Alright, so still a little unsure as to whether or not I'm doing the coding correctly. Coding as an actual task is something I'm unfamiliar with, so it feels a little weird. I think that we all intuitively do some kind of coding within during our thought process while reading an article, so it's not a completely new idea to me. The trick seems to be in the categorization of the different ideas or statements made in the reading and being able to determine what the author is trying to convey. Overall, I'd say that this particular workshop was very informative, although a little confusing. Looking forward to seeing what my group members come up with tomorrow.

This coding workshop started making sense more towards the end once there was a slide showing an example. I have never done or let alone heard of coding resources, so hopefully the exercise will help me have a better understanding of the concept. To be honest, I had to reread some of the slides after I went through all of them to make sure I knew exactly what was going on. Overall, I am pleased with how detailed and descriptive the slides are, especially when Ted "unpacked" the example. Coding will hopefully keep my ideas and articles more organized!

This workshop was pretty confusing, but I do get the overall point of the technique. I have never even heard of “coding” but it seems like a useful organizational technique that will save me a lot of time. I read the first ten slides and did not understand what was going on. Slides 21 and 22 made the workshop less confusing. I like this new tool to gathering research information because it seems like I can easily eliminate useless information as well as even figure out which data will be relevant to my written work. It will take some time, but I am sure I can master the technique.

This workshop was more challenging than the first workshop, but I found finding the explanations easy. I was very confused at the beginning because I never heard of "coding", and didn't see it as something useful in research. I feel when I study the slides more, I will be able to use this tool to organize my sources even better. I started getting frustrated because I had no clue as to what the Yes and No Box were, as well as to what to write in the Notes section. I looked at it closely and then it made sense how to categorize it in the correct part.

This workshop was intense! I feel a little overwhelmed right now, but after reading some of your comments, I think we are all on the same boat. Let's hope I figure out the assignment and do it correctly. I have never done coding before. In a research methods course I learned about tables to organize data collection, so at first I thought coding was related to tables. It is similar in the way that they both are meant to keep your research and data organized, but there seems to be more to coding than simply making tables. - Ana Angel

Going into this workshop I had no idea what coding meant. As I read the slides, coding as you said is a simple procedure but difficult in execution. I was a bit flustered until I went to the slides containing the coding sheets; that made the coding process easier to breakdown. After I read the method of unpacking I finally was able to figure out the coding process. It was much easier once I looked at the coding sheet as it actually broke down each category. Those two pages containing the coding sheet made the exercise for this workshop much easier to complete.

At first this seemed a bit overwhelming and I didn't see the logic behind doing coding. However, probably since I have never done an in depth research paper, reading the slides allowed me to make so much more sense of it. I can see why coding and organization is so important, it seems like gathering data and organizing what you will be talking about is already 75% of the project completed. I edit a lot of video and I do the exact same thing with my video files, organizing them into "bins" according to content, and that allows me to create and guide the story I am going to tell. Very similar concept.

I have heard of coding before. Its a great tool to help one organize all their information. it makes finding information more efficient and it also allows one to go more in depth with their research and dive into realms that they may not have initially thought of. I was a little thrown at first when reading some of the slides because it seemed like a very dense topic. I got the hang of it when i saw the first two example slides. I think I was doing extremely well once I actually did the coding task, so hopefully I did it right.

This was an extremely challenging workshop, coding is still hard for me to grasp. However, as mentioned it is a learning process and mistakes will be made. Hopefully it will all make more sense as we get into our groups tomorrow. I still have a hard time understanding the logistics behind it all. I'm sure it will get clarified for me tomorrow as well, I got frustrated so so much during this process. I don't know what to make of it all, I guess I'll just have to see what everyone else comes up with. I understand that the main focus is organization...but it seems there is a lot more to it then that. I'm sure by me looking at the big picture, I get stressed out even more...I need to take it one step at a time.

First of all, this was one tough workshop. Going into it, I have no clue what it was going to be about. At first, I thought that it was going to help me categorize my sources, in which it did but specific way. It was very confusing at first, but towards the end of the presentation, it became clear this is a method of organizing your data on a particular source. Through the example and exercise, I have grasped the basic concept of coding, such as building a chart, finding important date, and where to place them. Although I am still unsure of some aspect on how to code, I am looking forward to coming to class and learning more on this subject, in which, I hope we can go over this in more detail.

When I was first going through the slides for this workshop, I was freaking out. The only other time that heard of coding was from my computer engineer friend and that was something that I couldn't even comprehend. This code is different but a lot of the same variables and practices apply. The slides were really confusing at first but once I saw your example with detailed explanations on what everything meant, it wasn't as tough. Once I started doing the assignment, it took me pretty much the entire night to finish it but I think it was worth it and I learned a lot to the point where I feel pretty confident now on the concept of coding. I definitely liked this workshop more than the last one though both are essential. Hope my activity paper turns out fine.

I found the slideshow to be very tough to understand, but the example code was much easier to grasp. I am still unsure as to how to properly code and look forward to getting help with it in class on thursday. I understand that coding helps organize data on individual sources but I am still unsure about how to do it. I am sure I am not the only one that it is confused by coding and I'm sure the in class discussion about it will clarify all of my questions. I agree with Shay on the frustration it brings but as I said earlier, I am sure this will be easier after the in class workshop.

Chris Henderson

I seriously need to stop working at night. Classes in the morning than straight to work then getting home around 11pm to read for hours. So I think i got the jist of it more or less. The slides really helped out. So far I don't have any questions on it, but I don't want to say that I fully understand it just in case I'm interpreting everything wrong. I'm almost positive I did the workshop right. Honestly, this is completely different to me. Like almost everyone, I've never done coding before. However, reading through the slides, once I fully grasp the method of coding, the research project should be a lot less complicated.

Ive read the workshop and I kind of get a sense of coding. But to be perfectly honest, I'm still totally confused by all of it. Like most everyone else has said in the comments, I have never used or seen this method in my life, so this workshop was a bit overwhelming to say the least. I can understand why and how it could be helpful, but at the moment it feels more like its just causing more stress to me than anything. Perhaps it will be more helpful/useful once we go over it more in class and I get a better understanding of how to actually do it. Id be lying if I said I wasn't nervous about coming into class tomorrow with our task. I hope I did it somewhat right and don't make a fool of myself!

When I first opened up the coding exercise I thought it was going to be about something completely different that what it was about. I thought we were going to learn some computer code that is relevant to typing research papers. Coding is an interesting method because it spawns out of what works best for the person organizing the information. The workshop encourages to make a system and stick to it. There is no right or wrong way to approach it, only YOUR way. I am sure there are more efficient ways to code, but it really depends on the material. That is the other interesting thing, every time you code, you will be coding different information information. You couldn't look at someone else's coding sheet and copy it, that would be blatant and a waste of time. I think coding will help me organize my ideas when it comes time to writing the paper, but I would kind of worry that I wouldn't be doing it right.

I get overwhelmed by the Coding concept at first. But after reading slide 21c( an example of how a coding sheet is used to code a text), and slide22 (unpacked the code), I can imagine what the code is about. Coding schemes seems to be a very useful method to gather data for researching and it will save a lot of time if we knew how to apply it for our research. I can make mistake when I use it. But " The point is to learn about themethod by going through the process". I hope I can learn more about this concept in the class discussion today.

this coding workshop reminded me a lot of writing a research paper in high school, using flashcards to categorize concrete details. the process seems sound, its hard to be motivated on a practice exercise though, i feel like when put to use on an actual paper the process will be very helpful. the activity is easier once you get the ball rolling, after doing one or two it becomes easier. i just wish this workshop was a little more prefaced in class so we had more of a general idea of what we were in for before getting online.

This workshop was a little overwhelming, and maybe missing Tuesday's class to film a movie contributed to that But after a few re-reads, I think I get what the point is. The point is to sort and group similar ideas as they're found in research. Then patterns can be found that may help to answer research questions. The real important point I'm glad this workshop pointed out is: don't make categories before reading the literature. It's a mistake I'm sure I would have made.

Before this workshop I had never even heard of coding. I was a little nervous going into the workshop because it was going to be something completely new to me. It is pretty confusing figuring out what coding is and what you have to do. I am sure the in class portion will help and possibly a few more looks at the workshop will help as well but I do feel i get the overall point of coding. It helps put material in order for you so it is easier to find out why you researched what you researched in an organized matter.

I had never really thought about coding as a form of organization but it makes perfect sense. The slides were a little confusing pertaining to the order they were in- I thought that perhaps putting the actual examples of the coding in the beginning would have saved me a little confusions but once I went through all of the slides it made perfect sense. I agree that this is perfect for organizing data and will be a great time saver. it's kind of one of those things we already do when researching- but now it's just a matter of putting into a specific format.