In class 10/31

Review of types of sources

For each of the types of sources listed below, explain: 

1. What kind of information will you likely find there?
2. Is this a good or bad source to use in a research paper? Why?
3. How could you use this source for your research?

Types of sources:

1. Book
2. Blog post
3. Scholarly journal article
4. Wikipedia
5. Podcast

The type of information that you would normally find in a book is . A book would be a good source to use in a research paper. Because If someone knows enough to get a book published then the information is probably worthy to be in your research paper. I could use a book for my research to find concert information about how the government is involved with helping prevent childhood obesity. The kind of information I would likely find in a blog post would most likely be informal and more opinionated information. This would not be a good source for a research paper unless it was for a very reliable person. If it was a reliable source I could use up to date information of someones blog in my paper. In a scholarly journal you would find good and trust worthy information for a research paper. This would be a great source to use in the research project. These are written by someone with expertise. I could find scholarly journals written by law students about the government and childhood obesity. On wikipedia you would just find a collage of websites information put into one. This would not be a good source for a research paper because you do not know if the person knows anything about the subject or is just making it up. I could use this source to find more creditable websites. In a podcast you would just find people talking about subjects. This could be a good source if the person was well known and qualified. I could find a podcast from congress or some other government entity and use it for my project.  

In class 10/29

1. Post the steps you took to find the article on your blog. No word count requirements this time, just make sure I can understand the steps and that I'll find the article if I follow them exactly

Well the first step and the hardest was to get the school website working. then after that I went to the librarys page. I then proceeded to click on Galileo. I typed in "Medical students' use of Facebook to support learning", It was the first result. I clicked on it then emailed it to my wonderful teacher. 

Homework annotated bibliography 10/24

1. What is an annotated bibliography?
2. Why am I requiring you to write one in this class?

Annotated bibliography is a list of books, articles, websites or periodicals with notes. They contain three things, a citation, a summery and a annotation. The summary s just one to two sentences about what it ia about. The annotation tells why the source is great and how it will tie into your final project. The annotation contants a summary, access or evaluate the source, then reflect on how the source ties into your research paper. An annotated bibliography helps us gather information about our sources and it also helps future researchers learn information about sources. 

I think the main reason you are having us write a annotated bibliography for class is so that we actually look and the sources and become more familiar with the sources before a couple of days before the research paper is due. Another reason is it is probably a lot easier to write a research paper after you already have all the info in the annotated bibliography. Then it would basically just be transferring information. 

In class 10/24

• Plagiarism
• Paraphrasing correctly (tutorial homework)
• Copyright vs. Plagiarism
• Open Content, Open Access, & Creative Commons licenses
• Other types of sources, like blogs & podcasts

What do these topics have to do with library research?

How can you apply this knowledge in your other classes?

What questions do you still have about any of the topics we've covered so far?

These  topics go hand and hand with library research. It is very  important not to plagiarize or copy someone else work while working on library research. Doing so could result in getting a zero on a research paper or if it is a copyright I can use this information in order to paraphrase my next research paper, now that I know how to do it properly I will not have to worry about plagiarising so much. Also with the different licenses I now know what they mean and I know how they can be used. I had always wondered what the different licenses had meant. Also before this class I had no experience with blogs or had no idea how they work, Now everyday I am getting better and better at blogging.

In class 10/22

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en

The link tells me that this picture is not copyrighted. The people waved its rights to the picture so it can be used anyway one sees fit. You can even use it for commercial use without asking for information which I thought was pretty need.

Nemo. "Drawing Van Car Police Cartoon Transportation" Pixabay. 2012. Web.

1017 Homework burr

1. Briefly describe what each segment was about.
2. What do these three segments have to do with one another? What is the common theme?
3. What are your reactions to these stories? 
4. What do these stories have to do with you? How do they affect you as an undergraduate researcher? (In other words, why on earth did I want you to listen to these stories?!)

The three segments were all about how technology has changed over the last couple of years. The segments were about academic journals and the internet. The videos talk about how the internet has made information more widely available that might not have been available a couple of years ago. Also from the videos I thought is was interesting how if someone has enough power or money they can choose what we here or what information becomes available first. The article Trouble For Elsevier is about people boycotting a major article publisher because they felt that the were making way to much money of colleges work. Now they have started their own online database. The New England Journal is an interesting journal that has been around a long time. The segment talks about how things have changed so much over the 200 years it has been around. The Changing Nature is about how the internet is changing nature to reflect a new medium. It also talks about how peoples way of thinking and the way we connect is changing. I think these articles are great. I enjoy change and technology. I think the technology helps use to be better informed. I enjoyed the New England Journal the most. I think that it is awesome that they have been around so long. I thank that the article Trouble For Elsevier is awesome, I like when people stand up against something that is bigger than them that they feel is wrong. These stories affect me because this is the time I live in and technology is becoming more and more advanced everyday. 

In class 1017 burrr

1. In your own words, what is plagiarism?
2. How is plagiarism different from copyright violation?
3. Describe an example of plagiarism that is NOT a copyright violation.
4. Describe an example of copyright violation that is NOT plagiarism.

I think that plagiarism is when someone takes someone else's work and tries to pass it as their own. And the person that uses the work does not give the person who came up with it any credit. Plagiarism most likely happens more around college campuses than most other places. Plagiarism is using someone else's work without giving proper credit. A copyright violation is using someone else's creative work with out permission. An example of plagiarism that is NOT a copyright violation would be copying another students paper at school and turning it in as your own. An example of copyright violation that is NOT plagiarism would be if someone copied someones art design and the person did not give them permission.  

In class october 10th

You are at a party and walk up to a couple of people you want to impress. They’re in the middle of a conversation about something you happen to know a lot about. How do you jump into that conversation? How do you show that you know what you’re talking about and that you’re not just some creeper making stuff up? Flipping that scene around -- when you're the one in the conversation and someone else tries to jump in, how do you evaluate whether they know what they're talking about and whether you should pay much attention to their opinions? The topic could be anything you know a lot about - something in your major that you've already done a research paper on, a sport that you follow closely, your favorite music artist, etc.

Well If I am going to just in to a conversation I try to make sure I know a little about what I am talking about. One thing I know a pretty good amount about is cars. If people were talking about cars I would listen and see if what they are saying is factual or not. If I heard something that I did not think was true I would jump in and correct them with the information that I believe to be true. I Would mostly just tell them things that I had read from creditable sources or heard from people who knew what they were talking about. When I am having a conversation and someone tries to jump in I usually just judge the person on how truthful what they normal say is. If I thought they knew what they were saying I would listen. If I was at a party I would probably not listen to them If they were drinking. Everyone tends to stretch the truth while under the influence. And I dont think going to a party and picking up factual information go to well together. When it comes to cars most people do not tell the truth or tend to be bais. 

In class Oct 3rd

Think about the filter bubble video from last week. That talked about google and we're in library databases, but could the basic idea of a filter bubble apply to the different databases? Why or why not? Include which databases you searched and any differences you noticed in the results you got. What, if any, differences did you notice in the types of topics covered in each?

I think that the idea of bubble filters apply to most on online data bases. Bubble filter and tailored results are what made google so popular and the most visited website in the world. I think that other online search engines have tried to match their success. I know for a fact that microsoft based bing has tried to mock the tailored results. A couple years ago google filed a law suit against them because they were using googles results on their site and google caught them. I would think that the library based data bases always return the same information. When I have searched the libraries databases I have received the same results every time  I do not think that the library has filter bubbles. Hopefully soon google and other sites will give you the option to choose how you want the filter to work. The libraries databases has a lot more scholarly articles and words. It omits all the hearsay that google leaves in. I dont think that the filter bubble should apply to the other databases unless they become a lot bigger and finding results would be hard unless they have the filters. But if they did i would hope they would give you the option to filter what you wanted. 

In class research question

Reflect on what you have found on your research question so far. What information have you found? What do you still need to find? Have you had to rethink your question -- either making it more narrow or more broad -- since the last time you posted about your research question?

So far in my research i have found lots of online info about how politics effect childhood obesity. I have found online articles that are directed at my question.I have gotten a lot of info on the programs the government has created to try to help with childhood obesity. I have also read about the Clinton admen and how they came up with the idea of diet cokes in the schools and healthier food for kids. I have also read about why physical education was brought into schools. I have also found a book in the library that is directly about my topic. I still need more info though. At first I thought that the majority of my results would be and the United States but I am finding that a lot of the results are comparing to United states to Europe. So now I can compare why the system Europe has is working better than the one we have in place. From the research so far it seems that Europe has a better system in place for fighting childhood obesity. I have rethought my question and narrowed it down to how do politics effect childhood obesity. 

Filter bubbles

• Are filter bubbles a good thing?
• What are some problems that filter bubbles might cause for your academic research?
• What do you think of the suggestions for getting out of the filter bubble? Are you going to try any of them?

I think that limited filter bubbles can be a good thing. I enjoy getting on the web and some of the things being directed at me. I think that sometimes it could save a little time. During academic research i could see where filter bubbles could be a bad thing. It could feed you with biased results. But at the same time limited filters help us find info faster. So i think that limited bubbles or bubbles with custom options would work the best. I think that if you are going to be looking up something you would not want people to know or find out about, you should take your own safety precautions. If I ever look up something that I would not want being recorded I use tor. I also sometimes use the incognito option. I also clear my cookies every once in a while. It is pretty scary that google saves all our information and knows so much about us. I hope that filter bubbles do dont become so advanced that they block out all of the info people do not want to see. If that happens then people would become uneducated and very bias. Hopefully soon google and other websites will give us the option to choose what we want filtered out and what we do not. I think that the logarithm can only do so much and will hopefully not become to advanced.

In class September 19

How can you apply the skills you have learned so far in this class to work in other classes?

The first skill I could use in another class would be finding a book. Before this class I had never checked out a book in the Ingram library. I also before now would not know how to look the book up and know where in the in library it was, or even what floor it was on. Another thing that will be useful in other classes is how to cite in the APA format. I have always used t he MLA format. The coolest skill I have learned is how to keep a blog and how to use blogger. I have always wondered how people keep blogs and how to do it. If i ever have to keep a blog in another class i will be ahead of the game. I have also learned how to tell if a website is credible and what websites would not be a good website to cite in a research paper. This class has made me much better at using google docs. I have learned that google pretty much has everything to blog and keep documents online for free. This class has taught me how to use courseden and check my grades.

In-class blog for September 12

The Ingram library search is very similar to my high school search. I am pretty sure that my school, Jackson State and West Georgia all use the same book search engine. Jacksonville State had the same way to find books as West Georgia but the library was much larger. Coming to this class was the first time I had ever came inside the West Georgia library. The group project was also the first time I had looked up a book or used the book search. But because of it being the same book search that i have already used it was easy to find my book. The most difficult part about finding a book is trying to match the number on the call number with the numbers on the book shelves. When I try to match the numbers I feel like I am just walking around in circles.

September 10 Homework

I looked up a couple of books about childhood obesity in schools. The two books i thought were the best for my topic are "Using school wellness plans to help fight childhood obesity" and the book "The benefits of physical and health education for our nation’s children". The book "The benefits of physical and health education for our nation’s children" I think would be the most beneficial to me because it covers my topic the best. It is directly talking about my topic. This book is the best of the two because it is more direct than the other books. I choose this book because of how direct the title of the book is. I will use this book to answer my research question by reading over the book and taking direct info out of the book and citing the book in my paper.

United States Congress House Of Representatives, . Using School Wellness Plans to Help Fight     
    Childhood Obesity . Washington: BiblioGov, 2010. Print.

1. 1-2 sentences on what it is about- This book is about what the government is doing to help with childhood obesity. The book also explains why physical education was added.  

1. 1-2 sentences on why you think it is a reliable, credible source- I think this is a reliable source because it was written by the house of representatives. All of them have education qualifications   

1. 1-2 sentences on how you could use it to answer your research question -I think would be the most beneficial to me because it covers my topic the best. It is directly talking about my topic. 

Libraryyy

Jamison took the first half of the pictures and put together the powerpoint. Savanna Took the second half of the pictures and used the computer to look up the book and found it.

Interview

For my interview I interviewed my best friend Steven. He is a junior at Jacksonville state. He told me that he has written a fair amount of research papers throughout college. He told me that the biggest difference for him in college was the fact that his professor made him use a variety for sources. He told me that he had to use a book, a article and a website for ever paper he wrote. He told me that the article could be from an online database or it could be a published article. He also told me that if you did not cite something right or forgot to cite a source the professor would most likely give you a zero for plagiarizing. He also say that his professors required much longer papers than he was use to writing. He said that in his upper level classes five pages was the minimum. Steven also informed me that his professor counted off for every error. Steven told me that when I start working on a research paper I do not need to wait till the last minute to do it, he says that it will be tough to find information and that i need to start as soon as I can. One important thing i have learned about writing papers for me is that content is everything, content is what makes the paper.

In-class blog post for September 5

Based on your presearch & today’s exercise, how will you refine your research question?

I will refine my topic by talking more about how politics have effected the drink and snack machines in schools. also, how politics have effected companies going from sugar to high corn syrup. I will also talk about how changing these things has effected childhood obesity. i will also talk about politics helping make physical education mandatory in schools.

Group Topiczzz

Summarize the topic your group chose to research this semester. What interests you about it? Why do you care about the topic? If it's based on a story that else suggested, how can you approach this topic from your major discipline's perspective to make it more directly interesting to you?

The topic we are doing is childhood obesity. What interests me about the topic is the politics involved with child obesity. I care about this topic because our kids are the future and it is important to keep them healthy.  

August 27 homework

Apple sues Samsung for infringing
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shelly-palmer/apple-samsung-good-bad_b_1834733.html

falcons building new stadium
http://www.ajc.com/news/business/stadium-deal-could-be-done-by-end-of-year/nRMRC/

hurricanes and gas prices
http://www.ksfy.com/story/19401238/hurricane-isaac-causes-gas-prices-to-rise

Intro

I am Jamison Chaney. This is my first semester at UWG, I just transferred from Jacksonville State. I am originally from Carrollton and have lived here my whole life. My major is economics.