Sizing unit2

• Your topic string

Question

1. Your broadest topic
2. Your next broad topic
3. Your starting topic
4. Your narrower topic
5. Your even narrower topic

1. Think of two questions that you could ask about your topic


Answer

1. Global Warming
- I'm still interested in Global warming because it greatly influences on our future.

2. Solution of Global Warming
- As I searched last time, I wonder if I could do for global warming.

3. Ecology system today
- Ecology boom has lately attracted considerable attention. For example, instead of using plastic bags in a shop, some people use their own bags like that.

4. Various ideas of Ecology by a national difference
- I think it has different Ecology systems according to the countries.

5. Rare ideas of Ecology in Japan
- Of course I know my local Ecology system in Japan; however, I want to know novel ideas in Japan.

1a. What do they do specially for Ecology in japan?
b. How does it effect on global warming?

Research Log Entry part 2

Question

1. Create a Research Log Entry to answer the following questions:
a. What is Delicious?
b. What is the advantage of this Web 2.0 tool?
c. Do you think you might use it? If so, why? If not, why not?

Answer
1. a) It is a kind of bookmark, and it is helpful to review the articles.
b) Its system is similar to "Delicious" in the point of bookmark.
Advantage of this web 2.0 tool are that we can use it to save web pages and also see other's bookmark.
c) I might not use it because now I use another bookmark system like bookmark bar.
I rarely save web pages, so it is enough for me.

Research Log Entry Part2

Question

1. What question did you try to answer?
2. What terms did you select to begin?
3. What web search engine or engines did you use?
4. Search techniques
a. What search terms did you use?
b. What search techniques did you try?
5. Evaluation
a. How did you evaluate your results?
b. What conclusions did you draw about the different search engines? Consider
i. what was the same?
ii. what was different?
iii. Differences in numbers of results
iv. etc.
c. Why do you think the search engines behaved as they did?
6. What other questions came into your mind as you carried out this exercise?

Answer
1. How can we stop global warming?
2. "How" "Stop" "Global Warming"
3. Google, Yahoo, Ask.com
4. a) I used "How" "Stop" "Global Warming"
b) I tried these term with the Boolean Operators and quotation like "Global Warming" AND Stop
5. a) For evaluating my results I used CARDIO that are Currency, Authority, Relevance, Depth, Information Type & Objectivity
b) i. When I search "How can we stop global warming?", they searched same article. What else, they showed same phrase like "How to stop global warming".
ii. "Google" and "Yahoo!" showed sponsored link at the top of page, but only "ask.com" didn't show it. and also only "ask.com" showed related articles.
iii. "How can we stop global warming?"
Google-8,640,000 results
Yahoo-50,100,000 results
Ask.com-2,698,000 results

"How" "Stop" "Global warming"
Google-6,450,000 results
Yahoo-50,900,000 results
Ask.com- 2,196,000 results

"Global Warming" AND Stop
Google-16,000,000 results
Yahoo-65,100,000 results
Ask.com-2,196,000 results

c) I wanted to limit the results so I used the Boolean Operators and quotation, but it was not effective. I guess if I put more words with the Boolean Operators and quotation, It would have better results.
6. Today what are we doing for stopping Global warming?

Research Log Activity and Entry

Question
1. What question did you try to answer?
2. What search engine or engines did you use?

Questions about my search
1. What search terms did you use?
2. How many results did you get when you entered your terms? How many did you get when you used OR? Which set
was bigger? Can you figure out why?

Evaluation
1. What questions did you use to evaluate your results?
2. What conclusion did you draw about the value of the site and why?

Last Question
•　Having conducted this research activity, what questions came into your mind that you could use to continue your
exploration?


Answer
1. what causes global warming for kids?

2. I used Google.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=what+causes+global+warming+for+kids&aq=0&oq=What+causes+global+warming


1. What terms I used for search is that "global warming" ,"cause" , and "kids"

2. I have 20,800,000 results.
I have 3,570,000 results when I searched "what causes global warming for kids or animals?"
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=what+causes+global+warming+for+kids+or+animals&btnG=Search

Searching with "OR" is bigger. Because I guess that if I use "OR", it might have the possibility to be caught up the keyword.


1. How frequently is the web site updated?
Moreover, do they have clear facts or figure?

2. I chose this site because they have well site administration.
http://www.pewclimate.org/


• I felt "How frequently is the web site updated?" is the easiest question, so I may be able to keep doing it at least.
In this time, honestly I have no time to deep searching. Because I'm poor at using computer, it took much time to do homework. However if I have enough time, I want to try the other questions of CARDIO.





• QUESTION!
I don't know why but my blog page is written in Japanese.
I guess that it is because of my laptop, but..... can you fix it? or Can you tell me the way to fix. I'll try it.
Kanoko

Research Log Entry

Question
1. Which did you know already?

2. Which were new to you?

3. If you were given a research assignment and you chose the web as one strategy for your search, name three important evaluation elements you need to consider.

Answer
1. I already know Global warming, Climate change, and Greenhouse effect.

2. I have heard these name that Third world countries, Developing nations, and Underdeveloped countries; however I do not know exactly what they are. That's why they were new to me.

3. Currency, Authority, Relevance

Hello

I'm Kanoko. 

This is my first blog, so I'm not sure if I could have made this blog properly.

I hope I'd do well in the class.

Thank you.