Well, from some of the comments I have received, it seems that many of you are happy about going to the computer lab on Wednesday’s now to work on blogs. I am glad that many of you have expressed your liking for this, and for various reasons. Some of you just like to blog, and that is GREAT! I know for some of you, you just like to be on the computer and type or communicate with your peers, but what many of you may not realize is that, every single time you get on the computer and write, no matter what you’re writing for, you are PRACTICING your writing skills. That is the BEST way to get better and become stronger, more skilled writers! (JUST PLEASE, DO NOT WRITE IN TEXT/IM STYLE- WRITE IN FULL WORDS, USE PUNCTUATION, AND CAPITALIZE WHEN NECESSARY- NO ALL CAPS!!) I encourage you to keep up the work and always, always put quality effort into that work. I will continue to do my best at providing opportunities for you all to use more fun ways to express yourself in written form, AS LONG AS YOU ALL CONTINUE TO DO YOUR PART by actively participating and engaging in the assigned tasks. =)

Okay guys, this is the first weekly blog “task”. From now on, every Wednesday you will be coming to the computer lab to work on blogs. I will have a specific task that I want you to do. You will only be using my post to read the assignment. You will then write  a post on YOUR page that relates to the assignment. Give it a title that relates both to what you are writing in your post AND to what the assignment was. Today’s assignment is to take me through the steps you took to conduct research on your specific topic. Not everyone went to the same places to get information. We all learned the same steps in class (Think back to all the steps you have had to take up until now), but everyone has their own specific topic. In your post, you need to explain how you chose your topic and discuss what different things you decided that your audience would want or need to know about your topic. Then continue explaining the steps you went through (Once you chose your topic, what did you do? What did you do after that? And after that? And so on…).

Basically, I want you to teach someone how to go through the research process.