Skype Call - 17/04/18

Slightly delayed, but for obvious reasons I have been busy! I usually blog directly after the skype but the call had left me with so many ideas for my essay that I wanted to get going straight away.

In the call, we spoke about all 3 element of inquiry: Critical Review; Artefact; Oral Presentation. Through my ever developing SIG, we clarified each elements use and what we were trying to communicate through each.

In essence, each element is not a brand new creation but each is an adaptation of the other. The audience is the main determiner of tone with the artefact being slightly less formal than the review. Of course this will depend on what form your artefact takes.

We also talked about how each of us could have benefited from a 'Top Tips' fact sheet during the course. There have been many occasions that I have a realisation and think, if only i had known that earlier.

When SIGs save the day!!!!!!

As the first draft deadline draws closer, certain worries and doubts creep up.  No need to panic, because there are others who probably feel the same as you. Introducing SIG, aka Emma, such a lovely Skype chat this evening. We both aired our queries, tried to help each other the best we could, generally giving the support you would hope to receive from a peer. As our inquiry's lie under the same educational umbrella, we were able to share some fresh insights as to ways to look at explaining the process and analysing data.

But most of all we just helped to lift each others spirits!!!!!

Bringing it altogether

I have finally reached the stage where I am drawing all elements of my inquiry together. I had conducted my interviews and read through literature till I thought I would burst with information.

However, as I have started to type up my literature review, I have looked closer at some of the quotes I deemed important. From this, I realised assumptions could be made or further meaning was needed to clarify. This has lead to further literature being sourced and a deeper knowledge being gained.

One thing I am aware of in my essay writing, is my repetitive use of sentence starters. I seem to latch onto one and re use it, at the moment it seems to be 'As a result,'. I then found a useful website with multiple sentence starters split into categories of use. Here is the link, maybe some other will find use from it.

http://www2.eit.ac.nz/library/ls_guides_sentencestarters.html