10/16/2016 October 16, 2016Mid-term progress reports have been issued. Regarding 8th grade scores, there were 2 class participation assignments which were valued as G, S, or N, and one website evaluation to be completed for a total of 42 points. Ten of those points were dedicated to turning in the assignment on time. A few students lost several points for that reason. I will continue to emphasize meeting deadlines throughout the course of the year. During our last class we went back over responses relating to the Fakespot site and I shared my findings on who seemed to be the author/creator of the site and what I had been able to glean about this individual from by searching various avenues. A number of students felt Fakespot was a worthwhile site and they would use it. More, however, felt it could not be trusted as there were no actual individuals listed anywhere on the site taking responsibility for the site, and the website domain had been registered using a proxy service. Some also were confused as to the purpose of the site, which was actually just using an algorithm to analyze reviews that had been posted for products listed on Amazon. We also talked about "affiliate tags" and how they can be used on Amazon and earn money for the affiliate. Comments are closed.
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