As with any paper, when I first start out writing, I get stuck right at the beginning–not sure how to begin. So I try to follow my own advice–advice I tend to give to others–and just begin writing, I begin stringing a few sentences together, and continue until it makes some sense. I feel I have enough material to write this paper, so I should just sit down and write it already.

As with all my research writing assignments the bulk of the worry that goes into it is the research. The researching begins with my web browser open with a dozen tabs because I want to make sure the topic I pick has the ability to be broken down and explained enough to fulfill the requirements of the paper. Nothing will drive me more insane than being stuck at 500 words and nothing to say because I have not accumulated enough peer-reviewed articles as source materials. I believe for the contemporary references it would be good to have sources from web articles so striking a good balance between peer reviewed and web articles. So right now I am gathering all the interesting and/or detailed articles that I can so that I will have a lot of reference just in case I get stuck for whatever reason will I am writing. I want to right about a modern topic such as Esports or the Internet of things but the peer reviewed works are focused on particulars and don’t really explain the topic well enough at least for me and my understanding.

I have the idea in mind on what to write and how to progress through it. However, looking at the library database had been proven to me to be not an easy task. The articles found in the library database are really lengthy and sometimes confusing. Hence, I have to spend more time looking for suitable article to fit the concept of my paper. In addition, I had been looking at outside sources to gain more understanding on the topic I will be writing about.

The word I chose for my expanded definition is Firewall. So far I’ve got to my research stage of word using online library resources. I plan to go to the library to get further help. I think the librarians will be able to pull up more resources from the Cuny database then I’m getting when I just use the city tech resources. I think it will be a challenge to expand the word using 750-1000 words.

So far I been having a little difficulty writing the compare and contrast part of the assignment. On the other hand, searching a about the origin of a technical term has been challenging since as with many other technologies is hard to pin point a specific time of origin. Also, it has been rewarding because I learned how to search and use the Library database better.

Progress on the technical definition assignment is going  fine so far. For my technical definition assignment I will be defining the term “machine learning”. I believe I have the main three articles I am going to use already, although I am feeling a bit unsure about one of them. However, I believe it should be enough to rack up enough information to reach at least the bare minimum of 750 words. I am still looking for more sources to work with just to supplement the main articles.

Class,

This paper is coming along fine. Right now i am in the profess of narrowing down my article searches because i found so many pertaining to my topic. i am going to find a couple of articles that help me out the most and just keep those. I pretty much understand how i should be writing this paper and i am kind of looking forward to it.

For my scientific or technical term i used the word cyber bullying. So far information wise i have gathered at least 5 documents on the term. I have read through some of them and have an idea of how to format my definition.However for the cover memo I wish to finish my definition before starting that so i can have a meaningful abstract.

I wasn’t in class today, but seeing what the topic was, I figured I could add my thoughts about the assignment: the biggest hurdle was finding suitable articles to work from. I’ve had experience working from databases before, since I earned my Master’s degree in Information Design and Technology in 2012, and there was plenty of opportunity to write a research paper or two. But it’s not a preference of mine, particularly when searching through databases for articles, with charts and diagrams I may or may not understand. And sometimes the terminology used requires dictionary backup. I’m hoping I did OK on my assignment, because I could use some help transitioning between ideas, putting transition words to practice, and adding finesse to my writing.

The first assignment of 500 words summary is really a challenge for me. It’s not mean I don’t like writing or I am not willing to do assignment. For a student whose native language is not English like me, it’s difficult to find an applicable article from the library database. I have to spend a lot of time in reading the index.  At first, it’s really inefficiency. Later I did much better.