Moreau First Year Experience Integration Assignment 2 Fall 2021 due for all sections: Dec. 3, 5:00 PM EST DIRECTIONS: Utilizing the integrative learning skills, as described in the yellow box below, respond to the prompt listed below. Be sure to include the required components for the prompt, which are listed in the green box - paying particular attention to citing course material as described in the orange box. Create your integration file using any tool of your choice (Word, Google Doc, etc.) and upload as a PDF to Canvas via the Week 13 Integration assignment - found in the assignments or modules tab. Prompt: What have I encountered and how will I respond? This semester, you have been invited to deepen your self-knowledge as it relates to your personal development and entry into a new chapter of your life. In Week Thirteen, Encountering Horizons , we ask you to reflect on this process of personal development and the ways in which this development may continue in the future In response, utilize and integrate the required content, your independent and critical thinking, and your in-class conversations from Weeks 9-12 to identify and describe what you have encountered and how you will respond. Before writing your response, it may be helpful to consider these questions: What are some of the most important questions I’ve asked this semester? What has grown or decreased in importance as a result of my Notre Dame journey thus far? What was previously “black and white” that is now more ambiguous, nuanced, or complicated? What was once ambiguous or vague that now holds greater clarity? Remember, you are required to integrate content from each week of Weeks 9 - 12 with your life experiences in your response. You are also highly encouraged to include any content, resources, or other meaningful information you’ve encountered this year. Be sure to consult the boxes below for greater detail on assignment requirements. Integrative Learning Skills Integrative learning is the process of making connections between ideas and experiences inside, outside, and across classes. This powerful technique helps you learn more deeply and in a way that sticks. Describing relevant evidence from your experience at Notre Dame and its effect on you. Anything you did, produced, or experienced in a class or club, through recreation or volunteering, etc. is appropriate. Connecting/Transferring this evidence by relating it to what you have learned in this course and in any other campus context. Ground your discussion in course materials (i.e.reference/quote them directly and explain why they support your point). Reflecting/Evaluating your progress towards the prompt’s main learning goal and articulating your plans/goals for future growth or application of what you have learned. Required Components for Prompt ❏ Response in PDF format is uploaded before the due date as a response to “Week 13-Integration” found in Canvas. ❏ Prompt response begins with a unique and meaningful title. ❏ Integrative Learning Skills are used to make connections between ideas and experiences. ❏ Prompt response cites content from the weeks specified within prompt description. ❏ Course material is cited with the title, creator, URL (pasted or linked), and Moreau FYE Week in parentheses. ❏ Prompt response contains at least 1000 words Citation Example (“ The Power of Vulnerability ” by Brené Brow n - Moreau FYE Week One) How to Create a PDF File from Microsoft Word and Google Docs How to create a PDF file from a Microsoft Word document: https://www.howtogeek.com/352668/how-to-convert-a-microsoft-word-document-to-a-pdf/ How to create a PDF file from a Google Doc: https://9to5google.com/2019/11/09/create-google-docs-pdf-document/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4Qm9cGRub0&feature=youtu.be https://www.howtogeek.com/352668/how-to-convert-a-microsoft-word-document-to-a-pdf/ https://9to5google.com/2019/11/09/create-google-docs-pdf-document/ Rubric OUTSTANDING: insightful and an example for others Completes all required response activities. Includes a meaningful title, citations and meets the word count. Prompt response cites content from all of the weeks specified within the prompt description. Insightfully applies all integrated learning skills, including strong connection to course materials and articulation of plans/growth. Writing is free of distracting spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors. 300 SUPERIOR: thoughtful and well-composed Completes most required response activities but does not meet the word count and/or does not include citations. Prompt response cites content from almost all of the weeks specified within the prompt description. Thoughtfully applies most integrated learning skills, including strong connection to course materials and articulation of plans/growth. Writing contains a few distracting spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors, but the reader can follow ideas clearly. 282 GOOD: a serious effort Completes some required response activities but does not include a meaningful title, does not meet the word count and/or does not include citations. Prompt response cites content from some of the weeks specified within the prompt description. Provides a complete response that applies some integrated learning skills, including strong connection to course materials and articulation of plans/growth. Writing contains distracting spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors which hinder clear communication. 258 ACCEPTABLE: could be improved and elaborated upon Most required response activities are not included such as a meaningful title, does not meet the word count and/or does not include citations. Prompt response utilizes content from one of the weeks specified within the prompt description. Provides a complete response but does not apply most integrated learning skills, including strong connection to course materials and articulation of plans/growth. Writing contains distracting spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors which prevent the reader from following ideas clearly. 231 MINIMAL: limited effort shown Required response activities are not included such as a meaningful title, does not meet the word count and/or does not include citations. Prompt response does not utilize content from any of the weeks specified within the prompt description. Provides a response that is not complete and does not apply most integrated learning skills, including strong connection to course materials and articulation of plans/growth. Writing contains distracting spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors which prevent the reader from following ideas clearly. 198 UNACCEPTABLE : no effort is shown No assignment is submitted or the response does not address the prompts 0 Deduction for Late Work (20 points per day late; including days instructor does not have access) TOTAL INTEGRATION ASSIGNMENT SCORE (300 points max) Helina’s Trek into Notre Dame, God, and the Good Life While at Notre Dame, I have learned so particularly much about myself and the people around me. I have gained skills to become a better person and learn what it means to live and pretty significant self-discovery. I have mostly been fortunate enough to improve as a student here; in particular, I have grown drastically in goal setting and becoming more hopeful. My experience with goal setting specifically has always been positive, but I have never written them down in a formal way. For example, a goal of mine that did not work was joining the swim team. This goal did not go to plan since I had a kind of a hard time waking up in the morning and never made it as big of a priority in my life in a particularly significant way. From joining swimming, prioritizing my goals and actively working towards them is the way to go. I will actively work towards my goals by writing down my goals in my planner and sticky notes around my room. One challenge I anticipate in my journey in goal setting is putting time aside to focus solely on the goal I want to tackle, which is quite significant. Although some of my goals in the past failed, reading "A Guide For Successful Students" encourages me to generally keep on goal setting because of its overwhelming benefits in a big way. Some long-term successful traits I hope to have from goal setting include being motivated about specific things, having a generally actually upbeat mood, also being prepared, and knowing what is happening. For example, for really anything I would do, I would start up with some preparation for work earlier (setting more time aside). I basically think some things I can do to improve this goal are starting work earlier and making my writing days during the week instead of the weekend and last minute, which is pretty significant. Doing this will give me more time to look over my work and actually fix any errors I have in my essay. For my goal of not getting distracted or overwhelmed (blocking out time for writing) goal, I think some things I can do to improve this goal are working in the reading room when it ''s not too late. Working in the reading room is really helpful since it is quiet and encourages me to sort of complete school work. For my drafting better outlines and adding moderately better words to my essay \'s goal, I mainly think I can specifically improve this general goal by reading over my writing work and reflecting on what I have written and making changes to things I want to change. By working on the first goal, preparing for work earlier, I can use my head start on assignments to do better revisions. Along with that, blocking out time is relevant to me since I have a busy schedule, and planning out when I am doing certain things at certain times is reassuring and allows me to mostly have a structure in my life. Something that stands in my way is figuring out / making tough decisions about how I should spend the little free time I have during work (making sacrifices for my goals). I can address this obstacle by blocking time out in my calendar to get some work done, which is pretty significant. I think the writing team can really help me by supporting me and giving me advice on what to do in a subtle way definitely. Honestly, I am confidently able to do all this. From the first week I wrote in my QQC, I had no "ties" to the university, and now I feel as if Notre Dame is more like my own home than ever before. Notre Dame can basically feel like an unknown world for some with little to nothing to work with. Because of this, some of the feeling of "fitting in" and validation of really your fitting mainly is a struggle many have. Some students particularly go through imposter syndrome or struggle with the cultivating idea of validation from others. A great way people can grow out of this basically toxic mindset to be on the journey to particularly grow out their most authentic self is being their most genuine self and accepting themselves because we need to love ourselves over others. Even going back to my home and bedroom in Maryland, for the most part, feels strange? I ask myself why I am leaving home; this "tie" to Notre Dame is something I am not used to, which is pretty significant. The culture, lifestyle, people, and so much more gave me a reason to kind of call ND my home. A quote I like to think is from Week 1 Moreau that says, "We live in a culture with an atom one mentality." I think this quote summarises all of life and its virtues. Since the way you view life can impact and its culture can 100% take a toll on you mentally, physically, and investing into your actions. This quote is relatable for us to have in our minds when thinking about our authentic selves. Well, for starters, at Notre Dame, everyone is unique, memorable, and unique in their way, and with a surplus amount of that in one concentrated place (Notre Dame), it can be overwhelming. For the most part, this environment can be challenging for students to be in since it is so "new" and "far from the norm" of the comfort of their homes, contrary to popular belief. With discrepancy for all intents and purposes, common ground not with us (students) understanding ourselves and who we are is the best thing to do before putting ourselves out there. Although the Fall semester is coming to an end for all intents and purposes, the knowledge I brewed from Moreau stuck with me and will generally last a lifetime till death.