Day: November 28, 2023

RefAnnBib#3: The Legacy Of Cinema

Part 1: Bibliographic entry

Jenkins, P. (2023, February 7). Why Is Film Important to Society – brilliantio. brilliantio. https://brilliantio.com/why-is-film-important-to-society/#:~:text=they%20change%20it!-,Mirrors%20of%20Society,reflection%20of%20its%20own%20society.&text=Movies%20reflect%20a%20culture%20in,those%20messages%20have%20influenced%20you.

Part 2: Terminology/keywords

Popular culture, Authorized, essential, Identification, identity, home entertainment, outside cinema, societal effect, cultural change, economic growth, stimulation of imagination.

Part 3: Precis

Movies are essential to society because they reflect culture, change culture, and spur economic growth. Movies reflect a culture in so many ways. Think about the messages of your favorite movies and how those messages have influenced you. In this way, film reflects culture. For example, a movie that calls for forgiveness will resonate with people who forgive but not with people who don’t forgive. Movies also change culture by influencing the beliefs, opinions, and behaviors of the people who see them. For example, a documentary about child abuse may move you to take action against child abuse in your community, whether by volunteering for an organization or donating money. This is how films change a culture.

Part 4: Reflection

Movies are what human beings need to satisfy their lust for entertainment. The need for entertainment has always been with humanity since the dawn of time. When cinema came into being, the entertainment industry saw a turn in evolution where it’s lasted to this day. Without movies, there wouldn’t be happiness in the world, stable economies, or even available jobs for people who need them. In addition, society and culture wouldn’t have progressed as fast or as far as it would have without movies in the world.

Part 5: Quotables

“Does film influence society, or does society influence film??

I would argue that art imitates life more than the other way around. Throughout the history of film, society has continually shaped film. When movies first emerged, they were mostly made for entertainment purposes. However, movies later became a way for filmmakers to promote certain values like social tolerance and equality.

“How can films help us understand other cultures?”

Films can help us to understand other cultures by giving us an up-close and personal look at a foreign culture. Films are an excellent platform for connecting with other people’s experiences that are very different from ours.

“At the end of the 19th century, the motion picture camera and the projector were invented. The first motion pictures, known as “silent movies,” hit theaters in the 1890s. Not long after, film and television became dominant forces in American popular culture.

Film has changed history repeatedly, but it’s never been as influential as it’s today.

Movies have always been an effective way to reflect the world around us. Through comedies and dramas, through stories of love, hope, triumph, and tragedy, films show who we’re as people through the lives of the characters on screen – not just the ones we identify with, but all of them, portrayed by actors who draw us into their world.”

RefAnnBib#2: Educational Websites

Part 1: Bibliographic Entry: 

 SERHAN, Derar, and Farouq ALMEQDAD. “MyMathLab & WebAssign: Students’ Perceptions of Their Use in Mathematics.” ISRES Publishing, 2019. 

Part 2: Terminology/Keywords:  

Web-based systems 

Web-Assign 

MyMathLab 

Math Education 

Paper-pencil homework 

Immediate feedback 

Flexibility 

Part 3: Précis: 

The author compares the results conducted in a study where 2 distinct groups of students utilized the 2 different web-based websites WebAssign and Mymathlab .The purpose of the study was to find out how students feel about these online websites. Some of WebAssign’s positives are that it gives immediate feedback, offers online tutoring while some disadvantages are that it is not easy to find examples as well as no face-to-face feedback. Some advantages of MYMathlab are multiple attempts, many resources like videos and being able to go back to work on it. Some disadvantages are system glitches (right answer but the system does not accept it, no partial credit and not being able to retain the knowledge. 

Part 4: Reflection: 

If the students in the participants class were in 2 different classes did, they both have the same level of difficulty because if one were easier, it would not be a fair case study. The author also states that MyMathLab creates “personalized adaptive study plan” how is that possible if everyone in the class is generated to follow the same schedule? I feel like I could look into a case study that has 2 similar level math classes with but instead of comparing 2 different online sources to compare 1 that uses paper H.W. versus one that uses online H.W to get an accurate result of which method work effectively. 

I feel like some of the disadvantages out way the advantages. Even though the high number of problems is meant for practice, what is the point of answering countless questions if you are getting them wrong only to not retain the information later. Personally, writing things down is going to help me remember them more than clicking on numbers online. And when you know you did everything right but for 1 step, but you cannot figure it out it only frustrates students and demotivates them to complete the work. 

Part 5: Quotables: 

“More studies are needed to explore how to improve students’ experiences with these systems and to further investigate the effects of online homework systems on student achievement and understanding.” 

“WebAssign is a flexible web-based instructional system. It provides learners with immediate feedback on their performance thus allowing them to do more practice in the areas they need most help with.” 

“MyMathLab creates a personalized adaptive study plan based on the collected data targeting each student’s individual strengths and weaknesses. 

RefAnnotated Bib. #2

PART 1: Borum, Randy, et al. “What Can Be Done About School Shootings? A Review of the Evidence.” Educational Researcher, JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/27764551. Accessed 27 Nov. 2023.

PART 2:

-public concern

-school shootings

-preventing

-safe

-efforts

-laws

-violent behavior

-tolerance

PART 3: “What Can Be Done About School Shootings?” emphasized the concern and worry about preventing school shootings and understanding why this happens. Randy conducted research on the existing safety measures schools take to prevent school shootings, to what should be implemented in the future. Examples like zero tolerance which detect and regulate rules on kids to prevent a possible future shooting and student profiling. There is also a set of data graphs from the 1990s-2005 which compare homicide and suicide rates in schools vs outside of school. The article concludes with the concept of threat assesment and the cruciality of a supportive school environment.

Part 4 : The article introduced the current issue in todays world. School shooting have been appearing more often on the news. I remember back in elementary school when school shooting started happening and they had to teach children the lockdown drills for safety measures. Even though this is good measure the reasoning behind it is really unfortunate. Children should not have to learn drills to prevent getting killed from a sick individual. I am appealed reading this article because it reminded me of what I had learned as a student in school. It also can relate to almost every kid in the US. In addition, there was tons of sources and authors that were refernced for this article making it a reliable source.

PART 5:

“the act was passed when the rate of violent behavior in schools was near its peak of 13 incidents per 1,000 students, totaling 322,400 incidents of serious violent crimes (Dinkes, Cataldi, & Lin-Kelly, 2007).”

“Today, schools across the country are combining basic security measures, such as searching lockers (53%), placing school staff in hallways (90%), locking entrances and/or exit doors during the school day (54%), and requiring visitors to sign in (93%)”

“Threat assessment is intended to help schools avoid the pitfalls of both overreacting and underreacting to student misbehavior, which can have important implications for school discipline practice and the prevention of violence. “

“The key challenge is how best to achieve a balanced and reasonable set of policies that maintain appropriate vigilance and disciplinary structure and minimize risk of serious harm, yet facilitate a fair and interpersonally supportive climate in the school.”