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- Greg Malivuk
- http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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- Homework: Find some scientific or medical research recently published by researchers from your country. Email me with a link to the news article and (if possible) the original research article for the study.
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- accessible = people can read and understand the article
- primary source = original research or document written by someone who “experienced” it
- (A primary source gets its information from the event.)
- secondary source = sources that get their information from the primary source
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- Advantages of primary sources: more trustworthy, can’t change, more detailed
- Advantages of secondary sources: more accessible, often shorter, may combine multiple primary sources (and hindsight) for broader information
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- “Hindsight is 20/20.” = It’s easy to (think you) understand an event after it happens.
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- http://archive.is/7CwrU - Original version of an article that later had its headline corrected. (The url and website title are still inaccurate, however.)
- - Journalists usually don’t write their own headlines.
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- clickbait = posts (especially in social media) designed to get people to click, often by suggesting (but not stating) some really interesting or important information is at the article
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/05/06/1-climate-report-and-30-different-headlines-written-on-it/ - 30 different headlines about the same climate report
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- https://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/headlines-change-way-think - Article about research into how headlines affect what we understand and remember from an article.
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- listicle = portmanteau of “list” and “article”, for an article that is a list of things
- (portmanteau = combination of two words into a new one, like “blog”, “brunch”, “smog”)
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- This week, we will have an organized debate, which will require you to do some research.
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- Are electronic devices good or bad for classrooms? (Would it be a good idea to ban them?)
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- Homework: find research about advantages and disadvantages of device use in classrooms
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