliographies o Establish a database for references

Reflective Practice o Notebooks/journaling o Hidden diversity o The Rs of the CCT experience (personal, professional, and intellectual development through the CCT Program)