After skimming through the book options for the Indian Epics UnTextbook, the Tales of the Sun by Georgiana Kingscote and Natesa Sastri, were stories that just happened to pop out at me. After clicking on the link and leading to the Gutenberg website, I used the EPUB version of the story, and downloaded the book to my computer. Because I have a MacBook, my computer automatically opened up the book in the application iBooks. I've used iBooks for my own personal reason, so I'm not sure why I never thought to use it before for school! It was a great tool, and it was perfect for this particular assignment because it was super easy to navigate through, and iBooks automatically placed a link to the table of contents at the bottom of the screen, therefore it was super easy to jump between stories.
One of the stories I chose to read was "The Poisoned Food". The main reason I chose it was because Laura currently has it bold because she is considering as a story to include in the UnTextbook. I really enjoyed this read, and I thought it was lighthearted and very easy to follow. The language flowed very nicely, and I never found myself asking "wait, what is going on?". I think sometimes whenever the language gets too flowery or there are a lot of words that are still in the original language that the story was written in, it can sometimes be hard to follow. However, I think this story (and the other stories in this unit) were great!
Another story I looked at was "The Lost Camel", and I really enjoyed this story. The logic behind each of the young men's description of the camel was really interesting. I liked that each of the men were able to use the observations of the trail left by the camel to make different assumptions about the camel. It was fascinating to me that even though nobody had ever seen the camel, they could predict what he looked like. Overall, I think the story was really easy to read, and it was short and simple. I think this story would be a perfect addition to the UnTextbook!
Showing posts with label UnTextbook. Show all posts
Showing posts with label UnTextbook. Show all posts
Sunday, April 26, 2015
Monday, April 20, 2015
UnTextbook Online Reading Options
1. Device. I used a Macbook Pro laptop to complete this assignment.
2. Browser. I used Safari as my default browser, and for some of the readings, I downloaded them and opened them up in Adobe Reader. Some of them I just viewed as a PDF in my browser.
3. Best Option. I personally like downloading the PDF files because I find them a tad bit easier to read, but I think it's most likely due to the fact that that is method I am most familiar with.
4. Worst Option. I thought all of the options were great ones!
5. Reading Online. I have the Kindle app downloaded to my computer, so I use that for books that I read for leisure. I also have to read scientific documents/articles online often for many of my classes. I tend to just download the PDF to my computer and use Adobe Reader as the main program.
6. Taking Notes Online. Do you have a good method for taking notes when you are reading online in a browser window? For example, I open a plain text file resize my browser window and text file so that they both appear on the screen, and I take notes while I read. What notetaking method do you use for material you are reading in your browser window?
7. PDF Notetaking. I usually just pull up a word document (usually in the "note-taking" version) and place them side by side on my laptop in two separate windows.
8. Hard Copies. I personally prefer reading hard copies, especially scientific articles, because I find it much easier to take notes on a physical piece of paper because I am able to mark up all over the paper with highlighter and different colored pens, and then I type up my notes later. I often prefer printing at home because of the convenience; however, I tend to have to print documents with tons of pages and I run through printer ink like nobody's business. Because of this, I often will print off bigger documents from the library.
2. Browser. I used Safari as my default browser, and for some of the readings, I downloaded them and opened them up in Adobe Reader. Some of them I just viewed as a PDF in my browser.
3. Best Option. I personally like downloading the PDF files because I find them a tad bit easier to read, but I think it's most likely due to the fact that that is method I am most familiar with.
4. Worst Option. I thought all of the options were great ones!
5. Reading Online. I have the Kindle app downloaded to my computer, so I use that for books that I read for leisure. I also have to read scientific documents/articles online often for many of my classes. I tend to just download the PDF to my computer and use Adobe Reader as the main program.
6. Taking Notes Online. Do you have a good method for taking notes when you are reading online in a browser window? For example, I open a plain text file resize my browser window and text file so that they both appear on the screen, and I take notes while I read. What notetaking method do you use for material you are reading in your browser window?
7. PDF Notetaking. I usually just pull up a word document (usually in the "note-taking" version) and place them side by side on my laptop in two separate windows.
8. Hard Copies. I personally prefer reading hard copies, especially scientific articles, because I find it much easier to take notes on a physical piece of paper because I am able to mark up all over the paper with highlighter and different colored pens, and then I type up my notes later. I often prefer printing at home because of the convenience; however, I tend to have to print documents with tons of pages and I run through printer ink like nobody's business. Because of this, I often will print off bigger documents from the library.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)