Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Friday, November 11, 2011
Evaluating Websites
1. On Internet Detective the first website titled "Google Gulp" they provide is not a reliable source. The website does not tell you who the website was written by, it doesnt give you who to contact, and it doesnt give you any way of checking if the information is correct. The second website fof #1 "Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie"is reliable. It states who the author is, its is very easy to use and figure out, and all of the links work.
3. Between all three websites they gave you to choose for a state report I would have to choose number 2 because is was the most reliable out of all of them. It gave you many links to other websites, it gave many useful information, and it gives you many numbers for contact information. I wouldnt recommend the first one because it was very unorganized, it gave a false picture on it, and it didnt give any contact information. I wouldnt recommend the third website either because the one big reason is because its on Wikipeda, which is not reliable because anyone can contribute to it.
These past 2 days when we were learning how to check if the website is reliable. One thing I already knew was how to use a boolean operator, but I didnt know how to check if the website was reliable or not, which will help me in the future.
3. Between all three websites they gave you to choose for a state report I would have to choose number 2 because is was the most reliable out of all of them. It gave you many links to other websites, it gave many useful information, and it gives you many numbers for contact information. I wouldnt recommend the first one because it was very unorganized, it gave a false picture on it, and it didnt give any contact information. I wouldnt recommend the third website either because the one big reason is because its on Wikipeda, which is not reliable because anyone can contribute to it.
These past 2 days when we were learning how to check if the website is reliable. One thing I already knew was how to use a boolean operator, but I didnt know how to check if the website was reliable or not, which will help me in the future.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Citation Tool Critiques
My favorite citation tool I used would have to be Easy Bib because it was very easy to figure out and it gave me a lot more options than the other citation tools. I did like using citation machine because it was the easiest to figure out but it didnt give me many options to choose from to pick what I was citing. I thought Source Aid was alright but it didnt ask for as much information as easy bib and citation machine.
Monday, November 7, 2011
Theodore Roosevelt and the river of Doubt summary
On October 10, 1889 Theodore Roosevelt became a father to Kermit Roosevelt. Many years later Kermit moved away to Brazil. About a year later, after losing to regain his presidency, he took a trip to South America. He didn’t just go there to see Kermit, but because he was embarrassed from losing the presidency to a democrat, Woodrow Wilson. On December 1913, he began a journey with his son and other men to explore and unknown land. Theodore and his men joined forces with Brazil’s most famous explorer Candido Rondon. The expedition was supposed to be very luxurious but it turned out very dangerous. All of the men were exposed to disease, hunger, Indian attacks, and murderer within each other. During the dangerous adventure Kermit and Theodore ended up contacting Malaria. Theodore was nearly killed but the men were able to navigate their way out. Theodore never really recovered from his illness. After their expedition they renamed the River of doubt the Rio Roosevelt. Kermit, Theodore’s son, married Bella Wyatt Willard after his Amazon trip with his father. Kermit eventually committed suicide after fighting a lifetime battle with alcoholism and depression, leaving behind his wife and four children.
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