Keeping Up With Work

Keeping up with the work in this class was not all that hard. Problem with me was that I would do the blog post on word but then get too lazy to go ahead and upload them to the internet. If one was to do the three blog post every week then the work in this class would be a piece of cake. I enoy doing blogs and a couple of buddies of mine have our own sports blog at www.redandbluegrass.webs.com where we discuss UK and UL sports. You should check it out sometime as the arguments get vicious as we draw closer to the ultimate game verses the dirty birds on December 31st.

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After taking this class the way I approach research is completely different. I evaluate the web resources, I use the library to my advantage and alos use the databases. To be quite honest I would have never have known how to use the databases. The way I have used research to do a paper for my World Civ class is credit to what I learned in this class. Some of the things we learned when it came to research seemed like common sense once it was taught to me. Overall I would suggest this class to every student here at Murray State.

The Future of Accessing Information

The future of accessing information will be hard to predict but judging from its history there will be significant strides in technology in five years or less. It is amazing to me that ten years ago we didn;t have wifi and hardly used the internet....now I have it on my phone. I fully expect computers to become obsolete and then soon after laptops. I firmly believe components like the Ipan will be the devices and computers of the future that will be the everyday used computer.

Plaigarism in Universities

I do not believe that plaigarism is a big deal in colleges anymore. MAinly because the students can not get away with it. Because of programs like SafeAssign students will be hardpressed to get away with copying information from websites. The days of a student being able to copy and paste material are long gone. As a student I wouldn't dare even try to put something word for word into any of my papers. There is no way i could get away with it and I am just asking to get kicked out of school.

Why are citations important?

Citations are important because a citation gives credit to the people who wrote the original piece. It also shows the instructor where you got your content and if the instructir wanted to they could go look it up for themselves to see if any content was copied word for word. It also allows the instructor to see how much research you did for the paper or project that was assigned. Overall citations are important for several reasons but mainly for aacademic purposes

Copyright and Ethics

Copyright and Ethis
This discussion we had in class made sense, if someone created copyrighted material that is theirs. It would not be ethical to "steal" their material. IF one was to create something of similar stature then it would be stealing. Now the question is can you copyright an idea? I would like to think so. I have had several ideas for sitcoms and films but of course don't have the means or money to have them come to flourishin so if I gave them the idea I would hope to get credit for doing so.

End of CD Ownership

End of CD Ownership

The Discussion we had in class on copyright and ethics made me think of some things to share in this blogpost. First was the fact that if you buy a cd you can not give it to someone else once you had listened to it. However I feel like if I bought it then it's  mine the material on the cd may not be mine but the CD is. If I am not burning a copy of it and creating another form of it then I do not see why that is so wrong.

Future of Ideas

Lessig describes in his article that because of technology we are not advancing as people. I couldn't disagree more. The fact that technology exsists proves that we are advancing and as the technology advances so do we. If it wasn't for thr information provided I wouldn't know a lot of the things that i do today. With the advancement of technology it has become easier to access information.

Evaluating Internet Resources

When evaluating sources on the internet one must first see if the author who wrote the article is credible. Once this is recognized you need to see what the intended audience is. After that the researcher must see what the publishers is credible then see if the the information given is relevant to what you are searching for. Basically it is all just common sence but if you are not careful you could overlook it and end up with some bad information that could ruin a potential project.

Information Cocoons and Wikis

What drew my attention about this article was the over truthfulness of it.  If a person were to just watch Fox News thier opinion would most certaintly be very different from someone who watched only MSNBC. The article says that the reason we stay in what the writer calls, information cocoons is because we do not like to hear and read about what we do not believe. Sometimes when I mosey over to a UL message board I see things from their perspective but then I just become so upset. The same thing could be said for my political affiliations.

Finding Information On The Web

The amount of information on the web appears endless. When wanting an answer to a question the first thing I  think to do is to "google it". In doing so I could get thousands upon thousands of responses to my search. There are plenty of domains .org .edu. gov .com. This is both good and bad. It's good that the web provides plenty of options when searching but its also bad because now the researcher has to decipher what is a good source and which sources are not so reliable.

World Wide Web of Change

The article brought up plenty of points on how society has changed The internet has drastically changed the way of we research. This article also brought up the points of how computers have evolved along with other techonolgies.
The article discusses techonlogy that was used when I was growing  up for instance cassette tapes which I can barely remember using. Also floppy disk which now can only be used as coasters for a coffee table. It is quite amazing how technology has advanced throughout my lifetime. Makes me wonder where it will be in the next 21 years.

Will Steve Prohm's First Year Be a Success

Murray State is off to a 7 and 0 start with 3 huge wins at the Great Alaskan Shootout and a phenomonal comback on the road at UAB. The Racers are in a stretch of games now that include, a trip to Bowling Green to face WKU, Dayton at home, then a huge road game versus Memphis on December 11th. Murray State wasn't picked to win the OVC, they were projected third but the way Junior Point Guard Isaiah Canaan is playing and the way transfer shooting guard Stacey Wilson is dropping triples, the Racers look real tough and by March could be making some noise in the big dance. I believe the Racers will NOT lose a OVC home game and the only road game that poses a real threat would be at arch-rival Austin Peay  on ESPNU. 

Are Marquis Teagues Turnovers Something to Worry About

Through the first four games Kentucky freshman point guard Marquis Teague has 18 turnovers. He looks sloppy and out of control, however John Wall and Brandon Knight also had 18 turnovers in thier first games. Now one might say the previous UK freshmen guards made up for in scoring but Teague doesn't need to score, he is surrounded by guys who could all post 20 points a game. Teague is a better shooter than John Wall and quicker than Knight. When it is all said and done and the 8th Championship banner is hung in the rafters of Rupp Arena we will all say Marquis is the best of all three.

What Kentucky's Win Over UT Means.

As I was driving to Lexington Saturday afternoon for a Kentucky basketball game vs Portland, I listened to the final minutes of the UK-UT football game, as Tyler Brays final pass was intercepted I found myself screaming at the top of my lungs. Seconds later I calmed myself down just to hear, Tom Leach Uk's play by play announcer, say "Ding Dong the Streak is Dead, Kentucky has Rocky Topped Tennessee." And once again I was screaming. Beating Tennessee was only something my famlly and I talked about and dreamed of. Never in my lifetime had I seen this happpen and neither had anyone born after November of 1984. It ended what was the longest streak in college football (26 straight years/losses to UT) Gone for now are the days of saying, "is this the year?" Gone is the heartache of nearly topping that team in puke Orange only to come up just short and back are the days of the UK-UT football rivalry.

Does Joker Keep His Job?

First of all I am a fan of Joker Phillips, no one wants him to succeed more than me. However, I like winning and Joker hasn't done too much of that in his two seasons as Kentucky's head football coach. This season he faced arguablly the easiest schedule in the past 15 years. He found Florida, Georgia and Tennessee on a down year and played the easiest teams from the west. However, the Cats have struggled offensively and defensively. The Cats went into Vandy with hopes of being Bowl eligible for the 6th straight years and got torn apart in a 38-8 drumming to the Commodores. A 30-point loss to Vandy should alone get a SEC coach fired. Yet probably the most damning thing for Joker is the 2012 schedule which contains some of the hardest teams from the SEC best case scenario the Cats go 5-7 and after two straight losing records you will be hard pressed to find Joker on the sidelines next season.

What the NBA Means to Me

So today is November 15th and as i was scrolling through the channels on my television I noticed ESPN had a re run of the World Series of Poker on then it hit me "oh yeah professional basketball is suppose to be on." Until then it hadn't effected me in the slightest. The games from November to March I find very uninterestiing anyways. Growing up in a state where College sports is all we have its easy to be excited about the start of the basketball season without any pro players taking the court. The NBA won't effect me hardly at all until they change the age limit to 20 in which case, you might as well mail the trophy to Lexington 'cause the Cats will be stacked next season.

Will the Big East Be The Laughing Stock of the BCS Once Again.

So here we are in the last couple weeks of the regular season of college football and once again the annual complaining about the Bowl Championship Series has started. My biggest complaint about the BCS is the Big East keeping it's bid. Last season UCONN went to the FIesta Bowl only to get thrashed by Georgia, the Big Easy has proven time and time again they are not worthy of BCS participation. Again this year this problem occurs. We now have a Louisville team that could find it's way to the Orange Bowl at 7-5! With two of those losses to FIU and Marshall!!! Meanwhile Arkansas currently ranked 3rd in the COuntry will not make a BCS game and will have to settle for the Cotton Bowl. Not one team in contention for the Big East title is ranked in the TOp 25....however regardless of what happpens one of them will leapfrog over 20+ teams into the Orange Bowl...WHAT A JOKE!