October 31, HW#1, Reading reflection

These are my thoughts on this week's reading:

Blogs and Wikis

I thought it was cool how the book mentioned using blogs and wikis for your research. I personally use Wikipedia all the time. I especially like how it has a "cite this article" link that provides you with citation information in all the major formats so that you can easily cite the info you find on the site. I also really like how the site is community driven because it helps keep the content fresh. Kind of like "adopt a highway" people "adopt an article", and for the most part they take good care of them :-)

Evaluating Sources from the Web

I think this is important to consider. If you're not objective when it comes to what web sites you trust, chances are you'll be subjected to a lot of bad information before you find reliable information. For example, since Wikipedia articles can be written and posted by most anyone without verification of the info, it's important to make sure that the information you find there is legit.