Double Entry Journal/ Website Evaluation

                           "Over 2,500 dogs are already enjoying a better life at Dog Island."
The Dog Island:

I felt that the website, was well put together. Although, the Ads in the corners were very disturbing, but they were relevant to dogs and the dog lovers viewing the site. I felt the title of the website was seen to be a trustworthy site to all its viewers and all the people that would be interested in that particular group. The dog island website was a commercial based site, which made me think at times it wasn't reliable with some information. But, with clues and details it became clear to me that it was indeed reliable. The site even had enough detail to show the weather of the island and the size of the dogs. Overall, even though it was a commercial site I felt that it was very informational and trustworthy to its viewers, there's no need to look more into it when you have the web at your fingertips.


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Website Evaulation Activity

During my website evaulation I found my site to be highly creditable even though it was a .com website. I felt that this site was trustworthy with information because it looked so authentic and detailed with photographs, and great detail. The 5 questions helped with looking at the creditablity of the site, the contact information at the bottom of the page was yet another sign of the site being creditable. Overall, it seemed to be a trustworthy site for information, and if I were doing a paper of victorian-era robots I would most definately use this site to gather information.


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Statistical Activites clustered column

Levels 1 & 2 of Reading in grade 11

• Describe your graph (from 1 above) in terms of most peaked, least peaked, and whether or not there is a bimodal score in your distribution.

Most peaked: Column 8, level 1 (highest)
Least peaked: Column 1, level 1 (lowest)
Bimodal score?: There doesn't seem to be a bimodal score in this clustered column.

Picture Perfect

• What type of skewness: This graph is a form of a positive and negative skewed distribution. 
• Where is the distribution most concentrated: A, because its the tallest of all the lines and it negative. 
• How is the data dispersion: The graph shows different averages, low scores, and high scores. A, is the least dispersed, B is quite dispersed, while C is more dispersed. 

Avatar Technology clip

• This is my original 150 word philosophy, it wouldn't allow me to put all of it so I just put the main points.

I believe education is the key in life; it allows you to have so many opportunities. The purpose of education is to become a successful person; it allows you to have the skills and knowledge you need in life. Students need education for their future in order to become successful and independent beings. Students learn each day for their future, that’s why education is so important, because our children are our future. Teachers are the true root of education, if it weren’t for teachers none of us would be who we are today. Teachers have dedication and a drive to teach their students and put them out into the real world. They are the main people to thank for our working society. Technology is so important to integrate into the classroom because it allows students to have knowledge and skills they need later on in life, technology is growing each day so they need these skills. Technology can help students learn by having them learn in a different and unique way, it also can help them develop skills for their future, and it helps students be more aware of the world around them.

Magazine Article!

Teaching Media Lieracy

Quote:

"Unlike reading assigned textbooks, reading online challenges students to make judgments about the reputability and validity of the information they see."(Ivanitskaya, O'Boyle, & Casey, 2006)

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I chose this particular quote because it stood out to me; I like how it says it "challenges" students. Not only would reading online help students with their technology skills, but it would make them actually WANT to read! The reading mentioned that students would enjoy clicking links to assignments instead of just flipping pages. I feel that teachers should allow students to have this opportunity often in their classroom. Students are already used to the internet for social networking and researching, why not have it for readings too? The internet is such an effective tool for students, so why not use it to educate them once in awhile?

References:
David, Jane . (2009). Teaching Media Literacy. 
Ivanitskaya, L., O'Boyle, I., & Casey, A. M. (2006). Health information literacy and competencies of information age students: Results from the Interactive Online Research Readiness Self-Assessment (RRSA). Journal of Medical Internet Research, 8(2), e6.
Photo of children on the computer 
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Resources:
This photograph shows students learning off of their computer, it compliments media literacy.

Seven Power Lens

Quote:

 "Teaching must capitalize on students' preferred literacy behaviors online. For example, since we know that they are speed-reading and skimming online, that they prefer clicks to scrolling and that they will rarely read below the "fold" (Nielsen, 2002), we can teach quick ways to assess and credibility."

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I feel that if students make sure they follow the seven lenses and are taught correctly, then they will get a clear visual of what the are reading or "skimming." These could be ways to prevent them from not reading the material. I feel that the seven power lenses allows students to fully understand what they're seeing in photos. Students not only fully understand the photo with the lenses but they understand the meaning to the photos as well. For example Lens #1 is a close observation, it's "learning to look without drawing inferences is a powerful observation tool." This allows students to just see the visual in the visual literacy. Lens #2 is Drawing on Prior Knowledge, this is what students already know and their just concluding what they already know to the photograph and making inferences. Lens #3 is Gathering your Information, on this, you need to do our own personal research to fully understand what exactly the photo or visual literacy explains. Lens #4 is Deepening Knowledge this is asking yourself deeper more personal questions about the photo. Lens #5 Gaining Understanding students need to use information literacy, this allows students to evaluate the visual literacy. Lens #6 is Generalizing Learning making up symbols and rules about the literacy. Lens #7 Student Learning this is the students role and their conclusions of the literacy. These 7 lenses allow students to get a clear visual of each category in an organized way.
Reference:
Abilock, D. (2002 April 21) Seven Power Lenses.https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B6DFAmexYq7vMTFmZjZhNWItZWY5Ni00NzdhLWIxYzItMmE4NmI0MGI5NzJl&hl=en
Media Literacy Video: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRBQpGJTHWY
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