Professional Profile
Hello, my name is Jordan Jones and I am a senior here at Longwood University. I have been attending LU for the last year and a half. I recently just changed my major to Communication Sciences and Disorders, from Nursing. I am a full time student as well as a full time employee at Chippenham Hospital in Richmond, VA. I moved here to VA 7 years ago from Anchorage, Alaska. I plan on applying to graduate programs for fall 2019 to become a Speech-Language Pathologist. Thank you for taking the time out to get to know a little bit about me!
ePortfolio Purpose and Content
The purpose of this ePortfolio is to showcase my assignments from English 470, the professional writing course I took during the Fall semester of my senior year. In the Correspondence section, was our first two writing assignments. We were prompted to write two different types of letters, both of which I’ve never done before. Following after the two letters, were put into groups to create a brochure, press release, and formal report. For the brochure and press release, my group decided to create a Nano Bot robotic dog that does all your household chores. For the formal report, my group chose to analyze three food safety websites.
This class has given me the skills to communicate in different ways, the different types of assignments has educated me well enough to go into the professional world and convey information effectively. In this class, I had to overcome my fears with oral presentations, along with going out of my comfort zone and creating something out of the ordinary. This class has helped me use my imagination and open up my mind to things I never thought were possible. This class has also tested my abilities with time management and conflicting scheduling. In conclusion, the effort that was put into these assignments shows how much I have grown not only as a student, but as an adult.
Course Learning Outcomes
- Analyze and produce writing genres commonly found in the professional world (e.g., business, gov., media);
- Create professional documents that use plain English (clear, concise, and grammatically correct);
- Conduct research to create content for a variety of professional documents (memos, letters, reports, etc.);
- Create professional documents that uses design—standard formats, layout, use of graphics, etc.
- Practice oral communication skills to present content effectively (enhanced with multimedia tools);
- Participate productively in collaborative projects.