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Week 16
I had an amazing time taking RWS 1302 with Audrey, I learned more than I expected to! The thing I enjoyed the most was the class mood, always so happy and every time very productive, I would seriously recommend taking this course since the work is very well explained and also it is almost impossible not to learn something because the topic that we had to use was not a topic that I knew something about, great class I will definitely miss it
Ethos, Pathos, Logos FTW! WEEK15😎
Section A: The attention grabber!
As I mentioned before, the audience is the primary thing to worry about when trying to achieve advocacy. Some of the examples that I will be using to achieve getting the attention are:
-Visuals, these tend to increase both pathos and logos depending on what the image has to offer. If its a graph or a chart this can increase the Logos. However if I use emotional images, this will definitely hit the Pathos. Also images are the best tool to use when trying to explain thing to the audience.
-As for the Ethos, me presenting and sharing my knowledge of what i have learn both through the documentary and literature review will increase my credibility as a scholar.
Section B: The policy change
My topic is Hispanic Diversity in Nursing, so my goal is to increase the Hispanic representation in the nursing field. The more research I did, the more impressed I was considering that I am part of that ethnicity. The reality of this issue is that there are very few hopes for Hispanic students to pursue such career.
Let us be honest, people are constantly saying and talking about the opportunities there are for such students such as scholarships. However, what can these students do with all of this opportunities ? Do they have any idea where to go or what their next step is?
-My solution is to start a mentoring program in high schools and colleges where these students can get the support and guidance through this competitive career. I think that many students do not finish because of the lack of guidance and knowing what to do.
(If future generations see the positive change, then they will be encourage to do the same thing and educated themselves in this career in order to help their own people.)
*Ethos- By being part of such group I can increase the credibility of my argument because I am too living such conditions. In other words, I know hat it is like to be in such situation.
*Pathos- Our documentary provides a lot of the Pathos that we incorporated in our argument. The usage of a Latin song and the images of Hispanic graduates really encourage and motivate others to follow the same example.
*Logos- The usage of facts and graphs showing what the standards are can easily indicate the audience the the argument in fact is true.
Section C: Call to attention
In order to really see a change in the current standards we must educated our people on how such representation affects our growing community. Motivate and guide students to achieve graduation is healthcare fields such as nursing. Because at the end of the day, a more diverse workforce means better healthcare for all. 🙌🏽
Wow! I really liked that you showed every single thing that you will be doing, you are following the rhetorical appeals very well, noce job!
WEEK 15
Part A: I want to start by making some sort of quote that talks about the issue of diversity some quote that can appeal to the audience’s feelings and then I would explain the quote or tell my opinion about it and then put an image with information to have logos and try to get all my information from scholarly articles to have the ethos. The logos I would use is this one:
Part B: There are several opportunities for minorities that come from different countries to study in the United States already but a lot of these opportunities are unknown by those people so I want to focus on remarking all these available opportunities and then start talking about the other issue which is economy outside the school, like affording an apartment, food, gas, etc..
Part C: In order to have more diversity in the work force we need the diversities to study science and get a degree without dropping early or changing their minds and get into another kind of field, I want to persuade my audience by showing images and probably a video that way I can get into logos and pathos, the ethos would come in the video due that most of the videos related to my topic are professional interviews and the idea is the same in everybody, STEM is great and we need more diversity, more people that are interested in this field.
#TedTalks
Section 1: Public Speaking
Above you can see some quick tips for the class presentation from the eBook that we had to read, and I just got to say that Hugh Evans nailed each and every one of them! Hugh Evans came up with this term of “global citizens” to those who “self-identify first and foremost not as members of a state, nation or tribe but as members of the human race.” Evan clearly delivered his message of how people live in poverty and how “global citizens” are taking action as simply as raising pennies to send girls to school, provide a toilet for each house, and so much more. From his speech to his body language, it can be said that he is very passionate on what he does, and I believe this is a key point to a great presentation. For example, my group will be talking about the diversity of Hispanics in the nursing field, the more information we know it will be easier to have a conversation with the audience and the more passionate we are about this topic the more engaging the audience will be, and therefore will be attentive. Just how the tips from the eBook suggest, I don’t think that Evan “winged” his Ted Talk, NO! I can be 110% sure that he had to practice a lot to have this motivational speech. Again, this is another key point that the eBook suggests. I can be sure that I will get nervous as well as my group members, but with practice we can become comfortable and find ways in how to cope our nerves. We need to shake it off..
Check this website for a helpful insight on how to have a great presentation..
https://www.mindtools.com/CommSkll/PublicSpeaking.htm
One salient idea found from this website is to practice. Without practice it is impossible to accomplish all key points mentioned in this website. Practicing your presentation will help you cope with your nerves, plan with what you want to say and what not to say, plan how to engage with your audience, and plan how you want to express your body language.
Section 2: Public Opinion
The following link will lead you to my chosen op-ed:
https://www.bio.org/articles/op-ed-health-disparities-%E2%80%93-issue-health-professionals-and-patients
Both this Op-Ed and the Ted Talk of Hugh Evans, demonstrate the action that should be done to accomplish their desire movements and the policies that should regulated. This op-ed talks about how Dr. Carolyn Britton from the National Medical Association, will talk to health care professionals, academics, policy makers, corporate executives, community advocates and others about the important issue of diversity in health and medicine. Throughout this Op-Ed as well as the Ted Talk of Hugh Evans, continually repeat on what should be done.
This Op-Ed relates to my semester topic because it talks about what should be done to minimize health disparities in minority communities. It mentions how diverse communities are more likely to suffer from diseases, such as cancer, and have a worse health care outcome than from a White patient. This is because many minority patients are not inform or aware of how serious it is to visit the doctor when something is wrong. This op-ed mentions how important it is for physicians and health care professionals to be aware of minority cultures.
Section 3: Public Outreach
Some suggestions that I would make to policy makers would be: 1. Ensure that each minority community has an appropriate health care insurance. 2. Ensure that each community with poor transportation has an available transportation to go see a doctor. 3. Provide insurance for low income families at a reliable price or create programs that are fully founded.
A way that I could incorporate these ideas to this Op-Ed genre is by including data graphics that will show my audience visually information, statistical information from reliable articles or researchers, and eye catching photos that will convey the audience, “such as did you?”
Wow! You really understood Evans, I really liked how you used so many examples about his talk and I really enjoyed reading your point of view about what he said it made me understand his idea a little more.
Week 14
Section 1: Public Speaking
Evans’ speech was incredible, his idea was to make people understand what the “global citizen” is and what they do, to do a speech like this there is a need to prepare in several ways like rehearsing every single aspect for example time, tone of voice, clarity and even the reactions that you’ll make in specific times.
I’ll give you a great link to a video that can help you improve your presentation skills
Section 2: Public Opinion
http://news.utexas.edu/2015/08/24/texas-needs-more-diversity-in-stem-and-this-is-how-to-do-it
This Op-Ed talks about how we can increase diversity in the field of STEM in the state of Texas, they talk about the advantages of having a job and being part of a minority in this field like that there are very well paid positions and this also tells us ways to make diversity grow like thinking about culture, families, etc.
Section 3: Public Outreach
I was thinking of making some kind of organization that could make talks to persuade minorities into studying in STEM, that way STEM would get bigger and then there would be better economy.
Week 13: Documentary
A) I will work in this project today, tomorrow afternoon, Thursday from 10 to 1 and Friday from 10 30 to 1.
B) We already met today to plan and brainstorm for the documentary. We are meeting again on Thursday from 10 to 1 to start working on putting the video together. I will work today and tomorrow by myself, and probably Friday.
C) Today, we discussed the layout and possible scenes for the documentary, and determines what we have to do for Thursday. Tomorrow I will be gathering information, clips, images and sources to being to our next meeting. On Thursday we will start creating and editing the video, and if we don’t finish on Thursday we will work on it on Friday.
D) As I mentioned, today and tomorrow I will gather what we need to put in our video. On Thursday, I will be editing the video with the help of my peers, since I have experience editing video.
E) I am concerned about the quality of content that we will have, as well as the quality of our documentary. To address this, I can review several times every element that goes in the video.
F) I feel comfortable with the editing process, since I have experience creating and editing videos
I think we are doing a pretty good job, I am worried too about the quality but of we work hard we can make it.
WEEK 13
Monday: Discuss at what time will we meet and where on Tuesday.
Tuesday: We will meet at the library and discuss how we want to arrange the video.
Wednesday: We will individually work finding different ideas from different sources.
Thursday: We will meet again at the library to put everything together and add different ideas if we think of some.
Friday: Editing of the video
Saturday: Finish last details of the documentary, we should be done by that day
Sunday: Turn the documentary in!
I think that the most difficult part will be Tuesday and Wednesday because those days are the days that we basically organize the whole thing, we need to be very responsible.
It’s a little difficult to get together because we are the biggest group but we are doing good so far and it is also an advantage because we have more ideas to share and more people to collaborate with.
great job, that graph you used is amazing, you can use that for a lot of information
A)Diversity of Women and minorities in STEM Our topic is on Diversity of women and minorities in STEM with a focus on how the minority women in STEM field are underrepresented. We will discuss why there is underrepresentation of women and minorities in science fields and will work to find the solution to encourage them to join the STEM field if they are interested in it. We will discuss the reasons why women and minorities choose not to take major as science subjects.
B)What we all think about the diversity in Stem Is that we do have diversity but it is not enough. Surely we all can see diversity in STEM but we want more women to be in STEM. You could easily see that women is lacking in STEM and of course women can makes difference if they are with us. More effort should be made to attract more women and even minorities because diversity totally helps and it brings positive impacts to every one of us.
C) We chose to persuade women and minority groups in STEM on our video. We pick this audience as our targeted audience because without them there would be no noticeable diversity in STEM. We are targeting them because we are part of those audiences and we want more of our people in STEM.
D) One of the possible solutions for the lack of diversity is increasing funding for minorities and women in STEM at all levels. Although there are already plenty of scholarships at the undergraduate level, there is not enough for minorities and women seeking to obtain a masters or Phd. Another solution is to create retention programs at universities so that students who enter STEM majors stay and complete their degree. For example, study groups can be created in each class that will include all students so they can develop a sense of belonging and reduce the likelihood of changing major. These solutions will, over time, create more role models for people from all backgrounds, ethnicities, and genders, which will in turn make STEM majors more approachable by all people.
Ethos: “We need more role models, more people to follow so that minorities are more interested in studying physics”( Interview with Dr. Lopez)
Logos:
Week 11
Apologies in advance, but all the Gifs are completely unrelated to the text below.
In the last couple of weeks, I’ve learned a lot about my semester topic. I learned statistics about diversity in engineering, possible reasons for those statistics, solutions to increase diversity and even some of the benefits of doing so. And although it’s been stressing, in the end I enjoyed learning about the topic. I also learned how to do a research paper in a proper way, even if it’s not on the level of a peer reviewed publication. What I enjoyed the most was the interview, because I was able to have a conversation with a professor who is passionate about the topic of diversity in computer science.
First of all, what I’ve learned about writing and researching is important because it will definitely come in handy in future classes, not to mention that learning this is required to pass the class. I was also able to hone my skills as a writer, which is extremely important if I hope to work in a professional setting. I think what I learned about my topic could give me a different perspective of what is going on on my field.
Thanks to what I learned I can continue to become a better writer and researcher. It could benefit my professional career in the future, when I have to communicate or explain in simple terms what my software does, or what I hope to achieve. In regards to my civil involvement, I don’t think it will change that much from what it is today. Although diversity could be better, in the end is up to the person who wants to study engineering. The only thing stopping people from studying engineering is themselves.
Wow that is a lot of information, the GIFs make it more entertaining:p all of us learned great things with this research!
I have learned a lot this couple of weeks! This was the first time I conducted a formal interview with someone important and well my research has taught me so many great things, I am kind of worried now that I know that minorities in my field are extremely underrepresented compared to the majority, this research has also helped me to improve my researching skills, this was the first time I used a database to find scholarly articles, this will definitely make me more smart and wise.
I believe that I learned all of this to help me understand where I am going, before I did all this research the only think I knew was that I liked physics but now I know that hispanics are about five percent of the whole physics field, this will help me understand that after graduation things may not be very easy but it also motivates me to say that I will be part of that five percent and work hard to try to make that five become a twenty or why not a fifty!
Now that I know all this information I can use it to try to persuade people int getting into STEM, this is such a beautiful and competitive field and all the minorities have great capabilities that if we use we can make great changes in the future world
Introductions & In-text citations
Assignment Requirements:
-You must include in text citations for all your paragraphs and give credit to the author.
Where to find this information:
-University writing center
-Blackboard
-RWS Online Book pg. 254
-Purdue Owl
How to meet the requirements:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/02/
WOW! That is a lot of information, and it was very very helpful APA is not that hard once you learn about it I will correct the mistakes I had on my essay, thanks!
Methods & Interview Material
What are the requirements for this section?
These are basically the instructions for doing the research methods page. The research methods thing was kind of confusing to me at first so I did a little research to try to understand it better and I found a video that talks about different kinds of research methods.
We also need to send an interview request to someone in order to have our primary source, we need to try to record the interview, if we get the interview send the person a confirmation email. I will leave you a video about a good way to do an interview.
Myninterview video
Documenting my Interview Preparation
#week9
So first I open the tumblr week 9 prompt and read it throughly. Then I opened my e-book, copied the letter and edited it. Then I send it to my first choice of Scholar that is Dr. Botez
Next I downloaded the Interview release form and uploaded it in my dropbox.
Then I started to draft the interview questions.
Lastly, I took the picture of the materials that I will use to document the interview. I will use my phone, book. pen and laptop.
And week9 TumTue done!!
Hope Dr.Botez will reply and agree to be interviewed.
I thought about interviewing Dr. Botez too! He is such an amazing person, I have come to his office plenty of times and each time he receives me with a smile and in a very good mood, I definitely can assure you he is an excellent candidate for your interview.
Week 9
sgI decided to go and interview Dr. Jorge Lopez, as my major is Physics it is even better to interview him about my topic “ Minorities in the field of STEM” I began by sending him an interview request:
Dr. Lopez is a very awesome person he responded me right away, and directly to the point.
I sent him my questions about two hours before i arrived and he replied again right away
Even though I got these answers I still went to his office so I could get the form signed
After all this I am done, I felt pretty shy at first but after I saw that Dr. Lopez is such a great person I felt more comfortable.
Research Questions
These are my questions before I went to the writing center:
The tutor in the writing center was very friendly and only gave me positive feedback, so my questions remained the same.
My reflection:
I did not receive any suggestions, the tutor only told me that she believed my questions were appropriate research question, and that they met the criteria. However, I’ve been to the writing center multiple times on past semesters, and they are always very helpful and do everything they can to give you good feedback. I have been saved several times by the feedback I received from them, so I plan on going back on future major assignments.
Time to continue partying…
Great questions, no wonder the tutor did not had you correct anything, in my opinion the questions number 3 and 6 would be the ones you would not need very much because if you do good research in the other questions you will find the answers of those two, they are all connected.
