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This week in module six we talked all about writing and some tips for doing it at the college level. The most common type of writing that you will do in college is research papers.

Now, back in our elementary school days, it was Wikipedia that was our go-to tool. Little did we know, that it is, in fact, the worst possible tool to use for research. This is because it is entirely made from peer edits and outside research that doesn’t go checked.

Now, since learning this, I use either the university library to get sources from, or even google scholar.

No more can I get away with just typing in a question into google and expect a good search result of research… you have to actually try harder and filter through sources that seem suspect or unreliable. Professors don’t like to see these lazy sources in your long papers, and I know this from experience.

Overall, I think this module is really important for a lot of people because no one really knows how to research but this whole unit showed us.

Until Next Time all, and be a little more cautious with your reliable sources… save everyone the headache.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8bC-hWUCDw&feature=youtu.be

-Online Success: Google Calendar

calendar.google.com

Calendar

I use this to keep all of my classes and assignments in an easy to reach place to see quickly.

-Communication: Outlook

outlook.com

Email

I use this to communicate with my professors and classmates.

-Efficiency: Tomato Timer

tomato-timer.com

Timer

I use this to time myself on assignments and breaks in between.

-Studying: Quizlet

quizlet.com

Notecards

I use this to memorize vocabulary for quizzes.

-Note-taking: Notability

www.gingerlabs.com

Notes

I use this to take notes in class or off of readings.

-Research: Google Scholar

scholar.google.com

Researcher

I use this for finding reliable sources for research papers.

Sad to see the semester go, as this is my last post. I enjoyed writing for y’all about me.

To close out the semester we are going to talk about the differences of motivation, intrinsic and extrinsic and which of these two is most used for me personally.

Intrinsic motivation is internal, things like curiosity and wonder… the drive to do better, pride, or achievement.

Extrinsic is the opposite, all of the outside factors pushing you, like your coaches hounding you, your mom reminding you how much college costs, etc.

Of the two, I think that my experience thus far has been fueled overwhelmingly by extrinsic forces, primarily from the athletic department. Since it is football season, all the coaches are on us 24/7 about classwork so that our grades are good and we all remain academically eligible to play. In fact, sometimes they take it as far as to prohibit us from taking a nap or having fun after practice to sit in an office with some of them to get assignments done. I don’t know about you but I prefer to not spend time with mentors trying to shove school down my throat.

Maybe if I were to spend more time focusing on my own individual motivation inside of me, they would calm down as our module seven explains.

Have a good holiday all!

Source:https://osu.instructure.com/courses/69032/pages/lesson-module-7?module_item_id=3301085

Hello Everyone!

This week in class I learned more on a study skill that I’ve been training myself to avoid, and that is taking notes on laptops, and studying typed notes. In module five this week in ESEPSY it was made clear that this practice needs to end!

As our PowerPoint discussed in class, typed notes is just simply mindless transcription. You don’t actually learn or review things that you heard by just reading off of a typed script. You need that interaction with the material to truly internalize it. When I first started taking notes using my laptop, I realized right away that I wasn’t understanding anything I was typing. Especially since I tried to type from a presenter word from word.

Sometimes though, you can use typed notes to study. This is just all about finding ways to be interactive. For example, I have a friend who will type notes in class, but then she will print out the notes, read through them and highlight important parts, and then tape them into her handwritten notebook so that it fits a format she’s used to looking at.

I think that most important factor in typed notes not working to help students study, is the lack of hands on learning and memorization with the material. Maybe interact a little bit more with your work and things will look up for you too!

Source: https://osu.instructure.com/courses/69032/pages/lesson-module-5?module_item_id=3301048

Happy Saturday Folks-

Hoping your day has been filled with lots of football and some rest, maybe shielding from this cold too.

Today I’m going to discuss a very important skill that everyone should’ve been taught around freshmen year of high school, the endangerment of reckless highlighting. While this is mentioned pretty stealthily in module four this week, I think its worth really talking about.

Being able to properly highlight the right information is essential to getting the proper information out of readings that you maybe have a time crunch in reading. Skimming and highlighting essential portions of readings such as setting, audience, themes, or key characters are the only needed things needed colored. By over highlighting, or as a teacher used to call it “coloring in the page” you loose any chance of properly using a key skill. I know specially, the ability for me to refine my highlighting skill really helped me boost my ACT score in reading.

Once upon a time though, the learning of what was important and wasn’t important is quite the journey. I went from highlighting about every other word to now a little more modest with maybe one or two lines a page. The percission in refinement for this skill will only make you an incredible reader, and it doesn’t matter what major you have, reading is important in anything you do. Not only does it increase the understanding of what you read, but also increases your speed in reading, an essential skill to have.

So, for this week upcoming, try to use your textbooks or slideshows as a coloring page, but rather a study guide where only the necessities are focused on.

Source: https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=E9GrOxhYZdQ

Good Evening All,

This week is about something that we all know very well, procrastination. I’m no hero when it comes to ensuring an even schedule to keep from procrastinating my major assignments or items on my to-do list. Module 3 gave us a few great ideas to keeping up and preventing these events from occurring.

Of particular note, I found one exercise to break down my time spent in order to find a perfect study time. By taking apart in a time block, where you record all of your hours spent doing anything such as exercising or studying. In reflecting upon my completed schedule for the week I find it crazy that of my entire week, I do not have much free time apart from football practice and homework. You’d think that with this I wouldn’t procrastinate much but that isn’t true. While I am not out partying like other people my age, I am very dedicated to the sport I play and love. Due to this conflict, I often times push all other responsibilities behind practicing or lifting.

Going forward, in order to prevent the procrastination from occurring, I can try to do a better job of mixing my priorities, like do some reading while exercising, or maybe not take part in optional practice sessions unless I am fully caught up in all of my school work.

Advice for all: You can do it, just find the time!

Source:  https://osu.instructure.com/courses/69032/pages/lesson-module-3?module_item_id=3301008

Happy Wednesday All-

In kicking off my blog I decided that it was important to talk about the importance and possible confusion of what is communication over the internet, since I am communicating to you all via this platform.

This week I spent a good amount of time learning about and reflecting on how your voice carries through words on online forums or text messaging. In Module 2 of my  Online Learning Strategies Class, there was a PowerPoint that included information on this issue. I started laughing to myself while scanning the slide because of my own personal experiences in how people can’t understand your intended tone in texts, and often times things get confused…

A good friend of mine has a mom whom absolutely hates when people tell or text her “K.” In her mind, she things that when people are too lazy to type out either OK or Okay, that they think lowly of you and are being disrespectful. One night I was making plans with my best friend, and his phone died, so I let him borrow mine to ask his mom a question, and when she replied he asked me to reply “ok “. Well, I replied “K” because that’s just a phrase I use in texting, and not even 30 seconds later, his mom called and was yelling at this teenage man through the phone for texting K to her. I started laughing right away but my buddy knew right away I triggered his mom.

What this represents in a broad sense is that everyone reads things differently in their minds, and in talking to people online you should just be very careful in you wording and punctuation. Unless you are trying to yell, don’t use ALL CAPS… unless you are mad at someone, don’t use a period after replying one word…. Ok. And finally, my biggest pet peeve, don’t use letters to symbolize words if not everyone knows what they mean! Lol and idk and omg are ok but don’t add your own made up acronyms!

Hope y’all have a good week!

-C

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/guides/about-netiquette

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