Week Three: Researching

For week three we were able to focus a lot more on our research papers and decide what we were wanting to research and find sources to back up the research. I had a hard time trying to figure out what I wanted to write about because I kept thinking that my topic was way too broad, however, after talking to Joyce I found that starting out broad and then narrowing your topic down a bit was not a bad idea. The readings this week were based on helping us to research and to better understand the effectiveness of an online course. This information was really insightful; however, this was not the most interesting thing I learned this week. What I am going to talk about in my blog today is that ezine.com site that I have been discussing a lot with the students. I am so excited to learn about this site, I just can’t seem to stop talking about.
I found this website fascinating. I cannot believe I had never heard of this site before, but it is most definitely something I wish I would have known about in high school even. I do not know how many paper I have written than I could have used this site for, but it is more than I can count on two hands. This site is easy to access, easy to navigate, and extremely helpful in the researching process of a paper. It makes me wonder why I had not heard of this before. I am so excited to learn more about this site and find out all I can learn from it. The first thing I typed into the search box on the site was "future technology" and the first entry that popped up with exactly what I had been looking for as an article to use for my paper all week. I wish I would have looked at the discussion board earlier because it would have made the researching process that much easier. I am relieved to realize that I never have to worry about looking up an academic-worthy website on Google very often anymore.
Even after two minutes of being on the site, checking out how to do everything and finding the search icon I was able to find a really reliable and interesting article that would really help my paper. This is the website of what I found (http://ezinearticles.com/?Future-Concepts-and-Modern-Advances-in-Technology;-Good-or-Bad?&id=96962). I would urge ever one of my classmates to at least attempt to look at this website a little. Trust me; it will be worth your while.