Ecology & Conservation: Primorsky Krai

The following page has been written as an assessment for my own personal management during the creation of this website. It is not beneficial towards any viewers other than those chosen to assess and mark my work.

 

Throughout the makings of this website, a set criteria was planned in order to guide me through the necessary requirements needed to be met. Plans and various ideas were written down to plan my blog, and a website creating site had been chosen and created (albeit blank) from the very beginning, however a scheduled time for providing work was not planned.

 

Several ideas were made such as using various species throughout my work; one of my first ideas focusing on tortoiseshell butterflies, however I decided it would be more appropriate to work with a species that had a lot of ecological researchto read. This was my first experience creating a website/blog so it took a couple of attempts and several days to figure out.

 

Due to working on several separate assignments simultaneously, a time schedule focusing on which assignment to work on per week would have proved useful and possibly assisted in completing work before the formative deadline. Sadly this was not done, and I had instead resorted to a hasty ‘work on what is due first’ basis. Time scheduling was a major drawback within the assignment, and my own negligence caught me with an incomplete assignment by the formative deadline.

 

Multiple issues occurred with scheduling working on assignments whilst lectures were in session. It took a while to process that there wouldn’t be time to work directly on the assignment during lessons like there had been in college, and I was still adapting to the beginnings of university.  I had however managed my note taking well in class, colour coordinating the most beneficial parts of lectures for the oncoming assignment.

 

In order to make the assignment more enjoyable for myself and those around me, I invited several animal artist enthusiasts to share their drawing skills for my website, and recieved several beautiful pieces of art for the animal I had chosen to focus this assignment on.

 

Personal family matters became an issue around October, and caused me a large setback within my assignments. I managed to continue with my work, but not at the pace I would have preferred, which delayed my work further.

 

My biggest issue within my work is my style of writing; although I’m attempting to reach the criteria of the assigned task, I have a poor habit of creating sentences that could be written in words shorter than I write them. This is a personal problem that I need to fix myself, in order to effectively write academically instead of writing everything as if it is a story. Metaphors and similes are not welcome in a scientific study.

 

Although a multitude of sources of references were found, and referencing was simple enough to carry out, it took a long period to proof read my writing to make sure it was written to Harvard standards.

 

In order to improve my ability to work, I need to be able to practise my writing skills in order to reach an academic standard. Assignments should be written, re-read, and I could (if able) ask for someone else to read my work in order to see any errors or corrections that could be made. I am aware that people have the ability to be too comfortable with their style of writing and can easily read over their own mistakes, and I am no exception. Having someone proof-read my work for me will allow me to delve deeper into correcting my writing style.

 

It is advisable that I create myself a Gantt chart or a Crib sheet for future works; this is so I can plan out my time for assignments so I can equally divide my time from one assignment task to another. Without thinking ahead and making efficient planning to follow through, I will only continue to hinder my abilities to schedule my time effectively. It is also important to manage my time better for my own sake; rushing to complete deadlines causes me emotional stress and put a strain on my health. It is important to keep myself in good conditions to manage my time better, if I am to feel better about my work.

 

- Courtney-Jayne Morley.