Friday, December 5, 2008

Blog 9

What did I learn this semester? I learned loads of new information this semester; I learned to write in MLA format, how to use citation, and learned the TTEAMIC format as well. I learned how to blog because I never have attempted this before, and I was terrified that I would not be able to accomplish this task. Plus, I learned how to do a web folio, if I had not taken this class I would never have known how too! I obtained oodles of information on the paranormal that I didn’t even know existed until this semester.
What did struggle with this semester? I struggled mostly when we had to write a certain amount of pages or words because I would get frustrated, and did not know what to write anymore, I would have writers block, and I learned by taking breaks in between writing to help me over come my writing block. Another thing I struggled with was the citing, it took me some time to catch on how to do it correctly.
What was easy this semester? I guess that would be gathering information to write my topic because there were many sites that may possibly be used on each topic except it was really time consuming on each of the topics researched. Looking for the right piece of information is really crucial in writing your essay.
What would I do differently if I could do it all over again? I presume the topic’s I had chosen because one of them I had a hard time finding information. I became really annoyed at times and discouraged as well.
What did I like? I liked the topic that was chosen for this class because it was not boring or dull. It was something I would enjoy and looked forward in discovering information on this semester. I learned a great deal on the paranormal subject this semester because I had no clue that some of these things could exist. I still have doubts!
What did I dislike? First I hate to write, it is not my forte or my strong subject. I have always struggled and felt insecure until this semester. I feel like I have grown, and became a better writer than I did in high school because we now have spell check, and the thesaurus at are finger tips, since we did not really have that back in those days. LOL!
What was fun this semester? Learning all the paranormal events by reading others topic that my classmates were working on, learning how to blog, and the web folio. I had fun learning how to do these things because; my children think they know more than I do when it comes to the computers, but I now have more knowledge and abilities than they do. I have shown my children what I have accomplished on blogging, and the web folio. I’m really quite happy with myself by having learned how to do these things on my own.

Saturday, October 25, 2008

Blog 8

I will try to fix paragraphs that were indicated in my feedback from my peers, and double check for mispelled words. Other than these things that were listed I will read thru the paper to see if I need to do anything else to my paper.

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Blog 7

I did some research online thru the Public Library, and found a book that will help. I reserved it last week and picked it up the other day. I think it will give me plenty of information. It is called “Psychic Detective” by Jenny Randles and Peter Hough. It has a content page so I can look up the information and read about what they think. The next source I have is an article in the The New York Times it is titled “Using Advice of Psychic, Police Hunt for a Body.” I think this article will be some help but not as much as the book. The last of my sources is the magazine called Law Enforcement it has an article about Psychic Detectives, and list some of the most famous people who work with the police. I think this article will help because it has websites for those famous people for me to check out as well.

Blog 7

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Blog 6

I have been checking for resources and information to help with my thesis statement. I am writing about "Should law enforcement use psychic's". This has been very time consuming, and hard to find at first but I kept searching and finally I found some articles, books, and there are television shows on the subject as well. I am not into writing and this is going to be real challenging for me. I hope I do well, and if anyone could give me some pointers I would greatly appreciate it!

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Blog 5

I learned that persuasive writing you need to have a great introduction to start your paper off, and by starting with a great thesis is also very essential in order to have a great paper. When writing your persuasive paper you need to figure out how you want to argue or convince the reader about the topic your discussing. So I need to be careful with my wording on my topic so that I can have arguements to dispute . I also need to make sure that I give plenty of examples to back my argument.

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

On my essay revision I had my husband and my daughter both read it to make sure that it sounded good, and to see if it had any errors or any other problems that they may come across with my essay. My daughter helped me bunch since she is in high school and works on writing a great deal, and so she was great help to point out my mistakes. Furthermore, I listened to my peers that read my essay to help revise my essay.