1. I am writing about How technology has impacted parenting since the year 2000. I am also narrowing this topic to compare high-class vs. middle/lower-class population in America relative to the question. I am going to focus my topic on the Internet, media devices, and other gadgets.
2. I am writing for the American population in general; to make American citizens aware of how recent technology has impacted children and parenting, as well as how to avoid negative effects.
3. I have expectations of collecting about of research and having a fair number of statistics and facts about my topic's generality and specifics.
4. I plan to collect information by researching facts and statistics through the Internet and through books. I can also interview someone who relates well to my topic and has potential to be a significant part of my research paper.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
My Topic - "How has technology impacted parenting?"
My topic is, "How has technology impacted parenting?".
This topic has potential to raise further questions. I do feel strongly about this question because I've seen a lot of good/bad parenting in my lifetime and I'm only 19 years old. This question is directly relevant to my discipline. I can find authoritative information about my topic by researching credible sources. This topic will force me to learn more about how technology has impacted parenting. With this topic, I can interview people and take photographs. I don't think many people are researching this topic.
To narrow my topic, I added the questions:
-Since the year 2000? (time)
-In America? (place)
-High-class vs. middle/lower class? (person)
This topic has potential to raise further questions. I do feel strongly about this question because I've seen a lot of good/bad parenting in my lifetime and I'm only 19 years old. This question is directly relevant to my discipline. I can find authoritative information about my topic by researching credible sources. This topic will force me to learn more about how technology has impacted parenting. With this topic, I can interview people and take photographs. I don't think many people are researching this topic.
To narrow my topic, I added the questions:
-Since the year 2000? (time)
-In America? (place)
-High-class vs. middle/lower class? (person)
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Researching One in Six Million & Researching, or How I Feel in Love With Post-It Notes
In "Researching One in Six Million", the author explains how researching information about her grandmother is much different and more difficult than research papers in school. The information on her grandmother was limited and hard to find. Throughout Selznick's research, she gained interest in the topic she was learning about. The author explains all the things she did to obtain information on her grandmother.
In "Researching, or How I Fell in Love With Post-It Notes", the author talks about her thoughts of researching before college. She explains how she always had to do research, but never really knew how to do it or where to start. Throughout her article, she gives 3 steps of researching. The steps are mainly for setting yourself up to begin the research. I agree with Rodriguez's thoughts in her article because I don't think researching is as hard as preparing for it is. Her 3 steps are insightful and provide a lot of help. I also like how she uses some good analogies and attention keepers throughout her explanation of her steps.
In "Researching, or How I Fell in Love With Post-It Notes", the author talks about her thoughts of researching before college. She explains how she always had to do research, but never really knew how to do it or where to start. Throughout her article, she gives 3 steps of researching. The steps are mainly for setting yourself up to begin the research. I agree with Rodriguez's thoughts in her article because I don't think researching is as hard as preparing for it is. Her 3 steps are insightful and provide a lot of help. I also like how she uses some good analogies and attention keepers throughout her explanation of her steps.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Linguistic Landscape Online Source Links
http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2005/winter/hate-crime#
http://safezone.fsu.edu/info.html
http://safezone.fsu.edu/info.html
Linguistic Landscape Brainstorming (LGBT)
My linguistic landscape project is based on LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people). My genre promotes equal rights and support for the LGBT community. This genre is not only intended to catch the attention on LGBT people, but also people who are not part of the community, to make them aware of what is out there and to try to collect supporters. LGBT community is should be a concern to our community because it effects the life of college students. Kids who are included in the LGBT community fight against hate crimes and discrimination. Every year, a number of students commit suicide and/or have problems regarding people who hate on members of the LGBT community. LGBT people should feel free to express themselves and not have to worry about being made fun of about their sexual orientation.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Thursday, September 15, 2011
ALEXA MESSINA -interview
I interviewed Alex Messina. She is an interesting person when it comes to language background within her family. Both of her parents are Italian and speak the language fluently. Alexa does not speak Italian because she was never around it being spoken. Her parents and grandparents used to speak it when she was very young, but never as she grew up. Alexa speaks a bit of Spanish because she took 4 years of it in high school. Alexa's father was born in Italy and Alexa was born here in America. Good job.
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