9th.Oct

In this class, we presented final presentation. In short, the point we should be careful is below.

-when we make slides, it should not use too many words. Make important point visual rather than writing.

-when we speak introduction, we should include member's name, why the members chose that topic and presented it, how long does the members take to make this presentation, and whole information should be aimed at getting listener's attention, and making them understand why they should listen to the presenters.

-about team work, they should manage the fluency of the presenting, help other members if they cannot speak accurately because of nervous, forgetting what they intend to say, etc.

29th.Oct

In this class, Rab did not come because he went to London, and Tina came to our class.
We made the presentation group at first, and discussed about presentation based on the paper Tiina gave us.

24th.Oct

In this class, Rab told us how to write the conclusion goodly. We should write the simple sentences to summarize the supporting idea. After that, he explained we can use photos in our essay as a source. Photo can explain something clearly, and obviously. Fro finding these photos, he old how to use google image and awesome screenshot and flicker.The three items can find nice photos to use, which is over 800•600 pixel.
By finding some photos to use in our own essay, we can memorized how to use these pages. Also, I have never thought I can use photos as a resource, so to know we can use photo in our essay widen my essay's content.

22nd.Oct

In this class, we did phycological test. We wrote favorite color, animals, and the kind of water, and the reason we like it. After that, Rab explained the reason of the color describes myself, the reason of the animal shows the Best Partner for themselves, the reason of the water indicate what we want about sex&love. Rab concluded what a people write about sometimes shows another fact like this phycological test.
Then, we discuss about whether the thesis statement of our own topic is same as what we really want to say.
After that, we discuss about "How much can we judge the action/happening based on today's standards?""How can we get double standards to write an essay from the neutral?".
By doing these activity in the class, I could recognize which position do I stand in my 2nd essay.Also, by discussing it with other classmate, I could widen my view point of the essay topic.
One thing I felt difficult was the connection between phycological test and the later discussion. I could understand the relationship between two, however, it took a little time for me to understand it.

17th.Oct

In this class, we learned how to use Evernote. It is really useful to save some articles or photos on the Internet. After that, we studied to use both Zotero and Evernote effectively by connecting these functions.
By taking the class, researching about the essay topic became much easier than I did before.

15th.Oct

In this class, we learned about essay's structure. Rab said we should not decide the thesis statement before researching about the topic, because it will be complicated if the factor of supporting the topic is weaker than the opposite side's opinion.
One thing I felt sorry for Rab was that he could not do what he wanted to in the class because half of the classmates(including me...) didn't watch the video.I won't make same mistake next time.
Also, I reminded my first essay's process and thought that I already decide the thesis statement before researching about the topic...So I thought I should improve this point for the next essay.

12th.Oct

In this class, we watched the video about the the negative image toward Arab made by Hollywood movie. The video explains the cause of the negative image of Arab was the relationships between Washington(politics) and Hollywood(entertainment). The two are strongly connected and influenced each other, so the Arab's image was terrible for the political reason.
My first reaction was rather sad, than shocked because I have several friends who is Arab and live in Palestine. They all don't like that kinds of person, also, I reminded one of them said "When I wear the headdress, I was seen as a terrorist" as a black joke...
Both video and the memory made me sad, and I wondered how can people see other people without being influenced by media.I think the solution toward the question is to see these place/people with their own eyes.Or if it's impossible, people should notice that all media(except the internet...sometimes...)has some bias, and people should judge the media's content objectively.