Chapter 1 & 8 William Badke Assignment #1

Posted on February 2, 2012 by cruzanthonymark

William Badke brings up interesting point of views such as making the reader
realize that research isn’t all about gathering a huge mass of information but also to
“strategize” how these information that the researcher have gathered will be utilized in a way that is more beneficial to him/her in terms of organization and structure.

Chapter 1 talks about how the researcher is presented various types of angles to tackle his/her own research project and that getting started with these fundamentals are required whereas Chapter 8 discusses how the researcher can take the huge amount of information that he/she has gathered and turn it into a more direct knowledge through different methods such as quoting, summarizing, and/or paraphrasing.

Overall I agree that there are a lot of different factors as well as approaches to gathering various kinds of information and Chapter 1 and 8 are about the basics of gathering resource and turning it into your very own respectable work.

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Chapters 1 & 8

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Suly Paredes

Researching is the main thing I been doing since I was younger. I have been curious on certain topics from the moment I was allowed to use a computer in the library. Personally, in what William Badke stated about the change in learning, in chapter 1, I believe that if society took time to teach the younger generation a certain routine to learn, that the knowledge in children will be used much different than how it is today. If finding the information on the computer that’s using the same text from the original published book, what is the point of researching on the Web? In my opinion, society has gotten lazy to even do any physical activities. I’m lazy myself but only when it comes to hand writing. My biggest weakness in literature has been note taking. In chapter 8, William’s note taking tip can come in handy to limiting the notes. I sometimes think to myself, “why did I write that?” For notes I take, William makes some interesting points, even for bad note takers. So far I’m intrigued by everything he has to say about researching. I can definitely learn a thing or two.

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Notes from today, and reading for Monday, February 6

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Anne Leonard

Today we viewed a timeline of information technologies, considered the future of information technologies, and learned about the information cycle from a video produced by UTK Libaries.

Chapter 1 of Badke raises some important issues that we did not fully discuss. Consider the concept of information “gatekeepers;” how does gatekeeping affect what information you have easy access to, and how is it evolving? Review Badke’s Warning on page 17 and consider the criteria you use to determine the quality of information.

For Monday, February 6, please read Pavlik (distributed in class) and Harrington and Meade, the Executive Summary from read:write, found on pages 6-9. Also view two videos from Common Craft:  Blogs in Plain English and Wikis in Plain English. Write one reading response blog post.

If you are having persistent problems with your OpenLab account, be sure to contact OpenLab Help, and let me know when and how your issues are resolved.

~Prof. Leonard

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chapters 1 and 8, William, Badke.

Posted on February 1, 2012 by ragoo8111

I find William Badke to be a no nonsense kind of guy. He has no problem cutting through the chaste , simplifying the complexities of research and documentation. I totally disagree with him in calling a good light read ” Escapist fiction ” and referring to those who fondly read it as gluttens.” Research is not for gluttens” , who then will have the thurst and drive to sift through all that data? Rightly so he has put the craft that is research into an easy to follow system diagram and all. But a little attitude adjustment would have given him a more convincing edge . Maybe things might change as I read on…

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Badke reading, ch 1 & ch 8

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Michael.M

Reading these two chapters from Badke’s book actually was pretty interesting I might say so myself. Not only does he bring up major points about today’s society being altered to the extent an individuals knowledge is somewhat overlooked, but he also attempts to help this generation to cope with it and be even better.

Badke in ch 1 jumps right into the fact that people today rely too much on the internet for their information without really knowing if the work is fact or someone elses opinion. This is simply caused by the removal of our website publishers, better known as the “Gatekeepers” , which were in place to make sure this would not happen. It is just a terrible idea I believe, to even have them become obsolete because it is almost wiping out the need for intelligent people who have the facts since others fancy the internet instead.

In ch 8 however, I actually appreciate what Badke had to say. We all know that not all of us actually take notes of what we are looking for while we research but we just take all the information at once hoping to scan it and find the answers to all our problems there. Well Badke brings up a good point, that we should be taking notes of the important information that will help answer our questions and reading the introduction should aid in choosing the right piece to help with research. In other words, pacing yourself with time and using notes or outlines can even help with research even better. There is never a better way to do research than the old fashion way, by doing it all on your own.

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Research Strategies by William Badke: Preface, Chapter 1, and Chapter 8

Posted on February 1, 2012 by evortega

Just by reading the preface, chapter 1, and chapter 8, I can tell that this book by Williams Badke is going to be interesting.

In the beginning of chapter 1, Badke stated the purpose of information and how we depend on it to survive. Before the World Wide Web, knowledge was carried by people who qualified, meaning that certain people were chosen to wield information. Now since the WWW is around, no one has to look for the person with the correct info. However, since gatekeepers are no longer need for publishing, anyone can publish work about anything. It may be true. It may be false.

In chapter 8, Badke states that when you first start your research, start by reading the title, preface, and introduction. These are the key steps to gaining really good information. The table of contents and index also help narrow down your area of research. Note-Taking is an important procedure that must be taken in order to obtain information. When one take notes, one must never copy the information word for word! Plagiarism is a serious crime that involves one taking credit or another person’s work. To avoid plagiarism, one must summarize/paraphrase the information in there on words. Taking credit for ones work is a serious offense and has serious penalties. Never attempt to plagiarize.

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Badke Chapter 1 & Chapter 8

Posted on February 1, 2012 by egonzalez

In Chapter 1 of Research Strategies Badke walks us through the amazing evolutionary journey that information has undergone along with the pros and cons. Before print, information was only passed on orally, this limited the amount of people who had access to it but at the same time it ensured its accuracy because only qualified individuals were allowed to pass on information. With Gutenberg inventing the printing press, information became more secure and accessibility increased, but this did not help those who were illiterate. “Gatekeepers” (a.k.a publishers) controlled what would be printed and what would not, this was mainly based on things such as reliability or entertainment value. The internet came along in the early 1990’s and suddenly anyone in any part of the world had an endless wealth of information at their fingertips. But as Badke puts it “any fool can publish anything he or she wants to say”, thus one must take what they read on the internet with a grain of salt, till it can be validated.

In Chapter 8, Badke tackles “Learning How to read for Research”. I appreciated Badke’s acknowledging how many students lack the time a research paper requires, whether it’s because of the mountains of other assignments, jobs, or just the fact that reading for 114.1 hours is impractical. He offers several insightful tips to save you time and aggravation. For example he tells you how to “get to know the material without reading it all”, and stresses the importance of taking good notes along the entire process. He breaks down a process that for most can be excruciatingly painful.

Throughout Badke has a sense of humor, I for one have always absorbed more information and found learning easier when the one teaching does so with a light heartedness rather than in a rigid, up tight manner.

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Electronic Information: The chameleon cometh

Posted on February 1, 2012 by darren732

E-documents as stated in Ch. 1 have been questioned over as to what they really are.

If an exact copy of a paper document was made into electronic format is it the same? At first glance many would state yes. Yet as stated by Badke referencing (Marshall McLehan the Canadian techno philosopher) “The medium is the message.” The content is malleable and has the ability to morph into something different in various ways i.e. format , fonts, color, and distributed widely whereas traditionally worked paper documents are linear in fashion. E-documents can be added to with hyperlinks and references to enhance and in some cases confuse in their making. The sheer ability to change what you read at a moment’s notice is power that can enhance and yet change a point of view. This also touches upon the reliability of the information. With varied forms comes at times a dilution of the original message and intent of the information. Or in some cases a radical change in direction. With the web abounding with information in its varied forms good and bad. The concept of gatekeepers and peer review helps to stabilize some of what can happen if e-documents are let loose without some control. The old maxim “Trust yet Verify” is a well learned practice and fits in working and researching on the web for any electronic document.

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Research Strategies Chapters 1 and 8

Posted on January 31, 2012 by cj

When i first started reading chapters 1 and 8 i definitely could relate to what Mr. William Badke was talking about how to research. In chapter 1 i liked when he discussed about false research and how it deals with generalities and surveys. It loves a superficial look at a big topic, and abhors depth and analysis. I like how he describes how us students think about when we enter a library researching for a book and we find it but we get frozen up on how to get started on writing the paper because we don’t know what topic we are going to write about, nor how to get started. I could relate to that because i always freeze when i have to research something and i don’t know what my topic is going to be about, but i like what he is trying to explain to us and that is to have confidence on what you are doing.

In chapter 8 i like how he discusses note taking, to me i believe that if students can take good notes i think they can pass all of there classes without any problems nor complaints. It’s always good to refresh your memory on things and to help you write a good research paper when it comes o thinking about what your topic is going to be about. Mr.Williams Badke’s book is very interesting and i can’t wait to read the rest of his chapters.

 

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Something Old Something New

Posted on January 31, 2012 by matty65

In chapter 8 of the text Research Stratagies Badke discusses a number of techniques aimed at streamlining the research process, “The connoisseur’s approach,” as Badke calls it. For the most part i found the majority of this information to be quite elementary. Most fifth grade students, at least the ones that went to PS 213, where masters at using the table of contents and the indexes to polish of their science homework in under 20 minutes. What I found useful was Badke’s suggestions one slicing through the thick rhetoric of journal and articles by seeking an abstract or attempting to locate the “key proposition.” I also thought that Badke’s suggestions on how to evaluate your sources to be valuable. With all the stuff floating on the Net, it’s very easy to run across websites that border on insanity. I like the fact that Badke includes many references to websites (some are Free) to assist you in your research.

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