Double Entry Journal # 10-Sewing the Seeds for a more Creative Society

Quote:

"Sucess is based on not only what you know or how much you know,but on your ability to think and act creatively".

Reason:

I chose this quote because I absolutely agree with this quote. For one thing, you can know a lot of stuff. The thing is you may know it but how much do you remember down the road. Like taking a test; you know all the information, but you will forget it after you take the test. By putting work out there that is very creative, that will show people that you will be able to come up with ideas outside of school. By becomeing a creative teacher; than you can teach your students how to come up with creative ideas, and put those ideas in the real world. Being creative is awesome, and more people are becomeing creative because that is what society wants now a days.

Link:





I chose this video because it shows that young children know how to use scratch to create games and different things in a creative way. I chose this because it talks about scratch in the article I read. Using scratch helps students come up with ideas about different things. Scratch is a wonderful tool to use, and it should be used throughout the schools.

Sources:

Computer club students scratch video. [Audio podcast]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MAp8YE1La4

Resnick, Mitchel. (n.d.). Sewing the seeds for a more creative society. Retrieved from http://web.media.mit.edu/~mres/papers/Learning-Leading-final.pdf

Favorite Game from Scratch

Double Entry Journal # 9-10 Things Schools Can Learn From Video Games

Quote:

"Therefore it can be argued that in video games, failure is good as it helps facilitate alternate solutions to problems."

Response:

I chose this quote because I agree with what it says. Failure is good because then you can try again, and see if you can come up with a better way of doing that same thing. In video games, when you fail at something then the game will usually let you redo that same thing, and come up with a better way of doing that thing. An example that I can think of is the game Mario. I know Mario really has nothing to do with school related information, but it has to do with my point about failure. So, lets say that you are on level 6 and you die. Now since you have lives left; you will be able to go back to level 6, and try again to win that level. You can improve yourself when you fail. People do have failures in their lives, and that will never change because by failing, you actually learn.

Link:


I found an article called "Video games help schools get kids moving, exercising more". This article is all about how video games help students be more active in their life. In the first few paragraphs, it talks about a specific school that played video games everyday before they get started on their work. I chose this article because I wanted to show that there are schools who use video games as a learning process. It is good to use video games to help students learn in a creative way.

Resources:


Hellmich, N. (2010, October 11). Video games help schools get kids moving,exercising more . USA today. Retrieved from http://www.usatoday.com/yourlife/fitness/2010-10-11-justdance11_CV_N.htm 



10 things schools can learn from video games. (2012, January 20). Retrieved from http://www.learningingaming.com/10-things-schools-can-learn-from-video-games/

Wikipedia Worksheet

Wikipedia Reliability Worksheet

Article title: Dachshund

Answer the following questions to see how reliable a Wikipedia article is.

1. Start with the main page. Does it have any cleanup banners that have been placed there to indicate problems with the article? (A complete list is available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_messages/
   Cleanup.)

Any one of the following cleanup banners means the article is an unreliable source:

This article or section has multiple issues.	No
This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards.	Yes
The neutrality of this article is disputed.	Yes
The factual accuracy of this article is disputed.	Yes
This needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone or spelling.	Yes
This may contain material not appropriate for an encyclopedia.	No
This article only describes one highly specialized aspect of its associated subject.	Yes
This article requires authentication or verification by an expert.	No
This article or section needs to be updated.	Yes
This article may not provide balanced geographical coverage on a region.	Yes
This is missing citations or needs footnotes.	No
This article does not cite any references or sources.	No

2. Read through the article and see if it meets the following requirements:

Is it written in a clear and organized way?	Yes
Is the tone neutral (not taking sides)?	No
Are all important facts referenced (you're told where they come from)?	Yes
Does the information provided seem complete or does it look like there are gaps (or just one side of the story)?	Yes

3. Scroll down to the article's References and open them in new windows or tabs. Do they seem like reliable sources? (For help in determining the general reliability of a source, check out the Knowing What's What and What's Note: The 5 Ws (and 1 "H") of Cyberspace handout.)
   
   Reliable references:
   
   
   
   Possibly unreliable references:
   
   
   Definitely unreliable references: I clicked on one of the references and it took me to a site that barely had information on it.
   
   
    
4. Click on the Discussion tab. How is the article rated on the Rating Scale (Stub, Start, C, B, GA, A, FA)? What issues around the article are being discussed? Do any of them make you doubt the article's reliability?

                  There is no discussion tab on this Wikipedia site.

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5. Based on the above questions, give the article an overall ranking of Reliable, Partially Reliable or Unreliable.

• You may use a Reliable article as a source (but remember that even if a Wikipedia article is reliable, it should never be your only source on a topic!)
  
  
• You may use a Partially Reliable article as a starting point for your research, and may use some
  of its references as sources, but do not us it as a source.
  
  
• You should not use an Unreliable article as a source or a starting point. Research the same topic in a different encyclopedia.

How did you rank this article (Reliable, Partially Reliable or Unreliable)? Give at least three reasons to support
your answer. This is not a reliable source because there is not discussion tab so I don't know

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how they rank this Wikipedia site,the references are not reliable, and it looks like anyone

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can just edit it anytime they want to.

Wikipedia Homework

How a Ragtag band created Wikipedia

3 things I learned
1. Wikipedia is more popular than the New York Times.
2. Wikipedia has 90 servers in 3 different locations.
3. Wikipedia has a neutral point of view policy.

2 things I agreed with
1. I agree that the Wikipedia site is the most popular site around.
2. I agree when Jimmy Wales said the Wikipedia is not perfect.

1 thing I disagreed with
I disagreed with the fact that Jimmy Wales said that Wikipedia is a pretty good site to use. I disagree with that because you have these volunteers, who probably don't know much about the topic, creating these wikipedia sites. Actually what I have heard people say is that anyone can edit Wikipedia, and make it say anything the person wants it to. I feel that Wikipedia is not a reliable source.

Wikipedia Pretty Accurate But Hard to Read
I was very surprised after I read this because it says that the cancer information is written better than the cancer information in a medical article. The article also says that Wikipedia made a lot of mistakes on the cancer information. It says that the Wikipedia workers made the information better. The article says that people can understand the information a lot better on the Wikipedia page. All in all, I am just surprised because I believe that Wikipedia is not a reliable source.

4 Ways to Use Wikipedia Never Cite It
I can honestly say that I have NEVER used Wikipedia in my research papers. I will say that I have never thought to use Wikipedia in the ways they describe in this article. With that being said, I still will probably never use Wikipedia in my research papers.

Think Aloud

Think aloud

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Double Entry Journal # 8-Wikipedia

A. What is Wikipedia?
       -Noam Cohen said, about Wikipedia, "It is a multilingual, Web based encyclopedia project, operated by Wikimedia foundation, a nonprofit organization". Basically it means that anyone who has access to Wikipedia can talk about any kind of subject.

B. How would you answer the question posted in this piece "How reliable can a source be when anyone can edit it?"?
      -I would say that the source is not reliable because people, who probably doesn't know about the certain subject, can just go on Wikipedia and say anything about the subject. Anyone can just say anything about a certain subject, and no one can do anything about it.

C. Who do the creators of Wikipedia place their trust in when it comes to weeding out misinformation?
        -When it comes to detecting misinformation, the creators of Wikipedia place their trust in a tool called Wiki scanner. This scanner takes the IP addresses from the anonymous editors, and figures out if their work is creditable or not.

D. Why did founder Larry Sanger leave Wikipedia?
       -Larry Sanger left Wikipedia because he believed that Wikipedia should give more authority to experts. He left and created his own website called "Citizendium That Does Just That".

E. What would abuse and vandalism look like on a Wikipedia page?
          -There will be abuse and vandalism pictures on the page. It would talk about the meaning of abuse and vandalism. It would also have pictures of something that has been abused and something that has been vandalized.

F. What do statistics quoted in the third paragraph of this piece reveal?
        -The statistics show that Wikipedia has become a very popular site. It shows that more and more people are using it everyday.

G. Why do you think Wikipedia is so successful?
         -I think that Wikipedia is so successful because people are able to edit the information and say anything they want to.

H. Why might Wikipedia's creators not want to accept advertising?
         -The Wikipedia's creators do not want to accept advertising because the advertising would take away from the Wikipedia site. It would clutter up the site, and it would make people focus more on the advertising than the site.

I. How does Wiki scanner help increase the reliability of Wikipedia entries?
     -The Wiki scanner helps the Wikipedia creators help determine if the entries are creditable or not. It used the IP address of the anonymous editors and then it sees if their entry is creditable.