In today’s forum, we have to write about how we feel about writing. I have said that I have been taught new styles of writing that not only engineers use when making proposals and ideas, but to also write more like an adult in the real world for an occupation like a resume and resignation letter. It has improved my grammar, analytical, and citation skills. English and writing classes so far have been the only time where I could not be worried about any math or science classes. I have been so stressed lately about my other classes and writing my thoughts down has been helping me to calm down. In other words, I like writing because its the only time where I could express my ideas and thoughts and easily look for ways to improve my written skills. The only time I found writing difficult is the certain limit on words or pages. I have so much ideas to talk about but because of this limit, I have to decide very carefully on what important things to talk about to complete each of the individual assignments. If there was no limit, I could accurately put more information so that readers could understand more what I am talking about. When I started the Technical Description assignment, I had no idea what piece of technology I wanted to write about. But a few minutes later, I decided that talking about Waze was a good idea because not everyone has heard about it and I thought there might be improvements to discuss on how it should be used during the pandemic. Because of my commitment to Waze, I have been receiving good feedback from others which builds my confidence.

In today’s forum, we had to do a peer review on our partner’s engineering proposal drafts. We have until Thursday to discuss what we need to improve on so that our final engineering proposal draft comes out perfect. I am sure that the Professor and my partner would like what I have written. I am sure that I used the correct grammar and used the citations correctly. I have also looked at the coursebook to make sure the draft I have written is in the correct format. Most of my individual assignments were about Waze’s history how to improve its functionality during the pandemic. I am still waiting for my partner’s draft so I can read it and make suggestions for how to improve it. This would allow him to make his final draft come out better than ever. I am still waiting on how I did on the lab report assignment. I am confident with what I wrote because I actually followed the guidelines the coursebook provided as well as following what the other students thought that needed to be improved. I am also a bit nervous too. The reason for this is that I do not know if I used the citations correctly for this assignment and the last one. I am sure that I did it right because I followed the guidelines on the website the Professor recommended to me. Maybe if I had extra time, I could have read this assignment a fourth time, I would fix more grammar and citations so that this draft sounds and looks better.

The forum for today is to come up with a final decision for what you are going to write for the proposal assignment. I stated that I was going to write how to solve Waze’s energy consumption problem by improving its program on a standalone GPS device. I have already found an article that illustrates how its is possible for Waze to be used in a standalone device. This online article is called How to Use Waze as a Standalone Device? by Steve Kelly. He explains how to setup Waze in this piece of technology by using a tablet.  He also stated that the benefits of using an android tablet is that you would not need to change the program or attend the calls on the tablet. This could allow the users to use their smartphones for calling or messaging more while not worrying about its battery life. Additionally, location-based apps like Waze or Google Maps tend to use your battery power more than other apps. If that is the case, a tablet with car charger will keep your battery up on both devices. This demonstrates how I could make Waze consume less energy from your cell phones by having its own standalone device. If I combine this source with some of my ideas of working together with other technology companies like Apple along with the sources I have used so far, this should convince the audience to support it since most of them want to find what they are looking for much faster while wanting to save energy on their cell phones. This could also convince them to use Waze more because along with its significant features of community-user-base, this should improve real instant updates of what is happening in the streets and roads so they could accurately come up with a plan for where they want to go.