Our second major assignment was a research paper on a topic that had to do with our field. It had to be 6-7 pages long. For major assignment three we had to do a mediation on the same topic as major assignment 2. mediation is different then most other writing formats but closest to a research paper. IMRAD is structured in a way that gives a lot of information in a way that is quicker then a research paper.
IMRAD, like a research paper, is about collecting information and applying it to prove a point, but the IMRAD can show this in different ways. IMRAD reports have graphs and charts with still paragraphs of information. This allows readers to obtain more information from visuals. Although they both supply information the information is even diffrent between them. In IMRAD it is used mostly for scientific research and uses alot of statics for its answers. Research papers have a hard time doing this, but can apply more information on how to do things or things that require more words to prove.
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Thursday, March 26, 2015
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
5 Things a Page Needs and Two Websites That Have That
Spritsweb.com says that any key website needs these five steps to be a good website.
1. Appearance
2. Content
3. Functionality
4. Website Usability
5. Search Engine Optimization
Two websites that do a good job of this are Louisville.edu, and ua.edu. The main difference between the University of Louisville's website, and the University of Alabama's is Alabama's is more picture orientated. Although Alabama's page has more pictures Louisville's has more links and pages to go off of.
1. Appearance
2. Content
3. Functionality
4. Website Usability
5. Search Engine Optimization
Two websites that do a good job of this are Louisville.edu, and ua.edu. The main difference between the University of Louisville's website, and the University of Alabama's is Alabama's is more picture orientated. Although Alabama's page has more pictures Louisville's has more links and pages to go off of.
Median For Major Assignment 3
For major assignment 3 we have to use a median other then writing, such as power points, blogs, videos, or prezies. I will be using Prezi simply because I've used all the others already so much that I want to try out Prezi. Prezi is good for a couple things, it lets you use pictures videos and other multimedias to get out your point as well as it moves around in diffrent eye catching ways to give your topic the attention it wants.
Being able to use things like pictures and charts and videos, lets me get out information I might not be able to get out as easily in a paper."Pictures paint a thousand words", a frase we've all heard a thousand times growing up, but in a since its true. Pictures, and other forms of multimedia, allow you to show information and credibility that you might not be able to in just words. For example if you where talking about how many people still smoke and you wanted to show how little amount of people really still smoke you could make a pie chart or even use one the CDC already made for extra credibility.
Being able to use things like pictures and charts and videos, lets me get out information I might not be able to get out as easily in a paper."Pictures paint a thousand words", a frase we've all heard a thousand times growing up, but in a since its true. Pictures, and other forms of multimedia, allow you to show information and credibility that you might not be able to in just words. For example if you where talking about how many people still smoke and you wanted to show how little amount of people really still smoke you could make a pie chart or even use one the CDC already made for extra credibility.
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
MLA and APA practice
Norton: APA
Bullock, Richard
(Feb 1,2013). Norton Field Guide to Writing, with Readings and Handbook (Third Edition
Norton: MLA:
Bullock, Richard.
“Norton Field Guide to Writing with Readings and Handbook (Third Edition). New
York: Norton 2013
APA
Martins, David S.
(March 15, 2015). Transnational Writing Program Administration. Boulder, Colorado: Utah State University
Press
MLA:
Martins, David S.
“Transnational Writing Program Administration. Colorado: Utah State University
Press 2015
APA:
Corbet, Sam
(2015). Text-to-Visual Remediation. http://writingcommons.org/open-text/new-media/remediation/413-text-to-visual-remediation
MLA:
Corbet, Sam. “Text-to-Visual
Remediation. 2015
APA:
Baker, Peter
(March 9, 2015). G.O.P Senators’ Letter to Iran About Nuclear Deal Angers White
House. New York Times. New York, New York.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/10/world/asia/white-house-faults-gop-senators-letter-to-irans-leaders.html?ref=todayspaper&_r=0
MLA:
Baker, Peter.
“G.O.P Senators’ Letter to Iran About Nuclear Deal Angers White House”. New
York, New York: The New York Times.
APA:
Department of
Environmental Health and Safety. Louisville, Kentucky: University of
Louisville. http://louisville.edu/dehs/emergency/emergency-notification
MLA:
“Department of
Environmental Health and Safety”. Louisville, Kentucky
APA:
Min-Zhan Lu
(1991). Redefining the Legacy of Mina Shaughnessy: A Critique of the Politics
of Linguistic Innocence. Journal of Basic Writing.
MLA:
Min-zhan Lu. “Redefining
the Legacy of Mina Shaughnessy: A Critique of the Politics of Linguistics
Innocence”. Journal of Basic Writing. Vol. 10 No. 1 1991
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Reflection# 2 of major assignment .
Major assignment one was a research paper that required me to go out and ask to find information, and not put my opinion into my paper. For major assignment 2 we did an argumentative paper that you did not really have to go out and interview people but you could if you wanted it to and with an argumentative paper you can put your opinion into a paper. One of my hardest struggles for writing is not opinionating my papers, it is the easy thing to do when in reality my opinion is not credible unless I am writing about how to unsuccessfully leave your opinion out of a paper.
With assignment one my main weakness was organization, although with assignment to it was a major focus of mine because I knew how poorly I did on the last one. In assignment two I already had in mind that i needed to make a better outline for my paper before it was required of us in class.
As a way to stay credible I tried my hardest to have all my sources from websites that where sponsored by the government or just a reliable source in general.
As topics go I choose a fairly easy topic to come up with information on, but one I was interested in. I focused on Originally the dangers and bans of Tobacco products but with further research I found out it was illegal for our government to out law the sell of tobacco. With this in mind now I changed the topic of my paper from out lawing to how Tobacco use will soon be a fad of the past, and whether the tobacco industry dropping off the face of the earth will be okay for the United States fragile economic system.
Overall I feel as if I did better with assignment 2 rather than assignment one, but not on my own doing if It was not pointed out to me how I had made these mistakes in my writing before I would have written the same way.
With assignment one my main weakness was organization, although with assignment to it was a major focus of mine because I knew how poorly I did on the last one. In assignment two I already had in mind that i needed to make a better outline for my paper before it was required of us in class.
As a way to stay credible I tried my hardest to have all my sources from websites that where sponsored by the government or just a reliable source in general.
As topics go I choose a fairly easy topic to come up with information on, but one I was interested in. I focused on Originally the dangers and bans of Tobacco products but with further research I found out it was illegal for our government to out law the sell of tobacco. With this in mind now I changed the topic of my paper from out lawing to how Tobacco use will soon be a fad of the past, and whether the tobacco industry dropping off the face of the earth will be okay for the United States fragile economic system.
Overall I feel as if I did better with assignment 2 rather than assignment one, but not on my own doing if It was not pointed out to me how I had made these mistakes in my writing before I would have written the same way.
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Outline For Major Assignment Two.
Topic: Are Cigarettes and other tobacco products a thing of the past and is it in our best interest if the tobacco industry came to a stop.
Paragraph One: Explain the down fall of cigarettes in the past several years and why this is happening. Thesis: The tobacco industries clientele is falling apart and will seemingly be a thing of the past in the next couple of decades whether its the best thing for our country or not.
Paragraph Two: Why the tobacco industry is on a down fall.
Point one: Health research has proven that tobacco is very harmful for your body to consume.
- 443,000 people die every year in america alone form tobacco use
Paragraph Three - Six: Why the tobacco industry is on a down fall.
Point two: healthier alternatives on the way
-Advertisement has stopped
-Nicotine gum and patches help people stop being addicted to cigarettes and eventually stop if used right.
-E-cigs have come up in the past couple years as a healthier alternative with less harmful
*E Cigarettes don't have second hand smoke.
* It gets rid of the most dangerous part of a smoking which was inhaling the smoke form the cigarettes and gives you a healthier solution.
* all thought they still have carcinogens from smoking the e pins, these carcinogens are also found in things we do every day like eating and breathing.
- Hookahs have been mentioned as a healthy alternative to smoking but are just as bad if not worst. most people wind up smoking more nicotine and tobacco in general with a hookah
-Are these things actually any healthier for you?
* These things are healthier for you then actually cigarettes or smokeless tobacco, but are not recommended because they still do have nicotine which is an addictive substance.
Paragraph Seven - Eight:Who will hurt if the tobacco industry comes to a halt.
- 180,000 jobs will be lost form the tobacco industry
- Cigars will still be around because they are a luxury that people will not want to loose.
- C.V.S alone lost 2 billion dollars when they gave up selling tobacco products at their store.
Paragraph Nine: Concluding paragraph
-wrap up.
*Give the call to action to continue the lowering of tobacco use.
Sources
+http://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/resources/publications/aag/osh.htm
+http://www.ash.org.uk/files/documents/ASH_715.pdf
+http://www.thetruth.com/
+http://www.everydayhealth.com/smoking-cessation/nicotine-replacement-therapy.aspx
Paragraph One: Explain the down fall of cigarettes in the past several years and why this is happening. Thesis: The tobacco industries clientele is falling apart and will seemingly be a thing of the past in the next couple of decades whether its the best thing for our country or not.
Paragraph Two: Why the tobacco industry is on a down fall.
Point one: Health research has proven that tobacco is very harmful for your body to consume.
- 443,000 people die every year in america alone form tobacco use
Paragraph Three - Six: Why the tobacco industry is on a down fall.
Point two: healthier alternatives on the way
-Advertisement has stopped
-Nicotine gum and patches help people stop being addicted to cigarettes and eventually stop if used right.
-E-cigs have come up in the past couple years as a healthier alternative with less harmful
*E Cigarettes don't have second hand smoke.
* It gets rid of the most dangerous part of a smoking which was inhaling the smoke form the cigarettes and gives you a healthier solution.
* all thought they still have carcinogens from smoking the e pins, these carcinogens are also found in things we do every day like eating and breathing.
- Hookahs have been mentioned as a healthy alternative to smoking but are just as bad if not worst. most people wind up smoking more nicotine and tobacco in general with a hookah
-Are these things actually any healthier for you?
* These things are healthier for you then actually cigarettes or smokeless tobacco, but are not recommended because they still do have nicotine which is an addictive substance.
Paragraph Seven - Eight:Who will hurt if the tobacco industry comes to a halt.
- 180,000 jobs will be lost form the tobacco industry
- Cigars will still be around because they are a luxury that people will not want to loose.
- C.V.S alone lost 2 billion dollars when they gave up selling tobacco products at their store.
Paragraph Nine: Concluding paragraph
-wrap up.
*Give the call to action to continue the lowering of tobacco use.
Sources
+http://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/resources/publications/aag/osh.htm
+http://www.ash.org.uk/files/documents/ASH_715.pdf
+http://www.thetruth.com/
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