1. Katie Locke
Mrs. Lester
10th Literature/Composition
May 5th, 2012
1.) In the content I researched I learned more about what PTSD is, and different ways you can
treat PTSD. Also I learned the symptoms of the disease. PTSD is a mental illness and it causes
you hyper vigilance, avoidance behavior and gives you flashbacks, nightmares, and etc. I
learned that there is more than just therapy and medication. I learned that you can use
exposure therapy which is like a simulation to the trauma that these veterans have already
experienced and re-experience them to face their fears so that way the situation is less
stressful.
2.) The challenges I encountered with this project in terms of finding information was that
Adrienne and I had one main source of information and it was difficult to find enough
information from other sources that would be useful enough in our text. Technology wise
we could not get wordle to work for the longest time. There were problems there and we
couldn’t get the CC license thing to go on the photo for my animoto video.
3.) What I found most difficult about the research project was that we chose to do a multi
genera project and there was so much different things we needed to create and do. There
was just repeated information and excessive amount of work that was unneeded. The most
rewarding to me was filling out almost the entire shaping sheet myself and doing the
research paper by myself because I’m usually very bad at that part of a project and because
Adrienne didn’t have internet for a short time I was proud of myself for that.
4.) Before I did the research project about PTSD I knew only a few key aspects of the
subject. I knew from the book our class read All Quiet on the Western Front of the
struggles of war and we talked in our fishbowl discussions of what it might be like to
have a mental illness and get PTSD in the war. We talked about how it would be
traumatizing and how it might affect someone. It would make them not to function in
normal life and not want to talk about what we did or saw, or even went through. Our
families wouldn't understand and we wouldn’t really connect with anyone. We would
probably avoid our loved ones and have flashbacks etc. I liked the idea of mental

2. illnesses and the brain and it intrigued me so I wanted to learn more because i was
interested.
5.) The impact that will stay with me most out of everything we've done this semester i
think would be reading All Quiet on the Western Front. It was a good choice of a
book and I enjoyed reading it. It gave us a first real look into the topic we were about
to jump into. I liked having the fishbowl discussions even though we ran out of things
to talk about it was nice to have that deep discussion and thinking going on. I also
learned a lot from our main source the book and the symptoms and treatments that
follow PTSD.
6.) What I think I personally did well was the text. I honestly think I got sloppy towards
the end and filling in the rest of the shaping sheet that was to be completed but I have
just been exhausted. I'm also proud of the animoto I threw together. You can't get a lot of
info in but the music goes well with the pictures and text I put in there.
7.) The most challenging for me was the amount of work there was, like the multi-genera
project just had so many different parts to do. It was overwhelming and we didn't choose
to procrastinate at the last minute either. Adrienne and I did well with our time
management and spaced everything out. There was just so much to do and I did a big
amount of it.
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9.) I think the fact that we chose to do a multi-genera project was much more difficult but
it's a more exciting and entertaining project to grade and to listen/watch. I learned how to
incorporate different elements into one presentation and I think it was interesting and
something new I've never done before and with that it was a good learning experience.
10.) Symbaloo didn't really help us at all. It's a good tool I guess but we just didn't really
use it. We just went from the libguides or from easy bib. I would use it at home putting
my favorite websites on it and go from there but I don't really use it at school.

3. 11.) If i were taking that class I think I would be much better at doing research projects.
This class because of what I've learned I've been able to breeze along in projects for
other classes because I already know how to do everything. I think that makes things
easier for me and the teacher and were already prepared and a step ahead.