AdalbertoC: September 2009

Friday, September 25, 2009

09/23/09 Blog

Your Journal-
When writing a paper it is always better to finish it early so you can have time to edit and revise it. There are many different revision strategies. One revision strategy that works the best with me is using computer functions to check my spelling and grammar. Another great strategy is having a professor or teacher read it over allowing them to make comments and helping me making sure my paper is well written and ready to be turned in.

09/23/09 in-class session

NOTES:
Group 1- Writers Block/Plagiarism

Taking a break for 10-15 min
Avoid Myspace and Facebook
Talk to Professor
Plagiarism- Taking people's words
Don't procrastinate
Unaware vs. Aware

Group 2-

Accidental vs. Purposeful
Site works
International students are at risk of plagiarism
Preventing plagiarism
Paraphrasing
MLK format
Protect your own work

Group 3- Speeches

Types of speeches:
Research position
Groups
Extemporaneous Speech
Writing good speech:
Relate to Audience
Define Purpose
Building message

Group 4- Presenting Speeches/ Technology

Don't stutter
Know what you are talking about
Eye contact
Don't read notes
Practice
No "umms" and "like"
Don't turn back to audience
Technology:
Use different types
Powerpoints
Use bullets not paragraphs

09/21/09 Blog

Your Journal- One time I have observed someone giving a bad speech was during high school graduation. As the ASB President began her speech everyone realized it was going to be delivered badly. She began to stutter and wasn't loud enough for people to hear. Many people did not understand the whole speech. She should have been more prepared and confident, and her speech would have been great.

Self Portrait Poem

Adalberto

Confident, Strong, Perfect, Smart

Sandra. Betzy

Family, friends, Myself

Hungry, Happy, Hot

Money, Food, a License

Experience, Tips, Help

Height, Bats, Bad Teeth

Paris. Mexico, Barcelona

San Jose, Cureton

Cabello

Friday, September 18, 2009

Chapter 2 and 3

One bad habit that is hurting the way I manage time is my friends. I still have the mentality of going out with my friends and having fun is more important than school. I sometimes put all my homework and school work as my last priority because i can't stand not going out and having fun. I should really change this bad habit because it can really hurt me later on as school work gets harder and when I have to focus and study for exams and midterms.

MLK Library Tour

On September 9 our muse class took a trip to the MLK Library. At the MLK library we learned a lot of useful material that could help us out with many papers we may later have to write. One thing we learned was how to look for and use data basses and scholarly papers. Another thing we learned was that there is a different option to view books, which is viewing them online. We also learned how to look for books in the library. One important thing we learned which can be very helpful is Ref Works. Ref Works is a website that helps you write your bibliography for you as you do your research. I am glad we had the tour because I learned many things that will help make things easier.

Chapter 1 Review

Choosing a major is a really easy but complicated process. Before choosing you must really look into what interests you. You may also want to look at skills that you are good at. Seek out students who are studying in particular fields and ask them about the career and what it takes to reach it. No matter what, do not choose a career because your parents chose it for you or because all your friends chose that certain career. You choose what you want to be in life and always keep in mind that the career you choose is going to be the career for the rest of your life.

09/09/09 Session

Today's session wasn't like very other session. Today we took a trip to the Martin Luther King Library located here on our very own SJSU campus. At the library we learned many things that can help us with our schoolwork. Some of those things are RefWorks and looking up for books from the SJLibrary catalogue.

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

09/02/09 Session

Todays class session was fun. We talked about our trip to the library and we learned how to use Blackboard to turn in all our assignments.

Know Yourself- Activities are very important. The activities I enjoy the most is hanging out with my friends and family. When I'm with them we do activities such as bike riding, horse riding, hiking, and partying. All these activities are very fun and help you explore new things and feelings. None of these activities really relate to my career goal but they are very fun activities that everybody should try every once in a while.