Reflection — Week [N]

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# Reflection — Week [N]

> 🔴 **AI off. Write this yourself, without AI.** 150–300 words. It is graded on specifics, not polish.
> Anchor it in concrete moments: a prompt, an error message, a line of code, a decision.
> **Submit it on Canvas**, the course's learning management system. Don't commit it to a repository: reflections are personal, graded writing.

## 1. A moment that surprised me

When did the AI (or your code) do something you did not expect? What exactly happened, and what did you do next?

## 2. What I understand now that I didn't before

Explain one idea from this week as if to a friend who missed class.

## 3. What I still don't understand

Be honest. This is the most useful part for your instructor.

## 4. Confidence check

On a scale of 1–5, how confident are you that you could explain every part of what you submitted this week? ☐1 ☐2 ☐3 ☐4 ☐5
Now pick the part you are *least* sure about and explain it here in two sentences. Did your explanation match your rating?

## 5. My personal AI-use rules (weeks 1 and 8 only)

**Week 1, version 1.** Write three to five rules for how *you* will use AI in this course, with one sentence on why for each. For example: "I write the first draft of every spec myself." "If I can't explain a line, I don't commit it." "After two failed prompts, I stop and read the error message myself."

**Week 8, revision.** Copy your week 1 rules. For each one: did you keep it, break it or change it, and why? Then write the rules you'll use after the course.

🔴 AI off. Write this yourself, without AI. 150–300 words. It is graded on specifics, not polish. Anchor it in concrete moments: a prompt, an error message, a line of code, a decision. Submit it on Canvas, the course's learning management system. Don't commit it to a repository: reflections are personal, graded writing.

1. A moment that surprised me

When did the AI (or your code) do something you did not expect? What exactly happened, and what did you do next?

2. What I understand now that I didn't before

Explain one idea from this week as if to a friend who missed class.

3. What I still don't understand

Be honest. This is the most useful part for your instructor.

4. Confidence check

On a scale of 1–5, how confident are you that you could explain every part of what you submitted this week? ☐1 ☐2 ☐3 ☐4 ☐5 Now pick the part you are least sure about and explain it here in two sentences. Did your explanation match your rating?

5. My personal AI-use rules (weeks 1 and 8 only)

Week 1, version 1. Write three to five rules for how you will use AI in this course, with one sentence on why for each. For example: "I write the first draft of every spec myself." "If I can't explain a line, I don't commit it." "After two failed prompts, I stop and read the error message myself."

Week 8, revision. Copy your week 1 rules. For each one: did you keep it, break it or change it, and why? Then write the rules you'll use after the course.