Andrew Johnson's List: Researching Credible Connections Assignment

• A web application is an application that is accessed by users over a network such as the Internet or an intranet.^[
• • Web applications do not require any complex "roll out" procedure to deploy in large organizations. A compatible web browser is all that is needed;
   
  • Browser applications typically require little or no disk space on the client;
   
  • They require no upgrade procedure since all new features are implemented on the server and automatically delivered to the users;
   
  • Web applications integrate easily into other server-side web procedures, such as email and searching.
   
  • They also provide cross-platform compatibility in most cases (i.e., Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.) because they operate within a web browser window.
   
  • With the advent of HTML5, programmers can create richly interactive environments natively within browsers. Included in the list of new features are native audio, video and animations, as well as improved error handling.

• Wikis, blogs and podcasts are all relatively easy to use, which partly accounts for their proliferation
• A wiki (from the Hawaiian wiki, to hurry, swift) is a collaborative Web site whose content can be edited by anyone who has access to it [20]. Perhaps the best example of a wiki in action today is 'Wikipedia – The Free Encyclopedia' [21]. Wikis, and in particular Wikipedia, represent a promising principle that can significantly transform the Internet information age; they have greatly grown in popularity in recent months and years [17].
• Wikis and blogs are sometimes prone to vandalism [64,65] and, as a result, to serious quality issues, because of their free form nature and the (relative/potential) lack of control over their content, though this can also be their very strength [66]. One of the most famous documented examples of Web vandalism occurred on Wikipedia in the biographical article about John Seigenthaler, Sr. [67].

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• Information literacy is a global phenomenon today and the critical importance of the role of information literacy is gaining increased recognition Information literacy means knowing information about information.

• Latham, Don¹
  Gross, Melissa²
• helping them gain an understanding of information literacy as a discrete skill set, develop a more accurate view of their own skill levels, and learn at least one skill they could apply in imposed and self-generated information-seeking tasks.
• This paper focuses of the results of the post-intervention interviews. Those results suggest that students learned at least one skill from the intervention.

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• Students usually have plenty of experience with online social technologies, but they lack understanding about how to use these tools and methods for course learning.
• this guide has been written to inform online students about learning communities, the benefits they offer, and how students can assist in building a successful online community.

• ¹Professor, Information Systems at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
• Academic Search Complete

• 5 Major Benefits of Media Literacy and its Relationship to the Common Core State Standards
• • Who created the message?
   
  • What creative techniques are used to attract my attention?
   
  • How might different people understand this message differently?
   
  • What lifestyles, values & points of view are represented in; or omitted from, this message?
   
  • Why is this message being sent?

• we are then teaching students extremely important media literacy skills of:

   
   
  • Outlining and documenting ideas.
   
  • Researching and gathering information.
   
  • Deconstructing and reconstructing messages through digital media, such as videos.
   
  • Revising and editing their work.
   
  • Sharing their creations online to a digital society by publishing their work to the world.
   
  • Critically analyzing their own work through written reflection by blogging, and receiving comments and feedback from others from every part of the globe.
• • Thoughtful media consumption becomes a stimulus for better student comprehension.
   
  • Differentiated learning models are available for all students.
   
  • Easily accessible and free technologies can improve or enhance curriculum.
   
  • Innovative media creation leads to increased student engagement and a real-world experience.
   
  • Improved overall literacy is achieved through research, digital reading, interdisciplinary writing and personal written reflection.

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• With the advent of digital technologies, awareness of media

  is acquiring crucial importance.
• This article gives an overview of the nature of these literacies, which show both similarities to and differences from each other.

• Unpacking New Media Literacy.
• New media literacy plays an essential role for any citizen to participate fully in the 21^st century society.
• A review of literature on media literacy reveals that there is a lack of thorough analysis of unique characteristics of new media and its impacts upon the notion of new media literacy.

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• • Research is cited and comes from a well know and reputable source

• The aim of this study is to determine the basic information and communication technology (ICT) skills that may be needed by students studying in the 8th grade of the primary education in their cooperative project works implemented via the Internet.
• e -- twinning and WorldLinks projects

• • Written by a well known and reputable academic source