Example - Research Journal Part 4

A) I searched in google
B) (baseball or MLB) steroids site:.gov
C) There is no author but this on the DEA's site
Title of Website: U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
Title of Article: Steroids and Our Youth: An interview with Don Hooten
Couldn't locate a date but sometime after July 2003, before June 8, 2006 is when the interview took place.
5/26/2010 date of access
http://www.justice.gov/dea/pubs/pressrel/hooton_interview.html

Why this is a credible source: Don Hooten's son, Taylor died in part because of his steroid use. Don Hooten started a foundation in his name to expose and educate about steroids and steroid use by minors. The DEA is a government agency whose mission includes this section: "to recommend and support non-enforcement programs aimed at reducing the availability of illicit controlled substances" , the purpose of the article is to spread the word and educate. I would expect Don Hooten to have a bias based on his experience and would take that into consideration.

Unit 1 Research Journal

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possible videos for class

On new media literacies, could be a good introduction. Of course, we already have a necessary blog video.
Personal Learning Environment:

Video about blogger

Is bloggin a slog?

I saw this article in today's paper and thought it was relevant to our conversation.

I'm not surprised that I'm behind the trend curve, but you've all seen twitter, and tried your hand at blogging, what do you like about blogging and what do you dislike?

Fun with blogging

I wanted to applaud all your efforts in creating blogs. It did require some perseverance dealing with the technical glitches but hopefully it was worth it.

This is one of the great features of Web 2.0, you can reflect your personality and some of your fellow students posted pictures, selected different templates, chose pseudonyms and raved about their favorite shows. Does blogging feel a bit like a paper journal complete with doodles, pictures and inside jokes?

I hope that some of you find you like the means of expression and continue using it beyond the scope of this class.

It is an informal medium of communication and that is fine for this class. I would ask that you use the spell check and remember that I am reading your blogs, so anything too personal should wait until class is over.

Wikipedia vs. GVRL

Is this a fair fight?

Everyone who completed the readings and assignments for Unit 2 learned the value of deep web resources, such as GVRL. I would imagine everyone had used Wikipedia before but there were many converts to the depth and reliability of information offered by GVRL, plus I imagine your professors would appreciate and respect GVRL citations over Wikipedia.

So, enough Wikipedia bashing; is there ever a time when Wikipedia is a good idea? I would say, yes. Wikipedia is not a one-stop shop for research but a good place to start out, find out a little more about your topic, discover key terms and phrases and then perhaps look for more depth in GVRL and carry on to the article databases for research. And I fully admit to using Wikipedia constantly to learn about things I know nothing about or way more then any one person needs to know about the show Bones.

I think everyone picked up on this but to reiterate, Wikipedia is not the place for scholarly research. It is fluid and constantly changing, anyone who saw the history of updates page knows this. And it is a good place to find out basic information on many topics.

As you are becoming more aware of the credibility and authority of sources, do you think that perhaps Wikipedia and GVRL are intended for a different audience? Students and practitioners need academic research but many other people just need information. The information cycle video talks about these differences as well.

Introduction

Wow, that really was easy to set up.