Final Post: Rubric

In your revised grading rubric, think about what makes a good presentation--what kind of presentations do you enjoy watching, and why?

In a presentation I look for the presenters to speak clearly. They do not always have to project their voice if they do not have a big class, however, the things they are informing up about need to be clear and very well spoken. If a presentation catches my eye when it comes to organization, sources, design, graphics, and how well the words can be seen then the presentation (not always including the presenters) is considered good. Another good point to raise is while watching and listening to a presentation whatever the speaker is talking about or debating must be clear. I must understand what his/her argument is because if I don't me and the rest of the audience will be puzzled and will question what  the main point of your presentation. 

Rubric:

Presentation(25 points): When presentation is being shown words must be readable and spelled correctly. Pictures that are posted on the presentation must be clear and appropriate for class. slides or presentation must be well organized and look like it was put together overtime and not overnight.

Clarity of Argument(25 points): Argument and topic must be clear so that the class can understand what you are explaining to them. If what speakers says does not match the presentation points will betaken off.

Correct Use of Source(25 points): If you have used any sources included in make sure each source is sited correctly.

Speakers(25 points): speakers who are presenting must speak clearly and loud enough for their peer to hear them. speaker must show interest and awareness of his/her argument. All language must be class appropriate.

*Note*: If any plagiarism is found you and your team members who knew or took part in this will receive a zero for final grade. No questions asked. No way to make up lost grade.

November 11, 2012

What is an annotated bibliography? Why do you have to write one for this class?

An annotated bibliography is basically a paper that gives an over view or tells some one about the research you have done. this over view is most likely in the form of a brief summary not really in depth when it comes to details. this summary can include things like articles, books, websites, and photos. When these things are included it is also important to include citations and sources so that you wont be plagiarizing someone else work. each citation will and should be talked about in an annotated bibliography. annotations don not always have to be long, something short and simple so that your readers can get an understanding of why you used that source. I believe we have to write an annotated bibliography to show that we know about the sources we used. It is important that we give information about the sources so it won't seem like we just put anything into out project. This I guess is a sure way of knowing that we have knowledge and understanding of what we researched. we also have to write an annotated bibliography to let the teacher see what we have been looking up and show her that we know enough about our information to teach or to inform others about what we have gathered for our topic and project. 

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Research Portfolio November 5, 2012

Monday, November 5th: Find at least two credible websites (so, you’ve evaluated them, using our CURRA evaluation criteria) and cite them. Include annotations for each website summarizing the content of the website and how you plan to use it in your research project.

-One of the the websites that I know is credible:

Galileo. Georgia Library Learning Online.  15 september 1995 <http://www.galileo.usg.edu/scholar/westga/subjects/?Welcome>

All of the content on this website is usually credible there are normally up to date. Another thing that is good is that the articles and databases are usually made from good reliable people like researcher, universities, professors, journalists, or others with a high profession that's reliable. 



-The second website that is credible: 

Google. Google Images. 19 August 2004. <https://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi>

Google when it comes to searching for internet photos ONLY. I mean you could also use flickr or other gallery websites as long as you cite the photo you use for your project. Finding charts for your project on Google would be very helpful as well. 

Research Portfolio

1. Find at least one image that you would use in a presentation about your topic and cite it correctly. Also find an additional resource you’d use in your research project (it can be anything!) and include an annotation summarizing the article and how you plan to use it in your research project.

Photo:

Joe Hiscocks. 4 November 2012. Sabotage Times. <http://www.sabotagetimes.com/wp-content/uploads/a_lmusic_0604.jpg>

Article:
Hill, Charles. "Digital Piracy: Causes, Consequences, And Strategic Responses." Asia Pacific Journal Of Management 24.1 (2007): 9-25.Business Source Complete. Web. 4 Nov. 2012.

I would you this article because it highlights the consequences and this article also includes charts and statistics that is very reliable because of the site that I got it from. I am using this article from GALILEO. This website it's the safest site you could use when it comes to reliable information. It is sort of like a safety zone whenever you don't know where to look for outside sources. 

Monday 10/29

Please listen to this episode of On the Media: "The Facebook Show":http://www.onthemedia.org/2012/feb/03/
As a citizen of the nation of Facebook (or "Facebookistan"), what are your rights and responsibilities? How does this podcast--and a larger discussion of social media, which includes using blogs--fit within this class?

As a facebookistan my responsibilities is to put real information up about myself like my name
photos etc. I have a right to create groups and to promote certain things. I have a right to some privacy on the website. However, listening to this podcast facebook can change whatever they want about the rules of facebook whenever they want. So this means the limits and the extremes of our rights and responsibilities vary. I guess this discussion fit in to out class because in order for the speakers to have even come up with this podcast they would have had to research. And not only research by online but possibly interviewing people that are all members of facebook. In this podcast several questions are being ask. Some of which are to broad and can't be completely answered and some are narrow which is a bit easy to answer. In all honesty though I do not know how reliable this podcast is even thought they're throwing facts back and forth. How trust worthy are the speakers who are giving us this information or even about the people they are talking with. I'm still left with a bit of questions after listening to this podcast.

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Monday 10/22

Blog Prompt 10/22

Google and facebook are integral parts of many of our lives--many people in this class have expressed the idea that "Google has everything", and that is a popular belief.
Even though we count on these sites to provide us with information, we often don't understand how they actually function, or, for that matter, the ways they potentially manipulate us.

--What is a filter bubble?
--What are the potential personal drawbacks of these filter bubbles?
--What are the potential problems these filter bubbles might cause for your academic research?
--What are some filter bubbles that you've noticed in your own life?

A filter bubble is your own personal bubble of any of your interests you search for online. some of the problem you can have with filter bubbles are that some information could possibly thrown into your search or your filter bubble that may not even be close to any of your interests. some of the potential problems with filter bubble when it comes to academic research is that when you are looking for information you wont get the facts you need. Or the information you need may be over shadowed by random information that you probably would not find interesting or important for the research you are doing. Some if the filter bubbles i use that I just noticed this passed Tuesday is YouTube  I use this filter on a daily bases. I use it so much that when I don't even enter any thing in the search bar related links and videos come up on the side and below the search bar. however, sometimes there are videos that i have never searched for or anything similar to it and they show up. This is the same with Google and sometimes with twitter. Facebook is defiantly not a big part of my life any more because i find even Google is more interesting than it is. 

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10/17 Wednesday

With all that in mind, discuss in your own words what you consider to be plagiarism. (If you take a direct definition from the source--cite it! If you don’t cite from here on out, you will not get any points on the offending assignment) You might want to include a discussion of the different kinds of plagiarism. What can you do to prevent plagiarism? Include in your discussion something from one of your readings that surprised you.

Plagiarism is basically taking someone else writing or creation and using it for your own benefit with out giving them the credit that is due to them. There are several types of plagiarism. There's full plagiarism which is when a person takes every single detail of some ones writing, idea, or style with out permission. Partial plagiarism is taking several ideas from different authors or from different sources that you find on the internet or in books or wherever you find outside sources. Then you have minimalistic plagiarism is when you have taken a few ideas or some of the authors writing but changed it up a little to make it seem like it's original and that you created it when you didn't. This type of plagiarism is most common with most of the people i know and talk to about writing.  When it comes to preventing plagiarism, in my opinion, it can not be stopped or prevented. Yes, there are consequences for stealing committing this act but there are s=consequences for burglary and murder and people still do it. Plagiarism is pretty hard for me to detect so I wouldn't be able to tell someone not to do it if I was peer reviewing. But I can prevent MYSELF from plagiarism by simply not plagiarizing anything. 

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