The Weekly Developments

This week we were adding our author bio and graphics to our writing. I looked through the author bios that had been added on to the class document and also hopped online to read through a few bios added to papers or sites I used when researching. I was quite happy with mine.  (screenshot of my bio) The typing portion was fine but I struggled to add images. Google kept freezing, even after I restarted my computer and browser. I'm going to assume there was too many people on the document when I was trying to add images so I'll have to do them later in the day when less people are online.  I pulled a screenshot I'd taken on my PS4 when I last played The Witcher 3. The game is an RPG, which is what my topic is.  (The Witcher 3 screenshot) I had uploaded my bibliography last time. It was really easy to copy it straight from the project I set up on MyBib. I also completed my 'check your understanding' over the Easter break. I settled on a Kahoot! because I miss taking par...

This week we had to review two of our peers' writings and give feedback. I too received feedback. From what I gathered, I need to rewrite a few pieces to sound less personal and I need to add more references as back up. Initially I hadn't, as I'd been told that references weren't being used but obviously now this is the real deal then they can be added. I'll have to sift through my notes and relink everything so I can give the correct references. This shouldn't be tough as I have several notes made and a detailed bibliography already made. Other than that, I enjoyed giving feedback and seeing others' work compared to my own and also receiving it so that I can better my own writing.

I found writing the conclusion and introduction difficult in some ways and relatively easy in other ways. As I had already written the bulk of my topic and themes, I knew what I was introducing and concluding. However, I felt like in some ways I was repeating what was in the introduction in the conclusion and vice versa. This didn't sit well with and I struggled to rearrange them so they didn't sound too similar while still being relevant to the theme, topics and each other.  I will be revisiting them though, as sometimes that helps with clarity. Initially, I had written out bullet points of what I wanted to mention but I felt it was hard to keep relevant and kept drifting off into things not as  relevant.  (screenshot of my Introduction and Conclusion)

This week we had to give feedback on our annotated bibliography themes to our peers. I got some helpful feedback on my own from two people. Both agreed that I need to add more quotes in. I definitely agree too. I hadn't done that initially as I thought it was too long and that we weren't supposed to use quotes. However, I think they're fine to add in now to back up what I'm saying. Beyond that, I'm considering condensing one or two themes into one. I feel like some of them are very similar, particularly mental health and social skills. I'll be rereading them and I think I'll put them together anyway to see what it looks like and which I prefer.

This week, I went through my annotated bibliography and put each useful sentence into their themes.  Firstly, I pulled out each highlighted sentences from last week's reading task and sorted them into their themes.  I read over them, noted which sentence would make a good introduction or conclusion to the paragraph.  Then I put them into a paragraph exactly as they were. They didn't make sense grammatically , but their ideas blended well together. Any sentences I didn't use, I left below so that I could still incorporate them or if I needed more for my paragraph, the information was still there.  Then I went back and rewrote the paragraphs to make sense.  What Makes An RPG?   what a roleplaying game is and  what the characteristics of an RPG are.  how customizable games can  be. RPGs  are often inspired by board games of the same genre.  tabletop RPGs are different to their video counterpart, or due to other factors like player...