STurner Assignment Unit3
Unit 3 Assignment requirements:
1. Do a search for Warriors of the Net. You should be able to find a movie that is approximately thirteen minutes long describing how the internet works.
a. What is the purpose of the router?
b. What is the purpose of the firewall?
c. What happens when an IP acknowledgment is not received?
d. What is the internet?
The Internet is a bunch of interconnected networks that encompass the globe, where routers and switches establish connections between them.
Ref: http://www.archive.org/details/warriors_of_net
2. Using the internet for academic research.
a. Why are wikis, forums and blogs not considered valid sources for academic research? Minimum 50 words. I think that wikis, forums and blogs are not valid sources for academic research because these are all contributed to by regular people who base their input on their own opinions and findings, not by reading it or citing it from any type of academic text. These are all based on personal findings and not referenced to any type of reference book in any way.
b. What criteria should you evaluate in determining whether a website is appropriate for research? Give a brief explanation of each criteria.
The criteria that I would use would be accuracy, authority and currency. For accuracy – you would look at who is hosting the site and what their biases are.
For authority – you would look at the author and see if the web site includes any references or any outside contributions
For currency – you would look to see how current the information provided is, has it been updated recently are there links that are broken?
Ref: http://unfccc.int/essential_background/library/items/1420.php
3. Social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter are becoming very popular.
a. What social networking sites do you use?
b. Whether you use social networking sites or not, what type of information should you avoid posting on these sites?
c. What networking sites can be used for developing
1. Do a search for Warriors of the Net. You should be able to find a movie that is approximately thirteen minutes long describing how the internet works.
a. What is the purpose of the router?
b. What is the purpose of the firewall?
c. What happens when an IP acknowledgment is not received?
d. What is the internet?
The Internet is a bunch of interconnected networks that encompass the globe, where routers and switches establish connections between them.
Ref: http://www.archive.org/details/warriors_of_net
2. Using the internet for academic research.
a. Why are wikis, forums and blogs not considered valid sources for academic research? Minimum 50 words. I think that wikis, forums and blogs are not valid sources for academic research because these are all contributed to by regular people who base their input on their own opinions and findings, not by reading it or citing it from any type of academic text. These are all based on personal findings and not referenced to any type of reference book in any way.
b. What criteria should you evaluate in determining whether a website is appropriate for research? Give a brief explanation of each criteria.
The criteria that I would use would be accuracy, authority and currency. For accuracy – you would look at who is hosting the site and what their biases are.
For authority – you would look at the author and see if the web site includes any references or any outside contributions
For currency – you would look to see how current the information provided is, has it been updated recently are there links that are broken?
Ref: http://unfccc.int/essential_background/library/items/1420.php
3. Social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter are becoming very popular.
a. What social networking sites do you use?
b. Whether you use social networking sites or not, what type of information should you avoid posting on these sites?
c. What networking sites can be used for developing