For our assignment today, we were to jot down a brief proposal that outlines our research plan.
It should include the following:
1.) Inquiry question:
What are the differences between photography as a hobby and photography used as therapy.
2.) Primary question:
Explore: What are additional questions that most interest you and might help you discover the answers to your research question? Why do people enjoy photography as a hobby? What disorders do they treat photography therapy with? Can people use photography both as a hobby and a therapy?
Argue: What theory or hypothesis about your topic are you testing? What is your tentative main claim or thesis? Photography can be used both as a hobby but also as a healing therapy.
3.) What, if any, prior beliefs, assumptions, preconceptions, ideas, or prejudices do you bring to this project? What personal experiences may have shaped the way you feel? Before you began developing working knowledge on the topic, what were you thinking about it? What are you thinking about it now?
I believe that photography can be used as a hobby. You can take pictures of family members, friends, nature, or of random things just for fun. When you are hanging out with family and friends and having fun you can be using photography as a hobby. Like some people who use drawing as a therapy, I believe taking pictures can be used as a therapy. It can be used to take one's mind off of the negative and it can also be used as a stress reliever. I know from experience that it can be used as a stress reliever. When I lost my dad from a heart attack a year and a half ago I used any time I could to get away and go outside to just take random pictures, mostly of nature. I find nature beautiful and therefore the pictures I was taking was helping keep my mind off the situation I was having to deal with. Before starting the topic, I was thinking about photography as hobby and photography as a therapy-two separate things. Now I am thinking about the two together as one.
Monday, October 28, 2013
Friday, October 25, 2013
Building an Interest Inventory (Exercise 1.1)
For our second assignment, we had a list of ten topics and we needed to choose four of them. Under the four we needed to make a list of words or phrases that would fit under the topic. The ten topics were places, trends, things, technologies, people, controversies, history, jobs, habits, or hobbies. The four topics I choose were hobbies, habits, jobs, and technologies.
Step 1:
Technologies: Ipods, Ipones, Ipads, cell phones, computers, laptops, Bluetooth headsets, CD players, televisions, Water-pik cleaning system, Game Boy, Play Station, X-box, Wii, DVD player, and Soda Stream.
Jobs: firefighter, police officer, nurse, doctor, teacher, garbage man, dentist, pharmacist, game warden, cosmetologist, plumber, physical therapist, veterinarian, military jobs, taxidermist, taxi driver, zoologist, mother, author, illustrator, pastor, secretary, factory workers, and repo man.
Habits: Saying sorry to often, texting at the table, biting your nails, smoking, chewing, swearing, alcoholism, nose picking, spitting, texting and driving, bad driving, brushing your teeth, taking showers, devotions, lip biting, procrastination, laziness, eye rolling, chewing on a pencil, eating junk food, gambling, doodling, daydreaming, lying, over eating, worrying, road rage, grinding teeth, cracking knuckles, humming, and whistling.
Hobbies: Croquet, knitting, drawing, mudding, fishing, hunting, golfing, scuba diving, sky diving, mountain climbing, racing, singing, dancing, collecting items, reading, poetry, creative writing, shopping, weightlifting, sculpting, watching movies, playing football, playing basketball, going to the batting cages, and photography.
Step 2:
For our second step we need to look over our lists and decide of the words and phrases that we wrote down which one seems promising.We needed to ask ourselves would this topic be one that would raise interesting questions that research could help answer and is this a topic that I have always wandered about and and something I would fascinating. Once we found one, we needed to circle it. I would circle photography.
Step 3:
For step three we need to come up with a list of questions for our topic that will get us thinking. These questions would be used in research as well.
*How many types of cameras are there?
*What is the history of the camera?
*When was the first camera invented?
*Who invented the first camera?
*What are the different types of lens?
*What are the steps for processing photos?
*How do you get the perfect lighting?
*What is the best camera care?
*What kind of equipment can you purchase for your camera?
*What are the best angles for a good picture?
*What is the best type of camera?
*Do you need a big flash on your camera?
*Is it easier to steady yourself with a tripod?
*How many types of photography are there?
*Can photography be used as a hobby, job, or both?
Step 1:
Technologies: Ipods, Ipones, Ipads, cell phones, computers, laptops, Bluetooth headsets, CD players, televisions, Water-pik cleaning system, Game Boy, Play Station, X-box, Wii, DVD player, and Soda Stream.
Jobs: firefighter, police officer, nurse, doctor, teacher, garbage man, dentist, pharmacist, game warden, cosmetologist, plumber, physical therapist, veterinarian, military jobs, taxidermist, taxi driver, zoologist, mother, author, illustrator, pastor, secretary, factory workers, and repo man.
Habits: Saying sorry to often, texting at the table, biting your nails, smoking, chewing, swearing, alcoholism, nose picking, spitting, texting and driving, bad driving, brushing your teeth, taking showers, devotions, lip biting, procrastination, laziness, eye rolling, chewing on a pencil, eating junk food, gambling, doodling, daydreaming, lying, over eating, worrying, road rage, grinding teeth, cracking knuckles, humming, and whistling.
Hobbies: Croquet, knitting, drawing, mudding, fishing, hunting, golfing, scuba diving, sky diving, mountain climbing, racing, singing, dancing, collecting items, reading, poetry, creative writing, shopping, weightlifting, sculpting, watching movies, playing football, playing basketball, going to the batting cages, and photography.
Step 2:
For our second step we need to look over our lists and decide of the words and phrases that we wrote down which one seems promising.We needed to ask ourselves would this topic be one that would raise interesting questions that research could help answer and is this a topic that I have always wandered about and and something I would fascinating. Once we found one, we needed to circle it. I would circle photography.
Step 3:
For step three we need to come up with a list of questions for our topic that will get us thinking. These questions would be used in research as well.
*How many types of cameras are there?
*What is the history of the camera?
*When was the first camera invented?
*Who invented the first camera?
*What are the different types of lens?
*What are the steps for processing photos?
*How do you get the perfect lighting?
*What is the best camera care?
*What kind of equipment can you purchase for your camera?
*What are the best angles for a good picture?
*What is the best type of camera?
*Do you need a big flash on your camera?
*Is it easier to steady yourself with a tripod?
*How many types of photography are there?
*Can photography be used as a hobby, job, or both?
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Rethinking the Research Paper (Exercise 1)
We are starting this research paper project in English class. For our first step we have to pick a topic and free write on it for three minutes to explain why we believe it is true or false. The topics for step 1 are: You have to know your thesis before you start, You have to be objective, You can't use the pronoun I, You can use your own experience and observations as evidence, You can use your own writing voice, You're writing mostly for the instructor, and Your'e supposed to use your own opinions.
Step 1:
You're writing only for instructor. I believe that this is false. I believe that when you are writing you need to to determine a target audience and direct your essay and audiences toward your targeted papers. I do not mean to say that you can no write to your instructor but I am saying you should not make you instructor the only you are writing to. Your audience can be your peers, a church group, or a group on the street. Whoever your audience is you need to make sure your papers are reflecting that specific group.
For our second step we have to choose one of the following statements and have another three minute fastwrite about whether we agree or disagree, and why. The statements for step two are: There is a big difference between facts and opinions, Pretty much everything you read in textbooks is true, People are entitled to their own opinions, and no one opinion is better than another, There's a big difference between a fact in the sciences and a fact in the humanities, and When two experts disagree, one of them has to be wrong.
Step 2:
People are entitled to their own opinions, and no one opinion is better than another. I agree with this statement. Everyone has opinions on the most randoms things throughout our day. It could be that sausage is better than bacon or that going to movies is better than sitting outside looking at the stars. We have opinions on such small things. But people get so frustrated with each other and get into arguments because they can not agree on things. But that doesn't mean one's opinion is better then the other's it just means that we need to accept other's opinions and find a common agreement in the middle.
Step 1:
You're writing only for instructor. I believe that this is false. I believe that when you are writing you need to to determine a target audience and direct your essay and audiences toward your targeted papers. I do not mean to say that you can no write to your instructor but I am saying you should not make you instructor the only you are writing to. Your audience can be your peers, a church group, or a group on the street. Whoever your audience is you need to make sure your papers are reflecting that specific group.
For our second step we have to choose one of the following statements and have another three minute fastwrite about whether we agree or disagree, and why. The statements for step two are: There is a big difference between facts and opinions, Pretty much everything you read in textbooks is true, People are entitled to their own opinions, and no one opinion is better than another, There's a big difference between a fact in the sciences and a fact in the humanities, and When two experts disagree, one of them has to be wrong.
Step 2:
People are entitled to their own opinions, and no one opinion is better than another. I agree with this statement. Everyone has opinions on the most randoms things throughout our day. It could be that sausage is better than bacon or that going to movies is better than sitting outside looking at the stars. We have opinions on such small things. But people get so frustrated with each other and get into arguments because they can not agree on things. But that doesn't mean one's opinion is better then the other's it just means that we need to accept other's opinions and find a common agreement in the middle.
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