Research Log Entry
a. Your broadest topic
-global warming
b. Your next broad topic
-green house gases
c. Your starting topic
-carbon dioxide
d. Your narrower topic
-electricity
e. Your even narrower topic
-power plants
2) Think of two questions that you could ask about your topic
-What are ways we can help to make carbon dioxide useful instead of deadly?
-What is green house gases?
About Me
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Unit 2, Part1
QUESTIONS
1. What advantages and disadvantages have you discovered?
In the modules i have seen the advantages I've discovered were how to actually research and find topics to evaluate and bring to life using details and actual informational facts. I could not find any disadvantages because they were all helpful.
2. How might this unit change the way you interact with search engines in the future?
I can use this unit because of the way the modules show you how to use the search engines in various ways.
1. What advantages and disadvantages have you discovered?
In the modules i have seen the advantages I've discovered were how to actually research and find topics to evaluate and bring to life using details and actual informational facts. I could not find any disadvantages because they were all helpful.
2. How might this unit change the way you interact with search engines in the future?
I can use this unit because of the way the modules show you how to use the search engines in various ways.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
unit 1 part 1
Research Log Entry
What question did you try to answer?
-What types of volcanoes are in Hawaii?
What search engine or engines did you use?
-Google.com
What search terms did you use?
-Volcanoes in Hawaii and volcanoes in Hawaii or active in Hawaii
How many results did you get when you entered your terms?
-1,330,000
How many did you get when you used OR?
-986,000
Which set was bigger?
-Volcanoes in Hawaii
Can you figure out why?
-Only because there are less words.
What questions did you use to evaluate your results?
-What types of volcanoes in Hawaii?
What conclusion did you draw about the value of the site and why?
-It named all the volcanoes that are in Hawaii!
What questions came into your mind that you could use to continue your exploration?
-Why are there un named volcanoes that are not specified?
What question did you try to answer?
-What types of volcanoes are in Hawaii?
What search engine or engines did you use?
-Google.com
What search terms did you use?
-Volcanoes in Hawaii and volcanoes in Hawaii or active in Hawaii
How many results did you get when you entered your terms?
-1,330,000
How many did you get when you used OR?
-986,000
Which set was bigger?
-Volcanoes in Hawaii
Can you figure out why?
-Only because there are less words.
What questions did you use to evaluate your results?
-What types of volcanoes in Hawaii?
What conclusion did you draw about the value of the site and why?
-It named all the volcanoes that are in Hawaii!
What questions came into your mind that you could use to continue your exploration?
-Why are there un named volcanoes that are not specified?
Unit 1, Part 1
Research Log Entry
I. # Of concepts
1)Which did you know already?
-I did not know any of these concepts, they were very interesting to know.
2)Which were new to you?
- The Boolean Operators and the Evaluation criteria
II. QUESTION TO SEARCH
1)What types of volcanoes are in Hawaii?
2)Google.com-Volcanoes in Hawaii
3)http://www.volcanolive.com/hawaii.html
- Kilauea
Lanai
Kahoolawe
West Maui
Haleakala
Kauai
East Molokai
Lanai
Kahoolawe
West Maui
Haleakala
Kauai
East Molokai (Wailau)
Waianae
Honolulu Vents
Koolau
Kaula
Niihau
Kalaupapa
Unnamed
Unnamed
Kaula
Niihau
Kalaupapa
Unnamed
Unnamed
Mauna Loa
Hualalai
Mauna Kea
Kohala
Loihi
I. # Of concepts
1)Which did you know already?
-I did not know any of these concepts, they were very interesting to know.
2)Which were new to you?
- The Boolean Operators and the Evaluation criteria
II. QUESTION TO SEARCH
1)What types of volcanoes are in Hawaii?
2)Google.com-Volcanoes in Hawaii
3)http://www.volcanolive.com/hawaii.html
- Kilauea
Lanai
Kahoolawe
West Maui
Haleakala
Kauai
East Molokai
Lanai
Kahoolawe
West Maui
Haleakala
Kauai
East Molokai (Wailau)
Waianae
Honolulu Vents
Koolau
Kaula
Niihau
Kalaupapa
Unnamed
Unnamed
Kaula
Niihau
Kalaupapa
Unnamed
Unnamed
Mauna Loa
Hualalai
Mauna Kea
Kohala
Loihi
Delicious
Research log Entry
1.What is delicious?
Delicious is a web page that can help you book mark other websites.
2.What is the advantage of this web 2.0 tool?
The advantage of this web 2.0 tool is it opens another doorway to the internet world. You are able to bookmark as many websites you want and save it and to look back and also look at other peoples bookmarks and you can subscribe to their book marks.
3.Do you think you might use it? If so, why? If not,why not?
Yes i think i will use this. I will use it because it is very informative and useful. I like to bookmark a lot just because i have such bad memory.
1.What is delicious?
Delicious is a web page that can help you book mark other websites.
2.What is the advantage of this web 2.0 tool?
The advantage of this web 2.0 tool is it opens another doorway to the internet world. You are able to bookmark as many websites you want and save it and to look back and also look at other peoples bookmarks and you can subscribe to their book marks.
3.Do you think you might use it? If so, why? If not,why not?
Yes i think i will use this. I will use it because it is very informative and useful. I like to bookmark a lot just because i have such bad memory.
Reseach Log Entry:Unit 1 Part 2- Exploring and Evaluating the Web
Research Log Entry
1)What question did you try and answer?
How can an Observational essay help me through life?
2)What terms did you select to begin?
-Observational essay
- help life
3)Web search engines used?
-Yahoo
-Google
4)Search techniques
a: Observational essays help life
b: I tried to use most of the terms i can to help me explain ma question or search for the answer for my question.
5)Evaluation
a: I evaluated my results by finding results that can prove how observational essays can help me through life.
b:Conclusions I had drawn were all the search engines gave me results on other peoples kind of essays on writing.
i. The results were mostly the same.
ii. The difference was the number of results that were given.
iii.the difference in the result was about 2,470,000-274,000= 2,196,000 more on Google
iv. etc
c:I believe the search engines behaved as they did because the terms i used and how much they can pull up as results.
6)Other question that came to mind?
Why is life so interesting to observe and are their any downfalls for it?
1)What question did you try and answer?
How can an Observational essay help me through life?
2)What terms did you select to begin?
-Observational essay
- help life
3)Web search engines used?
-Yahoo
4)Search techniques
a: Observational essays help life
b: I tried to use most of the terms i can to help me explain ma question or search for the answer for my question.
5)Evaluation
a: I evaluated my results by finding results that can prove how observational essays can help me through life.
b:Conclusions I had drawn were all the search engines gave me results on other peoples kind of essays on writing.
i. The results were mostly the same.
ii. The difference was the number of results that were given.
iii.the difference in the result was about 2,470,000-274,000= 2,196,000 more on Google
iv. etc
c:I believe the search engines behaved as they did because the terms i used and how much they can pull up as results.
6)Other question that came to mind?
Why is life so interesting to observe and are their any downfalls for it?
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