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1.) Good afternoon,
After doing some research I found that finding an example of conics is quite hard, especially if you do not understand the topic very well. Like myself it took a while to understand conics. The one I liked the most was quite simple so we will not use that one. The real-life example I found was, shooting a basketball. Shooting a basketball is a real-life example of a parabola because, the shape of the path the ball takes which is, the ball is moving horizontally, and it also moves vertically, making a parabolic trajectory.
Parabola
– Christina
2.) Well my time being in the NAVY and visiting the Salem Nuclear Power Plant in New Jersey the towers of a nuclear reactor are basically 2 cones placed on top of each other with the round ends flatted to give optimal cooling (Similar to an hour glass). They can be built with straight steel beams and extremely structurally sound. The way they work cool air flows up from the hollow center, and passes the warm falling water, causing some of it to evaporate. Evaporation removes heat from the warm to dissipate into the atmosphere.
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3.) The website that I believe has the best way to review information for accuracy is FactCheck.org. This fact checking website is the only one out of the three that has been verified by the International Fact-Checking Network at the Poynter Institute which means they have to meet certain standards. FactCheck.org also seems to list a lot more sources for fact checking such as primary sources, nonpartisan government agencies, and other “respected and trustworthy outside experts.” Another reason I find this website to be a little more reliable is the fact that they have partnered with Facebook. I think partnering with Facebook gives them access to even more news and stories being shared that the other sites may not have been aware of because Facebook does not provide them with a list of links flagged as potentially false like they do for FactCheck.org.
Both Snopes and Media Bias/Fact Check seem to have some gaps in their methodology. Snopes states that whenever possible they attempt to contact the source of the claim and individuals and organizations that might me knowledgeable about the subject. I think a lack of different sources may play a role in how reliable their fact checking is. Also, their topics are edited by just one person, whereas FactCheck seems to have a whole team editing their topics. Media Bias/Fact Check has a credibility rating that I think is unique and interesting, but I think can confuse people on what’s actually facts and what’s bias unless its rated Very High on their scale.
I believe it’s important for everyone to be able to evaluate information because we live in a world with so many different cultures, religious beliefs, moral values, opinions, etc. that it can be hard to separate or acknowledge the facts of information. If one is taught to evaluate information, I think they would think more about the things they repost or say so that false information is not continuously passed around. Also from a student standpoint, knowing how to evaluate information will make the information sources used for an assignment more reliable, valid, and accurate.
-Courtney
4.) Good morning,
I will first begin my post for this week by stating that I do not believe that fact checking or fact checking organizations should be given any credibility or weight in any regards. I believe that by human nature we are all biased and there will never be a group, organization, or news outlet that does not have some form of biased in it. On to the questions for this week’s topic. I believe from what i have read today that the methodology at FactCheck.org to be the most thorough in regard to information. By receiving and reviewing all transcripts from public officials during any public appearance and then verifying the information that they passed with peer reviewed or scholarly sources is the closest we can get to objective reporting.
I find the methodology of Snopes.com to be quite lackluster in terms of their own description of their processes. In their description of their process they mentioned that they will “attempt” to research using news articles, scientific journals, books, interview transcripts, and statistical sources with “bearing” on the topic. They did not put emphasis on guaranteeing that they use specifically scholarly sources to actually verify the information instead they again used the phrase “attempt to use non-partisan information”. This to me is vague in its description and does not guarantee that all of their “fact checking” is free from personal bias or the bias of the organization.
As I stated previously, I do not believe that fact checking organizations should exist. Who will fact check the fact checkers? We should not delegate the authority and our own responsibility to verify information to others that could and have easily led us astray with their version or spin of “facts”. We each as individuals have the responsibility of doing our own research on the things that we hear or see. Any attempt to obfuscate the public from actually doing their own research by presenting them with streamlined “fact checked” information to me rings more of an attempt to manipulate than to bring truth and accurate information. Thank you for reading my post this week.
5.) Hello, one of the resources I found that could help is using portales app. You just need to download on to your phone, and you can use it. Nice thing is that it’s on your phone so you can always get to it. The other nice one is beginner Spanish learning games. Seems to be cool and fun. So that’s always a plus when you get to learn and have fun at the same time. Looks like you can learn anything from colors to numbers. You can also do a vocabulary builder game. Overall these two resources I think are great for anyone to use. Down the road I will explore other ones and see what they can offer me as far as learning goes.
I would say any medical professional would be beneficial to learn and know Spanish. A great example is my self, during my training for medic at a Air Force hospital in San Antonio. I had to translate to the ER staff what the patient was saying, he had gotten hit by a car, and was injured very bad. Knowing Spanish I was assist in providing the best medical care and help the patient understand what was going on. By taking this class it will help me further expand my Spanish.
6.) Good morning class,
This week in class we are sharing resources for learning Spanish, as well as discussing professions where having Spanish as a second language would be a useful skill to have.
For my resource, I have Webster’s Spanish-English Dictionary for Students. I tried to find this on the APUS library, however all the links for the different variations of the webster’s dictionary are either broken or they are just reviews. Thankfully though, I have my own copy, which I have already used for this class last week. Having taken German 1 & 2 previously, I can attest to the fact that having a direct translation book is a great resource to have for completing written assignments. Additionally, for those of us who learn new words well by writing things down and having flash cards, it is a great for making flash cards. Another dictionary I have is Vocabulario Tecnico-Cientifico Ingles-Espanol, which is similar, however it also has pictures of things like a car engine, and identifies the words for the engine parts in both English and Spanish.
Having a second language is universally useful skill to have, because it allows you to communicate with more people in this world we share with one another, both at work and outside of work. For myself, I am in the military, and have met many people whose first language is Spanish. Some people move to the United States from Spanish speaking countries and immediately join the military. Therefore, in my current profession, the military, learning Spanish as a second language is a useful skill to have.
Z. Douglas Lindsay
