Jaime "Marine" Perez

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Reflection: Advanced Visual Argument

           The AVA (Advance Visual Argument) was an interesting assignment that I had no knowledge about when it comes to the subject matter. I chose a topic that was close to home but I ended up linking up with classmates because I was not confident that I would do well on my own. I feel like I did not accomplish the purpose of the assignment, given that I felt like my partner lacked the motivation to do their part.

           From this, I learned that it is better to work alone and have a fully completed assignment than to turn in a half-assed (pardon my French) assignment. I did not necessarily have to work alone on this project, but I was in the middle of my anxiety meltdown so I was in a state of mind that did not allow me to push for perfection. In the future, I plan on getting the grade I know I deserve and I will push my peers to do the same. I will also stay on top of things better and stop myself from having any more meltdowns. This will ensure my boss that a project is completed properly and that everyone is putting in their share of work. Definitely, something that will help me with managerial positions.

This IGF represents my idea of working alone. Most of the time it can be fun.

           I practiced a little of my delegation skills on this assignment because I delegated certain parts of the assignment to my peer. Although her effort did not show enthusiasm, I should’ve continued to be persistent about getting more from my peer.

           I feel like the half-assed assignment met some of the criteria for the assignment and I know I could have done a lot better. It didn’t help that my peer gave me a website to gather information from when their task was to find pertinent information that could have boosted our grade on the visual assignment. So pretty much my writing process saved the grade and the poster I submitted was a saving grace. I feel that the obstruction for this assignment was having a partner who cared not for the result or the grade.

This GIF represents what I feel my partner felt when doing their part.

My revision process for this assignment was extremely effective. In order for it to have improved, I should have done more research on the topic and submitted my own work for my own grade.

This picture is an image of the poster that I created.

           Chapter 10 of the Writing in Transit by Denise K. Comer was most helpful when I attempted to put things together. I did not have a clue of what I was doing and there was a YouTube video that definitely helped me learn a little about Photoshop.

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Reflection: Literature Review

The Literature Review was something not to be messed around with and I knew that I had very reliable knowledge on the task at hand. I could not for the life of me find a therapist whom I could interview. I even attempted to seek University Psychology professors to see if they could volunteer on the topic at hand and I was unsuccessful. So I do not feel like I accomplished the purpose of this assignment given that I lacked the interview which was the basis for the credibility of the assignment.

This GIF represents how i felt after giving up on this assignment.

           I did learn something out of this assignment, though, and that was that I needed to reach out to the professors who studied and ran the studies for my Literature Review. I did, in fact, get a response from one of the professors but unfortunately, I sought out the assistance a little too late. I was relying heavily on the support from my therapist and the professors at UTEP that I blindly gave up on the assignment. So the lesson learned from all this, is to never give up. Even when things don’t go your way you must continue progressing because persistent behaviors always yield prospective chances.

I used this GIF to push myself to be more persistent for future endeavors.

           I did not practice any skills on this assignment because I gave up too easily. If I would put in some effort I know that my grade on this assignment would’ve reflected my perseverance.

This GIF represents how easy assignments are to me if I actually put the effort into it.

           Chapter 6 of the Writing in Transit by Denise K. Comer was the chapter that definitely guided me to attaining proper evidence and to effectively use it in my article. Unfortunately, like I said earlier, I just gave up way too easy on this assignment.

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Reflection: Genre Analysis

For the Genre Analysis, I already had some prior knowledge of the subject matter due to the fact that I am a veteran who suffers from PTSD and I was seeking an alternate behavior therapy. I had no done complete research though and this analysis helped me to further understand the topic at hand. For the analysis, I feel like I accomplished the purpose of the assignment, and I was sure confident that I understood the guidelines. I did not feel like my assignment was weak in any way but I know that I could’ve done a better job if I had enough time for the assignment. Taking five classes this semester was not an easy feat and I totally underestimated my courses. Though time was lacking, I know for a fact that my professors know I have understood all of the material that was given and the Genre Analysis is a clear example of it.

This GIF represents the knowledge I have on the subject matter. Just like the smoke, it’s a lot and very colorful.

         What learned most about this assignment was that I had a hard time keeping this as a third person article. I couldn’t remove myself from the subject matter and it was too personal. In the future, I know that if a subject is close to home, that I can remove my personal feelings about it, and be able to submit a proper unbiased document. The lesson I learned here will be taken with me even through life. I can apply this lesson to things like relationship issues where I can remove myself from the equation (metaphorically) and view things in a different perspective. This will allow me to see my flaws or if I can achieve a different angle on things. This is something I have been practicing the whole semester after turning in this assignment because let’s face it college is a place to grow and find yourself. If it wasn’t for this course my mid-semester meltdown might have been worse and I may not even be writing this assignment; so definitely a lesson that I will continue to develop, as I progress in my future.

This GIF represents me getting to konw myslef in college. Although this is a girl, I feel like this represents exactly what I went through.

          Back to the topic at hand which was the assignment, I know I did very well meeting the criteria for this assignment. One of the biggest issues I have is being able to write things using my personal voice, and I feel that in this case it definitely helped. Although, I did achieve a good grade on this assignment it definitely obstructed my progress because I need to write things and people will know that I wrote it. It was a very challenging first assignment for me because I apply what I learn to my life. This assignment definitely created a perspective change for me and I am always for perspective changes.

This GIF represents perspective changes.

          I feel that I have always had a very effective revision process, but I also doubt it given that I do not remove my emotional attachment to the assignment. I always take my writing assignments to be reviewed by the UWC (University Writing Center) and I feel that this is most effective since I am corrected on small errors that deviate from the message.

         Chapter 7 of the Writing in Transit by Denise K. Comer was the chapter that helped me the most on this project. I feel like I was given enough material and some knowledge on how to successfully accomplish this assignment

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Course Reading Reflection

This post is a reflection of this past semester. I have been able to enjoy the Fall semester mainly in part of my professor. I was not very fond of RWS at first because I had a friend who’ve taken the course say bad things about it. I really had no reason to believe them since I don enjoy working hard and also putting in a lot of effort on all my classes. I could not believe that I would actually enjoy a course like RWS but I actually did. There were so many things I did not expect out of this course and it was eye opening.

This GIF is not an actual representation of how I felt after reading an assignment that was intended for a bigger assignment. (Don’t you dare judge me!)

I did not expect to read more material than what was in the Handbook. I honestly believed that I would need to read from the book and apply what I read into some form of research paper. What I did not expect was that the papers weren’t something the professor made us write about, but rather, they were things that pertained to what we like. Some of the topics we read about gave me new insight and perspective so that I can be a more proficient writer. That way I can actually be more proficient at writing and it was all due to the readings staying up to par with my expectations.

The assigned readings did not deviate from my expectations at all. As a matter of fact, the readings were exactly on point with my expectation. I didn’t exactly know what the material was about when reading. It was the titles or checking the calendar that gave me a clue as to what we were going to read about and what the material would cover. Although, it was a lot of reading it was easy to follow due to the main ideas.

The main ideas we read about were how to improve one’s writing skill whether it was through Genre Analysis, Literature Review, Advanced Visual Argument, or Multimodal Text. The readings helped us improve our writing technique and give us different tools so that we could increase our skills in our writing style. These main ideas have been the greatest help that I have received because it has broadened my abilities in writing, and have also given me tools to improve my reports. Some of these tools are things that I will never forget.

This GIF represents the tools I would never forget. Also, it’s pretty cool if a toolbox that looks like Mjolnir exists.

One of the main things that I will remember is how to properly cite, in APA format, the work of others I’m using in any of my papers. This will definitely increase the credibility of my paper or any work that I may be turning in. Also, properly citing will avoid any legal action if I choose to use material and properly cite it. Another thing that will forever remain in my head is that there are more than just one simple rudimentary summary. I was shocked when I read this in the book we have for this class and I was actually relieved at this news as well. I have always had a thing to create my own way of summarizing and now I know that more than one way exists. Which, allows my arsenal of tools to increase and it is all thanks to the assignments.

The readings were actual tools to each assignment. Whether it was creating a Genre Analysis, the book and articles covered all the bases we needed to guide us to a suitably completed assignment. Whenever I developed writer's block or had a question regarding the format of the paper, I would look to the readings that were given for that week for guidance to help finish what I started. The readings were not only a guiding example but were also knowledgeable on the material at hand. The readings also covered several different writing styles that each career field has used as its conventional method. I was capable to effectively write without having to break my head open or stressing out about what I “should” be writing about. This definitely helped me throughout the semester because it really changed my perspective.

My approach to the readings definitely changed and that is due mainly in part because I was attaining more skills. At first, I thought that the readings were just an annoying, tedious, and unnecessary assignment. It didn’t take long to fully understand that the readings would definitely help with the assignments that were given. I knew then that I should’ve made my assumptions after the readings were completed, not before, because there was a lot I learned, summaries were actually my favorite to read about.

Obviously, my favorite reading was about how to write a summary. Chapter 5 was the most interesting and eye-opening chapter out of all of the readings, in my point of view. I couldn’t fathom the idea that they would teach us one thing and then later on finding out that it was an improper method to teach. I felt like we were given tools to help us fail, and not become successful. I’m not being a brown nose when I say that I did not have negative things to say about any of the readings. They all had a specific purpose and intention. Of course, it’s not the same as reading for pleasure, but for me, reading for knowledge is just as satisfying.

I cannot say that I have any revisions at all whatsoever because I was satisfied with this course as a whole. I really do not have anything negative to say nor do I have things that would help improve the lecture. I would say, that it would be clearer if there were separate assignment tabs for each week, rather than having week 6 material with week 5 assignments.

Overall this semester was one of the most challenging in my personal life and also academically. I feel though that I did not go down without a fight and that shows in some of my grades. I do want to thank my professor Ms. Villa because she was very understanding of my situation. She gave me plenty of assurance that I should not lose focus on completing the task at hand and she also helped me successfully progress throughout the semester. I don’t know what this post would’ve turned out to be if it wasn’t for Professor Villa’s assistance.

This GIF is for Professor Villa. I hope that you achieve your goals and that the future brings success your way.

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Tumblr Reflection W15

I do not think that W1 post can be used to determine whether my writing has improved or if it has remained stagnant. I will use W2 rather because it falls into the category of being able to see my writing fluency and how much it has changed. In W2 we had a reading assignment that talked about research questions. I honestly believe that I have given my writing more of my own personal voice rather than just sounding technical all the time. I feel like my writing has become slightly less creative, though. I believe that this is due to my voice being applied to my writing as I personally don’t think I have much creativity when it deals with something outside of technical writing. I don’t know if this makes any sense at all, but I feel like this is the best way I can explain what’s going on in my head. Lol.

I used this GIF of Gengar because it captures trying to determine emotions in writing when you’re not good at it.

I honestly feel that I have matured in my writing given that the last 8 weeks of this semester have been brutal due to my personal issues. Even though I’ve had an extremely tough semester I know for a fact that anyone who reads my posts will say that my writing feels a little more human and a little less robotic. I have had a thing about being technical for the longest time because to me it represents the formal way to get a message, point, or belief across. Multimodality has given me a more effective way to express an emotion because sometimes words just cannot cut it. So my perspective of rhetoric was definitely influenced by the use of multimodal text.

I chose this GIF because it expresses exactly what multimodal text has influenced me when it comes to rhetoric.

           My top 3 posts are as follows:

First

Second

Third

When we first started using Tumblr I was not too sure about how effective it might be when it came to coursework and lectures. I was not too keen on even starting another social media site, thing, but I knew that it had to be done either way. I was extremely glad to realize that Tumblr did not cost any extra money like in some of my courses where we had to purchase software rights for one semester and pay anywhere from $40-$90.

I don’t believe that using Blackboard would be more beneficial than Tumblr because Tumblr is actually reliable. I don’t mean to knock on our effective and reliable IT staff. I mean that the response time to getting bugs and issues fixed with Tumblr is far quicker than Blackboard. Lol.

This GIF describes how I feel every time I see that Blackboard is down.

What I liked about Tumblr is that you can interact with students online and in the comfort of your home (or wherever you’re located). Most of the time I did not have to spend any face-to-face time with my classmates when I agreed with their posts. I feel like they got to know me since I have a unique voice and a lot shitty luck. Lol. I cannot say I would change any experience I had with Tumblr but if I could go back in time I would complete all of the assignments.

This GIF perfectly represents the last 8 weeks of this semester. Lol. When it rains, it pours.

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Reading Response W15

In the article Developing Multimodal Academic Literacies among College Students by Gloria E. Jacobs, is a unique approach to educational and social media writing. The article explores the concept of merging student’s social media writing and their educational writing (Traditional Text). This new form of writing is called Media Literacy Education (MLE), which serves generally as a way to enter, enhances, or builds student’s traditional literacy skills (Jacobs, 2012). in writing, Multimodal text is generally the go-to form of MLE and it allows professors to develop a connection with students and their writing so that improvement can be based on the individual’s performance rather than a standard class that has ONE specific way to teach someone how to write.

I used this GIF because the alphabet is the building block when it comes to reading and writing.

What caught my attention the most out of this article is that Jacobs actually investigated how the use of popular and multimodal texts contribute to the developments of college freshmen as academic writers and thinkers (Jacobs, 2012). This allowed me to become very interested in this article because it gave me a different perspective on how something so simple can actually change things for the better. By changing, I mean that there is actual proof that improvement in someone’s writing can be achieved by modifying the way they write in their own personal way. This for me gave me some ideas on how I can actually write using my own style and voice so that people can translate my writing from a technical report into them reading a report as if I were the one reading it to them. They would be able to make the connection that it is my voice and automatically say “Yeah, that sounds like Marine alright!” or something of that nature.

I used this picture to signify that aha moment when people realize that it’s me who wrote the report (since Tumblr did not have anything for the Aha moment)

The way this reading applies to my field in Electrical Engineering is that we are always finding different ways to create our devices to a different size scale; Meaning that we are always making things smaller and portable. Unfortunately, we’re also not thinking how we can improve our reports nor how we can change things up a bit. I know for a fact that if I were to turn in a report using my own multimodal text style and voice, that the people reading it will turn their heads to recognize the writer.

The reason I used this GIF is because this is the reaction my future bosses will get when they read one of my reports. It has nothing to do with how I absolutely despise the Kardashians.

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Tumblr Reflection

As the end of the year is approaching we can now look back at how far we have come since the beginning of the year. Back in August when we started this course, I felt that I was a good writer but not necessarily good at using rhetoric. I believed this class was gonna educated me on how to be a better writer and improve those skills so they could be effective in my other college courses. My expectations were met with me learning various strategies and techniques. One technique in particular that stood out from the rest was the use of mixed media. In tumblr as well as other scenarios, I learn to incorporate mixed media to help support and provide a visual representation of the information. This technique only further my knowledge on rhetoric and made me become more efficient at using it. 

Throughout the year I wrote many responses and I have selected three I think are my best.

http://soberbanana.tumblr.com/post/152861402853/week-12-reading-response

In this post I talked about the importance of constructing arguments and what to take into consideration when doing so. I liked this post because I feel it can relate to real world scenarios and because the information the post was responding to help me a ton during the big assignments such as the lit review and the AVA.

http://soberbanana.tumblr.com/post/151297075253/w7-reading-response

In this post I responded to misleading survey questions and I felt this response brought to my mind various real life scenarios that I have experienced. I have done so many surveys in my life so reflecting on the subject caught my attention. In the real world many people do surveys but often times they don’t ask their questions correctly and as such many wrong answers are given. I liked my response because I feel that when a topic connects with you we tend to write better.

http://soberbanana.tumblr.com/post/149988858443/w3-reading-response

The last response I have attached to this post deals with analyzing data. No other topic struck closer to home in all of this year like this one. As an industrial engineer we analyze data constantly and use it for all our projects. As such when I was writing this post I knew that analyzing data is extremely important not only in english bu also in industrial engineering. 

When we started the course I was honestly completely against using tumblr for academic reasons. I hated using it because I did not understand how to use it properly (which cost me some assignments). However by this point I can honestly say that using tumblr is a much better experience than using blackboard for similar assignments. You could even say i enjoyed using it. As I became accustomed to using it, doing assignments on tumblr became a breeze.

What I liked more about tumblr was the clean look and feel of the website and how easy it is to just start writing. Interacting with your classmates through responses helps a lot because sometimes you may miss something from the reading but your classmate may catch it and then you can read it off there response. What I did not like from using tumblr was the user profile page as I felt that after so many posts you have to scroll down endlessly to find a previous post or response. I honestly would not change the use of tumblr for what it is being used currently as I feel it is a good engaging experience to learn and interact with classmates.

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Lol. I read your post and I noticed that a lot of us have something in common when it comes to using Tumblr. Most of us saw it as an inconvenience. It’s funny because the way the class is set up I did not understand how it was organized and it didn’t seem to click that we would be using some type of internet program. In the end, I was actually glad that I was able to use Tumblr because we didn’t have to buy any other software. So it was a win-win situation.

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Tumblr Reflection

From the beginning of the semester to the ending of the semester has changed dramatically. At the beginning I was so focused and determine and then as the semester went along I started to get busier and less determine.

Multimodal was something new to me and that has changed the way that I write. When I was told that I needed to use an image while writing and posting on tumblr I found that was extremely weir but as the time passed on if I wouldn’t post an images the text wouldn’t have emotion.

http://vanenessa30.tumblr.com/post/151274198897/w7-reading-response

This has to be my top favorite post because the summary was something that helped mw throughout the semester. This was the most helpful reading because summary has been something I always have found something hard to write.

http://vanenessa30.tumblr.com/post/152298749482/advance-visual-argument-proposal

Although this was something of what to do it was something that started me off with my project. It is one of my favorite because I love the Gif that I used. That is how I felt like through out the semester.  The AVA helped me how too write and be creative with what I did.

http://vanenessa30.tumblr.com/post/149532262552/introduction

I liked this post because I got to write about myself and I find that It’s easier to write about something that I have known about myself. The introduction was just a great way to start the writing of the semester. Writing has always something that I find hard to do I would say that its my weakest subject.

In all honesty I thought that Tumblr was something horrible since I had heard so many bad things about it. I was proven wrong since I ended up liking Tumblr, but I am just going to keep it for the educational purposes not for personal pleasure. The only thing that I would change is to be more specific on what we should writing because everyone need direction in their writing.

(this is how i felt about tumblr)

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I'm with you on not being too fond of Tumblr to begin with. It was pretty dumb to try and attain another social media application.

I feel like everything changed when we were given assignments as the semester progressed. I eventually started liking Tumblr. lol. I don't like the fact that they force you to choose categories you like because I don't like the posts they notify you about. Other than that It has been quite a ride this semester and i have attained a perspective change.

It all made sense in the end. lol. Like this picture up above, I too had that “Aha!” moment.

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AVA Topic Response

For the AVA topic, I am choosing to do a poster and it will talk about the Veteran suicide rate. I will try not to delve into the lack of healthcare because I don’t want to disrupt the focus of the poster.

I chose this picture because, for me, it represents the definition of the inner struggle veterans have everyday.

Even though it’s a poster project I wouldn’t mind working with someone to get the job done.

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AK W7 Read Response

(I will focus on Chapter 5: Summary)

Have you ever asked someone to summarize a movie for you, and they just give you a chronological timeline of the movie itself? ‘A’ happened, then ‘B’, then ‘C’…and so forth. It doesn’t exactly inspire you to watch the movie. What you want to know is why the movie is worth watching, why you should spend the $15-30 for the experience at the theater. This is something that Chapter 5 talks about. It talks about a distinction between effective summaries versus simply stating the obvious points.

Someone mentioned the concept of the “elevator speech” the other day in a presentation. I’ve heard about it many times. Basically, if you walked into an elevator with the CEO of a company you are trying to get hired to, would you be able to explain how awesome you are and why you should be hired within the time it takes to go a few floors? I think this is a great example of giving an effective summary. You have limited time so must choose the most essential qualities about yourself, and state it in a way that creates interest in you. Take too long however, and the CEO will walk off with only your name.

As the chapter states, we use this same concept across many disciplines and contexts. We use summaries when annotating bibliographies. We will be writing a summary in the form of the abstract for our lit review. Some of us will be writing cover letters for resumes at some point. Myself, as a criminal justice major, I will likely be working in a law enforcement capacity. As such, I will have to provide short but clear explanations to different officials as to why certain courses of action must be taken. Getting a warrant from a busy judge is a good example. This is using summary in practice.

Being able to effectively summarize, I believe, is an essential skill to have not just in academics, but in life. Anyone can point out the obvious. But being able to condense a large amount of information to its component parts, and communicate it to others without a loss in the primary message shows deep understanding. We live in such a fast paced, busy world. It’s something that we will do quite often, and it helps to be able to do this effectively to be better communicators.

(Below is a humorous example of summarizing a very long movie)

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LOL!!! That Titanic video was hilarious. It’s true though, if you cannot explain in a brief description then you will lose someones attention. It is vital to explain the main points as quickly and attentively as possible, since the human attention span is about 6-8 seconds. Anything after that and you lost the other individual to their own personal thoughts. I like how you used the elevator speech to emphasize the concept of summarizing. If you went to the career fair you this concept hits home because the employers are talking to hundreds of students and you only have a few seconds to make yourself stand out.

This was me at the career fair but I still landed four on the spot interviews.

For me chapter 6 stood out the most because of the whole synthesis concept. It’s something that we don’t directly learn in Engineering but it’s for certain that we use synthesis in every class that we go through. The last three classes I took all came together when I signed up for classes this semester. All three different concepts but they were all tied in to one major focus.

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Week 7 Reading Response

(In order to make an effective summary the writer has to pull out only the central parts of a text.)  

In order to make an effective summary the writer has to pull out only the central parts of a text.  The main idea of chapter 5 is to address that being actively involved on academic writing requires the ability to dominate many complex roles such as learning how to build up an effective summary. The act of summarizing requires many skills that would helped the writer express ideas, experiences and knowledge efficiently within a limited amount of text. Summaries requires us to pull out the central ideas/main arguments from any text. Any kind of summary even if it is from the same text can be formed differently as each individual can have different goals and purposes expressed. In order to conduct a good summary one has to have into account the purpose, audience, length requirements, general/specific, background material, disciplinary context and tone. Even though summaries can seem to be insignificant, they can make a big difference in any writing project. One way to recognize this is by noticing how helpful an Abstracts, Introductions, Conclusions and Bibliographic Annotations (Just to mention some) can be.  Overall, a good way to see the importance of a summary is by remembering this words that are taken straight from the book, “Your aim is to make your summary clear enough so that the reader who have not or will not actually read, view, or listen to the original text can still understand that text.” (Comer, p.102).

(In order to come up with new findings a writer has to connect all the pieces (articles/books/interviews) together.)

Chapter 6 talks about “synthesis” which means understanding a material in order to generate new understandings, ideas, and assumptions. In other words, is the action of comprehending different concepts in order to create a new product. In order to come up with a well understood synthesis a plan has to be done in order to collect the information in a well-organized order so that the reader can find connections/differences easily. Similar to summaries, synthesis can be also applied in different forms that require different concepts (Literature Review, Application, Interdisciplinary, Curation of Collection, Resources, Comparison, Definition, and Bibliographic Essays).  

While I was reading the chapters a question that came to my mind was…If there is multiple modes of synthesis why this class specifically focuses only on the Literature Review?

(My reaction when I read the comparison given in the book as is helped me understand the assignment much better.)

 What I like the most about the reading is the way the book tried to explain the Literature Review as it helped me have a much more robust understanding about this coming assignment. To be more specific, the metaphor that was used, “Imagine two or more people sitting around a dinner table having a conversation about something. Who agrees with whom? What questions would they ask one another? Over which points might they disagree? How might their conversation lead to new areas for exploration? “(Denise K. Comer, p.137). I feel that keeping this into account while doing my research will make it easier for me to build up my Literature Review.  

(The nurse gives a brief summary about the results.)

The process of “synthesis” can be applied in the Nursing field while trying to find a patient’s disease/condition in order to come up with the treatment/ prevention need in order to stabilize the patient. Then the summary can be used whenever the nurse is explaining the result to the family. For example, if the patient needs an operation it is obvious that the nurse is not going to explain every detail that is going to be performed. By the other hand, she/he is going to emphasize just the most important facts.

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The sloth is a clear example of me finally being able to grasp the idea of summarizing. lol. It’s the “Aha!” moment and now i feel like i am more learned since the start of my college career three years ago. I have had one concept and one idea, which is the summarizing that was taught in the elementary level. Now I can see that there is more than just being able to summarize simplistically. There are more eccentric and proper ways to summarize than just trying to gather the main ideas. I can’t believe that I have been going through life without knowing how to properly summarize, and its devastating.

For me though, chapter 6 was the most interesting reading of the three different readings (four if you separate chapter five and six form the WIT Reader. lol). Wish you luck on your paper and I hope that you do well.

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W7 Reading Response

Week 7 brings us reading from three different sources. The handbook (chapter 3) talks about the resources available to us, UTEP students, via the Library. The chapter explores the vast amount of help we have at the library. Things like the Collaborative Learning Center, librarians, circulation desk, how to find materials based on the call numbers, and UTEP Library’s very own website(Encore).

This is to illustrate a “database” from the handbook reading.

Chapter 5 from the WIT Reader talks about Summarizing and the many different ways one uses summary to state what their intentions are. It also illustrates the different ways one can write a summary even though it may sound biased and one sided. A lot of the material was extremely redundant but necessary to illustrate the differences of summaries.

Chapter 6 from the WIT Reader talks about Synthesizing and the different ways each field has its own unique technique. Being able to find ways to collect works from other people and create a collage, if I may, is a form that can be called a mashup. This was used as an example to explain what synthesizing means, but it’s not as easy as it sounds.

This is a form of Synthesis in Electrical Engineering in which sound can be synthesized.

The reading for Misleading Interview and Survey Questions talks about the common mistakes that are made when creating survey questions. I learned that it is important to word your questions properly as to avoid leading questions, or being careful when using a mutually exclusive question.

This is to illustrate a survey and it’s final outcome and how nerve wrecking it is to create such survey. (not actual outcome)

Chapter 6 stood out the most for me in this whole reading assignment because it talks about using many different ideas, concepts, and theories to find one solution; Especially the part about the mathematics, since I knew the answer to both problems without reading ahead. Lol. Yes, I am a nerd. This gave me plenty of ammunition for what’s coming up next and I will definitely be able to perform above the expectation.

 The way this all ties in with electrical engineering is that when we are tasked to build a certain device or circuit for a customer we must be able to survey what is being asked of us. This means that we must have a clear concise and precise idea so we know how to go about getting the project done. So we have to ask all the correct questions. Once the idea is created then we must be able to summarize back to the client so that they may be satisfied with what they are hearing. Once the project is started we must synthesize from what others have done so we can create a final product. We must also do research through our library and we must make sure that the research is validated properly.

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WEEK 6 READING RESPONSE

This week’s reading is based on chapters three, chapter four of WIT and the black board video “Holy CRAAP a Writer’s Holy Grail to Analyzing the validity and Reliability of a source.” Chapter three of WIT is a guild line on how to construct meaningful questions that will help facilitate effective research across disciplines. What I like most about this chapter is maintain significance that was discussed on page 55. It explains the nature of a good question which could be simple or complicated but significant to at least some subset of people. The page also went further to explain how one can manage large significant questions by explaining the notion of pyramid. This allows questions to be based on hierarchical set up, from the most general question which stays bellow to the specific questions that emerge towards the top. I like this part of the chapter because it will help me get my research questions to be as specific as possible. In connection to my major, page 59 gave examples of research questions in various disciplines and by looking at the economics column, it gives me an insight on what my research questions should look like to help me learn more about my chosen major.

I decided to use this Gif hoping that my research question will get this kind of remark from professor Jasmine lol

The chapter four of WIT is a guideline towards finding substantial materials to solve research questions. The chapter talks about choosing what to read, deciding how to locate reading materials, deciding how to read, and invoking discipline.  What I like most about this chapter is its ability to separately analyze the different types of materials. This is because, I now know what to go for when I need to find a primary material, secondary material, or even tertiary materials which is a category I never thought of before reading this chapter. In connection to my major, this chapter has taught me how to study, do research and find solutions to problems which is basically what economist do to find solution to the question of who to produce, how to produce, and for whom to produce. 

This Gif is a reminder that the Literature review assignment is about one step at a time.You can’t skip any part of the process

The blackboard video is a guideline to help writers weigh the reliability and validity of a source. What interest me the most about the video is the meaning of the acronym CRAAP. CRAAP stands for Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accurate, and Purpose. It allows writers to be able to effectively identify the rightful sources that is most appropriate for a research question. In connection to my major, this video has help me realize the necessity of trend. Though there are a lot of already made laws in solving economic issues however, the current development and perspectives of doing things should be put into consideration.

Finally, It is easy for me to say that the three readings for this week has given me an overview of what the end of the Literature review assignment looks like. Now I know how to construct/word my questions and find materials that will discuss them to the fullest. However, I was constantly thinking of how to manage my time to be able to go through all these processes and get the best result.

The first gif is to show how the reading has enhance my knowledge of the LIT review assignment  and the second one is to emphasize the essence of going through the processes. 

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The upside down pyramid did help put things in perspective for me. I feel like the tables were the most influential for me. Chapter four did have a lot of great material but it really did not grab my attention. I hope that it was the total opposite for you though, because I feel like I may be losing a lot out of the chapter.

This Gif of the white noise on the TV implies that I may have lost some information from chapter 4, just like the TV lost it’s signal.

I didn’t think the video was going to be different from the reading material but it really did help me better validate any sources I will use in this paper. I was actually pretty shocked on how much I learned about having to validate a source. 

This Gif is to explain how in most cases we will see that some of the “reliable sources” are not really reliable.

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Reading Response

In chapter 3 was about the structure and how we can form a good research question. It also tells us when you know your writing a good research question vs when your not. This chapter will help me a lot because I’m clearly lost when writing the research question.

 I love this chapter because it will help me in so many ways when dong the literature review. The chapter is giving me a really good example on how to make a good research question a good one and checking it if it is or not. Also if the research question your doing will really help you for the literature review. Just think this will be super helpful even if i still have questions about the assignment i can simple go back and read the chapter again.

Chapter 3 and 4 are really related to my major because in a certain point of my career i will have to write a research paper. Since i will know by that point how to create a research question and how to find good information to back up my question will be easy. Also i will be able to help people with their research paper even if still having trouble by then i can look up examples to remind my mind.

I used this GIF’s because thats how i feel. The first gif i used it because no matter how many times i try doing something i still get lost and confused. The second one because i go sometimes and reread a chapter to understand it better. And the last one because i will be doing research papers and projects in my career in the medical field.

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You’re not the only one that was lost when we had to write to research questions. This was probably the most difficult task to do when it comes to our research paper because it becomes easier after we have our questions put together.

Don’t forget to take your questions to the Writing Center or email them to the professor so you won’t lose any credit. I know you may have a difficult time with this but don’t hesitate to ask for help. I am willing to help you out so that you can have a solid paper and you can eventually get a great grade.

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W6 Reading Response

The main idea for chapter 3 is how to formulate a proper and “good” research question. Chapter 3 gives plenty of examples and teaches one how to formulate a “good” research question without sounding like an uneducated individual. There are several factors that play in what to ask yourself when you intend on putting together a research question.

(This Gif shows how confusing it is to come up for a research question for the first time.)

What I liked most about Chapter 3 is the many different ways it shows you to consider when you’re writing a potentially good research question. The “six questions” you must ask yourself and the many different perspectives and fields in which you can view when taking your research question into consideration. This allows me plenty of fuel to add to my already burning fire.

(This Gif is used to emphasize my fire.)

Chapter 3 connects with Electrical Engineering because there are more than one category of fields in which one can ask how to write an effective research question. It provides me ideas on researching how questions are asked in my field and what potential influence category does my field fall under (which in my case would be scientific category).

Chapter 3 actually prompted me to ask whether the questions I had already submitted to be good questions. Also, it made question to see if others might find interest and if not how I can make it sound like it is of importance.

(This Gif is used to emphasize the questions that WIT reader prompted me to ask.)

Chapter 4 was mostly a detailed chapter 3. Although it is extremely helpful, it did not impact me as much as chapter 3 did.

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Topic Proposal

The topic I choose to write about in this topic proposal is the same as my Genre Analysis, and that is how virtual reality is being used by psychiatrist to help combat veterans lessen the stress caused by Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

What I wish to gain from this topic is to my further knowledge on how effective this type of therapy really is and also, to bring awareness to others of what may be available. Most importantly I would like to gain more knowledge on virtual reality therapy because I can relate. I guess this is my way of seeking for something.

One of my main concerns about this project or assignment is that I may not have a full understanding of what is required as far as the assignment goes. Another thing I have a concern about is that I may find information that discredits this type of therapy and sways me to go back to nothing. As you can tell this assignment is close to home.

The questions I am choosing to include in this Topic Proposal are the following:

1) How is virtual reality helping psychiatrists, in the battle against combat related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder?

2) How has virtual reality benefitted people with phobias and what have been the overall results within the past 10 years?

3) How effective is virtual reality when it comes to dealing with human emotions, since only two of the five senses (sight and hearing) are being used?

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W3 Reading Response

Chapter seven gave me a depth explanation of analysis. The chapter started of with explaining what analysis was. It also gave the purpose of analysis and gave examples of how it would be used in real life. This chapter emphasizes of how important analysis is for everybody. Analysis isn’t just for one “career.” In page 163 of Writers in Transition it says “Nearly anything and anyone, in fact, can be analyzed”

(i used this GIF to show that this analysis applies to everyone)

What I liked the most about the reading is that it wasn’t hard to get into this topic, because it was something very informative that everyone should know. I liked how the reading had real life examples of all the types of analysis; visual, aural, tactile, textual, quantitative and others. This helped me understand of how analysis could appear anywhere.

(I used this GIF because I was surprise how much and where analysis comes from)

Since I am a political science major analysis connects with my major in the way that I have to analyze the newspaper I read the images I see and the news that I watch about current event and many of the laws that keep on passing every year. By engaging rhetorical analysis to my writing it makes a better argument.

 (This GIF just goes along with what I said about my major I have to keep up with the current events and one way to do so is to read the newspaper)

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Your field of study is very prominent on analyzing information. Political Science is no joke because you have to be up to date with a lot of the current events, not just nationwide but also world wide. This will definitely give you a broad spectrum when it comes to viewing data and being able to analyze it. Given that most information in the book was about examples of fields, I like how you were able to translate that information to be able to apply it to your current field of study. I completely understand the concept of defending your argument but also being able to have an effective argument.

(example of an argument. lol)