With this learning outcome, I definitely feel like I could improve. In the beginning, majority of my annotating is just summarizing. After reading each paragraph I would put a sentence or a couple of words to summarize it. Once we went over how to actively read in class I feel I did a lot better in including different connections in it and not just restating what is already in the reading. From here, I hope to become a better active reader and learn to read in between the lines more. Right now I feel I am just scraping the surface in understanding the passages that I read. I would like to learn to be able to read more in depth and get a new understanding for what I am reading. Annotating has never been a favorite of mine. Whenever I hear that I have to annotate something, it is instantly something that I dread. I hope that in learning how important annotating is that I will become more apt to doing it even when it is not assigned.

For the podcasts, active and critical reading was not necessary. However, I do feel that with all of the annotating practice during class, I am continuing to get better in this aspect.