We just got done presenting our Field Research Collaborative Project Pecha Kucha powerpoints. I had fun doing this project, because I liked observing and working with a group. My group members all worked hard and I was pleased with the outcome of our project. It was a little hard to talk for 20 seconds on each slide, because my group members got off track and I had to talk for like 7 slides, so that was a little confusing. Other than that I think we did a good job and found some good information about the shuttle bus. I enjoyed listening to other group's presentations as well and seeing what everyone else came up with.
Chapter eighteen was about designing. I skimmed it and realized it was about designing things such as websites. We were going to do a website for our final project, but because of the technology in our classroom we can no longer do that. I'm really bummed, because I was looking forward to making a website. I feel like if everyone brought their laptop to class it wouldn't be an issue. The people in the class that don't have laptops could use the computers that work in the classroom. I'm just not looking forward to writing a six page paper over creating a website, which I thought would have been really fun.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Journal 9
Chapter fifteen was about integrating sources. I learned about using quotes and the three different kinds of quotes: partial, complete, and block quotations. I also read about paraphrasing and summarizing and how to site them.
Chapter sixteen was about writing with style. I learned what it means to write concisely. This is something my English 103 professor would write on my papers last semester and I did not know what it meant. I learned that it means to keep your words to a minimum and just flat out say what you need to say instead or adding unnecessary modifiers and phrases. I also got some good examples from chapter sixteen about transitions, like "in turn, however, and on the other hand". This will be good to look back on.
Chapter seventeen was about revising and editing. It talks about how you should consider your writing situation, argument and ideas, use and integration of source information, and the structure and organization of your document. Some strategies to use to revise would be to ask for feedback and scan, outline, and map your document.
Chapter sixteen was about writing with style. I learned what it means to write concisely. This is something my English 103 professor would write on my papers last semester and I did not know what it meant. I learned that it means to keep your words to a minimum and just flat out say what you need to say instead or adding unnecessary modifiers and phrases. I also got some good examples from chapter sixteen about transitions, like "in turn, however, and on the other hand". This will be good to look back on.
Chapter seventeen was about revising and editing. It talks about how you should consider your writing situation, argument and ideas, use and integration of source information, and the structure and organization of your document. Some strategies to use to revise would be to ask for feedback and scan, outline, and map your document.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Journal 8
Today we went around the classroom and said our name and what our topic was. We also talked about our sources and what opinions we thought they were forming about our topic. I said that I am doing autism and focusing on the early indications/symptoms/signs of autism in young children usually the ages of 2-3. I'm not really sure what my thesis is yet, because most of my sources were factual and not really opinion based. When we started this project I thought it was just a research paper. I didn't really realize that we needed to form an opinion about our topic, so I may need to go to the writing center to get some help with coming up with an opinion and thesis.
We also got into our research groups and my group made a game plan on what we are going to do next. We are all going to conduct our interviews and write a one page reflection paper over them. We will also each take 5 pictures of the shuttle, people waiting for the shuttle, inside the shuttle, etc. We will then get together and pick which pictures are best and we will use those for our powerpoint. Then we will come up with questions for our survey that we will make with surveymonkey.com. Then we will get together at the library and put our powerpoint together.
SPRING BREAK!! :)
We also got into our research groups and my group made a game plan on what we are going to do next. We are all going to conduct our interviews and write a one page reflection paper over them. We will also each take 5 pictures of the shuttle, people waiting for the shuttle, inside the shuttle, etc. We will then get together and pick which pictures are best and we will use those for our powerpoint. Then we will come up with questions for our survey that we will make with surveymonkey.com. Then we will get together at the library and put our powerpoint together.
SPRING BREAK!! :)
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