Reflective Post #10: Planning for Final Poster Project

With the end of the semester quickly approaching, I have been very busy working on my Professional Writing and Editing poster as well as my final electronic portfolio. I first started gathering my work and organizing my thoughts in preparation for my poster. Since I cannot display specific documents on my PWE poster, I needed to develop a different method for highlighting my work. I knew that I would need to use my reflective writing skills to describe the types of tasks I have been working on and the skills I have developed through this work. However, I did not want my poster to be weighed down by text and to be less visually interesting to viewers. Therefore, I tried to vary the content of the poster and to include graphics and, when possible, examples in each section.

In addition to the title and the National White Collar Crime Center logo, I have divided my poster into five different sections. The first section is titled, “The National White Collar Crime Center: What Do We Do?” In this section, I explain what type of organization I worked for and what type of products and information the National White Collar Crime Center provides. I also include the vision and mission of the organization in this section. The next section of my poster is titled, “My Internship.” This section discusses my role as a curriculum development intern and my key responsibilities within the organization. I plan to display these two sections in the center of my poster. The right and left sides of my poster will feature explanations of my work. These explanations will be divided into three sections, page layout, research, and editing and revision. In each of these sections, I explain the details of the projects I worked with and how I contributed to their completion and/or improvement. Throughout the different sections, I include various graphics and examples of my work.

Though I have not yet constructed the poster in its final form, I feel that the format I have planned will be a successful method for displaying my work. Looking forward to the planning of my final electronic portfolio, I am curious as to how I will incorporate the information I am using on my poster in my portfolio. Although the design of the portfolio will be somewhat different from the design of the poster, I think that my work in planning and creating the poster will provide a helpful starting point for the final portfolio.