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The Internet Today

What’s interesting in, Read:Write, by Mary Harrington and Chris Meade, is how technology is constantly growing and businesses are using the internet and digital media as a form of communication whether it is previously recorded with visual and verbal information or … Continue reading

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Common Crafts Videos (Wikis in Plain English)

Watching the video made me realize that there is more to “Wiki” than just being a big ball of information, the video taught me a new way of communicating with friends as well as an alternate source to e-mail and … Continue reading

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primary and secondary sources

Reading from our textbook, the section on primary and secondary source caught my attention. I was hoping that the author William Badke would elaborate further on how to distinguish a source of writing as a primary or a secondary. I … Continue reading

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Pavlik,J Media in the digital age

Technology is used all over the world as we know, and we are all fascinated by it. I love going on the internet to search on the internet, check my email, Facebook, and Twitter accounts. Technology is everywhere even on … Continue reading

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Wiki’s are a two way street

As an avid user of wiki’s I didn’t really think I would learn anything new from the video. Unfortunately my suspicions were confirmed but the video only briefly touches on the usefulness of wiki’s.Wiki’s  can express topics upon many things–your favorite show,a … Continue reading

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Notes from today, and reading for Monday, February 6

Today we viewed a timeline of information technologies, considered the future of information technologies, and learned about the information cycle from a video produced by UTK Libaries. Chapter 1 of Badke raises some important issues that we did not fully … Continue reading

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Research Strategies by William Badke: Preface, Chapter 1, and Chapter 8

Just by reading the preface, chapter 1, and chapter 8, I can tell that this book by Williams Badke is going to be interesting. In the beginning of chapter 1, Badke stated the purpose of information and how we depend on it … Continue reading

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Research Strategies Chapters 1 and 8

When i first started reading chapters 1 and 8 i definitely could relate to what Mr. William Badke was talking about how to research. In chapter 1 i liked when he discussed about false research and how it deals with … Continue reading

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Williams Badke: Preface,Ch1 and Ch8

Now a days most people turn in to choosing one option when it comes to searching for information because of its easy access. The first place we think of when it comes to finding research or information would be the … Continue reading

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True or False Information?

Information have been discussed, distributed, and discovered through many different ways either it has been from reading a page or spoken about from one person to another. And now, with the technology of the internet, we are able to gaze … Continue reading

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