FINAL

Deep Web: Proquest
Search Used- internet AND smarter AND dumber AND shirky (author)
Using this many specifics in my search made the right document be the only result of the search.
A: This article was published by the Wall Street Journal from Dow Jones & Company.
S: Uses examples from unknown sources and known sources.
P: The author is trying to pinpoint if the the internet is making us smart or dumb.
E: Seems to be even between the smart and dumb.
C: Doesn't state that many examples of whether or not the stuff on the net is making people smart or dumb.
T: Recent date of June of last year.

Open Web: Google
Search Used- internet AND smarter AND dumber AND "nicholas carr"
This search method brought the proper article in the Wall Street Journal to the top of the search list.
A: This article was published by the Wall Street Journal which is a reliable publisher.
S: Uses examples from university studies.
P: Looks like the author is trying to define whether or not the internet is making us smart or dumb.
E: Author appears to be taking the "dumber" side of the topic.
C: Covers both examples of how internet can make you smarter or dumber.
T: Recent date of June of last year.

In the article from Nicholas Carr, he references several studies that prove instances that the internet disrupts the learning ability or the material retaining ability of people. The article is not necessarily about whether or not the internet makes us smarter or dumber, it is about the internet having so many features that it distracts people from learning or retaining the material they are reading on the internet. With features like email, popups, and social networking sites, the internet has plenty of ways of distracting people from the information they are getting.
One example in this article that caught my eye was the example that half the students in a class at Cornell University were allowed to use their computers during a lecture while the other half had to keep their laptops shut. During a test about the lecture, the students with the laptops did much worse than the students with the laptops shut. This is proof that the internet can be a major distraction.
The article goes on to prove that the internet scatters our attention while reading a book directs our attention in one direction. This helps us retain information better. With so many examples of studies done and research done on the human brain, this article should sway anyone's opinion on if the internet helps you learn and retain material of if it distracts you. The internet definitely distracts people a bunch!

Unit 10: Web Page

http://twoplayfulotters.com/students/jharris.html

This activity was very interesting and I feel that I learned a lot about what pages are made of. I knew that web pages had code that made them the way they are but I did not know how complex they can be and that they have to be perfect or the web page will not work properly. To me, all the code was knew and I loved playing around with it to see what would happen to the page. I figured I would go all out and place a hyperlink on the web page after the weather that brings you to The Weather Channels website of Castle Rock's weather. I did look at some color codes at the website you provided but I thought the colors being used were fine.

Unit 9

• Google
• prevent (plagiarism OR academic dishonesty)

1. Roig, Miguel Ph.D. "Avoiding Plagiarism." Office of Researching Technology. U.S. Deparment of Health and Human Services, n.d. Web. 10 Mar 2011. <http://ori.hhs.gov/education/products/plagiarism/plagiarism.pdf>. I chose this web page because it is a guide on how to not plagiarize and the steps needed to do so. The "A" for authority of the A.S.P.E.C.T.. This website comes from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services so the authority is there. The other is "S" for sources. This website has plenty of sources listed.
2. Levan, Hayrapetyan. "Strive to Prevent Plagiarism But Be Ready To Detect It." Global IBFR. Houston Baptist University, n.d. Web. 10 Mar 2011. <http://www.theibfr.com/INTERNET/LV07141001-Proc-Hayrpetvan.pdf>. The "P" for Purpose is shown in this document and so is the "S" for sources. The "site:.com" didn't show the right quality of websites I was looking for.
3. "Advice on How to Prevent Academic Dishonesty." Rutgers: School of Arts & Sciences. Rutgers University, 27 Aug 2010. Web. 10 Mar 2011. <http://www.finmath.rutgers.edu/index.php?d=academics&p=academicintegrityenforcement>. I chose this website because it gives tips on how to not plagiarize. This site has the "C" of coverage because it covers exactly what I am looking for. I would say that it also has the "E" for evenness. The website does not seem to pick a side on the plagiarism battle. It just states ways to prevent academic dishonesty.
4. Edwards, Linda, and Matther Schoengood. "Avoiding and Detecting Plagiarism." The Graduate Center. The City University of New York, March 2005. Web. 10 Mar 2011. <http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:ZQL6_fr9sQgJ:seiscon.ietypschennai.org/pdf/plag1.pdf+prevent+%28plagiarism+OR+academic+dishonesty%29+site:.org&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESg9uj8teBbhaFPYKPCFxguGkm5Vw5i7PSPZDm9D8zyxsx9pWkTDHrUP4hsggaEqOzsSKzknSEiFgKBnlOxEnrllBNoj7muCU9AtDlcIHFk8xJHMO70j2G4P5kY3F0mrWJ8fSuea&sig=AHIEtbQ6_uECdqh3SugJQKf09Apk9-MkoQ>. I chose this because it talks about avoiding plagiarism. This document has plenty of sources from which it got its info ("S"). It has the coverage of everything I am looking for ("C").

Well I had trouble finding information with the domain of .com. I feel that there are too many of these websites around sometimes to properly find a really useful page. I feel that the .gov site was the best because right off the bat I had several correct sites pop up. With the exception of maybe the .org site, finding the correct sites was sort of like finding a needle in a haystack.

Unit 8

Directory: INFOMINE
|new mexico| this searches this exact term in the subject, title, author or keyword fields.
* truncating works in this site.
"new mexico" this searches the exact term
dogs or cats searches (dogs or cats) in a single page and also (dogs and cats)
renaissance near4 history searches renaissance within four words of history


Metasearch: IxQuick
ufo and abduction searches for anything with ufo and abduction
"ufo abduction" searches for the exact phrase
ufo -abduction searches for ufo without the term abduction in the website
domain: title: can search for things in the title or domain by typing these and adding the terms you want searched after the colon
ufo and (abduction or alien) searches for ufo and either abduction or alien in the search content

Search: Yahoo
site: url: intitle: search for terms in these areas by adding the search term you want right after the colon
ufo -abduction searches for ufo without the term abduction
ufo +abduction searches for ufo with the term abduction
biking or kayaking makes two separate searches in one of biking and then kayaking
"mountain biking" searches for the exact phase