Lesson 5

Last class, I learned how to make good presentation. First slide is important to get audience attention. So, we should use a beautiful picture and type topic in large font, larger than 36 and color which is contrasted with background in the blank of the picture.
I had made bad slides which had too many words, but no picture before. But now, I know some techniques to make an attractive presentation. I would like to learn them more.

Lesson 4

Last class, I learned how to save videos, pictures and PDFs into Zotero. I had not known the IMDb, the database of movies and TV shows. It contains a lot of information about each movie and easy to use. So I would like to check it not only for the source for academic essays but also for my private interest.

I found that Zotero was very useful once more. It sometimes lacks published year and place. However, if I am careful about it, I have no worries about gathering sources and making works cited at all.

Lesson 3

I have used Zotero since I knew it at start-up program. But I had not known that we could save items on-line if we create an account. It helps me a lot because I usually stay at my grandfather’s house and use their computer twice a week. When I found good sources on their computer, I had to memorize or note the title or URL of them. It was a little trouble for me. Now I can search and save sources on any computer as convenient as mine.
I would like to know other functions of Zotero in order to utilize it efficiently. I look forward to learning about it more in the next class.

Library lecture

I learned useful databases for academic writing: Gale Virtual Reference Library and LexisNexis in last library lecture. I was surprised that an encyclopedia of GVRL explained things in detail. Because I had used only Britannica and Mypedia in my electronic dictionary, and they did not give long descriptions.

I had almost never referred to a newspaper before because it was hard for me to find an article related to my essay topic. But using LexisNexis, I can search for it easily. It is really helpful!

I would like to use these databases efficiently so as to make my essay better.