Monday, November 16, 2009
A Peer Review
Any writer knows that the completion of a paper is a lengthy process. Sometimes it is hard to notice errors in your own paper while rigorously throwing ideas on a notepad or keyboard. In class we were paired up with a classmate to make the process a little easier. This was a great help, and I learned many things as a result of doing this. I learned that to review a paper you have to have a rubric with a list of objectives to go by in order to correct any problems that are present in the paper. You have to basically dissect each portion of the paper, the thesis, each main point, and the conclusion of the paper to see if it is all relative to the point that you are trying to prove/disprove. The other aspect of reviewing a paper is just a general proofread, ensuring that the font is correct, there are no grammatical errors, and that you have written the paper in the format that is required. There is also a writing center on campus that can provide these services to students free of charge, making the final draft of the paper much less stressful than it has to be. After using all of these resources, the outcome of my paper will be fine tuned and less subject to pesky red marks that haunt many student's papers.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Website Building with Dreamweaver
In 2007, the Netcraft Web Server Survey estimated that there were about 108 million websites in existence, and every day that number continues to grow. Dreamweaver is a Microsoft program that provides a way for the public to create their own unique sites. A site can be very basic, and on the other end of the spectrum it can be quite complex. As I embark on the journey of building my website for my digital project, there are some concerns I have with this program. First and foremost, to someone that isn't "tech savvy", this website building process isn't easy. A lot of the items that are needed to make the entire site work aren't necessarily readily available, which can create some definite setbacks to anyone's site. I just feel like I will spend more time reading a users manual to the program than actually building the site, so that makes the process a little boring to me. I do understand that a lot is involved when it comes to building a web site, which consequently is why the program is set up the way that it is. On the bright side of things, the structuring process has raised some questions on the content that I intend on making visible to viewers. Do I want this to look like a timeline? How is this information connected to other information on the site? How can I link everything together for a better flowing page? These are examples of questions that can also be applied to my research paper, and can help in the completion of it as well. When the entire process is finished I hope that they can complement each other, and I will have successfully answered all of these questions, and have provided an informative and useful site to my viewers.
Progress Report
Listed below is a general progress report that I have put together on my digital project and research paper over Samuel Walker Houston. This is the progress I have made on my project up until October 20Th.
Samuel Walker Houston Project: Progress Report
Name: Cory Reaves
Title: “Samuel Walker Houston, Modernizer of Huntsville African American Education”
Summary of Progress: Many people are completely unaware of how African Americans were educated prior to desegregation. Samuel Walker Houston was one distinguished figure who took charge at the roots of this issue. Amongst other decorated achievements, he founded the Galilee Community School, which was most likely the first school for African American children in not only Huntsville, but all of Texas during this time. This digital project is designed to take a look back at how Samuel Walker Houston went about accomplishing such a feat, some of the hardships he faced in his efforts, and how he led the small school at Galilee with a single teacher when it began in 1907, to become consolidated with the Huntsville Independent School District in 1930. The research completed leading up to this point consists of six primary sources that are all letters from former president of Sam Houston Normal Institute (the earlier name of SHSU) Harry F. Estill’s records. This first is a letter from who is thought to be President Estill to Henry S. Pritchett, asking for funds to help support the school at Galilee. The next two letters are back and forth from Samuel Walker Houston and President Estill regarding a situation about the possible loss of funding from the " Jeanes Fund”. President Estill looks into the situation and is answered by President of Negro Rural School Fund Anna T. Jeanes Foundation, James H. Dillard in the following two letters concerning the appropriations. The final letter is again from President Estill to Samuel Walker Houston, in which he describes the selling and/or disposal of an old gymnasium building, and refers Samuel Walker Houston to speak with J.L. Pritchett. In accordance with these six letters, two additional secondary sources on the topic are included in the investigation. One is information explaining what exactly the JeanesFund is and who it is available to. The second is an article from “The Handbook of Texas Online”, which summarizes the life and accomplishments of Samuel Walker Houston.
Works Cited:
· Estill, Harry F. "President's Papers." Newton Gresham Library Archives (1912-1913): Aug 1912-Mar 1913.
· Handbook of Texas Online, s.v.”,” http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/HH/fhobs.html (accessed September 14, 2009).
· Louisa County Historical Society, "The Jeanes Fund." http://louisaheritage.org/enlg/JeanesFund.htm (accessed October 18, 2009).
Digital Project Outline:
Samuel Walker Houston, Modernizer of Huntsville African American Education
Thesis: This digital project is designed to take a look back at how Samuel Walker Houston went about founding Galilee Community School, some of the hardships he faced in his efforts, and how he led the small school with a single teacher when it began in 1907, to become consolidated with the Huntsville Independent School District in 1930.
Outline:
I. The foundation of Galilee Community School
A. Funding the school
1. The Jeanes Fund
2. Additional efforts to raise funds
II. Educational Idealism of Galilee Community School
Samuel Walker Houston Project: Progress Report
Name: Cory Reaves
Title: “Samuel Walker Houston, Modernizer of Huntsville African American Education”
Summary of Progress: Many people are completely unaware of how African Americans were educated prior to desegregation. Samuel Walker Houston was one distinguished figure who took charge at the roots of this issue. Amongst other decorated achievements, he founded the Galilee Community School, which was most likely the first school for African American children in not only Huntsville, but all of Texas during this time. This digital project is designed to take a look back at how Samuel Walker Houston went about accomplishing such a feat, some of the hardships he faced in his efforts, and how he led the small school at Galilee with a single teacher when it began in 1907, to become consolidated with the Huntsville Independent School District in 1930. The research completed leading up to this point consists of six primary sources that are all letters from former president of Sam Houston Normal Institute (the earlier name of SHSU) Harry F. Estill’s records. This first is a letter from who is thought to be President Estill to Henry S. Pritchett, asking for funds to help support the school at Galilee. The next two letters are back and forth from Samuel Walker Houston and President Estill regarding a situation about the possible loss of funding from the " Jeanes Fund”. President Estill looks into the situation and is answered by President of Negro Rural School Fund Anna T. Jeanes Foundation, James H. Dillard in the following two letters concerning the appropriations. The final letter is again from President Estill to Samuel Walker Houston, in which he describes the selling and/or disposal of an old gymnasium building, and refers Samuel Walker Houston to speak with J.L. Pritchett. In accordance with these six letters, two additional secondary sources on the topic are included in the investigation. One is information explaining what exactly the JeanesFund is and who it is available to. The second is an article from “The Handbook of Texas Online”, which summarizes the life and accomplishments of Samuel Walker Houston.
Works Cited:
· Estill, Harry F. "President's Papers." Newton Gresham Library Archives (1912-1913): Aug 1912-Mar 1913.
· Handbook of Texas Online, s.v.”,” http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/HH/fhobs.html (accessed September 14, 2009).
· Louisa County Historical Society, "The Jeanes Fund." http://louisaheritage.org/enlg/JeanesFund.htm (accessed October 18, 2009).
Digital Project Outline:
Samuel Walker Houston, Modernizer of Huntsville African American Education
Thesis: This digital project is designed to take a look back at how Samuel Walker Houston went about founding Galilee Community School, some of the hardships he faced in his efforts, and how he led the small school with a single teacher when it began in 1907, to become consolidated with the Huntsville Independent School District in 1930.
Outline:
I. The foundation of Galilee Community School
A. Funding the school
1. The Jeanes Fund
2. Additional efforts to raise funds
II. Educational Idealism of Galilee Community School
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