Plagiarism slideshow

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Homework for 03/04/08

• Read in Research Strategies for a Digital Age pgs. 97-106.
• Complete Evaluation Project (10 points)
• Find a site that is either misinformation OR biased. Send me the URL along with a sentence explaining why you chose it as such and email this to me at al.coblish.denise@mail.bryantstratton.edu. (This is technically HW3 - 2 pts.)

Evaluation Project due next week- 10 POINTs

Take 4 web sites that you are using for your Human Relations project (or any other paper you are writing) and evaluate them based on the evaluation criteria we discussed in class.

Agenda for 2/27/08

6-6:30 Review searching. Use handout.
6:30-7:00 Propaganda/misinformation assignment (Technically HW 3) and In-Class activity
7-7:30 awards ceremony
7:30-8:30 Evaluation project: 10 point project due 3/5/07. Optional: Students may attend Black History Celebration OR work on and turn in Evaluation Project.

Homework for next week: Plagiarism reading.

Homework for 2/27

• Read Evaluation chapter in both textbooks.
• Work on evaluation project.
• Find a web site that would be labeled as either "misinformation" or "propoganda" and describe in one paragraph why it is. Submit this via email.

In-Class Activity 2/20/08

http://www.library.ucla.edu/college/help/hoax/index.htm

Links on Evaluating Web sites

http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/instruct/evaluate/evaluating.html

http://www.library.jhu.edu/researchhelp/general/evaluating/

Link on Boolean Searching

http://www.internettutorials.net/boolean.html

Agenda for 02/20/08

6-6:15 Review of Internet Searching
6:15-7 Evaluating Web Sites
7 In class Writing #3
7:15-7:30 Break
7:30-8:15 In Class Activity
8:15 assign first 10 point project: Evaluation Project due 3/057/08