RJ 26

December 2, 2009 haleymull

My preparations for WA5 are coming along, slowly but surely. I am focusing on WA5 first, and then I will move into my online portfolio. I have already made my portfolio and added all the necessary pages. It is now a matter of filling it in and making it perfect! My WA5 is rough so far, I feel like I have a lot of questions on it. What confuses me is that I thought we were supposed to do a written research portfolio, so I have a three-ring binder filled with all my organized information. Then I found out it is an online portfolio, and I do not know yet how I am going to translate my information from written form to online in the format that Dr. Carter wants. I am working extremely hard and will be glad when this project is over! I feel like I never put it down. I do not need to worry about not having enough sources for WA5, I think I have well over 25. This makes my life easier when writing the final ethnography, but it makes it harder when I have to write annotations for all of them for WA5. The work will be worth it. I am overwhelmed at this point. I feel as though there is so much to be done and not enough time to do it in. All of my other classes have tests and finals I need to get ready for as well. So these next two weeks will probably be a living hell. Another question I came across is how do I cite a set of fieldnotes? or a research journal? To complete a draft of my Research Portfolio by Friday at noon, I need to get WA5 done, create an abstract, fill in the pages for research tools, artifacts, research journal, and my WAs. This sounds like so much to do in two days! I need to figure out how to link all of my material to it. If I have it saved in a word document on my computer, is there any way I can link it to that? Or do I have to upload it to the internet in order to link it? I am focusing on WA5 and my research portfolio for now, but then I will move into an outline of my final project. I already have a few ideas on how I want to organize it. I have a visual aid in mind for my presentations as well. I have plenty of information to compute data from, it is just a matter of organizing my data into a paper that is easy to follow, enjoyable to read, and has a good format. I plan to keep chugging through the hard times and make my way out on top! Positive attitudes have a lot of power, as does prayer!

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