One part of Klosterman's, "Ha ha," he said, "ha ha", that I thought was really funny was his anecdotal example from his childhood. He said that when he was younger he used to sit really close to the television during his favorite show and laugh as hard as he could. He did this because he thought his television worked as a telephone and everyone could hear him laughing, as they could hear him. He use this example to show his first experience with track laughs. I pictured this happening as I read and found it to be very funny. I think that track laughs are a very outdated thing. When I was younger a lot of television programs had track laughs with them and I thought that they were normal. Now most of the shows I watch do not have them. I agree with Klosterman's story about his experience in Germany and how most of his conversations were filled with meaningless laughter. I believe that laughter works today to fill conversations in order to avoid awkwardness. For example: If someone texts something with "haha" following it sounds less serious, when in reality it could be very serious. This is also why my generation uses text more often today. Saying how you feel in text is a lot less awkward than saying it in person. I also agree with Klosterman when he discusses how people are left to think more without track laughs. People can and will determine for themselves more without the use of track laughs.
I feel that Gabriel does a good job at explaining the meaning of plagiarism between ages in, "Plagiarism Lines Blur for Students in Digital Age." In my college career I have found writing to be very different than from in high school. I agree with the following statement from Ms. Wilensky in an interview. "The main reason it occurs, she said, is because students leave high school unprepared for the intellectual rigors of college writing." In my experience, I have become a much better writer with the more writing classes I take in college. I do believe that high school level English classes do not take on plagiarism as strong as they should, especially with the overload of information available to students today. I think that some students do find really good information from their research, but they do not know how to form it correctly in a paper. This is where plagiarism occurs.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
English Undergrad Program 2011
Today I went to the English Undergrad Program to check out some of the speakers (and to also earn some extra credit!). I went to Panel 12, which involved two speakers, Jenna Enright and Dara Fennell.
Jenna Enright read her short story, "Sitting Outside a Coffee Shop in Paris, France." This short story contained the life a woman that was in her early ages of adult hood. She went through life doing daily tasks that she thought she was supposed to do because of her age, such as drinking coffee and cappuccino at coffee shops. She never really took the time to wonder why she was doing these things. The woman thought that she should live her life by performing normal tasks of peers so that she would not stand out. She started to question her daily routines when she ran into a man a few times at the coffee shop. Throughout the story the woman leaves us questioning what is really happening in her life and what she is imagining happening. It also ends leaving the readers, or listeners, open minded to what happened.
Dara Fennell read her research paper, "A Love-Hate-Zombie Relationship?: Gender Equality in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies." Out of the two readings this one was more interesting to me. I found it more interesting because I read the book Pride and Prejudice in high school, and I was unaware that this new book was written from it. Her paper was discussing how the prejudice between men and women change throughout the book. In the beginning of the book men and women are both able to defend themselves from zombies by carrying weapons around, such as daggers and swords. The women typically carried around daggers, and the men usually carried around swords. One rule that the women had to follow was that they could only defend themselves themselves from zombies until they are married. After marriage it was the job of the men to defend the women from zombies. The women were also not able to carry daggers with them anymore. The story ends with the main couple working together to fight off zombies, which was against prior rules. Throughout the book they overcome their "pride and prejudice" and realize that they are equally involved in their relationship.
I think this is a great thing that the English department does for the students. It teaches them how to write for an audience, and also allows them to get feedback from their peers and professors. I know that some of the students were also taking their writing to bigger conventions in other locations, so this would be a very good practice for them. I had a good time hearing different forms of writing from the other students as well.
Adios!
Jenna Enright read her short story, "Sitting Outside a Coffee Shop in Paris, France." This short story contained the life a woman that was in her early ages of adult hood. She went through life doing daily tasks that she thought she was supposed to do because of her age, such as drinking coffee and cappuccino at coffee shops. She never really took the time to wonder why she was doing these things. The woman thought that she should live her life by performing normal tasks of peers so that she would not stand out. She started to question her daily routines when she ran into a man a few times at the coffee shop. Throughout the story the woman leaves us questioning what is really happening in her life and what she is imagining happening. It also ends leaving the readers, or listeners, open minded to what happened.
Dara Fennell read her research paper, "A Love-Hate-Zombie Relationship?: Gender Equality in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies." Out of the two readings this one was more interesting to me. I found it more interesting because I read the book Pride and Prejudice in high school, and I was unaware that this new book was written from it. Her paper was discussing how the prejudice between men and women change throughout the book. In the beginning of the book men and women are both able to defend themselves from zombies by carrying weapons around, such as daggers and swords. The women typically carried around daggers, and the men usually carried around swords. One rule that the women had to follow was that they could only defend themselves themselves from zombies until they are married. After marriage it was the job of the men to defend the women from zombies. The women were also not able to carry daggers with them anymore. The story ends with the main couple working together to fight off zombies, which was against prior rules. Throughout the book they overcome their "pride and prejudice" and realize that they are equally involved in their relationship.
I think this is a great thing that the English department does for the students. It teaches them how to write for an audience, and also allows them to get feedback from their peers and professors. I know that some of the students were also taking their writing to bigger conventions in other locations, so this would be a very good practice for them. I had a good time hearing different forms of writing from the other students as well.
Adios!
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Exploring Topics for My Research Paper
Hello!
The following are some topics that I have been considering for my English research paper:
Technology may be considered a new movement in culture, causing a new way of thinking.
This is one of the topics that I am considering writing about for my research paper. We touched on this topic when we had a debate about technology in my English class. When I heard this idea I became very interested in it. We also read an article for class that involved this theory. The theory discussed how people think that our brains are being rewired into working differently due to the advancement in technology and our dependence on it. This topic interests me so much because I think it is very true. I think that all generations go through their own types of changes in society, and this one involves my generation. I also believe that there is a lot of information available that could help me support my opinion about this topic. Some things I am looking to research about this more is the psychological differences that have occurred in the brain due to this new technology. In my opinion, people are becoming more efficient with this new technology making us great multi-taskers. I would like to see if there are signs of this being true.
The implementation of technology into college courses increases their skills and makes them more marketable in finding a career.
This is another topic that I came about throughout discussions in my English class. This is a topic that I have always agreed with, but I have never given much thought in backing up my opinion. This topic is highly debated within people that use technology and support it and people that don’t use technology often and are not in support of it. Where this debate interests me is when people that use technology often, but are not in support of it increases learning come involved. My interview with my Dr. Wilkie is what really gave me a strong opinion on this subject. The article that she suggested for me to read discussed strong signs of this topic being true and helping students tremendously. I would like to find out the new statistics of BTST students that are getting jobs with the new digital career portfolios, discussed in the article, over BTST students using old fashioned resumes. I would also like to hear the business perspective on this topic.
WISH ME LUCK!!
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Full Annoation
Willis, L. & Wilkie, L. "Digital Career Portfolios: Expanding Instituional Opportunities." Journal of Employment Counseling 47.2 (June, 2009).
This scholarly article discussing the success Business Technology Support and Training students would gain from the implementation of Digital Career Portfolios in their fields. This change will give students a better chance at making themselves marketable in their career searches. This new form of a resume will also provide students a better chance to use their skills in technology that they have obtained in their field. I find this improvement to be very positive as technology is always changing in the world. I gained knowledge of the available changes to resumes and the positive effects they have on students, businesses and the environment in this article.
This scholarly article discussing the success Business Technology Support and Training students would gain from the implementation of Digital Career Portfolios in their fields. This change will give students a better chance at making themselves marketable in their career searches. This new form of a resume will also provide students a better chance to use their skills in technology that they have obtained in their field. I find this improvement to be very positive as technology is always changing in the world. I gained knowledge of the available changes to resumes and the positive effects they have on students, businesses and the environment in this article.
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