Week 2 Assignment 2 Blog Post

So far in my research I have learned a ton about the genetic factors involved in eating disorders because not only is it a personal challenge, but its seems as I read more on the topic that it is also a genetic factor as well. After reading our text by Badke he really struck a chord with me and I found myself asking the questions he posed in the text. I also found myself instead of just picking a source that looked credible I was going back and forth with the CRAAP chart and Badke text to compare and contrast. As well as picking apart the article to make sure it was  a good source for my research.
I used the CRAAP chart a lot when going through every source I found making sure that the ones I chose had 95-100 % of the qualities Badke and CRAAP wanted. Using this technique I was able to weed through the bad sources and find the diamond in rough sources.  For this topic I would like to further investigate into the genetic but also more of the environmental aspect of this topic. I am a huge believer in healthy environments mentally and physically so I would like to see how that plays a part in eating disorders.

First Blog Post Week 1 Assignment 2

Hello Readers,

My name is Jessica Kwong. I am 21 years old, born in Sacramento, CA, now residing happily on the central coast. My major is child psychology and this is my first semester at Brandman University. I hope to attain a bachelor's degree and master's degree. Then be able to apply my education as a  school psychologist and marriage/family therapist. Eventually it would be my dream to have a private practice in therapy. I chose these career goals ultimately because I enjoy working with people and children.

For the readings this week I enjoyed reading about the Digital Information fluency mode, it gave me a visual and verbal way to dissect information as well as it using it to my advantage. Being able to be efficient in reading is great tool not just in school, but in my life as well. I feel by using less electronic text and using the Digital Information Fluency Mode to my advantage I will have an enriched and successful information experience.