I received an e-mail from my court reporting professor. I received 4 points over 100 on my final. "That's a A+", she said. Yay! The 4 points were from the extra credit sentence that she threw in at the end of the exam.
So, now, I have a two-week break and then it's on to Realtime Theory III. This is a new class that the professors felt that they needed to add to the curriculum. The Court Reporting program at Colorado Technical University is fairly new. My class is the third class to begin this program at CTU. The professors are learning as they go and have already tinkered with the course. While I feel a bit like a guinea pig, I'm glad to be a recipient of their new ideas and changes.
The very first court reporting class started the course using their laptops with CAT, or computer-aided transcription. The professors realized that the students were relying too much on their computers. They were having trouble reading their paper tapes and read-back wasn't as fast as it should have been. So our class is learning the old-fashioned way without computers. This is a great decision as I'm learning to read steno fairly quickly now.
The second change the professors made was to add an additional course ~ Realtime Theory III. The first two court reporting classes went directly from Theory II to speed building. The professors felt these students should have had more time studying and learning the theory as they're having difficulty getting their speed up to 80 words per minute ~ a requirement to graduate from the the speed building course. I'm so glad they made this decision. Some of the chapters were pretty intense and I could use more time studying some of the new lessons we've learned this past quarter.
So as I let my mind, body, and soul take a short break from steno, I'll leave with you a few pictures of the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone National Park, which is where I'm taking my break!
So, now, I have a two-week break and then it's on to Realtime Theory III. This is a new class that the professors felt that they needed to add to the curriculum. The Court Reporting program at Colorado Technical University is fairly new. My class is the third class to begin this program at CTU. The professors are learning as they go and have already tinkered with the course. While I feel a bit like a guinea pig, I'm glad to be a recipient of their new ideas and changes.
The very first court reporting class started the course using their laptops with CAT, or computer-aided transcription. The professors realized that the students were relying too much on their computers. They were having trouble reading their paper tapes and read-back wasn't as fast as it should have been. So our class is learning the old-fashioned way without computers. This is a great decision as I'm learning to read steno fairly quickly now.
The second change the professors made was to add an additional course ~ Realtime Theory III. The first two court reporting classes went directly from Theory II to speed building. The professors felt these students should have had more time studying and learning the theory as they're having difficulty getting their speed up to 80 words per minute ~ a requirement to graduate from the the speed building course. I'm so glad they made this decision. Some of the chapters were pretty intense and I could use more time studying some of the new lessons we've learned this past quarter.
So as I let my mind, body, and soul take a short break from steno, I'll leave with you a few pictures of the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone National Park, which is where I'm taking my break!
Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park
Grand Tetons National Park
Grand Tetons National Park
WOW! 104%?! AWESOME! CONGRATS! :D
ReplyDeleteAnd great pics of Grand Tetons National Park! I already feel relaxed just looking at the pics. Hehe.