10/26

Today Rab provided this time to write and fix our essays. I finished writing my essay, but I could fix some points thanks to his comments on my last essay. One big thing i fixed was Citation and Bibliography. I used a lot of PDF files, but I stored these as PDF files on my zotero.. so I had to type these again :-( By all means, I could fix in time and I relieved. 

Anyways, Rab is going to leave Japan tomorrow. I know it is not just a trip, but have a nice trip and enjoy London ! I want to go there together!!! But I am going to go to Hachijo island tonight :-) I will enjoy it!!! 

10/24

We had a computer class. In this class, we made sure comments from our friends on our own essay at first. Then we learned about a picture. I knew for the first time that using a picture in my essay is OK. So I wanted to use a picture, but I could not find  a proper picture.. I could not use it. But I am going to use a picture in my essay at least once in my life :-( I want to wait the opportunity. Anyway I knew a lot in this class. I like "awesome screenshot". It is very useful and maybe fun :-) I will download it on my computer.

10/19

Today Rab told us some bad points of our essays. Maybe I made some mistakes in my essay, so I have to learn from it. He said to us that he points out bad points of our writing and we can learn from it. It is quite natural, but I tend to think my writing is terrible when my teacher point out bad points. I will stop thinking like this because I can improve my writing by it. I really want to develop my writing skills, so I want to write more and more without being afraid of mistakes.

10/17

We had a computer class on wednesday, and we learned how to use evernote on desktop and how to use webclipper. It was fantastic. So I am using it to organize information for my essay now. After that, Rab showed us the website of documentary film. In this site, we can watch these documentary movies for free. But I think it is difficult to use documentary films as resources of essay. How can we use it? I have no idea.

10/15

We learned more about writing essay in this class. It was very useful because i did not know how to use negative opinions for my thesis in my essay. I used negative opinion in my spring term essay, but the way of using that was different from rab's one. So I will try to use rab's one in my essay. Then we all presented our essay topic in front of everyone. I was a little bit nervous, but I could do well i think.. By the way, the due of our essays is too early.. we have to write in a hurry. Using technology, I want to write my essay as soon as possible and use more time to fix it. So PLEASE help me, Mio and Chihiro, my essay partner!!!

10/5

In this class, we learned how to make slanting expression. Rab explained us about his backpack, and we were separated in four groups. Two groups made a very positive sentences about his backpack, and others made a negative ones. After making sentences, we exchanged the paper and identified what was new for our group. We were a strange group, and we had no new things from other group's idea. Oh, before that, Rab showed us the slide show. It was about the demonstration in London, and the shocking fact was hidden behind it. I thought it is important not to accept whatever we read on newspapers or magazines. We have to be critical thinkers. I want to be able to think more critically..

10/3

It was the worst class after entering ICU. We all forgot to check each partner's essays and some of them even did not write their essay on Google Doc. Before taking this class, I thought that it is difficult to use Google Doc and I was reluctant to use it because I did not get used to it. However after taking this class I noticed that I can never get used to using it unless I use it. Technology seems very useful at first and actually it is very useful but there are many useful technology so I tend to forget or confuse what to use. So I will start to use Google Doc and Zotero. After getting used to using these enough, I want to add another technology. I want to learn technology like this. Otherwise I must forget.. What I want to say is that I will study technology little by little.