Blog Entry 4

  Over the years you are thrown into school at a very young age beginning as early as pre-school, you are taught basic principles of manners, ways to make new friends and being sociable.  Everything you are taught and being influenced by as you are growing up make your tactics, characteristics and morals what they are today.  As we begin to step our toes into more advanced learning we gain a sense of how we work the best, what conditions we work best around and the greatest way of increasing our knowledge in a way we can understand it the best.  Most people gain a routine of what works best for them but as we are gradually having to take on a bigger work load and other life obstacles we learn that our past routines aren't good enough to keep up with the process of globalization.  Things are changing constantly around us because of globalization, technology is becoming more prominent and because so we are having to adjust our lifestyles.  The only problem is that it is extremely hard to change your process of researching, studying and writing when you have been taught to do it certain ways.  

    Without research it is almost impossible to learn new techniques, tactics and increase your knowledge of how things are being done as well as how things are changing.  I research artifacts the way I do today because it is the way I have been taught for years and years on end.  Those tactics have been taught to me through their experiences of researching which have been taught to them by that particular persons way of researching so on and so forth.  There are millions of different ways of researching, studying, writing and critical thinking.  It just depends on the geographic region in which you grew up and literacy sponsors that helped influence you towards your way of thinking and writing.  Just in the United States alone if one shadowed a particular teacher for a particular subject then went right down the road to the nearest school and had the same concept for the same subject then the learning styles being taught would be exceptionally different from the other.  I believe because the setting around one person and how much discourse communities have an effect on that person translate towards how he or she may write in the future.  One of the most important steps to creating a good paper is the research because it is the backbone of the whole paper.  How can you create an outline without knowing anything about the subject, and even if someone already knows a significant amount about the subject it still takes research to help base ideas of ones own thoughts.  "The most important research tip that we can offer you here is: don't rely on the Internet."  A main reason is because you will be able to find useful information about the subject online and be able to use those minor details within the paper but in articles one will find the in depth analysis of the subject.  I have learned first hand that this is true because we have had the options of using sources online and through the library where I could find books, articles, educational videos about my subject.  These findings wouldn’t just be facts and statements but they went the distance to develop in depth analysis of the subject.  These sources would give the background history of the subject while giving the audience interested in that subject the information of studies and findings.   I believe because of the way we have grown up in a more technological background that we are shifting away from the old fashion library, and moving towards online study.  Only because the Web is much easier to access from home and is less time consuming then making trips to the library. 

            As we grow up within a world of change, we as people have to adjust to it in many ways including economically, politically, globally and most importantly technologically.  If we are partaking in a worldwide global spread of international flows then it is important to stick to our base roots and original way of receiving information.  These advancements have made alternative ways of finding articles through the library and making it more accessible for the public.  Through literacy sponsors, educational development, and discourse communities we will be able to feed off one another to research, analyze, and write to the point papers that will keep our audience interested.

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Secound Entry

One of my self directed research activity was researching a venue to hold a couple DJ's to perform in the area that I normally hold my Teen Clubs. Growing up in Asheville I knew a couple venue's already that could hold over thousands of people because it had to be large enough to make my money back from getting the booking of the famous DJ's such as DJ Pauly D , DJ Double Take and a couple other well known DJ's as well. I started researching from the venue I wanted to get the most, which was the Civic Center in Downtown Asheville. I then looked for the bookings information online and contacted the person for bookings. She gave me the run down consiting of the capacity, booking fee, legal agreements and so on and so forth. I then researched other venues from there but they have to have a capacity of 3,000 people or more.

I approached this process by really getting an idea of what and how I wanted my questions answered. From their I found the right resources and re read my sources over and over again to get a good understanding of them. I find with re reading something I get different understandings of the same point, furthermore giving myself a well rounded answer to my question. I found many similarities in my research process because you have to begin somewhere, and when you have a beginning point you may extend the process of what you are trying to do and how you are trying to accomplish it. After I have done so I try to find the best possible choices, just like I am trying to find the best possible resources in comparison to the venues I am choosing. I really engage in research when I am understanding the topic and have interest in the topic I am researching. Researching is a complicated process and probably the most difficult part of the writing process because with the best sources you can get the best information which translate to your paper being the best it can be. I think that if you fully understand your topic through research you will be able to take your paper to new heights.

I have learned a great amount of things about my research and how I begin to research, with understanding how I research I was able to perfect and change the ways of my research. I think in doing so it will positively effect the outcome of my papers because I have a good base from where to start. Just like a building, if it doesn't have a strong sturdy base, then it will all come crashing down. I think research is like the base of a building.