JOURNAL ENTRY EXAMPLE

[Explanation of the items is given in red.] 1 June 2001 [Date you are making the entry.]
Guernsey, Lisa. " PowerPoint Invades the Classroom." New York Times on the Web
	31 May 2001. <http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/31/technology/31POWE.html> (1 June 2001). [Author's name, inverted. "Title of article" in quotation marks. Name of newspaper in italics followed by date of newpaper. <URL of the article> in angle brackets (date you accessed the article) in parentheses.]
Summary [A summary in your own words of the key points of the article.] Use of PowerPoint presentation software has extended into high school and elementary classrooms and is being used by students as young as 5 years old. While some teachers are enthusiastic about the positive effect on student oral language development, organizational skills, and creative presentation, others fear that students become focussed on format rather than content and that use of PowerPoint is detrimental to development of critical thinking and imagination.
Reflection [A critical, reflective analysis of how the subject of the article--the event, the product, the activity--will impact how individuals use information or will impact society.] If use of PowerPoint or other presentation software becomes ubiquitous for student reports and assignments, there could be a long term impact on the way that information is transmitted in the classroom setting, with ripple effects throughout our education system and the economy. The possibility exists that use of presentation software contributes to the shortening of attention span and ability to comprehend complex information, a charge that has been leveled against television. The article indicates that 95 percent of public school districts in the U.S. either already use or will purchase Microsoft Office, the software package that includes PowerPoint. This projection raises questions about monopoly and market dominance of Microsoft and likely continuation of that dominance if school kids all grow up on PowerPoint and other Microsoft products.