This week I began my search for research on my topic. If you don't remember, or for those of you who don't know my topic, I'm making a curation about the story of the most up to date research on what causes what cancers and what new strategies were found successful in keeping your life cancer free. My accomplishments this week included searching for a site/web page to put my curation on and also get my toes wet with information on my topic.
The most interesting this I found this week was Prezi. I've never used the site before and the first time I heard of it was only two weeks ago. I love the site and it gives me a whole new perspective on how to present a topic to the world. I lets me use this up to date technology and makes learning fun. I'm excited to see what my final product will look like with this new tool.
The biggest obstacle I had to overcome was how to use Prezi. I'm not too technology oriented so learning how to actually use Prezi took some time, but now that I have the hang of it it is smooth sails ahead.
The next three steps I need to take to move forward is:
1. I need to make a timeline of information gathered and decide from what year to the present would I like to declare the information and research found state of the art.
2. I need to organize my work more clearly and from there get into deeper detail. Right now I feel like I only have surface information on a broad question and I rather have detailed information on a smaller sub question.
3. I have to watch the sites I get my information from and compare it to others to check its reliability. I want reliable information so my audience will be told the 100% truth, not an assumption or average.
What's working so far is my constant work I'm putting in every night. By just taking 30 minutes to an hour a night gathering information and editing my Prezi I know my curation will turn out great and very helpful to those who will use it in the future.
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