Value

Value: Was the page worth visiting? Does the site offer anything informative, substantial, or insightful? Is the site free of spelling and grammatical errors?

I feel this site was very informative and that the authors ideas were very insightful in that he not only answers the question in the heading he also inspires the reader to start asking some questions of their own.

the site is a magazine article so it was free of spelling and grammatical errors.

Coverage

Coverage: Is your topic being addressed? Is the information basic and cursory or detailed and scholarly? Explain the major argument being made.

I feel the topic is being address and also feel that there are other issues with this topic that now needs addressed in the way that they article reads.
I feel the information is very detailed and that he makes an accurate claim on some of the issues brought up in the article.
The major arguement being made is if we are giving these big companies tax breaks to help to create jobs then why is there still so many people out of work?

Currency

Currency: When was the information on the page originally written? Has the site been kept up-to-date?

The article was written on 5/03/2011.
There have been no updates as of 10/24/12

Objectivity

Objectivity: What is the author's point of view? Summarize the argument being presented. What is the purpose of the site?

The purpose of this site is for the Forbes magazine and their coverage of their ideas about money issues.

The authors point of view is to give some basic and possibly unknown knowledge about the tax cuts and whether or not it does create a possibility for jobs and to help the unemployment rate.

He states that even though governments does give tax cuts for those companies willing to hire it still does not create real jobs. He gives statistics about how many people are still actually looking for work and how even with the tax cuts that the big companies are still making a profit and still hiring very little personell.
 

 

Double Entry Journal # 12

Why do educators need to be careful about  terms like "Digital Native"? A majority of the students may possess a core set of technology-based skills but they are in a very diverse range of skills and skill levels that exist across the student population. There is more variance across individuals than is suggested by broad generalizations such as the “Digital Native” or the “Net Generation.”

2. What outcome occurs when young people are encourage to transform their understanding of particular topics by designing a multimodal text? Positive and enhanced outcomes have been reported.

3. You may skip the section titled "Context for the Project”

4. What was the goal of the project in terms of product? The goal was to track the development of the participants' multimodal literacies over a two-year period by comparing tow multimodal products created at the beginning and end of the period.

5. What was the goal of the project in terms of process? The goal in the terms of process was to gain a deeper understanding oh how multimodal texts were created, especially when the students were working in pairs at the computer.

6. How were the participants fro the study selected? They reviewed all students' products from years 8-10 to identify general characteristics and trends among the multimodal features. From that analysis, the selected ten students who best represented the cohorts and the multimodal products of these students provided the core product data in the study.

7.  Describe the task students engage is for the purpose of this study? They were to complete a concept map to organize information acquired from web sources and a decision making matrix to facilitate transformation of the ideas in their concept map ino a preferred solution, as required for their multimodal text. Then following these preparatory stages, the students could create a multimodal text using a word processor, a presentation tool, or a web publishing program.

8. Explain how the researchers compared the student created multimodal texts? They created a 3 x 3, tow-dimensional approach that evaluated the title slide/page, the headings, and the knowledge representation of each multimodal text in terms of design, content, and cohesion.

9. What differences in Jenny's PowerPoint presentation do you find the most interesting? I find the fact that she used more colors and different fonts in the younger years as to when she was older.

10. How is working together on a computer unlike working together using a pencil and paper?1. While typed words may appear immediately on scree, there is ofter a considerable wait time between the keying in of the instruction and a response from the computer. 2. The length of the wait time in unpredictable and may be several minutes. 3. The result the computer provides to an instruction is often unexpected, as in the selection and the ordering of items located in a web search.

11. What was interesting about student's behavior as they collaborated on a task at the computer? I found it interesting that they talked about off-task item while waiting for a result to show up on the computer but as soon as the result came available they resumed their work.

12. What can teacher learn about designing learning activities that involve the creation of multimodal texts from this study? That it is important to develop students time management skills and a sense of priorities in relation to the task at hand.


13. According the the conclusion of this study, what do student need to learn in order to successful complete a multimodal text construction? Students still need the basic same skills to complete tasks as previous generations.

14. Are you surprised by the conclusions drawn in this study? No, even though we have more information and better technology than previous generations, each student still needs the basic skills to complete their tasks and to do them appropriately.

Accuracy

Accuracy: Do you have good reason to believe that the information on the site is accurate? Are the facts documented? Identify a claim and use another source of information on the web to verify the accuracy of the claim.

I do believe that the information on this website is very reliabel and accurate. Peter Cohen is an authority in businees and the economy. The facts are documented in the web page, however, the links are dead. But can still verify each source independently.

Authority:

Authority: Who are the authors, or who is responsible? What gives them their authority or expertise?

This is from a very popular magazine called Forbes. It is a financial magazine based on today’s money and money makers.

The author is  Peter Cohan.

I write from near Boston about startups and political economy. In 1994, I ditched corporate America and started a management consulting and venture capital firm (http://petercohan.com). Before that I worked at an IT consulting firm founded by four former MIT professors, for Harvard Business School professor, Michael Porter's consulting firm and at two Boston-based financial institutions. I became a Forbes contributor in April 2011. My 11th book is "Hungry Start-up Strategy: Creating New Ventures with Limited Resources and Unlimited Vision" (http://goo.gl/ygaUV). I also teach business strategy at Babson College in Wellesley, Mass


http://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2011/05/03/do-tax-cuts-create-jobs/

Evaluating web pages

Title of web page:  Do Tax Cuts Create Jobs?

URL of the web page:  http://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2011/05/03/do-tax-cuts-create-jobs/

What can you tell about this web page from the URL? This is from a very popular magazine called Forbes. It is a financial magazine based on today’s money and money makers

Authority

Is there an author of the document or web page? Yes

If yes, who is the author?  Peter Cohan

Are his/her affiliations and qualifications given? Yes

If yes, list them.  I write from near Boston about startups and political economy. In 1994, I ditched corporate America and started a management consulting and venture capital firm (http://petercohan.com). Before that I worked at an IT consulting firm founded by four former MIT professors, for Harvard Business School professor, Michael Porter's consulting firm and at two Boston-based financial institutions. I became a Forbes contributor in April 2011. My 11th book is "Hungry Start-up Strategy: Creating New Ventures with Limited Resources and Unlimited Vision" (http://goo.gl/ygaUV). I also teach business strategy at Babson College in Wellesley, Mass.

Is contact information provided (address, phone number, email)?  Yes and No. He does not list any address phone number or actual email address but he has a link and you can sign up to follow him on facebook, google, twitter, and several other accounts.

Who is the publisher or sponsoring organization for this web page? Forbes Magazine

Accuracy

Do you trust the information given on the web page? Is it reliable and valid? Yes and Yes

Does the web page document its sources? In other words, does it tell you where the information comes from? Yes, there are several highlighted references to the sources to his information with links going to these websites

How does the information on the web page compare with what you already know? It just confirms some of my thoughts and opinions on the subject.

Currency

Does the web page tell you when it was created and last revised? It was created 5/03/2011 @ 9:09AM and from what I see there are no revisions.

Are there outdated (dead) links? yes all of the underlined or highlighted links says that the web page can not be found.

Coverage

What is the depth and breadth of the information on the web page? It is about whether or not tax cuts do help create jobs

Does it contain original information or just links to other sources? It contains both

Does the information have real value? Explain. I belive that it has real value. It informs us of the situation of todays unemployment.

Objectivity

What is the web page's purpose or intent? Why

was it created? To inform us of the situation

• inform/facts/data yes

• explain yes

• persuade yes

• sell/advertise no

• share/disclose yes

• other

Is the information biased? Is it designed to sway opinion? From whose perspective is it given? I feel that it is unbiased and it is to keep us informed of the situation. i feel that is is given from the perspective of the American buisness community.

 

Double entry Journal #10

1. What is the fundamental problem with the discourses around children's use of technology?
   They fundamentally fail to reflect the diversity and complexity to be found in real lives. This weakens in the discourses can have real impacts on the way these views are taken up and embedded in policy.
2. What is meant by the term “moral panic?”
   Moral panic is a term that has arisen to describe conditions in which an identified group in society is portrayed as a threat to social values and norms.
3. How do you feel in engaging in more “collaborative learning” during your education at Fairmont State?
   This is a good idea in a sense but I personally enjoy the more personal feel of the classroom.
4. Do you think Universities should move to a more free-market based privatization business model? Why?
   No. I too feel that it would harm the most basic and functionality of most universities. I feel that technology is a wonderful start for any university but it still needs to be kept at a more personal level with human interaction.
5. According to the author, what is wrong with Prenskey's revised position on his definition of “digital native?” Do you agree with this authors ciriticism of Prenskey's view of the role technology plays in the education of young people?
   Prenskey's revision is deterministic; it suggests that digital enhancement is essential, and even though it moves beyond a straightforward divide between immigrants and natives, the argument retains a simple moral imperative: digital enhancement has to be accepted in order for it to succeed.
   I do agree that digital enhancement in necessary and it needs to be accepted but not everybody is going to want to be digitized. I don't want to have every aspect of my education controlled by a computer.
6. What are the characteristics of Mellennial? Are you a Mellennial?
   Millennials are a recent outcrop of a long historical process and the fusion of the idea of the Net Generation with the idea of Mellennials in the work of cementing this cyclical generational view into the idea of a Net Generation in education.
   I am not sure if I am a Mellennial or not. I believe that technology is a necessary evil that now will not go away and therefore we must use it or be outsourced. But on the other hand I feel that this advancement in education will be extremely helpful for our future generations.
7. Do you think there is such a thing as the Net Generation? Why or Why not?
   No. I feel that there is going to be more children and adults using the new technology but to say that this is all this generation will do and to label them as the Net Generation is wrong. They will be growing up with the technology and will have a better understanding then the generations before them but I would not refer to them as such.
8. What is meant by the term “networked individualism?”
   Wellman has characterized this kind of relationship in relation to community, stressing that community can be found in the networks rather than groups.
9. How would you feel about Fairmont State discontinuing the use of Blackboard and Webmail to using Gmail and Google Tools?
   This is an easy question for me. I like my Blackboard and Webmail. It took me a very long time in trying to figure it out and pride myself in knowing how it works. As for Gmail and Google tools I am still trying to figure out.
10. Why does the term “Digital Native” persist despite lack of empirical evidence of age related difference due to rapid increase of digital technologies?
    There is a general need to stereotype in order to reduce the complexity and to apply simplified rules of thumb.
11. Who societal sector seems to be benefiting the most from the social construction of a “Digital Native” generation?
    Commercial and market interests play a part in this persistence.
12. Which argument about “Digital Natives” needs to be discarded and which one needs to be explored? Why?
    The ones to be discarded are 1) the ubiquitous nature of certain technologies, specifically gaming and the Web, has affected the outlook of an entire age cohort in advanced economies. 2) the new technologies emerging with this generation have particular characteristics that afford certain types of social engagement. Reason being 1) these arguments need to be abandoned in the face of the empirical evidence and 2) like the idea of localized functions of the brain in phrenology, is the rational kernel at the heart of the argument.
    The one that needs exploring is the idea that the area of choice in educations has been expanded by new technologies.

Skype session

I found the skype session very interesting. Technology is always changing. I would never have thought that it would one day be possible to talk to a person face to face via the computer whether it be a few blocks away, states away, even in other countries.
I would find it very interesting to use this for educational purposes. If a field trip is not in the budget you can always contact someone to give a lesson thru skype. For example, I would contact someone at the Smithsonian to do a history lesson and to show the particular exibit that I would want my students to see and explore. Skype, if used properly, could be used in a whole new way.

I found the following web pages about at teacher who taught her students how to use Skype. She has also added an instructional video and written instructions. http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2006/10/using-skype-in-classroom-or-just.html

Photo and Questions

I would use this photo to teach my students the similarities and the differences between the two presidents. Even though they were presidents of a divided nation, Davis of the Confederacy and Lincoln of the Union, they had many similarities and many differences.

1.       What is the home state of each president?

2.       Are their beliefs in slavery the same or different?

3.       Why did each president choose the side that did?

4.       What other similarities do these pictures present?

        5.     How did each president serve their country before the Civil War

Double Entry Journal # 7

1. Choose one of the unprecedented stresses on the earth resources and describe how it will negatively effect the quality of life of people living in developing countries and people living in modernized countries.
Food Production will have to increase by 40 percent over the next twenty years. It is believed that the world will not be able to produce enough food to feed itself. The land is already unstable and underground water levels are already being depleted and nitrate pollution by fertilizers are just two frequent symptoms
2. What is the major debate around the future of market-based economies?
The debate is about how to balance the market-oriented approach with this or that regulatory         feature or social safety policy.

3. How has this technological revolution different the previous technological revolutions and what two factors of production and now more important than capital, labor and raw materials?
The debate is about how to balance the market-oriented approach with this or that regulatory         feature or social safety policy.

4. What new service ideas have you had direct experience with? Drawing on your personal experience what are the benefits and drawbacks of these new service ideas?

I have had experience with bundling and unbundling. I bought a laptop a few years ago and also bought an additional repair service for and additional two years. Within the three years my computer started having some issues with the hard drive.  The company could not repair it over the phone the diagnosed it as the hard drive. They sent everything to pack the computer up, included a shipping label, and I just had to drop it off at UPS. They repaired it and I had it back within about a week. I am so happy I bought the extra warranty as I don’t think I would have been able to repair this on my own.

 

Quote:

 “An example of bundling to come: multi-use smart cards with biometric data that would serve simultaneously as identity cards; airport security devices, credit or debit cards, frequent flyer, hotel and car rental cards; telephone cares; medical insurance cards; and even voter registration.”

 

 Response:

This quote just plain scares me. I cannot imagine having my drivers’ license, debit card, insurance cards, or any other cards tied together. If you lose it, you are in a world of hurt. We already have identity theft and these people only need the barest of information to steal ones identity. If all of this information was to be tied in together as one card and it is lost, that person is going to be in trouble. Your money will be gone, your driver’s license would be gone, and your insurance would be abused and gone. It would be a hardship to the person to get this card replaced. It is very difficult now just to get one of these cards replaced in today’s world. I don’t like this idea and do not find it feasible.

 

 

                                                                                                                         

 

Bibliography:

Rischard, Jean. High Noon. New York: Basic Books, 2002. Print.

"Drivers Licence Birth Announcements & License Birth Announcement Magnets!." Birth Announcements - Baby Shower Invitations - Photo Birth Announcement | Baby Birth Announcements. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Oct. 2012. <http://www.babybirthannouncements.com/specials/drivers-license-announcements.asp>

" Google Image Result for http://www.matrixsurgerycenter.com/images/insurance_card.jpg." Google. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Oct. 2012. <http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.matrixsurgerycenter.com

" Google Image Result for http://www.gobankingrates.com/system/uploads/Best-Credit-Card-Rates.jpg." Google. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Oct. 2012. <http://www.google.com/imgres?num=10&hl=en&biw=1366&bih=615&tbm=isch&tbnid=eO6RUBljX-iuNM:&imgrefurl=http://www.gobankingrates.com/credit-card-rates/&docid=sYZWcVazqo8ayM&imgurl=http://www.gobankingrates.com/system/uploads/Best-Credit-Card-Rates.jpg&w=300&h=225&ei=WORxUMmWGo640QHLwoCwCQ

 

 

Action Obama

People	Objects	Activities
Mr. Obama	American Flag	Walking
Looks like some of his staff	Ship/Boad	Talking
Maybe a couple of naval officals	Truck	Listening
Sailors/Coast Guards	Crane

Based on what you have observed list three things you might infer from the photograph.
a. Pres. Obama Looks happy
b.Obama looks like he is listening to the people around him.
c. It looks like a pretty day weather wise.

What questions do the caption and article title raise in your mind?
If this is such a serious situation, why does he look happy?
Who are all of these people and why are they so important?

Which picture gives you more confidence in the presidents leadership abilities? Why?
I feel that picture one is the better of the two and he looks like he is paying more attention to the situation and he does not looks as if he is blowing it off as he looks like he is doing in the second picture.

Do you think the editors of these news papers have a liberal or conservative bias? Why? How could you find out?
I am not sure if the editors are liberal or conservative. But you can research these papers and their editors on the internet and draw your own concluscions.

Concerned Obama

 

People	Objects	Activities
Pres.Obama	books	Mr. President is listening and concentration on what is being said to him.
	plants/ trees
	desks

1. Based on what you have observed list three things you might infer from the photograph.

     a. Obama is very concerned about what he is being told.

     b.  I think he is trying to decide what he should do about the situation.

     c. He just does not like the whole entire situation.

 

2.What questions do the caption and article title raise in your mind?

    a. How can this situation be compaired to Jimmy Carter and the Iran Hostage Crisis?

     b. How is it that this situation is a problem that Obama should handle directly? Why can't the local government?

Activity #1 Seven Power Lens on 21st Century Literacy

Questions:

1.What is semiotics? Semiotics is the study of how the reading of signs and symbols togethere communicate complicated ideas in the form of codes.

2. How can teachers capitalize on students preferred literacy behaviors? We can teach simple techniques, such as cutting back the URL, or pasting the author's name or an asserted fact into a search engind, can validate authority or confirm bias.

3. According to this article why is it important for students to learn to analyze the news media?  Students don't visually distinguish between content and advertising, we can explicitly point out the difference in an online new article.

4. Copy and Paste a West Virginia CSO that a photo analysis activity might address in a content area.

Learning Skills & Technology Tools
Teaching Strategies Culminating Activity
Evidence of Success

Information and Communication Skills:
 21C.O.3-4.1.LS3 - Student, cognizant of audience and purpose, articulates thoughts and ideas accurately and effectively through oral, written or multimedia communications.

21C.O.3-4.1.TT1 - Student uses keyboard, mouse and other common input and output devices (including adaptive devices when necessary) efficiently and effectively; student handles diskettes, CD/DVDs, USB drives, microphones, and headphones with care; student opens files independently, saves documents, and sends documents to the printer.

21C.O.3-4.1.TT2 - Student demonstrates correct keyboarding posture and technique, uses correct hand and finger placement for alphabetic, numeric, and special purpose keys such as arrows, escape, backspace, delete, caps lock, and control; student knows how to correctly use these keys; students know how to use Edit menu to cut, copy, paste, change font, and other common editing features.

21C.O.3-4.1.TT3 - Student uses menu options in software applications to create documents, simple spreadsheets and presentations and to save files to various locations (e.g., USB drive, diskette, hard drive, server).  Student begins to use e-mail to exchange documents with other teachers and students.   Students know how to organize files through the use of folders.

21C.O.3-4.1.TT5 - Student uses word processing software to create and format a document (e.g., paragraphs, tabs, page justification, margins, spell check, grammar check, word count, insert page breaks, page numbers), uses Edit menu to cut, copy, paste, change font type, size and color, select and highlight text, and other common editing features.

21C.O.3-4.1.TT7 - Student creates a presentation of at least four to six slides.  Student inserts slides and chooses backgrounds, fonts, and slide layouts.  Student understands and uses different formats for viewing (e.g., slide sorter menu, slide show menu, normal view).


 

Double Entry Journal #6

Quote: “ In addressing the digital literacy skills of learners and the evolution of new forms of pedagogy, educators have to be wary of adopting conveniently dichotomized modes of thinking- building on the binary logic of “natives” and “immigrants,” other structuring oppositions include the “transmission” mode of delivery and that of the “collaborative” learning.”

Response: First, I would like to address the “transmission” mode of delivery or learning. The definition, according to the book, which is predicated on a one size fits most mentality, which assumes that knowledge can be disseminated to all learners regardless of individual differences or learning style. Not everyone learns at the same pace and definitely not in the same fashion. I don't know why but when I read this, it angered me. I know that they were talking in a generalized form but nobody can expect everybody to learn on the same level, especially children with a learning disability. These children need special attention and teaching them takes an extra amount of time. I do not expect anyone to learn at the same speed as the next person. Second, I agree that educators need to find away not to separate ways to incorporate technology and learning. Teachers also need to find a happy medium in teaching these children the technology and with regular classwork. However, I feel that these students have a step up on the technology part. They have had some aspect of it in their lives since the have been born. We adults on the other hand, have been introduced to it from it's beginning and have had to adjust and learn it basically on our own.