Searching for an Expert and an introduction

Today, before you do anything else, write a brief and polite introduction to any potential experts on your topic area that you may end up interviewing.  In one paragraph, introduce yourself, your project, and the purpose of your email, which is to ask the expert some questions you have about your project/topic area.  The introduction should be well written in proper English with no slang or texting shortcuts.  It should have a greeting "Dear expert (for now)", a body, and a salutation "Sincerely, your name".

Send me your introduction and your 7 interview questions to mr.powhida@gmail.com.  Then, for those of you who do not already have someone to interview move onto the next step. I will review your introduction and questions and send it back if there any corrections/changes.  Then, when you discover some experts to contact you can send out your questions.  

How do we find experts? While there are some experts in the school that you can contact, everyone in here can start searching for an outside expert to ask for help and briefly interview with your questions. In fact, one of the best ways to gain new knowledge is to interview a person. That way, they share their knowledge in their own words, which means they are putting that knowledge in their own words from their perspective. This is a higher order of thinking that just giving you a list of facts and/or advice.

To start your expert search, you should begin by searching locally in Brooklyn and New York City in general for people with careers related to your field. For example, Brandon might search for chefs, television, New York

Let's look up the results that pop up and see if we can find contact info like an email address for Brandon.

Now that you've seen it's possible, spend some time trying different combinations of keywords in Google and see if you can find as many contacts to email your interview questions.  Save any contacts you find in your Google Research Worksheet in a new box and label it Expert Contacts Include the person or business's name, email address, and area of expertise.