I found it very difficult to determine if a website was a hoax or not. After going through all seven websites multiple times, I finally figured out which ones were hoax sites and which were not. After eliminated those sites, I took the three sites that were left and tried to compare and contrast to figure out which I thought would be the most beneficial to an elementary science class. I have came to the conclusion that the most effective website would be the Cane Toad website.
The Cane Toad website seemed to be the most beneficial to me because when looking at the “Teachers’ Guide on how to Evaluate Web Content” page, I went through and checked to see if the page had majority of the characteristics listed. I found that this page did have many of those characteristics. For example, the Cane Toad website gives the author name, Dr. Steve A. Johnson, and gives his education, job titles, and some background information on him. Also, the page seems to be signed with the University of Florida. I checked multiple links on the page and all of the links that I checked seemed to work proper and took me to the correct location on the website.
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Even though these reasons are valid, I do feel as though this website has room for improvement. One of the main characteristics of this site is they could list who is the editor of the website. When checking out the information, I was just assuming that the author is the one that checks the site, but that may not be true and others viewing the site may not think the same about that information. The only other problem I found with this site was I tried a link that was supposed to be a frog call and it seemed to take a while to load, but this was the only link that I had a problem with on this site. Other than these characteristics, I feel as though this is a high-quality
The reading states that several measures have been proposed to stop the spread of the cane toad in Australia and provides three reasons of support. However, the professor states that the measures in the reading passage are unsuccessful and cause unwanted damage and refutes each of the authors ' reasons. First, the reading states that one way to prevent the spread of the toad would be to build a national fence. The professor opposes this point by saying that this way will not stop the spread of the cane toad.
The intentions of this article was to inform, teach, and provide facts to an audience score of 5 for purpose. With all these facts this source scored a 20/25 making it a great source to use in my Personal
The “Colonial Williamsburg” website gave an overview of how the American Revolution has shaped our world today. The website included information over the life, clothing, people, and even the Colonial Williamsburg Garden. I found four different factors from the website that were quite interesting during the time of the American Revolution. The first factor involved the experiences of life during the American Revolution.
In “Teaching Zach to Think,” Alan November suggests that it is imperative for students to learn how to validate information that they are finding on the Internet. November recommends three techniques that are necessary for evaluating websites. Primarily, he encourages students to consider the website’s purpose. Secondly, he instructs students to find out more about the author of the article or website; what are their credentials or expertise? Finally, November proposes searching out what the meta-web information has to show for the credibility of the site.
28 Oct. 2015. Yes, this is a good source to use in my collage paper because it gives me reliable, accurate information based on real research. I can tell that this article is a good source by the following: It is published in a scholarly (peer-reviewed) journal or by a scholarly publishing press (books) It is recent, published within the past 5 years.
Using this website benefits me while I am at school researching public health statistics on a certain health risk or condition because I have access not only to data from the survey in each state but also counties as well. Being able to look up research from the 1980’s till today is another great source in the website. Another great resource from this website is that it provides you with articles that have to do with the data that is being produced through the BRFSS. It is easy to find those articles in the website if I ever need them for a certain paper that is dealing with health conditions and risk behaviors in the United States. Being in the public health field and specifically focusing on health promotion, I believe this website is a great source of where the problems of different health risk are happening around the country.
Yemisrach Reta ENG 121-340 Professor Ashley Waterman 11 pril 2017 Rhetorical Analysis of the Essay “Is Google Making Us Stupid” In “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Nicholas Carr uses some evidences in his argument in order to convince the idea of the other people . I believe Carr’s argument is effective because he starts explaining how he feels when he is reading a book and immersing himself in a book.
One key guide that helped me in the process is breaking down the websites into different parts and then explaining how they work using pathos , ethos, and logos. By pre-writing the analysis it helps to build up the final analysis. The techniques learned helped gather an example of appeals and
What could be more poisonous than Curare, Tetrodotoxin, and Cyanide? Would you believe a frog, smaller than a dime, is much more toxic than these. There are over 175 species of Poison Dart Frogs that live in the jungles of Central and South America (Poison Dart Frog, n.d.). According to Wallace (2014), these “amphibians have provided scientists with a diverse array of over 800 biologically active alkaloid [a compound created in organisms used for chemical defense]”. The smallest Dart Frog is 1.2 cm and the largest Dart Frogs are no larger than 6 cm long.
I have used social media for around five years. This is a topic I am interested in since it takes up most of my day. This is something I enjoy, but this might not be the healthiest hobby. Everyone has their own opinions about social media. Some love it, others say social media is ruining society.
It dont mean you should stop using it. The web can be at good thing if you just use it for the right reasons. But the one thing i´m asking you to do, is to be careful and take care of each other on the internet. But also, have fun. (Modern digital technology is a blessing and the only way forward)
There are still points that require being fixed, but the positive effects outweigh the negative ones. Social media is a very precious tool that can be used to meet new personalities, and allow people to be in touch with friends and families; it positively affects the world by empowering people to educate and work online and gives space for
1-Introduction Today, technology has developed a lot and invaded every field of our life. One of the fields affected by this progress in technology is education. Now online learning is one of the aims that is achieved in education sectors all over the world. This is a way of learning by which learning is done through the internet. There is no need for students to go to school or university in order to learn something new.