Portfolio 3
Since my last portfolio entry, our class has been focusing on creating an in depth piece revolving around video games. Our assignments have been a series of well focused writings that require not only major research, but in depth analysis of scholarly articles. These assignments were all designed to help prepare us for the goal of writing our final paper.
The first major assignment designed to prepare us was Ex. 4, a peer reviewed article. I chose to review an article called "Gaming (Ad)diction: Discourse, Identity, Time and Play in the Production of the Gamer Addiction Myth by Rob Cover. The article argued that gaming addiction was being viewed and discussed in the same manner as drugs and other serious addictions. The review was a good assignment because it allowed me to get a taste of the type of research that would need to be conducted for our final paper.
The next assignment was Ex. 5, the Presubmission Report. This assignment required us to find sources that would help us with our final paper and to make a kind of outline for our paper. By listing sources and summarizing them, the presubmission report helped me organize my thoughts and ideas concerning the final paper. We were supposed to come up with our own thesis after performing research and my thesis that was to be used for my final paper as well is, "Video games are a form of modern mythology."
Ex. 6 was an Annotated Bibliography. The annotated bibliography was a good source to use while writing the paper because it organized my research in a manner that allowed me to find the article I was looking for based on the summary and source listed. The annotated bibliography was a listing of around 10 sources with a summary and a description as to why the article is important to my thesis.
The final assignment we did prior to writing our final paper was to create an Online Presentation. The presentation was a chance to work out our thesis through a presentation and to also provide illustrations and other articles to back up our thesis. The use of outside sources within the presentation allowed us to use outside sources.
Throughout this process, it was important for all of us to help provide ideas and review each other's works through the blogging site. I interacted with my classmates in a number of ways presented through the following list of entries.
Darrell Kuntz Class Presentation
This class opened my eyes to a new field of study that has me looking at video games with a new found perspective. I have learned a lot about what games may portray to others and where games have come from. The class will affect my future gaming habits and games that I choose to play.
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