Writers Reflection
When deciding a topic for my inquiry three paper, I kept in
mind that this would be the most strenuous assignment we have had all class,
which is why I chose a topic I enjoy. In the beginning stages of this inquiry
we were assigned daily research blogs. In high school, we had to do research
for papers but nothing like the research we were required to do for this class.
Right off the bat Mr. Cummings told us that we needed to dig deep and really
search out research by looking past the first couple pages of results, use many
different research tools and actually read academic articles instead of just
Google searching your topic. After my first research blog I realized I didn’t
fully grasp what that meant. After reading others research blog, I understood
how to conduct good research. They took the most useful information and showed
how they would apply that to their paper. When searching for research on my
topic I would simply just put my topic, how has the advancements in technology
negatively impacted the movie industry, in the search engine and see what
results popped up. Now I understand how to search for research. When looking
for information on my topic I searched keywords such as technology and movies
or file sharing and movies. Through the process of conducting research for this
inquiry I have learned how to gather research from articles and apply the
information to my paper. This has prepared for later on in academia when doing
research. I now know where to look and how to find the main points in an article.
When writing the rough draft for inquiry three I had a basic
layout of my paper in mind. I wanted to first show how because of the
advancements in technology have affected the stories of movies. After that I
wanted to shed some light on how the studios just want to make for money off of
advancements such as 3D. Finally I wanted to show how new technology like file
sharing has taken millions away from the industry. I realized after our Google
hangout that I was so caught up in providing information that I didn’t share my
own voice or give my own opinions. I didn’t add my own style to the paper.
When revising my
essay I really tried to focus on using the PIE acronym with every paragraph. For
almost every paragraph I had a piece of the pie but never the whole thing. In
my paragraph about how 3D movies are causing a rise in ticket prices. I had a
lot of research but I never stated my point. I stated facts about this rise in
tickets prices and how that has caused people to not go to the movies, which ultimately
cause theaters to close but never connected back to my main thesis. Using the
acronym I established that movies are getting so expensive that people cant
afford to see them which hurts the movie industry. After revising my paper I
knew I had found something that would be useful to me not only in this class
but also in all my classes. No matter what I’m writing a paper on I will be
able to use the PIE acronym to help to help construct a well-written essay.
Once I finished my paper, I began the remediation process. I
wrote my paper first and then remediated my paper into a Google presentation
because, for me, it was easier to have my paper written and then convert the
paragraphs to PowerPoint slides.
Throughout making the presentation, I thought very carefully about how I
would create the slides. What color the slides should be, what font, how big,
the transitions between slides, and animation I used to present the
information.
When creating the slide about 3D movies, I thought back to
the videos and lectures we watched about making powerful presentation. A key
ingredient all the text gave was to use all little about of words on your
slides. This gives the words you do use more credibility, thought and power.
So, for this slide I decided to just say, “25% increase in ticket prices” on a
black background. For the 25% I enlarged the font and made the text a different
color from all the other words to draw the viewer’s attention to the
percentage. Another tool I gained from the videos and lectures was to engage
with your viewers through the presentation, ask them questions to get them
thinking about your topic. Keeping that in mind I decided to leave my viewers
with a question in the beginning and the end of my presentation. First I said,
advancements in technology positive or negative? You decide. I ended my
presentation with asking there what decision they made.
This process has taught we think more carefully about the
words I choose to use in my writing and in the web text I create. When I
created the 3D slide I an entire paragraph to draw information from. I chose to
only use the most important statistic that was the 25% rise in ticket prices.
This is a key fact I wanted to show my viewers. This is new skill I can put in
use in the but also in whatever I’m doing I will keep in mind to chose my words
carefully because my words have power.
Inquiry Four:
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