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Qualitative Research- In my experience with qualitative research is by definition open-ended questioning in which you wish tho hear the interviewees own words or stories. To me this is the exact mode we need to use during our interviews to get wide ideas and explanations for our topic. I think this will be more beneficial than quantatative. 

We will also apply narrative inquiry to our collaboration. In which we will ask the interviewees to further explain in a narrative. 

          All my life my mom has always bought organic food. We never had tasty cereals, brand name snacks like pop tarts, yodels, Lays, Fruity Pebbles. Nothing. We were known by my friends as the "organic house" It was kind of embarrassing, but now I see how beneifcial it is to health. "Americans have never had a single, strong, stable culinary tradition to guide us," (Pollen, 5) I think that compared to other nations, this is a huge factor which contributes to the American eating disorder. Because we have never had a food culture, the American food industry has turned to scientists, and ways to distribute mass amounts of food.
         I also thought it was interesting when Pollen talks about the way we define the food marketers phrases such as "natural grill flavor," "heart health," "farm fresh" and "range fed." First glance, its easy to believe that you are consuming something that is considered healthy and cheap.  But if you delve deeper into the meaning of the label, these mean nothing but advertising hoaxes. Only certain labels like 100% organic, or non-corn fed, mean that the food was processed humanely. 

Kaitlyn's. nostalgic Twitterive had a whimsical dreamy tone throughout, which I completely identified with. I loved the introduction of talking about herself in third person. To make the story stronger, I would actually add yourself as a character, the same girl you talked about being a "tomboy." You have a clear place just need a specific story 


Laura Green-  Wow, just wow.  I wish you had presented this because it is extremely emotional and I could never imagine. I think you had just the right amount of genres and although the dog and cat part was sooo sad I liked how the before after of your cat worked. I loved how the stairs out of words worked when but thought "I'm finally home" should be written upwards as opposed to down. The only thing I would add would be a conversation with someone in your family or a friend that conveys emotion because this is story is really inspirational.

          I was really nervous to present the presentation, but as I got up there, I realized everything I will gain from it will be very beneficial. I plan to possibly add interviews or different genres as opposed to just the narrative I had typed. 

           At the beginning of the brainstorming part of the assignment, I was somewhat timid and unsure if my technology skills would be comparable to that of my other classmates and what the professor expected. As I wrote my story, however, I found that the mediums were not as hard as I thought. Some of the tools our professor suggested were simple, yet creative, such as the newspaper clip maker, slideshow, and wordle apps. I felt like a using medley of different technology applications through this project really enhanced my writing process of writing many genres. I felt like it was v

On Tuesday, we heard from 4 presenters, David, Christie, Alyssa, and Rebecca. I took notes on each presentation and really reflected on how to make each one better and what they can add to make it flow more. In Alyssa's we thought that adding an explicit conversation where she quit softball from her coach would add demention and conflict. In David's we focused more on revising his layout to make it easier to follow his story of himself vs. madness. Christie's was very family oriented, but we suggested other ways which she could really exemplify the theme behind her family vacation every year. Finally, Rebecca's futuristic twitterive of the events in her life that were taking place next year, would have been better if she organized her past, present, and future.

I think by critiquing these twitterives really gave me tactics to help make mine better as well.