This week, we’re just beginning our research project, the reflective annotated bibliography. Before we get into the details of the project, what you need to know is that you’re going to do some research and share it in the form of a bibliography (you’ve probably done one of these any time you had to list your sources for something you wrote) plus annotations, or notes, about that source (again, details to follow). For Project #3, you’ll be conveying what you learned in your research to a group of your choosing using a genre of your choosing.
But before we can get started with any of that, let’s think of what we want to learn more about. We’re reading the Declaration of Independence as an example of a document written in protest, so we can think more about protest, or about stances people take to stand up for something (or against it).
For this discussion, add a comment in which you list different topics–whether you understand them well yet or not–that you might have to or want to take a stand on in your job or in your dream job in hospitality. What are choices you would need to make running your own kitchen, working as a concierge in your dream hotel, planning events, etc.
When we have a longer list of these ideas, we can start thinking about which we want to learn more about, and then we can start our research to find out more about the topic, so that we can become more knowledgeable and share that knowledge with people who need to know it (that’s Project #3).
These topics can come from work you’ve started in your other HMGT courses, things you encounter at work, things you read about in your favorite hospitality-related sources, your own experiences, experiences of mentors or others you know in the industry, etc.
As more of you comment, we’ll start to see topics trending. Also, if you want to reply to a classmate instead of directly to this post, you can click the REPLY to their comment. That would be great to do if you want to build on topics already mentioned in classmates’ comments.
Topics could be: Are GMOs good or bad? ( since it is a controversial subject, would like to research more about it.)
What factors influence medical tourism location selection?
How does a country’s economic situation affect local tourism?
Ia, these are great topics, and I like how you’re already taking the next step and turning topics into questions.
I would like to talk about is the controversy in some food ingredients like saffron, and other ingredients.
•How does social media affect the hospitality industry?
•How does hospitality impact developing countries?