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Frisbee Flick

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1y5WlOQfdQ This video is on how to throw a frisbee forehand style.  All you need to accomplish this is a frisbee.First position your thumb on top of the frisbee, your pointer finger goes in the center on the bottom of … Continue reading

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The Research Continues

As I continue to research for information I begin to hit a wall.  Unfortunately, it is becoming a little more difficult than I thought it would be to find new information.  However, on average I do find at least one … Continue reading

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Searching for Scholarly Research

In class we used many new search engines for scholarly information for our research projects.  One search engine I used was Google Scholar.  I’ll admit, it was very hard to find information using this search.  After typing in search keywords … Continue reading

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Research Topics

I didn’t know it was going to be this hard to find an interesting research topic.  We have discussed so many different topics and yet it is still very difficult to choose.  I’ve decided to look back on every assignment … Continue reading

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Our Favorite research Tool: Search Engines

Especially within the past few years search engines have become more popular than ever.  Take Google and Bing for instance.  With data taken from Andrew Leibman’s article “How Search Engines Work,” We learn of the many different kinds of computer searching tools.  … Continue reading

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Fair Use for Media Literacy Education

In the video “Fair Use for Media Literacy Education” the main idea is what are the rights for teachers to use copyrighted material to teach their classes?  in my personal opinion, I think it should be fine that teachers may implament … Continue reading

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Facebook’s Privacy Trainwreck

Nomatter what the creaters of Facebook do people will always find someething obscure and unwanted about it.  In the article “Facebook’s Privacy Trainwreck,” Danah Boyd discusses how in 2006 Facebook inplamented the “News Feed” feature.  This was a way that … Continue reading

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Knowledge is Money

In Brian Martin’s article “The Politics of Research,”  he discusses two very important factors in the world today; knowledge and funding.  When someone wants to research more into something, they usually need someone to fund their work, that is if they … Continue reading

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Two Scoops of Social Media Please

Today it has been so easy to voice your opinion and share what you feel to the world.  In the video, Social Media in Plain English, the town of Scoopsville was always known for their ice cream, this represents the … Continue reading

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Media in the Digital Age

Television is not what it used to be.  I say this, because of the attention many networks bring to themselves.  Pavlik states that the censorship that some stations have such as Arts & Entertainment (A&E), Home Box Office (HBO) and … Continue reading

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