Globalization Project
Project Reflection
For the Globalization Project, we were assigned to write an opinion editorial (Op-Ed) on a topic related to globalization that we were passionate about. We then had to make a political cartoon that supported our point of view on the topic. The Op-Ed style was completely new to most of us, so that was an added wrinkle we had to work with.
I learned many things about globalization in this project. I know a lot about history so learning a new way of seeing the world was very interesting. In this view of the world one of the takeaways I found is the new power of advertising. Since that was one of the biggest things I got out of the project, it's essentially what I made my Op-Ed about. There are other areas of globalization that affect the world more, but this was the one that I felt the most passionate about and felt I could write a compelling article on.
In my Op-Ed, the the refinements I made significantly improved my work. For example, one of the biggest things I had to do was put in lots of citations. In previous assignments, I mostly write about topics I knew a lot about anyway, but since I didn't have to defend my opinions much, there was no need for me to provide proof. Since this assignment was all about my opinion, I needed plenty of evidence, and thus many citations. This is one area of my writing that I still need work on, and I need to refine it even more to be better prepared for future assignments.
My art piece presented many problems, the largest one being that I can't draw. I found a way around this by making my political cartoon a picture of something that would be easy to trace. Since my topic was advertising on sports jerseys, I traced two football helmets with corporate logos on them instead of drawing actual players. It turned out pretty good for someone of my artistic talent. It gave me some confidence in later art projects, which proved to not be justified. I feel like it helped my overall product, since to some non-sports fans it can be difficult to picture what my arguments were about without some visual examples.
For the Globalization Project, we were assigned to write an opinion editorial (Op-Ed) on a topic related to globalization that we were passionate about. We then had to make a political cartoon that supported our point of view on the topic. The Op-Ed style was completely new to most of us, so that was an added wrinkle we had to work with.
I learned many things about globalization in this project. I know a lot about history so learning a new way of seeing the world was very interesting. In this view of the world one of the takeaways I found is the new power of advertising. Since that was one of the biggest things I got out of the project, it's essentially what I made my Op-Ed about. There are other areas of globalization that affect the world more, but this was the one that I felt the most passionate about and felt I could write a compelling article on.
In my Op-Ed, the the refinements I made significantly improved my work. For example, one of the biggest things I had to do was put in lots of citations. In previous assignments, I mostly write about topics I knew a lot about anyway, but since I didn't have to defend my opinions much, there was no need for me to provide proof. Since this assignment was all about my opinion, I needed plenty of evidence, and thus many citations. This is one area of my writing that I still need work on, and I need to refine it even more to be better prepared for future assignments.
My art piece presented many problems, the largest one being that I can't draw. I found a way around this by making my political cartoon a picture of something that would be easy to trace. Since my topic was advertising on sports jerseys, I traced two football helmets with corporate logos on them instead of drawing actual players. It turned out pretty good for someone of my artistic talent. It gave me some confidence in later art projects, which proved to not be justified. I feel like it helped my overall product, since to some non-sports fans it can be difficult to picture what my arguments were about without some visual examples.