I used the concepts of Glide, Animation, and Talking.
Friday, March 30, 2012
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Double Entry Journal #8 Wikipedia
a. What is Wikipedia?
An online encyclopedia that can be edited by anyone.
b. How would you answer the question posed in this piece “How reliable can a source be when anyone can edit it?”?
I think that you should always be skeptical of what is on the web. However, I think Wikipedia is a great place to start when trying to research something, and if an article has credible sources, then I think you're fine with using it. However, if there are no sources, then I would check another site afterwards.
c. Who do the creators of Wikipedia place their trust in when it comes to weeding out misinformation?
The people reading Wikipedia. They believe that if someone reads something that is false, if will be fixed .
d. Why did founder Larry Sanger leave Wikipedia?
He believed that experts should be the ones giving information. Not random people on the web.
e. What would abuse or vandalism look like on a Wikipedia page?
People editing pages for their own gain(such as businesses editing their own page to make themselves look good) People changing facts on a page because they do not like the subject, or people editing pages, attempting to be funny.
f. What do the statistics quoted in the third paragraph of this piece reveal?
That Wikipedia is quickly becoming a social norm for checking information. If people do not know something, they quickly jump on Wikipedia and look it up, allowing it to grow and become more popular.
g. Why do you think Wikipedia is so successful?
Because it is easy to access. Anyone can find anything that they need on it. Also, the pages of Wikipedia are set up to be as helpful as possible. Each article has a table of contents under a summary of the subject. Not to mention anything searched on Google normally results in a Wikipedia article being within the top five results.
h. Why might Wikipedia’s creators not want to accept advertising?
Advertising may create bias. If they're advertising a product, that gets bashed on their site, that makes Wikipedia look bad, and may get them in trouble with the company that paid for advertisements.
i. How does Wikiscanner help increase the reliability of Wikipedia entries?
It shows when private companies go onto their own page and edit things to make themselves look good, or cover up information they don't want the public to know.
An online encyclopedia that can be edited by anyone.
b. How would you answer the question posed in this piece “How reliable can a source be when anyone can edit it?”?
I think that you should always be skeptical of what is on the web. However, I think Wikipedia is a great place to start when trying to research something, and if an article has credible sources, then I think you're fine with using it. However, if there are no sources, then I would check another site afterwards.
c. Who do the creators of Wikipedia place their trust in when it comes to weeding out misinformation?
The people reading Wikipedia. They believe that if someone reads something that is false, if will be fixed .
d. Why did founder Larry Sanger leave Wikipedia?
He believed that experts should be the ones giving information. Not random people on the web.
e. What would abuse or vandalism look like on a Wikipedia page?
People editing pages for their own gain(such as businesses editing their own page to make themselves look good) People changing facts on a page because they do not like the subject, or people editing pages, attempting to be funny.
f. What do the statistics quoted in the third paragraph of this piece reveal?
That Wikipedia is quickly becoming a social norm for checking information. If people do not know something, they quickly jump on Wikipedia and look it up, allowing it to grow and become more popular.
g. Why do you think Wikipedia is so successful?
Because it is easy to access. Anyone can find anything that they need on it. Also, the pages of Wikipedia are set up to be as helpful as possible. Each article has a table of contents under a summary of the subject. Not to mention anything searched on Google normally results in a Wikipedia article being within the top five results.
h. Why might Wikipedia’s creators not want to accept advertising?
Advertising may create bias. If they're advertising a product, that gets bashed on their site, that makes Wikipedia look bad, and may get them in trouble with the company that paid for advertisements.
i. How does Wikiscanner help increase the reliability of Wikipedia entries?
It shows when private companies go onto their own page and edit things to make themselves look good, or cover up information they don't want the public to know.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Monday, March 5, 2012
Double Entry Journal #7 Teaching Media Literacy
The difference in media literacy skills and traditional literacy skills are vast. media literacy requires the reader to be more involved in the reading, whereas in a textbook, students have only but to read what's in front of them and turn the page.
Related Source:
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2011/12/how-to-use-google-search-more-effectively/
According to studies done, 3 out of 4 students can't perform effective Google searches. Students aren't taught how to use Google to their advantage, and suffer because of it.
Citation:
Ritholtz, B. (2011, December 03). How to use google search more effectively [Web log message]. Retrieved from http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2011/12/how-to-use-google-search-more-effectively/
David, Jane. "Educational Leadership." . ASCD, 003/2009. Web. 4 Mar 2012. <http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/mar09/vol66/num06/Teaching-Media-Literacy.asp&xgt;.
U.S. students may learn something about evaluating sources in research paper assignments and learn to recognize propaganda in social studies, but that's often the extent of their media literacy instruction.I agree completely with this quote. I know that when I was in high school, we barely learned how to evaluate sources. We learned much about propaganda, but I can only speak for my school, and I was in higher level classes. Students should have access to classes that teach them more about online tools and how to use the internet in general.
Related Source:
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2011/12/how-to-use-google-search-more-effectively/
According to studies done, 3 out of 4 students can't perform effective Google searches. Students aren't taught how to use Google to their advantage, and suffer because of it.
Citation:
Ritholtz, B. (2011, December 03). How to use google search more effectively [Web log message]. Retrieved from http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2011/12/how-to-use-google-search-more-effectively/
David, Jane. "Educational Leadership." . ASCD, 003/2009. Web. 4 Mar 2012. <http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/mar09/vol66/num06/Teaching-Media-Literacy.asp&xgt;.
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