Blog #17: Answer 3

1. EQ 
1. How has consumers preference for electronic books most changed the publishing industry?
2. Answer #3 (Write in a complete sentence like a thesis statement)*
1. By proving to more efficient and less time consuming for consumers.
3. 3 details to support the answer (a detail is a fact and an example)
1. A lot more people are now too busy to go to a library and pick up a book.
2. People want to stress less and have more access to books they need whenever it is convenient.
3. More or less all people kids or adults are now starting to have less free time and are still wanting to read.
4. The research source (s) to support your details and answer
1. Print is dead 
2. the publishing industry and careers in it.
5. Concluding Sentence
1. I chose this as my third and final answer because I found through all my research that it is simply the consumers want easy, unstressful, and manageable ways to read a book.

Monthly Blog

So this month has been a crazy ride. so far I have learned quite a few things, first we had to come up with our second answer to our senior project which was quite confusing and had me stumped but with the help of my mom,who is the person I interviewed, i learned a great deal. First I found that my mom knew so much on publishing and had quite a few tips like:

1.  reread all your work
2. Make sure that you get the right publisher according to your genre
3. have fun writing your book

my mom is the author of a textbook.

she spent a lot of time on her book and helped me through my thought process and she will also be helping me finish my book that I am writing. she is someone to definitely look up to being in the future because she has accomplished so much. 

Blog #16: Answer #2

1.  What is your EQ?

• how has consumers preference for electronic books most changed the publishing industry?

2.  What is your first answer? (In complete thesis statement format)

• consumes preference has made authors more inclined to publish electronically because of the easy way to publish and the royalties they are given.

3.  What is your second answer? (In complete thesis statement format)

• Authors choose to publish electronically because of the wide spread amount of people who have access to the online world.

4.  List three reasons your answer is true with a real-world application for each.

• Most people have smart phones an that is an easy way to access electronically published books.
• People now have computers and there are many websites available to them.
• last but not least a lot of people are on the go and I'm pretty sure they don't want to lug around books so it would be easier for them to access the books with just one thing.

5.  What printed source best supports your answer?

• print is dead. by Jeff Gomez

6.  What other source supports your answer?

• Coker, Mark. "2014 Book Publishing Industry Predictions -- Increased Competition Between Traditional Publishers and Indie Authors." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 07 Jan. 2014. Web. 29 Jan. 2015.

7.  Tie this together with a  concluding thought.

• through the many years publishers have been trying to keep up with the demand for books and find new innovative ways to get readers the books. Now with electronic publishing publishers have that chance.

Blog 14: Indépendant Component

Title:  Independent Component 1
Label:  Independent ComponentDue Date:  Friday 2/6 at 8AMContent:  

• LITERAL

• (a) Write: “I, Sarah Regan, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 31 hours of work.”

• (b) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component.
• My mom helped me more than anything during my endeavor for answers in my senior project. She motivated me over and over again. 
  
  
  
  

• (d) Explain what you completed.    

• During my time for this independent component I have finished a class on research and also wrote a first draft of a book I want to get published. 

• INTERPRETIVE 

• Defend your work and explain its significance to your project and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work.   Provide evidence (photos, transcript, art work, videos, etc) of the 30 hours of work.  

• My work helps with my senior project because it gives me a chance to feel like a real researcher and publisher. I have only read about publishing and now I'm going to try and get my new story published and go through the publishing process.

• APPLIED

• How did the component help you understand the foundation of your topic better?  Please include specific examples to illustrate this. 
• The project helped me understand the foundation of my topic better by giving me a chance to feel how a researching publisher feels. I do a lot of researching when it comes to writing the story I have. I wrote a story about something I'm passionate about and now I'm ready to try and publish the book. 

Blog # 13: Lesson 2 Reflection

Title: Lesson 2 Reflection
1. What are you most proud of in your Lesson 2 presentation and why?

• I am proud of the fact that I hardly stuttered and new my work well because in the beginning of the year I had a lot of trouble presenting and I think over time I will get better.

2.   A) What assessment would you give yourself on your lesson 2 presentation(self-assessment)?

• I would give myself a AP to a P to myself because of the effort I put into the presentation and how well I knew I'm information. I know that I didn't quite make it to the 20 minute mark but I'm glad I had enough information to talk for ten minutes. Plus I had some visuals in my presentation and also had  a poster stating my Essential Question.

3. What worked for you in Lesson 2?

• what worked for me in this lesson was I was able to memorize information, I was able to not read off of the PowerPoint to much and I was able to get my message across about publishing.

4. What didn't work? If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your Lesson 2?

• What didn't work for my lesson was that I didn't have a clear answer to my essential question and the students didn't really pay attention during the activity. If I had a time machine I would have made the activity a little more riveting for the students so they would pay more attention.

5. What do you think your answer #2 is going to be?

• I think my answer #2 will be consumers preference to electronic books has most changed the publishing industry by creating big problems for small companies.

 

Blog #12: Mentorship 10 hours check

Content:

1.   Where are you doing your mentorship?

• Poly Post

2.   Who is your contact?

• Salina Nasir, Editor-in-Chief of the poly post

3.   How many total hours have you done (total hours should be reflected in your mentorship log located on the right hand side of your blog like your WB)?

• my total hours is 10 hours

4.   Summarize the 10 hours of service you did.

• The ten hours I put in at the poly post were me reading the newspaper and going over articles to see if anything was misspelled or a mistake and I also edited some of the articles.

Blog #11: Holiday Project Update

1.  It is important to consistently work on your senior project, whether it is break or we are in school.  What did you do over the break with your senior project?

• Over break for my project I looked up articles to help me prepare for our next lesson. 

2.  What was the most important thing you learned from what you did, and why?  What was the source of what you learned?

• The most important thing I learned was where to find really good and informative articles on any topic that is researchable. this was important because it will give me more information on my topic. The source of what I learned is where exactly to find the information. 

3.  If you were going to do a 10 question interview on questions related to answers for your EQ, who would you talk to and why?

• I would talk to an author or someone who knows a lot about publishing because they would have the most informative answers and may help me achieve my goal of another EQ answer.