Hi, my name is Kira and I am in my second year at York as a Professional Writing major. I am also considering minoring in Linguistics, but I haven't quite figured it out yet (the anthem of university students everywhere). I am an avid reader and movie watcher, and I also love to travel. Next year I am planning on doing an exchange through York at Oxford Brookes University in England, because they have an excellent publishing program and one day I would really like to work at a publishing company as a copy editor. Maybe one day I will even write a story of my own.
In this class, I suppose I would like to learn how to do research more efficiently. I would like to learn how to differentiate between what is important and what is not, and quickly. I spend a lot of my research time collecting information that I don't use in the long run. I have had some experience with research in the past, and I have used RefWorks and other such referencing software and some research databases, but I would not say that I am an expert. Not even close. I used these research databases for a science paper that I wrote last year about whether or not cellphones could be attributed to the formation of cancer cells, and for another paper about homeopathic treatments and whether or not they really work. I also did a lot of research on the effects that dance and movement therapy has on mental illness. I enjoy researching scientific inquiries and collecting data from different studies, but I also like learning about historical events and people. One of my favourite research projects that I worked on was about the life and works of Sylvia Plath.
I don't have a whole lot of experience with radio or podcasting, although I just started making my own video game Let's Plays, which, in part, involves recording my own voice. I do listen to a few podcasts. In fact, I just finished listening to a Rooster Teeth Podcast, which is what reminded me that I had to write this blog post. All in all, I am quite excited to record my own podcast, but also very intimidated because I am not very good at talking. At all. But I have chosen a few topics that I am considering using for the podcast, which I have realised is probably unavoidable, and they are Lexicon Valley, because I really love language and etymology, or Everyday Einstein/The Science Times (I cannot see a difference between the two) because I like researching scientific studies, particularly if they are controversial. I suppose we will see where things go from there...
In this class, I suppose I would like to learn how to do research more efficiently. I would like to learn how to differentiate between what is important and what is not, and quickly. I spend a lot of my research time collecting information that I don't use in the long run. I have had some experience with research in the past, and I have used RefWorks and other such referencing software and some research databases, but I would not say that I am an expert. Not even close. I used these research databases for a science paper that I wrote last year about whether or not cellphones could be attributed to the formation of cancer cells, and for another paper about homeopathic treatments and whether or not they really work. I also did a lot of research on the effects that dance and movement therapy has on mental illness. I enjoy researching scientific inquiries and collecting data from different studies, but I also like learning about historical events and people. One of my favourite research projects that I worked on was about the life and works of Sylvia Plath.
I don't have a whole lot of experience with radio or podcasting, although I just started making my own video game Let's Plays, which, in part, involves recording my own voice. I do listen to a few podcasts. In fact, I just finished listening to a Rooster Teeth Podcast, which is what reminded me that I had to write this blog post. All in all, I am quite excited to record my own podcast, but also very intimidated because I am not very good at talking. At all. But I have chosen a few topics that I am considering using for the podcast, which I have realised is probably unavoidable, and they are Lexicon Valley, because I really love language and etymology, or Everyday Einstein/The Science Times (I cannot see a difference between the two) because I like researching scientific studies, particularly if they are controversial. I suppose we will see where things go from there...
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