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Entire course DQ’s For GEN 105

Week 2 DQ 1

Tone is very important when communicating online. How will your tone, or writing style,

change based on the different types of people you will be communicating with online?

Consider family, friends, classmates, and instructors in your response.

My style and tone change drastically to the different audiences I’m trying to reach. For instance,

when I’m writing to a friend I tend to joke around with them and bring up events only they or I

will know about. Here’s an example of a past online conversation with an old friend:

Myself: So are you getting to old to remember that party at Julia’s house right after you got your

driver’s license.

Friend (no names needed): No! Do you remember how we got away when the cops busted it?

Myself: Sure, you almost broke your melon (head) on the fence when you plowed through it

‘cause you wouldn’t let your beer go.LOL

On the other hand, when communicating with most family members my tone is usually that of

a concerned person. For instance when I e-mail my sister I always start off by asking her how she

is doing and also how my two nieces are doing as well. Always I end the e-mail letting her know

that she can ask me if she needs anything.

The only time that I use a professional tone is here in class or at work. I think it shows respect

for the instructor, class mates, co-workers and my managers. Using any other tone in these

situations, in my personal opinion, is very unprofessional.

Week 2 DQ 2

How is conducting research online different from conducting research in a traditional

library? Based on suggestions presented by the University Library Tutorial and text

recommendations concerning Web research strategies, what will be your personal approach to

conducting academic Web searches?

So far I can say that conducting research on the internet beats out the old fashion way by a mile.

Traditionally you would have to take a lot of time out of your day, drive untold miles, look for a

parking spot and then apply for a library card before you could even begin to look for the

information you wanted. Once there and ready to go, you would have to look through index

cards (or now a computer based index), find the title or author of the publication needed for your

assignment and begin reading untold pages before you found what it was you were looking for.

Now it seems that technology has taken a turn for the better by letting us look for our resources

in an online library. Personally I don’t think it could get much easier than this!

From what I seen from the tutorial I think the easiest way to find information I’ll need is to

just straight up ask a Librarian. It’s direct and straight to the point with the most qualified person

in the Library helping you. The easy to use instructions are self explanatory and the results seem

to be just what we need. Now after I have some experience with finding information on my own

then I’ll just look up the sites I need and complete my assignments. Weather it needs to be a

certain or specific document or publication or a theses for something, the proper links are posted

on the main screen so you don’t get lost.

In conclusion I feel that conducting online research will be very productive for everyone with

little to no effort compared to the traditional research in a regular library.

Week 4 DQ 1

Axia College takes academic honesty seriously. Think for a moment about an author whose

original work has been plagiarized by a student. Why would that author consider plagiarism to

be such a grave offense?

In my opinion the author whose paper had just been plagiarized would be greatly offended by the

act because in doing this the author is being violated just the same as if someone had broke into

his home and stole his property. The author might even have been getting paid to write this

article or just wanted it to be published for acknowledgment of his lifelong work. So for this, I

think he would have wanted some kind of redemption. It probably was something that the author

had worked so hard on and probably took a long time to create, and for someone to just copy

and paste it to satisfy their laziness in completing an assignment without giving credit to the

person who actually wrote the article, is just wrong.

In the penal system, theft is dealt with by incarceration or probation to the person who

committed the crime. Plagiarism, in my opinion is about the same thing, just dealing with written

items, and should be dealt with by the strictest of punishments allowed.

Week 4 DQ 2

What are other ways in which you can make use of the wealth of Web-based information and

still guard against plagiarism?

There is an uncountable amount of data bases out there in the internet where someone can get

information from; all you have to do is look. There are sites where you can read e-books, log

onto a local news papers, or even local news stations where information is always downloadable.

If that is not enough for someone, they could subscribe to or buy programs to download

publications that are hard to find. Then of course, there is always the university library where we

can do our research. However, anytime you use the information of another you need to quote the

section used. Noting the name of the author and where you got the information from. If needed,

you can also add the web link where you copied the information. Always make sure that when

using others information to give credit to the publishing author in order to avoid plagiarism.

Week 6 DQ 1

How do you spend most of your time? Do you think that your time is managed effectively?

Explain your reasons.

In my opinion all my time is managed according to my family’s needs or wants, so I

guess you could say that I am in need of some serious time management training. I do

find the time to take care of things I need to though.

Most of my time is spent working at ConAgra Foods. I start my work week off at 7pm

Monday evening and do not finish the week until the following Monday at 7am, this

makes for a whopping 60 hour week. After each day when I get home I’ll try and help

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Entire course DQ's For GEN 105 Week 2 DQ 1 Tone is very important when communicating online. How will your tone, or writing style, change based on the different types of people you will be communicating with online? Consider family, friends, classmates, and instructors in your response. My style and tone change drastically to the different audiences I'm trying to reach. For instance, when I'm writing to a friend I tend to joke around with them and bring up events only they or I will know about. Here's an example of a past online conversation with an old friend: Myself: So are you getting to old to remember that party at Julia's house right after you got your driver's license. Friend (no names needed): No! Do you remember how we got away when the cops busted it? Myself: Sure, you almost broke your melon (head) on the fence when you plowed through it 'cause you wouldn't let your beer go.LOL On the other hand, when communicating with most family members my tone is usually that of a concerned person. For instance when I e-mail my sister I always start off by asking her how she is doing and also how my two nieces are doing as well. Always I end the e-mail letting her know that s ...
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