I know I am very late with all of my blogs, but better to do it then to not do it at ALL! Attending the Learning Colliquia Seminar many weeks ago, you would think I would have forgotten everything Dr. Carr spoke on. Well, I did! However, lucky me, I took notes during the entire seminar. So, I am writing this blog to the best of my knowledge and notes.
On the way to this seminar, I had already planned to fall asleep in the back row. I had my jacket and I was ready! However, once it actually started and Dr. Carr began to speak, he grabbed my attention right away. The way he speaks with such enthusiasm and charismatic in his voice made me just want to pay attention. It actually turned out to be very interesting. The topic of the seminar was “What is Research”. When I first read this, I just thought oh no is he seriously about to talk about how to do a research paper or something. However, he did not. It was a interesting discussion and his presentation made it even better.
I do not know about everyone else, but to me personally it seemed like for a minute all he was discussing was history about Howard. For instance, the first four students of Howard were four white daughters of two of the founders of the school. Also, the Howard University hospital used to be Griffin Stadium. This was the home to the Washington Senators baseball team. It actually was helpful to me, however, because I had not done the first blog yet either! VERY PITIFUL!
Throughout the presentation, he began to point out three very important steps we should follow while doing research; Be Present, Read and Write, and Speak to After. These are the ground rules for research. Be Present basically is saying that we should take the research of others into consideration when we are doing our own research. Also, for us to just be present not only physically, but mentally as well. Read and Write is saying as freshman, we need to make sure we know how to read material thoroughly and write about it later, like notes. Speak to After is just educating others as we learn. It is good to share knowledge with everyone.
The most interesting part of the seminar to me was actually the story about how Howard University was given the opportunity to put a research team together and study The African Burial Ground. That situation is amazing to me. For these historical artifacts to be studied and examined by African-Americans from this college is just amazing.
In my opinion, the seminar was interesting. He explained a lot about what our purpose is as freshman, like what we need to do to be successful. I believe all of our seminars should have interesting speakers, such as Dr. Carr. However, it does not have to be three hours long. After awhile, honestly, students tend to lose focus. I am one of them.
I know I am very late with all of my blogs, but better to do it then to not do it at ALL! Attending the Learning Colliquia Seminar many weeks ago, you would think I would have forgotten everything Dr. Carr spoke on. Well, I did! However, lucky me, I took notes during the entire seminar. So, I am writing this blog to the best of my knowledge and notes.
On the way to this seminar, I had already planned to fall asleep in the back row. I had my jacket and I was ready! However, once it actually started and Dr. Carr began to speak, he grabbed my attention right away. The way he speaks with such enthusiasm and charismatic in his voice made me just want to pay attention. It actually turned out to be very interesting. The topic of the seminar was “What is Research”. When I first read this, I just thought oh no is he seriously about to talk about how to do a research paper or something. However, he did not. It was a interesting discussion and his presentation made it even better.
I do not know about everyone else, but to me personally it seemed like for a minute all he was discussing was history about Howard. For instance, the first four students of Howard were four white daughters of two of the founders of the school. Also, the Howard University hospital used to be Griffin Stadium. This was the home to the Washington Senators baseball team. It actually was helpful to me, however, because I had not done the first blog yet either! VERY PITIFUL!
Throughout the presentation, he began to point out three very important steps we should follow while doing research; Be Present, Read and Write, and Speak to After. These are the ground rules for research. Be Present basically is saying that we should take the research of others into consideration when we are doing our own research. Also, for us to just be present not only physically, but mentally as well. Read and Write is saying as freshman, we need to make sure we know how to read material thoroughly and write about it later, like notes. Speak to After is just educating others as we learn. It is good to share knowledge with everyone.
The most interesting part of the seminar to me was actually the story about how Howard University was given the opportunity to put a research team together and study The African Burial Ground. That situation is amazing to me. For these historical artifacts to be studied and examined by African-Americans from this college is just amazing.
In my opinion, the seminar was interesting. He explained a lot about what our purpose is as freshman, like what we need to do to be successful. I believe all of our seminars should have interesting speakers, such as Dr. Carr. However, it does not have to be three hours long. After awhile, honestly, students tend to lose focus. I am one of them.
