Digital Technology in Class
I had used a lot of technology, for example: Microsoft Office, Google Docs/Slides/Spreadsheet, Gmail, Powerpoint, Libraries, and posters. I had used these in order to type up essays in highschool and communicate with my teachers and get information.
Technologies used in this class included everything before along with Blackboard and WordPress, which was taught to us during a library visit. The MLA format taught in class was already used in my High school, so I had a lot of the knowledge that was being taught already. For this course in particular, these technologies helped me communicate with my professor along with allowing me to communicate with the audience better.
For example: When using the presentation for the Critical research paper/Field report, it allowed me concisely put all the necessary information in a consumable format.
Research Resources
During our two library sessions, I had learned, from the first, how to access valuable, reliable resources through the CCNY library website. Beforehand, I had just used Jstor, by using my old school’s username and password, but now I have more resources for me to use.
Additionally, I had learned how to use Academic Commons or how to create a website using WordPress. This allowed me to create a portfolio website in order to present the experience I have had in this class in a professional way.
Resource Evaluation
The essays and papers that have integrated evidence started with the Summary and Response paper that had argued both for and against Angela Helm’s article titled “On Whole Foods, Gentrification and the Erasure of Black Harlem”. That paper was supposed to be an argumentative, response paper that had argued for another argument than the one proposed by Angela Helm’s herself. Therefore, the evidence that was integrated was evidence from not only Angela Helm’s article itself, but also from sources that had gone against Angela Helm’s point. For example: I had used the book titled When Harlem was Jewish by Jeffrey S. Gurock in order to argue that Harlem had a vast cultural outlook that had been pushed out before the African-Americans had in present time.
The way that I had evaluated that Jeffrey S. Gurock was a reliable source was by looking up his authorship, sponsorship, relevance, and currency. Realizing that Dr. Jeffrey S. Gurock had a PhD in Jewish History in Yeshiva University, I realized that his outlook on the Jewish society in Harlem was a valid perspective.
Another essay that had used integrated evidence was the Exploratory essay. A lot of the information used during the writing of the Exploratory essay was historical. That’s why I had used Encyclopedia Britannica. The reason why Encyclopedia Britannica is a reliable source for historical information is because not everyone can edit Encyclopedia Britannica, unlike Wikipedia.
For the Critical research paper/Field report, I had actually used the same historical resources and for the modern day Harlem artists, I had actually depended on the responses of the modern day Harlem artists in order to get a direct response from an artist.
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