Hi, all! Happy Halloween! This week is our second online class. This week we’ll be covering some new material and be doing a bit of review.
Like our last online class, you’ll need to watch the videos below. Then please leave a comment on this post about something new you learned (Comment=attendance and participation points for the week). Remember, you need to finish this class before our next class session together on November 7 (and probably should finish before Friday so you can do your weekly reflection).
Online Videos
Assignments
1. Work on your final project. Finish up your research and start on your tutorial page. Remember final projects are due on November 14!
2. Find an article to bring to class for discussion next week. The article should be about information in some way. Find something that is of interest to you–it could be about plagiarism, wifi access, Internet filtering, etc.
Reminder: This week I’m away from campus all week. I’ll be in Los Angeles for a workshop then I’ll be gone for my sister’s wedding. So email communication will most likely take longer than usual, but I will get back to you.
You should not be too broad or too narrow when looking for sources. You could all kinds of sources from either the internet, library, medias, or books. To make sure those sources are trustworthy or credible, you should ask yourself 5 questions; who, what, when, why, and how. You should also do the same thing ask yourself questions when working on a research. Think of a research question and try to answer it or make a hypothesis. Then sum up or conclude it based on your result from the research.
I learned about what consult reference sources are. They are encyclopedias, handbooks, subject dictionaries, maps, atlases,etc to get topic ideas. I also learned that looking for websites that end with in .edu, .gov or .org, they are more likely to contain more trustworthy content. I also found out how to cite a source by works consulted.
What I learned about the videos were that when trying to find articles online, preferably go with the ones that end with .edu, .gov, or .org and don’t be too broad or narrow. Also, that one of the most important elements about a research question is that it doesn’t conclude anything and it sets up exploration. The questions are complex, provide exploration and don’t come with pre-set conclusions. Lastly, when coming upon anything make sure you have a critical eye and think before you choose to use a website.
All this videos, almost talk about how to find information and how is easy to find information if you have a specific topic, and you make specific questions
learned that when finding articles to make sure the domain ends in org, gov, or edu for credibility. also to avoid being too narrow in your research to avoid going off topic. Also to avoid being too broad so your paper can be on topic as well. when choosing a website for a paper, we should ask ourselves questions to be comfortable with the article.
Learned a lot of new information just from these new videos put up. One thing that was most important to me was the credibility part. Every source that we use should be questioned by ourselves whether or not it is valid or not. Also some big points were in making sure we dont go outside of our topic in our report meaning to have information that stays on topic throughout the whole report.
Learned some new information from these links. they teach you how to trust some like such as .edu, .org, etc… and how important the credibility is.
I learned the following from these videos:
-Topic Development: How much depth you should put into your research
-Research Questions: Knowing which questions to ask when writing your topic
-Credible Sources Count!: How to spot a credible source and the purpose of a website