Wednesday, November 30, 2011

ZOOOOM 2041!

Dear Henry, (yes that is my notebook’s name!)
Today is August 27th, 2041. It’s a memorable day indeed, since I turned eighteen today and it’s the first day of college!! I started my day off with robobuddy waking me up! He censored off with playing dubstep mixed with techno.  Afterwards, he propped right up onto my shoulder to lead me to the kitchen. I was wondering what all the commotion was about, but robobuddy said it was a surprise! He had made me breakfast: fruit loops with OJ (just the way I like it). Then, I and robobuddy go through all the goals I need to check off for the day and simultaneously tap the touch screen panel on the wall that lights up and plays the local news and headlines. From there, I slip on an outfit and grab my MEGA 2000(a digital device that has everything all compact into a pad). Everything is accessible through codes and finger print readers. I start my car up and head to FGCU. It’s funny how fast vehicles have transformed; they are operated by the tone of your voice and solar powered. While on campus, there are rebooting stations that are intended for recharging electron devices.  As I am walking to the library, I communicate with Neel (a friend) through hologram. We discuss what we plan on doing later that day with Lisa, we are a trio pack. We were thinking about going to the BOX, a music store that has all the latest streaming videos and tracks. Garbage bags seems to be the new “in” on fashion, maybe lady gaga had something to do with it? I’m not a person who joins the band wagon, so I’ll stick to my own swag. Food in the present is legit. They have all vitamins in liquid now, at your desired taste. I pick bubblegum flavor for my omega 3’s and iron. At the bookstore, I pick up a purplelicious plum and zesty water and charge it on my card (it’s universal, used on all my spending). Then I head to class, where 75% is hybrid and done virtually and the other 25% is done by the t main. (new word for teacher.) After that, I call it a day. So, I input my headphones onto my MEGA 2000 and blast the volume up while greeting my friends with our dance routine. It’s common to dance to express emotions now. This generation has kicked it to the next level.  Once home, robobuddy and I reunite. He reads my face and says: “awesome day?” I reply: “yeah bud.”Then we watch cartoons until we KO.


Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Epic Skunk Man!

What I gathered from the tutorial was that the skunk ape indeed has scientific evidence for the speculative science of cryptozoology. This made me want to badly go on a legitimate sasquatch hunt! Sure, it’s rather weird to have a curiosity for an unnatural species, but I would enjoy taking part in this scary and adventurous journey to experience the adrenaline!

Enough with my rambling, the skunk ape tutorial is a positive tool that helps aid students link general ideas into more advanced researching methods and link useful resources together to complete a task. The tutorial was subdivided into four different modules that were interactive and hands on, so it would be effective. The part I really enjoyed was module three, about the different types of mediums that can be used; such as: articles, books, e-books, journals, movies/DVD’s, and newspapers. I am not the tech savvy kid, but the tutorial did help me navigate through the library catalog and databases to help identify what are the important links and content to cover, so I could manage to find needed information. I knew some basic hints from Mrs. MLE herself, from the summer term. I remember how she gave a brief synopsis about the library services, and how it is located on the FGCU’s website.

What I need to know about basic research is to be capable of identifying what a scholarly journal is, or a peer review article. For instance, a majority of college professors teach text based material and if they were to assign a paper, I would need to find an appropriate reliable source that has accurate factual data. 

Three things I did NOT know before the tutorial:

1.      How a skunk ape looked like:





2.      That all advertising in non-factual media is written in subtle words (easy reading)

3.      That this tutorial is required to take for composition courses

Three things I DID know before the tutorial:

1.      In order to check out a book, you must step into the library!

2.      The library services website is located on the FGCU’s homepage

3.      The difference between popular vs. factual data information