Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Short Writing Assignment #4 / Second Topic Proposal

When is the usage of wiki and other wiki sites appropriate?
1) What's on Wikipedia, and What's Not … ?: Assessing Completeness of Information.
LEXUS NEXUS
This gives a basic overview of what exactly is. So this is a neutral source.
2) Wikipedia Is a Flawed Research Tool
LIBRARY SEARCH
This article is written by a critic of wikipedia. He lists multiple reasons why wikipedia is a flawed research tool and the negative experiences that he has had when using the website.
3) Wikipedia: The next generation; It's called Veropedia. Its goal: To create something that students and teachers can rely onACADEMIC SEARCH PREMIER
This article points out the flaws of wikipedia but promotes a different wiki site that can be used for students and researchers. The article goes on to say that its new website will do background checks on the validity of the sources and of their authors.
4) I could not find an appropriate fourth article, but I will continue to search

Monday, February 16, 2009

3 Topic Ideas for Essy 2

1) Michael Phelps with picture of bong (whether or not he should be punished)
2) What is too skinny? Has the line been moved?
3) Is it constitutional for sex offenders addresses and personal information to be assessible via web and other resources?

Monday, February 9, 2009

Response to No Foul No Play

I pretty much understood everything that the author of No Foul No Play said. The only thing that bothered me, yet didnt confuse me was the fact that unless you had some previous knowledge of the cases mentioned there was no way of truly understanding the humor.