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 Prompt Response: While selecting and analyzing sources the biggest challenged we face was being timely to make sure we did not take a lot of time picking. We overcame this by splitting the work up and comeing together at the end to share why we picked the source. When it came to my group we had clear communication on how the work will be split up and if we agreeded with the chosen source. We did not have any disagreements since everyone was on the same page.  Summary: During the class period my group got done picking which sources we wanted to keep for our research essay. After that we started working on which pieces of evidence will best prove our point for the research question.  Reflection: The process did not take as long since we communicated how we wanted to go about the process. It was easy to talk to my group about any questions or clarifications. It was very efficient and the process did not seem as hard. 

 Prompt Response: My groups research topic is on Plastic/Cosmetic Surgery. The most compelling issue connected to it is the mental and psychological aspect on why people decide to alter ther appearance out of choice. In the source "Effects of social media use on desire for cosmetic surgery among young women" there was a study conducted on 118 women age 18-29 years. The result was that when viewing young women on social media who have undergone cosmetic enhancements affected young womens desire for cosmetic surgery. The issue is that many people are influenced from social media trends and the beauty standards that are normalized on these type of platforms. This makes people mentallu vulnerable to want to seek out procedures that will physically change them. This is an important issue as it causes unhealthy behaviors for oneself.  Summary: During the class period we collaborated in our groups to pick which sources were best in each category. We had to start the process of picki...

 Prompt response: Completed the annotated bibliography has changed my understanding of my topic as there are more issues attached to getting plastic surgery. When it comes to this procedure many patients can be misinformed leading to casualties. It's not just about the self esteem that a person has that makes then want to get the procedure done. There is many more components when it comes to a persons decision while being influenced by social media. My sources connect all together my exploring this possibility and shape my arguement that there are many significant things that go into plastic surgery.  Summary: During the class period we had time to fully complete our annotated bibliography with our chosen sources. The whole time we strived to finished this in writeable while working quietly.  Reflection: While working on my annotated bibliography I mostly focused on editing and revising the outline of work I had already written. I made sure that my grammar was correct and...

Prompt Response:  Writing the summary was the most challenging part during the annotated bibliography. The reason is was the most challenging was due to the amount of information in each sources especially the literature reviews that I needed to shortened in a couple of sentences without going into full detail. This challenged helped me grow as a researcher as in the future I know what to look for when wanting to summarize a source. This will help me when writing my my research paper to stay focus on the key points. Summary: During the class period we started our annotated bibliography. For each source we had to include the citation,summary, relfection, and evaluation. The annotated bibliography included all 10 of our sources in the folder. We worked on this for the remainder of the class time.  Reflection: While writing the annotated bibliography it took some time as we had to read the main parts of each of our sources. Some of the sources were very long compared to others wh...

 Prompt Response: There were many differences between my sources that I collected. For some of my sources the authors were professors while others were reporters that collected data. My sources also slightly focused on different perspectives of the issue. One focused on the psychological effects of the infleunces while another focused on the misinformation from the influences of wanting to get plastic surgery. These differences helped me better understand that the issues attached to plastic surgery and social media is more than issues pertaining to self-esteem as well as emotional issues. Many cases involving plastic surgery, the patient it misinformed leading to casualties or dissatifaction.  Summary: During the class period we reviewed the sources that we collected as individuals and added them to our folders. We were expected to find multiple types of sources through Galileo. The sources had to have citations that go along with them. We had to make sure that they each were ...

 Prompt Response: This process collecting sources in Galileo was specifically different from past experiences as I had to make sure the sources were from various outlets intentionally. In past experiences using Galileo I did not take as much time intentionally choosing a source from different outlets. Implementing specific search strategies has improved my work as the sources targets by question more as well as makes it easier to prove it. Even though the process may seem long with all the different types I have to find narrowing it down makes it easier. On the other hand if I was not specific and intentional while researching it would take more time reading through everything.  Summary: During the class period as a class we went over the steps that goes into researching. We went over how everything should be formatted with each source. As individuals in groups we eached looked for different type of sources relating to our topic question. After that we had time to upload sourc...