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=//__Ian reflection 1 - Due Oct 9th, 2009 __//= Ian's home page

1. How are things going with your Senior Project?  2. How and when are you working effectively on this project? If you had the last month to do over again, what would you do differently? Why?
 * Falling behind schedule
 * Having some trouble with certain pieces
 * Making Great Progress
 * Moving Along Fine
 * Stuck and need help
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3. What kinds of decisions have you found yourself making recently? Have they been good decisions? What are you learning about how you make decisions and what kind of effect these decisions have on your learning?


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4. What did you learn about yourself—your working style, your interests, etc?


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5. What did you learn about your topic/subjects that you didn’t know before? What connections among the various things you have studied and researched do you see? Have you had any “aha” moments? What were they and how did they affect you?


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6. How have you used your advisor or mentors feedback? How have you implemented their suggestions into your project? Ian Hitchcock Senior Project Reflection Paper # 1 Ms. Knight 10/11/09   In my first conference, I discussed progress I have made on my project, including research taken, as well as steps I will be taking in the future. This conference gave me an opportunity to present the discoveries I have made thus far, and reiterate steps I need to take to continue to progress on my project. It was the first meeting I had held with my school advisor, and helped to clarify the short term requirements for the senior projects in my mind. To date, I have conducted research on the problems facing the newspaper industry and potential solutions. In a TIME magazine article entitled “How to Save Your Newspaper”, I was exposed to potential solutions for the newspaper industry. The article stated that the problem with newspapers was that news organizations were giving away their news for free online. It also told me that newspapers have more readers than ever, I surprising fact that makes the imminent failure of the newspaper all the more ironic. This article proposed that charging for online content in a way similar to the online I-store would go a long way towards ensuring that journalists. It proposed that a system of micro payments should be set up on the websites of major newspapers. In another article on that same magazine entitled “The Race for a Better Read”, I read about the beginnings of e-readers. The most famous example of this technology is the Kindle, which, according to the article, has sold over 500,000 e-readers. The author was of the opinion that e-readers have to potential to replace standard print resources by creating a product that surpasses the reading experience people get on paper. He stated that it allowed the user to download books and magazines from virtually anywhere with an internet connection, giving the user access to a wide variety of content from a single device. My next step is to contact possible mentors, and research avenues for travel associated with my project. I plan to continue research on my subject to broaden my understanding of the problems facing journalism today. In the next week, I will draft letters requesting individuals to serve as my mentor. I will also research locations and conferences on journalism being held out of Dubois to beginning exploring the possibility of traveling in order to broaden my knowledge of journalism.
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