Just a quick update tonight. I did some Wiggling today. I looked at my preliminary resources, tried to make connections and narrow things down. It was overwhelming. I have a ton of great starter information but there's SO much! I asked myself "Why are you trying to research 4 very different questions at the same time"? I don't know. I do know I don't want to do a mediocre, no depth job on 4 topics when I could do a really good job on one. So I'm going to pick one topic to research instead of four. So, I started to literally wiggle in my chair trying to decide which topic I wanted to research. I looked at each question and thought about the following things:
1. Is it relevant to my life right now?
2. Could this new knowledge affect my life in the near future?
3. Can I do my best job researching this topic at this very moment?
I care about all of my topics, but some can be saved for later. The researching organizations that contribute to the betterment of the whole world: they can wait a bit I don't have any money to give them now anyway. I could volunteer though; this one is on hold. The planting a garden question: it's going to be Fall and then Winter; I can't plant a garden now. Gardening is on hold. So it came down to energy conservation and organic eating. I chose organic eating. It's a topic that can benefit me immediately. I can benefit my community by buying local and it could quite possibly help me live longer so I can research more questions :) So, I'm back to Webbing. Now that I've narrowed my topic I can focus my search and get even better results. Talk to you soon.
Stephi
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I am interested in reading about organic eating. I love to garden and absolutely refuse to put herbicides or pesticides on my garden. The reality is, though, living in rural Indiana, I am probably exposed to many toxins with the farmland surorounding me. Crop dusting is a common practice in our area. I'm sure the water supply is tainted. So, I'm excited to hear novel ways of eating organic. I look forward to your research. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteI'm working on my research and I'm feeling really guilty for every time I wanted to say to a student "Just hurry up a pick a topic" or "What have you been doing, it can't take this long to find a few good sources". I guess feeling guilty is good in a learning process :)
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