Cite: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=interactive-12-events 12 Events That Will Change Everything, Made Interactive by American Science Magazine
Paraphrase: I read this article recently and I found it so incredibly interesting I had to write a blog entry about it. The article basically talks about 12 different things that could happen that would change the world in a very significant way. The events include Cloning, Nuclear Warfare, Room Temperature Super Conductors, Alien Contact, Worldwide Pandemic, and Nuclear Fusion.
Analyze: As I read this article it just really inspired me. This was the reason why I originally wanted to be a scientist! I wanted to change the world (hopefully in a good way). Seeing these possible inventions makes me want to be the person that discovers similar. Discover something that will help the world and benefit future generations. Although, I personally believe I would be a better economist than a scientist, being a scientist just seems like such a more noble career because I will hopefully add to the world base of knowledge. It was perfect timing too that I read this article. It has been a really hard year and you start to question why the heck you are a chemical engineer rather than a potentially easier major but reading this article revitalized my spirit for being a chemical engineer. I think it would be so awesome if I actually got to be part of the team that discovered how to successfully clone a human or how to make room temperature super conductors. So many of the world problems could be solved by just one invention. For example room temperature super conductors would allow for renewable energy sources to be financially viable and we wouldn't have to rely on oil very much. Anyways it was an incredible article and really re-inspired me to be a scientist.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Podcast Assignment
Cite: Podcast Assignment for Writing 2
Paraphrase: In Chris Dean's Writing 2 class our final project is to record a podcast and incorporate some academic topic. The podcast must include at least two sources. We also have to write a script for our presentation in addition to writing a reflection that talks about our experience making the podcast and what it taught us.
Analyze: So as I write this I'm midway through my podcast. I have roughly record about half of the podcast. I decided I wanted the topic of the podcast to be a summer mix tape. I will talk in between songs about summer. Some of the topics I will talk about include the feelings of summer, the marketability of summer, medical disorders that have to do with seasons, and my favorite things about summer. I already decided on the three songs I wanted to put in the mix tape. Oh and all three of the songs are indie-rock songs, my favorite genre. The podcast assignment is pretty challenging. Its quite hard to write a script because not only do you have to make every sentence significant but you also have to make the sentences sound natural. I found the best way to write my script was just write a quick bit about what I wanted to write about then just go back and refine it over and over till it sounds significant yet natural. The recording is also quite the experience. I have never recorded my voice before so that took me a while to get used to. Once I got used to that and started recording, I realized how critical it is to incorporate an interesting style to the podcast. I decided I was talk slowly and sort of hypothetically in order to satirize hippies (a common listener of indie music). With the exception of the occasional mistake in speech, the recording started get going pretty fast. I now knew what I was doing and it became a lot easier. So far I really enjoy this project because it is a whole different type of media that I'm not used to plus it really allows for creativity. Having a lot of freedom to do what I want is very enjoyable. I'm excited to hear what the final product will sound like.
Paraphrase: In Chris Dean's Writing 2 class our final project is to record a podcast and incorporate some academic topic. The podcast must include at least two sources. We also have to write a script for our presentation in addition to writing a reflection that talks about our experience making the podcast and what it taught us.
Analyze: So as I write this I'm midway through my podcast. I have roughly record about half of the podcast. I decided I wanted the topic of the podcast to be a summer mix tape. I will talk in between songs about summer. Some of the topics I will talk about include the feelings of summer, the marketability of summer, medical disorders that have to do with seasons, and my favorite things about summer. I already decided on the three songs I wanted to put in the mix tape. Oh and all three of the songs are indie-rock songs, my favorite genre. The podcast assignment is pretty challenging. Its quite hard to write a script because not only do you have to make every sentence significant but you also have to make the sentences sound natural. I found the best way to write my script was just write a quick bit about what I wanted to write about then just go back and refine it over and over till it sounds significant yet natural. The recording is also quite the experience. I have never recorded my voice before so that took me a while to get used to. Once I got used to that and started recording, I realized how critical it is to incorporate an interesting style to the podcast. I decided I was talk slowly and sort of hypothetically in order to satirize hippies (a common listener of indie music). With the exception of the occasional mistake in speech, the recording started get going pretty fast. I now knew what I was doing and it became a lot easier. So far I really enjoy this project because it is a whole different type of media that I'm not used to plus it really allows for creativity. Having a lot of freedom to do what I want is very enjoyable. I'm excited to hear what the final product will sound like.
Chemical Engineering Term Paper
Cite: My Term Paper for Chemical Engineering
Paraphrase: I had to write a term paper for Chemical Engineering 10. The requirements were that it had to be three pages double spaced with four sources. It was supposed to be on a topic related to chemical engineering that has mass and energy balances. I chose to write my paper on polar meltdown.
Analyze: So this was my first paper I have had to write for college outside of my writing classes. It was a pretty intimidating paper at first because I have only heard the word term paper used for grueling academic serious papers, plus the teacher is very difficult and intimidating. Although once we got this assignment I immediately thought of the second paper we wrote in my writing 2 class, the research paper. I knew that if I was going to make this paper good I needed to find some really good sources to use through out. After much debate on what topic I wanted to write on, I decided to write on how the polar ice caps melting will effect society. I found a few great articles that had some really shocking facts. It took me a while to get started but once I did, I think I wrote really well. I use many different facts I found from my sources and I luckily knew how to properly cite them in addition how to comment on them. It took me quite a while to write the paper but once I finally finished the term paper I was very proud of what I had wrote. I think I successfully incorporated the tools I had learned from writing my research paper in Writing 2 and the final result was very professionally written. I'm still waiting to hear back on the grade on the paper but I am pretty certain I got a good grade.
Paraphrase: I had to write a term paper for Chemical Engineering 10. The requirements were that it had to be three pages double spaced with four sources. It was supposed to be on a topic related to chemical engineering that has mass and energy balances. I chose to write my paper on polar meltdown.
Analyze: So this was my first paper I have had to write for college outside of my writing classes. It was a pretty intimidating paper at first because I have only heard the word term paper used for grueling academic serious papers, plus the teacher is very difficult and intimidating. Although once we got this assignment I immediately thought of the second paper we wrote in my writing 2 class, the research paper. I knew that if I was going to make this paper good I needed to find some really good sources to use through out. After much debate on what topic I wanted to write on, I decided to write on how the polar ice caps melting will effect society. I found a few great articles that had some really shocking facts. It took me a while to get started but once I did, I think I wrote really well. I use many different facts I found from my sources and I luckily knew how to properly cite them in addition how to comment on them. It took me quite a while to write the paper but once I finally finished the term paper I was very proud of what I had wrote. I think I successfully incorporated the tools I had learned from writing my research paper in Writing 2 and the final result was very professionally written. I'm still waiting to hear back on the grade on the paper but I am pretty certain I got a good grade.
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