http://laceyariz.blogspot.com - Kathy - D#6,HW#8 Deadline Reflection, D#6,HW#5 Evidence
http://sparizek-armywife.blogspot.com - Stephann - D6HW8 Deadline Reflection
http://teufelheunden.blogspot.com - Alexander - D6HW3 Writing Reflection
http://pauletteestrada.blogspot.com - Paulettee - Deadline #5 HW #6 Deadline reflcetion
This week really helped me with understanding editorial notes from peer reviewing. It also helped me really critque sources and evaluate them to make sure they are creditable. This will help me apply this to WP2 and WP3.
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Monday, October 1, 2007
D6, HW4, Annotated Bibliography
Identity theft and consumer health education: a case study teaching the skill of decision making.(Teaching Technique).Journal of School Health 77.7 (Sept 2007): p373(6).
This journal has some great statistics and goes over a lot of detail pertaining to identity theft. It explains the urgency to report to the police department when you have been a victim, and also a nice statistic on how many actually do not report it. This was found using MCC’s online library so it is very creditable.
Identity theft: protect yourself.(OTHER WISE).Techniques 82.6 (Sept 2007): p60(1).
<http://find.galegroup.com.ezp.mc.maricopa.edu/itx/retrieve.do?contentSet=IAC-Documents&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&qrySerId=Locale%28en%2C%2C%29%3AFQE%3D%28KE%2CNone%2C14%29identity+theft%24&sgHitCountType=None&inPS=true&sort=DateDescend&searchType=BasicSearchForm&tabID=T002&prodId=ITOF&searchId=R1¤tPosition=4&userGroupName=mcc_mesa&docId=A169162510&docType=IAC>
A great journal with a first hand experience with identity theft. It also has some statistics talking about credit reporting companies and how identity theft affects it. This is also a great source and creditable because it was found using MCC’s online library.
Mann, Joseph. "Internet Use Increases the Risk of Identity Theft." At Issue: Does the Internet Increase the Risk of Crime?. Ed. Lisa Yount. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2006. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Thomson Gale. Mesa Community College. 1 Oct. 2007
This article is really perfect. It contains first hand experiences with identity theft, the various types of identity theft like inside jobs, or even identity theft caused from ecommerce. It has statistics and mentions many different companies and people’s names, giving it a lot of creditability.
D6, HW3, Writing Reflection
The steps I took to complete this writing project were first doing some preliminary research and figure out which topic I would choose. I did some research on a couple different topics to really narrow down what I wanted to do my research on. I then had to find many sources pertaining to that research topic to get a general feel for it and make sure it is what I wanted to do my research on. I then figured out a research question, in which I had to change because it did not make too much sense. I have a problem procrastinating, however these weekly assignments all leading up to the writing assignment, help me not be so much of a procrastinator. Something I would definitely try to do different next time is still not procrastinate as much as I did. I am most proud of in this writing project of the amount of work I put in. I usually do not put so many hours and all the research leading up to this as normal. If I had more time, I would have liked to put some actual statistics into my research proposal, just to make it seem more interesting. One writing skill I would like to work on is using better diction. Sometimes when I write, I feel I use a lot of verbiage over and over, or even too easy of words and would like to change them out for more complex ones.
Sunday, September 30, 2007
D6, HW6, Evaluating Sources
Using Chapter 19, Evaluating and Using Sources, in Everything’s an Argument, I will begin to asses the creditability and relevancy of sources I will be using in WP#3. I will be using the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) as one of my sources because of their valued statistics. This provides extremely useful information because not only does it give stats from years ago, but it even has to present. This is an organization that works with the government (their top-level domain is a .gov) so it is a good creditable source as well. Since it is a government source, it is almost always a creditable source. With its up-to-date information as well, the source passes almost all of this chapter’s evaluation run-through.
D6, HW5, Evidence
A primary source of evidence I will be using for my WP#3 is secondhand evidence. I will be pulling sources, like the FBI and getting many statistics on identity theft. I will get this information using the internet, with different sources finding them Mesa Community College’s Ebrary and different search engines. Interviews and personal experience, a firsthand source of evidence is another one I will be using. I plan on interviewing some relatives who have been victims of identity theft, also sharing my personal tie in with identity theft. Another option I might do is conducting some surveys at work, seeing how many people have also been victims of identity theft in one way or another.
D6, HW1, Reading Reflection
In Chapter 16 on page 469 it gives examples of different types of evidence, like surveys and observations and even interviews. On page 472 it explains how eye witnesses can sometimes even have contradicting stories, and that observation is very important. On 476 the book stresses the importance of having clear and easy to understand questions, and also limiting the answers to be very simple as well. In Chapter 19, on page 536 it explains how to truly evaluate your sources, such as the creditability of the company or organization that is supporting the document, and even the currency of the document.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
D5, HW4, Annotated Bibliography
Wall, David. Crime and the Internet. Routledge, 2001. Crime and the Internet. 27 Sept. 2007 <http://site.ebrary.com.ezp.mc.maricopa.edu/lib/mesa/Top?channelName=mesa&cpage=1&f00=text&frm=smp.x&hitsPerPage=10&id=5004260&layout=document&p00=internet+crime&sch=%A0%A0%A0%A0%A0Search%A0%A0%A0%A0%A0&sortBy=score&sortOrder=desc>.
This book seems like a great source because it goes into detail about the internet and the crime that is going on, on the internet. It is from a creditable source, it is the ebrary which is a source Mesa Community College connects you to.
Wang, Wallace. Steal This Computer Book 4.0 : What They Won'T Tell You About the Internet. No Starch P, Incorporated, 2006. 4.0 : What They Won'T Tell You About the Internet. 27 Sept. 2007 <http://site.ebrary.com.ezp.mc.maricopa.edu/lib/mesa/Top?channelName=mesa&cpage=1&docID=10124798&f00=text&frm=smp.x&hitsPerPage=10&layout=document&p00=internet+crime&sch=%A0%A0%A0%A0%A0Search%A0%A0%A0%A0%A0&sortBy=score&sortOrder=desc>. This book is great because it goes into detail about different hacking techniques and how to do it. This is good because to understand how to fight internet crime you need to know how it is done first.
Collins, Judith M. Preventing Identity Theft in Your Business : How to Protect Your Business, Customers, and Employees. John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2005. 27 Sept. 2007 <http://site.ebrary.com.ezp.mc.maricopa.edu/lib/mesa/Top?channelName=mesa&cpage=1&docID=10114184&f00=text&frm=smp.x&hitsPerPage=10&layout=document&p00=identity+theft&sch=%A0%A0%A0%A0%A0Search%A0%A0%A0%A0%A0&sortBy=score&sortOrder=desc>. This book is about preventing identity theft in your business. This will be a great resource when writing my final paper because I can see what is being done just by business's to help prevent this. It will give me fresh ideas when brainstorming about different ways the government will be able to contribute in the fight against identity theft.
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