Week 9

Last week was spring break, and I accidentally skipped a blog entry before that, so we're on the ninth week now. Today is the first day back in CST 101 after spring break, and the instructor asked us to write about our mindsets. I feel great today, and my mind is all here academically. Yesterday was a furlough day for the class I would have gone to, so this really is my first day back from break. To be honest, I didn't sleep very well last night, and I really didn't think I'd be all here today. I didn't feel very well in my digestive system, so I didn't really get much rest. However, I decided to tell myself some affirmations, such as "I am healthy. I'll feel well tomorrow. I am responsible. I will go to class tomorrow no matter what. I feel healthy. Etc." This morning, when I woke up much, much earlier than I wanted due to my discomfort, I told myself some affirmations again, "I feel good. I am responsible. Etc." So, I rolled out of bed, showered, called the health center to ask a health question, blow-dried my hair, made some tea, and ate a half a bagel before getting on the shuttle for class. I kept telling myself that I feel good and that it' a beautiful morning outside. So by the time I arrived at class, it was starting to become overcast outside, but I still felt good. It also helped that I knew I was on top of all the assignments in this class (minus the blog I missed, of course). Thus, my brain followed suit with the rest of my feelings of well-being.

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Week 6

This past week we mainly spent working on our information literacy projects with our team. It took my team awhile to fine tune our research topic. The librarian told us that our team had the most "robust" discussion of all the class in our forum. I'm excited about the topic we chose, especially because it's close to what I'm studying for my major. Choosing good keywords and many synonyms for research was a good exercise for me, and is a practice I should make habit for my future research assignments.

Week 5

A lot has been covered this past week. We crammed Google Sites, GooWiki, and learning how to choose research topics all in one week. In Google Sites, I decided to add a couple horizontal rules to my site using the html code, and it turned out pretty good-looking. Incorporating the GooWiki activity with the Google Sites was a good idea, and made it feel like the Google Sites was an easier, smaller activity. I didn't know about Google Sites before this class, and it is super easy to use. The GooWiki exercise I've actually done before from taking this class before, so it was really just a refresher. I had forgotten about the "standing on the shoulders of giants" quote, so it was nice to re-learn about that. I had missed class on Tuesday, so I missed whatever the cute cat links thing was. Also, it was a little difficult to keep up with all the things that were supposed to be done outside of class. For example, I didn't even realize that we had quizzes to do this week until it was too late. Plus, last Thursday when Ramon was going over how to do the infolit tutorial and how to submit it, I felt like it went way too fast, so when it actually came time for me to do it, I wasn't really sure what to do. Thank goodness for the instructional video on how to submit the tutorial!!! Regarding the research topic assignment, my team decided to just use the topic that we already had decided to use. I didn't realize before that the way I had phrased it, it was too general and broad. I was thinking about it specifically in my mind, but it didn't come out that way in the question. We have since narrowed it down a bit, and I'm looking forward to my teammates' feedback on the narrowed down version.