Wishing

I am extremely excited about this project even though it didn't take the direction I originally intended. I still got to work with a couple of Neil Gaiman's books, though found little information that dealt with the one I was reading. I felt like I found a LOT of good information for Odd and the Frost Giants, but the other areas seemed a bit weak by the time I was finished. I ended up omitting Coraline from my final project because I just didn't have enough to write about.

I also think I tried to stretch myself too thin. I originally thought focusing purely on the mythology would narrow my search enough, but I since wanted to know about as many of Gaiman's books as I could, that resulted in my research for each being a bit weak. I wish I had focused on Odd in the first place and not worried about the other books, and if I were to repeat this project, I wouldn't have such a broad focus.

I also want to expand this project, and hope to eventually include the information related to American Gods and maybe some of the other books I've enjoyed, such as Sandman and Stardust.

I had a much wider variety of resources than children in my library would have. I was able to freely search the internet, and had easy access to the public library, but they are often restricted to the materials readily available in the school media center. In fact, some of the information on the Sleer ended up being on a blog that definitely would not pass the school's filter requirements. Also, I was easily able to create a website on a site builder, but students are generally only able to use the school web space.