Name:
Major:   probably nursing
Interests:   yoga, C&W Music, women's soccer
Daily Website Check:    Daily Exercise Suggestions
Who am I? (3 words):   caring, active, comfortable
Learning Style:   Kinesthetic/Tactile & Auditory
Favorite Quote:

"There's lots of people in this world who spend so much time watching their health that they haven't the time to enjoy it."

Josh Billings, American Humorist & Writer

 

Useful Links:

è  Amazon.com Country Music Essentials

è  Western & Cowboy Poetry at the Bar-D Ranch (poetry, music, etc.)

è  SHOUTcast Streaming Audio: Country (great to listen to while studying)

è  yoga.com (EVERYTHING yoga!)

è  Yoga Basics (Perfect for beginners like me)

è  Women's Soccer World (world-wide coverage)

è  Health & Living (from Medicine.net -- fitness, exercise, prevention, etc.)

è  Daily Exercise Suggestions (a new one every day; it makes exercise a lot more fun)

è  National Rural Health Association (I like to keep current)

è  USDA Food & Nutrition Info Center (there's a TON of information here; I end up on this site pretty often)

è  Yahoo! News (I get most of my news from here)
 
Work Samples:

Use of the Reading Methodology:

Scenario: Molly’s Political Science professor has given his student the assignment of reading a daily newspaper, either online or in hard copy form. He suggested that students look for an article that relates not only to issues they’re learning about in class, but also to their daily life. He enjoys beginning each class with a spirited discussion of what students have found and Molly knows that in order to participate, she’ll have to understand the stories she’s reading. She is going to use the Reading Methodology to help her as she reads.

Step

 Molly’s notes
1 Establish purpose

I will gain information about local, national, and world events that connect with my class and my life.
2 Set objectives and criteria I’ll read one article completely.
3 Estimate time involved

The professor said the task should only take fifteen minutes. I’ll skim the main section of the paper to select which articles are of most interest to me.
4 Read critically

I will begin reading an article on health care legislation.

• I have a dictionary so that I can look up unfamiliar words as I read.

• It looks like the author’s purpose is to argue against certain proposed laws, rather than just to provide information. I can see that this purpose really does this influence the presentation of the material.

• The article didn’t say much about student health coverage, and I really don’t know much at all about the plan I have, but I’m making a list of questions I need to ask about my coverage.
5 Assess and reread

I’ll glance back over the article to reacquaint myself with some of the basic facts and to check my initial feeling that the author had a specific purpose other than just sharing information.
6 Synthesize information

I plan to learn more about my own health care coverage and want to discuss how pending legislation could affect certain aspects of student healthcare coverage in general.

About using a Reading Log:

"I didn't see the point of a reading log when first heard about it, but then realized that it's really just the Reading Methodology (which helps A LOT!) with easy and quick prompts. I like that can keep a bunch of blank logs in my notebooks to use for different reading assignments. I used a reading log for a chapter in my world history survey course and believe it or not, one of the questions I asked on my reading log was one of the questions on our first quiz! never would have focused on those specific ideas, if I hadn't been using a reading log."

Molly's Reading Log:

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(.pdf format)