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Hope you all had great Halloween weekend and that you're not too hungover today. I spent my Halloween with my good friends and I had a great time!
I started out reading about how to do research in this weeks readings. When doing research it is important to know how to do it correctly in order to get the best results. Firsthand research is a good way to get the best outcome. Firsthand research includes observations, interviews, and surveys. When observing you can either participate and interact with the people you observe or you can conduct an unobtrusive observation method, which means that you do not interact––you simply observe and take notes. When observing it is important to not be bias. If you think you know the answer there is no point of doing the research and the chance is that it will be bias.
Another way to get firsthand research is through interviews. I chose to be extra attentive to this part of the reading since we are conducting interviews in the near future. Before an interview is conducted it is important to have the right questions. Writing good questions is difficult, as I think we all know by now. Here are some tips from the reading on writing good questions:
I found the second reading very interesting as I have never thought about reading in the way the author describes it. When I was reading the text I had the TV on. I like background noise when I study, don't ask me why but it helps. However when reading I have found it difficult to focus if I have disruptive elements around me. Reading with disruptiveness around you makes you focus on every word and every sentence. This is a way to get an understanding for the technique, word choices, format, and the way the author wants you to perceive the material. We have done this exact thing in class, when we did the analysis of the artifacts. We focused less on the message and more on the elements of the artifacts. Reading like this is a good way to decide what you like about the reading and what you don't like––would you use this technique in your own writing? It is like being a reading detective––you have to find out the underlying motives behind the authors choices. Read like a writer, or put in another context you should read like a carpenter would assess a project or how an architect looks at a building.
To the last part of this weeks assignment my interview questions:
Hope you all had great Halloween weekend and that you're not too hungover today. I spent my Halloween with my good friends and I had a great time!
I started out reading about how to do research in this weeks readings. When doing research it is important to know how to do it correctly in order to get the best results. Firsthand research is a good way to get the best outcome. Firsthand research includes observations, interviews, and surveys. When observing you can either participate and interact with the people you observe or you can conduct an unobtrusive observation method, which means that you do not interact––you simply observe and take notes. When observing it is important to not be bias. If you think you know the answer there is no point of doing the research and the chance is that it will be bias.
Another way to get firsthand research is through interviews. I chose to be extra attentive to this part of the reading since we are conducting interviews in the near future. Before an interview is conducted it is important to have the right questions. Writing good questions is difficult, as I think we all know by now. Here are some tips from the reading on writing good questions:
- narrow your topic down, be specific in your questions!
- don't make assumptions.
- ask about one thing at a time.
- avoid leading questions.
- make the interviewee elaborate on certain questions
- avoid closed-ended questions.
I found the second reading very interesting as I have never thought about reading in the way the author describes it. When I was reading the text I had the TV on. I like background noise when I study, don't ask me why but it helps. However when reading I have found it difficult to focus if I have disruptive elements around me. Reading with disruptiveness around you makes you focus on every word and every sentence. This is a way to get an understanding for the technique, word choices, format, and the way the author wants you to perceive the material. We have done this exact thing in class, when we did the analysis of the artifacts. We focused less on the message and more on the elements of the artifacts. Reading like this is a good way to decide what you like about the reading and what you don't like––would you use this technique in your own writing? It is like being a reading detective––you have to find out the underlying motives behind the authors choices. Read like a writer, or put in another context you should read like a carpenter would assess a project or how an architect looks at a building.
To the last part of this weeks assignment my interview questions:
- · How did you decide what you wanted to work with?
- · What were your motivations to get into it?
- · What is the most rewarding aspect of your work?
- · How do you stay relevant on the latest trends in your industry?
- · How often do you implement what you read about in your work?
- · What is the purpose of these writings?
- · What else do you use to supplement the academic readings you read to stay ahead?
- · How often do you cite or reference your academic readings to get a point across in your line of work?
- · What kind of prior knowledge do you need to have to read/understand these writings (if any)?
- · Did your education prepare you for reading these kinds of writings?
- · How much do you read (professionally) a week?
- · What would you call the genre of these writings?
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