It's been awhile since I've written on here, but I'm back! This quarter has certainly been a challenging adjustment for me, but I think I've learned a lot that will positively affect the choices I make next quarter.
As I've said before, academic writing and research haven't been issues for me in years, since I attended QUEST for three years and have been enrolled in Honors/AP English classes throughout secondary school. This course was very useful, however, because I learned how to use the UW search databases in particular. For example, when writing my essay on blog use in the classroom, I searched "blog* class*" and found what I needed. I also learned the value of using the citations of one article to locate similar useful sources. I looked at Kathleen West's References and found a wealth of supporting sources to include in my research.
Overall, I have learned useful things about close reading this quarter, which I wasn't at all anticipating.
Cool beans! Glad to you back online and sharing some tid-bits of goodies you got this quarter. I love the unexpected stuff, like your close reading discoveries.
ReplyDeleteYou have a great deal more to learn while sharing your perspective along the way. It's been a pleasure working with you this quarter. Enjoy the resting time between quarters and hang in there.:)