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Research Journal #3: Going Through The Motions

I've been feeling so...Under Pressure. Heh! But seriously, this is harder than I thought it would be. 

Talking to strangers has it's moments, but now I am working on the aftermath. There are lots of "uhh"s and "Aaand"s I'm getting rid of. I want the transcripts to look smooth, less choppy. But at the same time, I can't aulter what they said. The main resource I'm basing my work off of is "Humans of New York". I was inspired by them in the first place, so it only seems appropriate to use their examples. I've also looked into other resources to look for inspiration. A great book I used for this was "The Public Library: A Photographic Essay". Robert Dawson explains how pictures give one more insight on how things are going. For example; he talkes about the pictures he took in college, while the Vietnam War was going on. Students were protesting, and people were shouting at them to keep their mouth shut. Dawson took pictures of all of this. This expirience inspired him to travel to 26 states, taking pictures of 189 libraries, and getting a lot more stories. The book is a great resource because it just depicts things the way they are. And that's what I want to do with my interviews, and bringing them into my "classroom". 

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  1. Cindy the BlogessorMarch 19, 2018 at 12:56 PM

    First of all: Best. Song. Ever. (at least at this point in the semester!)

    Second: You realize that you have content in this post that you can lift directly for your Teacher Resource Guide, right? If not, you've got some great info you could use in your Annotated Bibliography section.

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