The thought of being “watched” by the government through my technology has never really bothered me. I understand that it is very highly likely, but that doesn’t disturb me. I know that I’m living a typical life and there’s nothing for them to even pay attention to in my internet use. I actually feel safer thinking of the fact that someone is monitoring people’s use of the internet. This way, people who actually are doing bad things can be caught….
I feel like in this project, I really improved my active reading abilities. Active reading is something I have always struggled with but I am continuing to learn good strategies for it as this class goes on. When I was reading the three sources for our project, I annotated them using two different strategies. I used color coding to make notes of the different pieces of the text, such as the claims, evidence, structure, and questions. I also used the…
I found annotating with the “chunking” method to be very useful in categorizing information so you can easily find it again when doing a later assignment. For example, when you write an essay about the topic later, you can easily find where there is evidence for you to reference. It is also an easy way to simplify the structure of the essay. However, I don’t feel like this method is very engaging for the reader. The most engagement you are…
My method of annotating consisted of writing a brief summary of each paragraph after I read it. I would read a paragraph, then ask myself, “what did I just read about?” Without looking at the paragraph again, I would write a quick summary of the information in my own words. This method is effective for me because it keeps me actively reading throughout the entire chapter. I know I must write a summary after each paragraph, so I make sure…
“The Editor” is a podcast that follows the story of a friendship between Robin Woods, a prisoner who taught himself how to read, and Mark Stevens, an editor for Merriam Webster Encyclopedias. Woods grew up in a poor neighborhood and was told from a young age that he was incapable of learning like the rest of the kids. His poor education led to him dropping out of high school and partaking in criminal activities such as breaking and entering. When…
For my assignment, I experimented with doing my textbook reading in two different locations around the campus. The first place I went to was near the dock behind Featherman Hall. There is a trail to the right of the dock where you can relax on the edge of a rocky ledge overlooking the water. I have visited this location several times early in the morning just to watch the water, but I have now decided to try doing some reading…
The majority of the authors that I looked at seemed to have written their works from the comfort of their own homes. Another common trend is that their workspaces are cluttered with books and other pieces of writing. My workspace seems to be most similar to Dorothy Parker’s. I like to sit at the desk in my dorm that is in front of the open window, so I can feel the breeze and see the ocean out in front of…
When annotating, I did not know exactly what to do. I had annotated only a few times before, so I researched some annotating strategies. One of the things I did was I underlined main ideas in each paragraph. I tried to limit the amount of words I underlined to only those that would summarize what the paragraph was about. I also boxed words and terms that the author repeatedly used. I did this because I think that if an author…
