Hello students! Congratulations to those of you you have successfully emailed me the outline for the "Obama's childhood and teenage years" research. You will be receiving individual emails from me to confirm that I have received it.
For our next assignment we will continue to look at the ways you can judge what makes an Internet source reliable.
2. Choose one of these topics:
A. In the past ten years, has teenage pregnancy in the United states increased, decreased or stayed the same?
B. In the past ten years, what age groups and what ethnic groups have shown the most increase in being diagnosed with AIDS?
C. What are the leading causes of the current economic recession in the United States?
4. Closely examine the internet site and fill out the work sheet.
5. Hand in the work sheet.
REQUIRED READING! READ THIS!!
WHO CREATED THE WEBSITE?
Find out who wrote the information on the website, and write down those details.
ASK YOURSELF: Who are they? Who is the author of the website? What organization or group is behind it?
ARE THEY REPUTABLE?
Have you already heard about the authors or institutions behind the website and do you know that they're reputable already? (for instance, students suggested that one might go to merriam-webster.com, because we already know that they are a good company that publishes dictionaries.)
Always verify your information by looking at more than one reputable source.
Read the information on the website carefully. Is it sound? Does it make sense? Does it seem credible?
Determine who wrote the website by looking at “Contact Us,” or “About Us,” or the citations and bibliography at the bottom, or
Verify your source by making sure you look at more than one source.
ARE THEY RELIABLE? Is there a second website that confirms the information on that website?
When did they update their page last?
Google the owner and/or author.
WHAT DOES THE URL TELL YOU?
Go back to the root directory of the website to see who hosted it. For example, in the url http://www.columbia.edu/texts/religion/philosophy.html, the root directory is www.columbia.edu. When looking at the root directory, look for the type of website it is. You can find that out by looking at the letters that come after the first dot. For example:
.org = organization (non-profit)
.edu = college or university (- usually. Sometimes it’s a school system.)
.net = is a commercial designation. (In other words, anyone can get it.)
.com = company or commercial. Anyone can have one.
.gov = U.S. Government web site.
.info = information about some agency or group.
Mr. Monzingo's English Writing and Research class at Information Technology High School.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Monday, September 19, 2011
Assignment One- The Internet is a Tool
These are some of the questions we will be exploring in this class.
How will we use the Internet as a tool to do research? Where will we find reliable information? How can we tell if the information is fact or fiction? How can we tell true facts from someone's opinion? How can facts be manipulated to create more than one "true" story? What is "bias" and how does it effect the news we receive everyday through word of mouth, newspapers,radio, television, and the Internet?
Assignment One- Research Barack Obama's childhood and teenage years.
Steps-
Before you start, think about what the best sources of information could be. Is there any controversy surrounding President Obama's childhood that may bias the sources?
1.Create an Obama file on your desktop.
2. Start gathering information and save it in the file . Very important: Copy the Internet addresses of the sites you get the information from.
3. Save several pieces of information ( you can cut and past into a word document for example) Check to see if there is any conflicting information and ask yourself why that might be.
4. Start to organize the facts into an outline for an essay that will be titled " Barack Obama's Childhood and Teenage Years"
5 . By the end of class tomorrow you will Email your outline to me at monzingoinfotech@gmail.com
Homework- Look up the word 'bias'. What does it mean? Have a clear understanding of the meaning of the word and how it affects the news we receive everyday.
How will we use the Internet as a tool to do research? Where will we find reliable information? How can we tell if the information is fact or fiction? How can we tell true facts from someone's opinion? How can facts be manipulated to create more than one "true" story? What is "bias" and how does it effect the news we receive everyday through word of mouth, newspapers,radio, television, and the Internet?
Assignment One- Research Barack Obama's childhood and teenage years.
Steps-
Before you start, think about what the best sources of information could be. Is there any controversy surrounding President Obama's childhood that may bias the sources?
1.Create an Obama file on your desktop.
2. Start gathering information and save it in the file . Very important: Copy the Internet addresses of the sites you get the information from.
3. Save several pieces of information ( you can cut and past into a word document for example) Check to see if there is any conflicting information and ask yourself why that might be.
4. Start to organize the facts into an outline for an essay that will be titled " Barack Obama's Childhood and Teenage Years"
5 . By the end of class tomorrow you will Email your outline to me at monzingoinfotech@gmail.com
Homework- Look up the word 'bias'. What does it mean? Have a clear understanding of the meaning of the word and how it affects the news we receive everyday.
Welcome to Mr. Monzingo's English Writing and Research
This is where you'll find all your assignments for this class. Just remember monzingo.blogspot.com. You can also get my syllabus here. You will be emailing your work to me at this address: monzingoinfotech@gmail.com.
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