Monthly Archives: March 2012

Research Topic

Creating and catering a research topic from a list of what the class has discussed over the past few weeks is a daunting task and intimidating knowing that I will be stuck with what I pick for the rest of … Continue reading

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Notes from today, and reading/homework for Wednesday, March 21

Today we discussed more research strategies and used bubbl.us to map concepts and identify questions and concepts related to your research questions. On Wednesday, we’ll discuss (and do) advanced internet searching, using some of the tools from last week: Boolean … Continue reading

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Research Topic

  Not as easy as it sounds when you have to make it as narrow as possible. During this past week I have centered mine around piracy and copyright law. Yet it is a wide subject and filtering and changing … Continue reading

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Research Topics

I didn’t know it was going to be this hard to find an interesting research topic.  We have discussed so many different topics and yet it is still very difficult to choose.  I’ve decided to look back on every assignment … Continue reading

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RESEARCH TOPIC MY “NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK.”

Finding my research topic has ,I admit really been a challenge to me . I have been exposed to so much information lately. All of which has been equally beneficial to me. Badke offers me some sort of formula through … Continue reading

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Research Development

Coming up with a question for a research paper, became much harder than I beleived. Aside from picking a very broad topic, the main question I ask myself is, “how can I narrow down this topic?”. I tend to look … Continue reading

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Research Journal Entry #1

For some reason, developing a research/essay proposal has always been difficult for me. From knowing what to say, how to say it, and making sure if it’s all relevant to my topic. Unfortunately, I’m still having some difficultly trying to … Continue reading

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Researching SOPA and Copyright Laws

Having read Badke’s words on picking a research topic, choosing SOPA and copyright laws could be equated to shooting my own foot (sorry. I just finished watching the Season Finale of The Walking Dead), since SOPA is a fairly recent … Continue reading

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Coming Up with a topic to Research

I wouldn’t say that writing the paper is the difficult part about this project, but instead, it is coming up with a topic that you won’t lose interest in. I seem to have a lot of ideas that could turn … Continue reading

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Research Topic

While working on choosing a topic and developing a research question I find that a difficulty that I’m continuously having is that rather then come up with a question that my paper will answer, I’m coming up with thesis statements … Continue reading

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