Website Evaluation

I am evaluation the website Martin Luther King Jr "A True Historical Examination".

1. Who is the source of the information?
         By looking at the bottom left page I can see that Newsweek Magazine published this site.

2. What are you getting?
         The information that they are trying to persuade on the website I have never heard before. Example: The site quotes "I'm f***ing for god" and "I'm not a negro tonight". Everything that I have ever learned about this man contradicts these two quotes they say Martin Luther King Jr. said.

3. When was the site created?
         The site was published a long time ago. It says the date of publishment was January 19, 1998 so it can not be very creditable.

4. Where?
         The site has a orginzation of org. after there url and that indicates that a wide assortment of groups, including non-profit organizations created this site.

5. Why are you here?
         This site is title Martin Luther King Jr. "A True Historical Examination" and yet it has links saying "Rap Lyrics" and "Try our MLK Pop Quiz". That has absolutely nothing to do with Martin Luther King Jr.

6. How can you tell whats what?
         You can clearly tell that the message that was persude was not the message recieved.

11 grade Reading stats

Below is a graph of two random students of different locations and culture in the 11th grade Reading classification. As you can see, series 1 may have the highest peak but it also has the lowest peak. Therefore causing it to have more disperse answers. Series 2 is more evenly dispersed and has a more constant average than series 1. As you can see, series 2 does not have a greatly large peak or a sufficiently low peak either. The majority of the grades are on or close enough to the middle line on the graph causing it to be more leptokurtic than series 1.  





America Vs Japanese Math Test Scores

The chart below shows the different math test scores throughout the American and Japanese people. According to the chart, the Japanese test scores are negative skewed and the American test score are positive skewed. I would say out of the two the Japanese scores are Leptokurtic and Americans test scores are Platykurtic. Looking at the graph the American's most concentrated distribution is between its 59% and 100%, with the Japanese scores you can see that it is pretty evenly distributed. 

My Tech Voki

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Media Literacy II

Quote:
"Choosing appropriate search engines, following relevant links, and judging the validity of information are
difficult challenges, not only for students of all ages, but also for most adults, including many teachers.

Reflection:

This quote explains how I felt the first couple times I tried the Internet. I have been using the Internet for a solid ten years at least and even sometimes now I do not find everything I am looking for or a site that is unreliable. I know my mother who has grew fond with the Internet still has trouble finding everything she needs on the Internet. And as time goes on it will only get harder and a lot more site, links, or search engines will be produced. Therefore, students and teachers of all ages should learn the basics and become comfortable with the Internet.

Source:

David, Jane L. "Educational Leadership:Literacy
             2.0:Teaching Media Literacy." Membership,   
             Policy, and Professional Development for 
            Educators – ASCD. 2011. Web. 07 Oct.
            2011.
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/mar09/vol66/num06/Teaching-Media-Literacy.aspx.

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Here is something interesting:

Media Literacy

Quote:

" We know that 75 Percent of American adolescents are online (US Census, 2002) and 85 percent of all Internet users expect to find key news information online (Horrigan and Raine, 2002). (Abilock, 2003) "

Reflection:

After reading this article, the quote above stuck out the most. As a future teacher I believe that teachers should be teaching more technical lessons. In a sense that every student before sixth grade should know how to use some of Microsoft Office. Not saying every student should master Microsoft by the age 12 but, having a sense of using Microsoft at a younger age will help students out a lot in the long run. The internet has such a complex usage that students should learn the risks, benifits, and knowledge of the Intenet. .

Refrence:

Abilock, D. (2003,
    November/December). A 
    seven-power lens on 21st-century 
    literacy. Retrieved from
    https://docs.google.com
    /viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&
    chrome=true
    srcid=0B6DFAmexYq7vMTFmZjZ
    hNWItZWY5Ni00NzdhLWIxYzItM
    mE4NmI0MGI5NzJl&hl=en

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Here is something that adds a little more facts to the pile!