This week we are finishing up on our genres and writing our references. As I have mentioned before, I am doing my connecting genre on power point. I have been very busy this week and have not had the chance to sit down and really be able to focus on it. I arrived at my house in Bridgeport yesterday and am going to work on it while I am here. Sometimes I feel like I can concentrate more when I am not in my apartment—I get distracted there too easily. I am going to email my references to the mailing list too. While I have been finding information, I have been keeping track of all my resources. Now, all I need to do is organize and put them in APA form. Although, I feel like I have a lot of work to do, I left my weekend open so that I would have enough time to get everything done. Between this and my other classes, time seems to go by too fast!!

Well this week went well. We were supposed to keep researching and working on our projects, while still helping people in our group. As I continue to do my research, I am finding that it is easier to get information off the World Wide Web than it is to get off Marshall’s library site. I think it’s because I feel more comfortable using the World Wide Web because that is what I am used to. The problem is that I have to be sure the site I am using is trust worthy; I do not want to be putting information that is not valid. I’ve been continuing to use the library search because I know it is valid and is a place to find good sources and, actually, the more I use it, the better I am able to find the information that I want. So, hopefully, when I am done with my project, I will have good resources AND be able to use the library search more often to my advantage. Not to jump to another subject, but, I have decided that I am going to do power point as my genre to bring everything together. I think this will be a good way to connect all the genres. I hope that will work!!

Well this week went along pretty well. My goal for this week was to keep on try’in with my research and not get discouraged. Like I’ve said before, I get pretty nervous and stressed with school assignments, so I’m trying to not do that as much. This week I continued to work on my MRP and come up with another genre. As of now, I am still not sure which one is going to be next. I have been trying to figure out how I am going to connect all of my genres together. I’ve been brainstorming on the best way to do that. Even though I am not going to work on it until all of the other ones are done, it is important that I figure out which genre I am going to use for bringing them together. I thought a lot about it while we were talking on MOO and got to hear a lot of ideas, so that was positive for me. As I’ve been writing, I checked my project prospectus and I think I am going to do a referral letter for my next genre. I’m not sure what all that includes and I really haven’t learn about referral letters yet (I’m assuming I will learn more about them in one of my classes at a later time), so I may be at a disadvantage.