vr choice boards

 AFTER: on your blog...

1) where did you go on this tour? (what elements did you explore?)

i went in Anne franks house and all the hidden bookshelf's and different areas you could go the attic and the like different rooms

2) share your experience... did you learn anything? what insights did you find? would you do something like this again? would you use it with your students? if so, how?

i really enjoyed it i have already seen Anne franks house like in books and documentary's but its a lot of detail in the virtual aspect of it. i would use this but i would right questions that would be found by exploring the house.

3) are there other virtual tours or concepts that you've explored? or played with in the past? If so, please share.

i went through the white house and explored that as well.

4) does virtual or augmented reality have a place in our schools? if yes...why/how? if no...why not?

yes but it has to be used correctly for example like has to have questions in it like a explore like hide and seek and find your answers. 

group activity blog

(EVERYBODY will have a blog post but you are free to collaborate)

First: link in the site you evaluated.

Now: what were your initial thoughts? What did you learn about your selected site? Would you share this with a friend? Is it REAL? Why or why not? What’s giving you doubts?

IF you determined this information is incorrect; write one or two sentences that would either CORRECT the information OR warn future readers why they should proceed with caution.

IF you determined this information is valid; write one or two sentences explaining why it’s information worthy of sharing.

http://time.com/4888864/tinder-tiger-selfies-ban/ 

I would say that this information is valid due to the fact that it's Times Magazine as well as he had other articles that were tide with pita. My initial thoughts on this website were fake at first due to the fact that the title was so outrageous but once diving deeper and looking at his sources as well as what site it was on it comes out to look like it was true and a valid site I learned that Peter wants people to stop taking selfies with tigers due to the fact that when they do that or the zoo that does that They have to seduce the animal as well as tranquilize it to the point where it's non aggressive and sometimes even pull their teeth out. I would share this with a friend just because it's kind of comedic in the way that the title was funny and it has good information behind it uhm the thing that was giving me doubts was the title as well as the pictures they were using within the site. 

week 8

  what is your personal criteria for evaluating the validity of what you're reading online? Who/What do you trust? If you had to select the four or five most important criteria for evaluation, what would they be (and why? outline explicitly in your writing). In the last paragraph of your blog, link to an article you've recently read (no more than 10 days old) and share what criteria you used to KNOW the content was trustworthy. If you're looking for an article, check the left-hand side bar of this Moodle course, pop onto your Twitter feed, or look through your favorite news source.

when looking at what is valid and what is not online i start with these 5 rules. 1 Type the website's name into a search engine and review the results. 2 Look at the website's connection type. A website that has an "https" tag is usually more secure--and therefore more trustworthy--than a site using the more common "http" designation. 3 Check the site's security status in your browser's address bar. For most browsers, a "safe" website will display a green padlock icon to the left of the website's URL. 4 Evaluate the website's URL. A website's URL consists of the connection type ("http" or "https"), the domain name itself (e.g., "wikihow"), and the extension (".com", ".net", etc.). 5 Look for bad English on the site. If you notice a large number of poorly spelled (or missing) words, generally bad grammar, or awkward phrasing, you should question the site.

Peace talks ended between Russia and Ukraine, no breakthrough as shelling continues (nbcnews.com)

I picked this article due to the fact that it was a news source, and it met all the required steps above and it had great language was backed by a national news feed and many other valid sources.