1. Write
down a topic that comes to mind when you read this article.
A. What
is one research question would you ask about this topic?
Our students with higher home income relining on digital technology more then other lower income students?
B. What keywords would you use to search for this question in the databases?
(higher or lower)and income and (tech* or digital) and info* student*
2. Use
a deep web resource to find articles on your topic. Write down the search
statement that you used.
(higher or lower)and income and (tech* or digital) and info* student*
I just went to Proquest and copy paste my search terms and the second article looks great for my study. Before I would just type in a question in the search bar ilke I normal do for google but using Boolean terms greatly inhanced my search.
B. Select one item and provide a MLA citation.
Works Cited
This article was publish relatively new. Furthermore, the publisher and author are well known. I believe this to be trustworthy.
I looked at the the date in which it was published. Inaddition I looked up the names of the publisher and the authors of this atricle.
B. Explain how each ASPECT criteria applies or doesn’t apply to this article and how you would use that information to rate the credibility. Remember to use both open and deep web resources in your analysis. (This is worth 10 points.)
Looking at the ASPECT the first thing I did was look at the time the article was publish, seens this is a newer subject. Author is vary importent as well as the publisher. The source is Proquest so we can tell this is most likely a good source, I did not look at the editor but I did cite it.
After reading this statistics based article, I learned that teachers over the age of 55 are slower to learn new digital tools for learning then teacher under that age. In addition, teacher over 55 believe the students know more about digital technology then they do. Students in the lowest income bracket are less likely then higher income students to have the same resources in digital technology at schools. Furthermore, the students in rural areas don't have the necessary income to provided themselfs with the gadgets used at home and in the classroom (tablets,smart phones, E reader, ect).
Torres, Juan Carlos, and Alfonso Infante. "Digital Divide in Universities: Internet use in Ecuadorian Universities/Desigualdad Digital En La Universidad: Usos De Internet En Ecuador." Comunicar 19.37 (2011): 81-8. ProQuest. Web. 20 Mar. 2013.
3. After reading the article, evaluate using
ASPECT and indicate the level of trustworthiness.
I looked at the the date in which it was published. Inaddition I looked up the names of the publisher and the authors of this atricle.
B. Explain how each ASPECT criteria applies or doesn’t apply to this article and how you would use that information to rate the credibility. Remember to use both open and deep web resources in your analysis. (This is worth 10 points.)
Looking at the ASPECT the first thing I did was look at the time the article was publish, seens this is a newer subject. Author is vary importent as well as the publisher. The source is Proquest so we can tell this is most likely a good source, I did not look at the editor but I did cite it.
4. Write
a review of one of the articles.
After reading this statistics based article, I learned that teachers over the age of 55 are slower to learn new digital tools for learning then teacher under that age. In addition, teacher over 55 believe the students know more about digital technology then they do. Students in the lowest income bracket are less likely then higher income students to have the same resources in digital technology at schools. Furthermore, the students in rural areas don't have the necessary income to provided themselfs with the gadgets used at home and in the classroom (tablets,smart phones, E reader, ect).
