12/1/2012 Final Blog Post

Candace’s Grading Rubric for the Final Presentation:

The appearance of the presentation: -Not too wordy -Professional -There is one image per group member that is correctly cited and relates to the topic. -The Group uploaded their presentation to slideshare.net before presentation day.	25 POINTS
The Presentation Overall: -The group presented at/or before 15 minutes. Each member performing at/ or before 3 minutes. -There was a person going through the slide show and there was a moderator. -Each member had:   1. A Research Question, explained how they received their topic and       explained how they narrowed their research question and/or       broadened.   2. A Position/Thesis   3. Their Research, including 1 book, 1 website, and 1 article and       explained how those resources support their research question.	50 POINTS
Peer Review: -Completed the feedback form, writing about the same group they did before but writing if that same group improved or not.	25 POINTS
Outline: -Completed and turned in an outline that portrayed their research.	50 POINTS

11/14/2012 Blog Post

An annotated bibliography is similar to a cited page but it definitely has more information included. According to Purdue online writing lab a bibliography is a list of sources someone has used on their research topic. Also according to Purdue online writing lab an annotation is an evaluation or summary of the source, or just a summary or evaluation. We are doing an annotated bibliography in class so we can get practice for our future classes that will want an annotated bibliography, understand what our research topic is about, also helping other researchers find out more information (Purdue OWL). Annotated bibliographies are a good way to make sure you are using the sources you say you are using and it kind-of gives you a boundary as well. For example, say you are researching something and you found all the sources you need. Well by creating an annotated bibliography you create a list of all the resources you can use because all your resources would be organized. It is definitely worth a researchers time to create an annotated bibliography because it also could kind-of help with the appearance of your research. Someone could be evaluating your annotated bibliography and it could make the appearance of your research well.

11/6/2012 Blog Post

2 Websites

"Technology is Destroying the Quality of Human Interaction | The Bottom Line (UCSB)." The Bottom Line UCSB. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Nov. 2012. http://thebottomline.as.ucsb.edu/2012/01/technology-is-destroying-the-quality-of-human-interaction.

 

This website provides many examples on how technology in general is causing human face to face interactions to decrease. I plan to use this information as examples for my research question.

 

Kasumovic, Michael. "I nd to spk 2 U mum: why texting won't make you feel the love." The Conversation: In-depth analysis, research, news and ideas from leading academics and researchers.. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Nov. 2012. http://theconversation.edu.au/i-nd-to-spk-2-u-mum-why-texting-wont-make-you-feel-the-love-5200.

 

This website also provides reasonings as to how texting can effect people's lives socially. I plan to use this information in my project as examples for my research project.

 

 

10/31/2012 Research Portfolio

My photo cited: Sion Fullana. Slaves to our Phones. July 11, 2009. Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/sionfullana/3711877066/in/photostream/

The addition resource I would use is kind-of an article/blog. The title is "Texting and its effect on human Interaction." This resources gives excellent reasons as to how texting can decreases human interaction and they enlist the consequences of this happening. I plan to use this resource as evidence to show how texting can negatively impact people socially possibly.

Word Count: 82

10/29/2012 Blog Post

As a citizen of the nation of Facebook I think my rights include knowing where all of my data goes that I  put on Facebook. My rights include having Facebook obey my "setting" rules. For example, if I don't want my photos to be seen by the public then I shouldn't have to worry about my photos being seen by the public. My responsibilities include making sure I speak to people I trust on Facebook and another responsibility is to make sure I am safe.  This podcast fits with this class because this podcast is like a huge research that is showing the different aspects of Facebook.

Word Count: 107

10/22/12 Blog Post

A filter bubble is where google automatically changes the settings on whatever you search. For example, It filters whatever you search. The potential personal drawbacks of this is that you miss out on information. The problems that this can have on your research is that it could be leaving out information. Some filter bubbles I guess I've seen was like with certain information, only some info is given.

Word Count: 68

10/17/2012 Blog Post

In my own words I consider plagiarism as copying off of someone else and not acknowledging the person that helped give you that information you just copied. Plagiarism is using someone's else hard earned information without giving credit to that person who did that work. I agree with the New York Times and one of their points somewhat surprised me at how they said it is so much easier to plagiarize because of all the advanced technology this generation has on their phones and computers (NYT). I also agree with the quote that was made on the NPR website, where they said, "The rules are to give credit for anything that is not yours (NPR)." For a simple definition of plagiarism the NPR's quote is reasonable. In order to prevent plagiarism, just make sure you cite everything you think you received from some else, especially if it is coming from a website, and/or book. I was and am told if you doubt, then cite the information. It is better to have a lot of citations in your research paper than to fail the research paper. Try to write your own understanding of the topic you are writing about instead of someone else's.