Sare's Blog

I had taken pictures of the library that I typically go to when I have to study, do homework, or just want to read. This is Bird library, as you all should know. I shared some photos of my favorite spots here, I either find them very comfortable or I love the view that I can look off to. I also took a photo of the book I checked out, titled "Abortion Above the Law," because I found it to be interesting, especially because of the recent controversies revolving around this issue in the past few years. Now, to answer the question of how technology influences my relationship with the library, I don't think there is a significant impact. It definitely varies with the circumstance, however. This is because, if I have a lot of work to do, or it is finals week, I will definitely spend more time in the library compared to a regular week. This is because I have technology with me that makes this studying easier and more convenient. If I didn't, however, I would still go to...

I sent this out through my contacts to differerent people who are my age or younger (because younger audience is more inclined to consume technology compared to other age groups.)

Potential research questions: 1. What is the most effective writing tool? 2. Should technology have a predominant role in the classroom? 3. Does technology usage have an impact on students' mental health? For Question #1: - I asked my friend, Aya. She found this question to be very interesting, and something that we should definitely do further research on because especially now, there are a wide range of writing tools that student use. It'd be thought-provoking to see which one is best preferred for learning purposes. - I asked my other friend, Malak. She thought this question was interesting, too, but that it's too simple. She said I might want to expand on it to make the research more complex and multi-layered. - I asked my sister. She thought that this was a good question, but she suggested looking into differet age groups within this topic, because it might have different results. For Question #2: - I asked my friend, Malak again. She liked this question ...

TOPIC: What is the most effective writing tool to use when you're studying? #1: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/21/fashion/a-pencil-shop-for-texting-the-old-fashioned-way.html The New York Times article, “A Pencil Shop, for Texting the Old-Fashioned Way” by Molly Young captures a quick snap-shot of a humble pencil store located in Lower Manhattan. The purpose of this short article is to recognize the success of this pencil shop - she explains its unexpected success. Individuals are buying these pencils because they have unique features to them, such as different shapes, colors, or a low tech highlighter feature - all for very low prices as well. Additionally, the author cold be incouraging others to buy from this pencil shop, too, because of how she highlights all of the postive aspects about it. Moving on to the genre of this piece of writing, it is an article on the New York Times website. This means that their audience consists of everyone who has access to the Internet; ...

In the Unit 1 Portfolio, I completed a source analysis on an article in the New York Times about a pencil shop in lower Manhattan, and three other sources of my choice that were related to my research topic. For these three sources, two of them focused on scientific studies or research regarding the effectiveness of learning when using different writing tools, whether this is handwriting, typing, or with a digital pen. My other source was an article about the benefits and drawbacks of using technology in a learning environment. I wanted to use this source specifically because I wanted to hear both sides of the argument, and I thought I could potentially use certain information in my refuting paragraph. Because of this, I feel confident in the choices I made for my sources, I believe that each one will provide for me very useful and effective information. Additionally, I made sure that the website I was getting research from was reliable, so I checked for certain key things, like ...

TOPIC: What is the most effective writing tool to use when you're studying? #1: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/21/fashion/a-pencil-shop-for-texting-the-old-fashioned-way.html The New York Times article, “A Pencil Shop, for Texting the Old-Fashioned Way” by Molly Young captures a quick snap-shot of a humble pencil store located in Lower Manhattan. The purpose of this short article is to recognize the success of this pencil shop. She explains the unexpected success of it. Individuals are buying these pencils because they have unique features to them, such as different shapes, colors, or a low tech highlighter feature - all for very low prices as well. The genre of this piece of writing is an article on the New York Times website. This means that their audience consists of everyone who has access to the Internet; there isn’t a specific group they attain to, like researchers or different professions. which leads to a more casual tone. As a result, Young’s tone and language is k...

https://psychcentral.com/quizzes/personality-quiz#7 To begin, for this assignment I chose an online survey from a website named PsychCentral. The purpose of this quiz was to analyze the type of personality you have based mainly off of your body language and some behaviors. They asked things like where your hands are located when your friends are talking to you, how your legs are seated when you're relaxed, and how you act at social gatherings. When I took this test, I was surprised to see that I got results that said I was the "Lively Center of Attention," which stated that I was constantly the center of attention, and an always lively, amusing and interesting person. Although I associate some of these character traits to myself, I think I am definitely more of a relaxed, laid back person in a social setting. Another thing that was really interesting to me was when I made my siblings take this test. My sister, who is more of a "center of attention" person, got...