Blog Reflection #6

I am indeed feeling overwhelmed by the amount of resources we have been using in this class, but I also find many of them to be useful and extremely informative. It is always a good thing to get to know other sources of information when it is needed, and we should all be open to trying new things (although I am not saying that we need to stick with them). I myself have always been one to stick with what I know, and once again I cannot help saying that Bing,Google, and Yahoo searches all still seem to be very reputable ways of finding the information that one may need. For specialized areas, I am all for using specialty area websites that may have the exact pin pointed information on that particular subject. 

I definitely feel that the homework research questions are a bit much and completely annoying ( as is this blog) although I am sure they are a necessary part of the learning experience for this class. I still think it is a lot trying to complete assignments, along with discussion forums and responses, along with blogs and responses. But each teacher does things differently, and this is just another stepping stone in the learning process ( that still does not mean that we have to like it ;) I am sure others will agree). 

I must admit that I do NOT resist the urge to "just Google" an answer and I DO still Google my answers and sources for my answers. I am more cautious before I post the actual answer, (thanks to this class) and I make sure to review several different sites before I determine if an answer is valid or not. I have had pretty good experiences using the sources of information that we have learned this past few weeks and I do not really have any complaints. Although I will still be using Google as my main source of information finding :)

Blog Reflection #5

Even though we have learned about several new places where we can find statistical and biographical information in our recent studies, I still feel that Google and even Yahoo are pretty reliable sources. I have always been the kind of person who likes to find the easiest ways to get things done, and you just cant go completely wrong when using Google. You can find out if your information is accurate by comparing your findings to several other sources to see if it matches up. My recommendation would be to do some research with multiple sources first, and then you can get your data together from your findings. If 9 out of 10 websites are saying the same thing, then there must be some truth in it (that is how I see it). 

I am always open to new things as well and will pretty much try anything at least once even if it is just to say that I did it. So, trying other sources to find information is definitely something I would do, although I may indeed end up going back to my usual ways of doing things if I find those new sources to be more complicated or time consuming. I pretty much always have my hands full with work, school and my children and home responsibilities, so I need to be able to find the information I seek easily and quickly. I just simply do not have the time to visit libraries, and do things the "old fashioned" way, so I am so thankful that we are in a computer age and era, where we can get things done from the ease and comfort of our own homes.

(Sorry this blog is late but I was not lying when I said I always have my hands full, it was 2 of my children's birthdays this week and I have been busy with parties and a house full of kids).