Adam

1. What are some of the previous research projects you have done? we did alot of boring resarch in LA history last year. This year we did some interesting projects like the laybrinth. 2. Based on these projects, what does //research// mean to you? in past experences it means a whole lot of ussless work that wont have anything to do with the final product 3. Describe one of your research successes or failures. Why was the experience positive or negative? last year all of my research projects were failures. It was a negative experenice because i failed. But I got a B+ on the labrinth project this year, it was a positive experence because i didnt fail.
 * Entry 1 March 14 2007**

1. I think the webbing process helped/did not help me find a topic because: it didnt help me because i alredy knew what I wanted to do by project on
 * Entry 2 March 15 2007**

1. Topic: Vikings 2. Why you chose it: They sound very interesting 3. What you already know about your topic: Not much. I know that they are generally precived as barbarians. They lived in northern europe.
 * Entry 3 March 16 2007**

1. Brainstorm a list of questions related to your topic. Who were the vikings? What legacies did they leave (invent ect.) that still effect us today? When did they come into power? What time period were the Vikings in? What countries did the Vikings live in? What were some of the weapons that the Vikings used. What were Viking funerals and how were they unique? Did they have any distinctive architectural designs? How did they effect other cultures in there time period? What other cultures did they effect and trade with ect? Were they nomadic? Why did they have horns on there helmets? What did they have there boats shaped and decorated like they were? How did they dress? Were they as Barbaric as we perceive them today?
 * Entry 4 March 16 2007**

10 points Good questions. Keep in mind that you won't be able to answer all of these in a short essay. So after you have done your research, decide what is most important in order to tell the story about who the Vikings are. Only keep that information and don't use the extra information.
 * Teacher Response 3-20-07**

1. Describe how the pre-notetaking sheet helped you find both focus for your topic and research questions to investigate. Did you find it easy or difficult to create a fat question from your ideas? The pre notetaking sheet helped me figure out what I wanted to know about my topic. Knowing exactly what I'm looking for will make research alot easier. Once i had all my questions down my fat question was very obvious.
 * Entry 5 March 19 2007**

10 points
 * Teacher Response 3-20-07**

1. What have I learned today? I learned how to use noodelbibs notetaking feature 2. What problems have I had? navigating through the databases and finding whats important 3. How will I overcome the problem(s)? i dont know 4. What will I do next? keep taking notes using the databases and noodelbib
 * Entry 6 March 20 2007**

10 points Ask for help during class!
 * Teacher Response 3-21-07**

1. What have I learned today? how to put notes from books on noodelbib 2. What problems have I had? none 3. How will I overcome the problem(s)? none 4. What will I do next? take a few more book notes and then do some research on th web
 * Entry 7 March 21 2007**

10 points
 * Teacher Response 3-22-07**

1. What have I learned today? that i dont have time to take notes on evry little fact, that I have to only copy down the main ideas 2. What problems have I had? none 3. How will I overcome the problem(s)? none 4. What will I do next? I'm done with my database and book research so I will research using Google tomarow
 * Entry 8 March 22 2007**

10 points A good thing to learn!
 * Teacher Response 3-23-07**