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
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