My Autobiography

My autobiography

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Glass Giant

DEJ #11

• Summarize the argument made in this article.
• What evidence is presented to support the argument?
• State and justify your position on banning sex offenders from social-networking sites?

The argument in this article is whether or not to allow registered sex offenders to have a social networking site that they can use. A majority of people say that sex offenders should not be banned from social networking sites.

The evidence that is shown is that people all over the country who are on the sex offenders list does not necessarily mean that they raped a child or even touched a child. People had to be put on because of participating in prostitution and peeing outside in public. They had no contact with a child and being on the sex offenders list makes it a stereotypical thought.

I feel like some sex offenders should be banned from social networking sites because of the charges against them. There are sex offenders who actually have not done anything except pee in public and yes, of course that is wrong but that does not make them a sex offender. I feel like they should have the choice to get a facebook if they want one. Offenders who have been charged with touching a child or being on the internet and seeking attention from young children should be banned from every networking site there is. I believe that if they do it once they'll do it again.

Friend Not Foe

1.  Did the class activity about Wikipedia and this article change your opinion about the value of Wikipedia to society in general and education specifically?

     It did change my opinion about Wikipedia because I did not realize that there were so many people behind the site who try everyday to keep facts on the page and make sure people get the right information. I had no idea there was a wikiscanner who kept the site under control and keep people from posting information that is unreliable. 

2.  Describe how you might direct students to use Wikipedia in your future classroom.  ( Blogging Points for this assignment)

     I will direct students to use Wikipedia as a site that they can go to and get a quick overview of what is going on and get some information but not let them use it as a resource because you do not know if the website is 100% credible but students could use it as a beginning point to get them started on research.  

Harry Potter

1. Start with the main page. Does it have any cleanup banners that have been placed there to indicate problems with the article? (A complete list is available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_messages/
   Cleanup.)

Any one of the following cleanup banners means the article is anunreliable source:

This article or section has multiple issues.	No
This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards.	No
The neutrality of this article is disputed.	No
The factual accuracy of this article is disputed.	No
This needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone or spelling.	No
This may contain material not appropriate for an encyclopedia.	No
This article only describes one highly specialized aspect of its associated subject.	No
This article requires authentication or verification by an expert.	No
This article or section needs to be updated.	No
This article may not provide balanced geographical coverage on a region.	No
This is missing citations or needs footnotes.	No
This article does not cite any references or sources.	No

2. Read through the article and see if it meets the following requirements:

Is it written in a clear and organized way?	yes
Is the tone neutral (not taking sides)?	yes
Are all important facts referenced (you're told where they come from)?	yes
Does the information provided seem complete or does it look like there are gaps (or just one side of the story)?	yes

Wikipedia Questions

a. What is Wikipedia?  Wikipedia is a multilingual, Web-based encyclopedia project, operated by the Wikimedia Foundation, a nonprofit organization


b. How would you answer the question posed in this piece “How reliable can a source be when anyone can edit it?” I feel like a source can only be as reliable as you let it be. People edit sites sites everyday and if you feel uneasy about the information look it up on a different site.

c. Who do the creators of Wikipedia place their trust in when it comes to weeding out misinformation?
 They put their faith in the "wisdom of crowds,".


d. Why did founder Larry Sanger leave Wikipedia?Mr. Sanger left Wikipedia, believing that it should give more authority to experts; he has since created another site, Citizendium that does just that.


e. What would abuse or vandalism look like on a Wikipedia page? There would be a lot of errors and untrue statements made about whatever the page is on.

f. What do the statistics quoted in the third paragraph of this piece reveal? Wikipedia is growing rapidly and spreading all over the world.

g. Why do you think Wikipedia is so successful? Wikipedia is so successful because you can look up anything on the site and there is so much information on there. It is easy to get to and convenient.

h. Why might Wikipedia’s creators not want to accept advertising? when advertising is on a site it becomes less credible because everyone would think that it is a scam to get money from you.

i. How does Wikiscanner help increase the reliability of Wikipedia entries? It reveals any errors or abuse made by businesses or government officials. It keeps the site credible.

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