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Week 1 We had our first lesson on the 1/2/11; we were given a quick explanation as to what we would be aiming to achieve by doing this subject, why it was necessary and what we would have to undertake in the course in order to pass as well as a course outline. We also learnt a little about Wikispaces and were subsequently invited by Mr Stav to join the ‘Stage 1 Research Project’ page, where we would be building our research projects. Also as part of the lesson we did a learning style survey in which we would find out how we learn best. Therefore giving us the opportunity to find group members that were in the other styles of learning as to create a group which was able to gather and analyse information the most efficient way. I found out that I was fairly balanced learner, but more so in group 1 and 4, which are Innovative and the Dynamic Learning styles. I learnt how to use the Wikispace page and have spent the following lessons familiarising with it. I learnt things such as how to create a ‘//New Page’//, send a post, how to edit pages and just how to generally navigate the site.

Week 2 I began doing my ‘Starter Pack’ which is designed to help find things that you interested in and give some ways on how to begin your research project and to help find people with common interests to join up with. It turned out that Vinh and I had a lot in common and we decided to create our group. We also found out that Mr Stav had informed us wrongly, it wasn’t totally unexpected as this subject is new to all of us and is very confusing. So now instead of working in a group but focussing on different topics we all work on certain sections of the same one to create one big one. We then tried to decide on what our topic would be; as we both had interests along the lines of modern technology we tried to brainstorm what could be a possible topic in this area, with little success. So we decided to wait for Daniel to get back from his holiday and then invite him into our group and then decide on a topic. We also practiced some referencing using the Harvard Referencing System from [] Week 3 We watched some videos this week with Ms Miller which discussed the different types of sources that we could use and what type they were, (Primary or secondary). We learnt that primary sources could include interviews, notes, newspapers and oral recordings; while secondary sources could include documentaries, websites and some types of magazines. Journals are also a source but I am not sure of where they fit, whether they are primary or secondary. Daniel returned to school this week and he joined with me and Vinh. At first he agreed to do something along the lines of technology with us, after much debate we decided that we should do online gaming. After all this we had problems still with our topic choice so then Daniel proposed the idea of Martial Arts as a topic, I agreed with some hesitation.

Week 4 We were shown how to make surveys using the ‘//Survey Monkey’// website that Mr Stav had found. This week a lot happened within the group, we lost a member but gained another member therefore all the group dynamics had changed. Vinh had decided after much discussion with me that he would leave to create his own group focussing on //‘Online Gaming Addiction’//, he offered an invitation to his group. I declined and decided to continue with the Martial Arts topic with Daniel and new member Ali. I was a bit lost to begin with as this week was very spontaneous and I found it hard to deal with the extra stresses of the changing group. We also worked on creating a survey for martial arts. Hopefully by the end of the week we can upload the finished copy.



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