CC 3.12 : Computers and Art
Fall 2007
HW Unit C part 2

INFORMATION

INSTRUCTIONS
  1. For Part II of this Assignment, you will create one textfile in TextEdit (or Notepad on the PC) with the answers to your questions.
  2. Type your name in the files and your email address as comments.
    1. Look here to learn about what comments are (just read the first few paragraphs!).
    2. And here as to how to write comments in HTML.
  3. Save your work!!!
    BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE LAB, make sure that you save your work (both HTML files and any images files you use) by storing them on a USB flash drive or by mailing them to yourself.
  4. When you are completely finished with all the steps, zip all your files together and email the zip file to me as an attachment. To do this:
  5. Put everything that you want to turn in, into a folder
    1. Mac OS X: Right-click on the folder and choose "Create Archive"
    2. Win PC: WinZip program and adding the homework files to the zip archive when it is created.
    3. Send me the .zip file as an attachment. Do not send me the files individually!
    4. Some links as to how to create .zip files:
      1. Create a .Zip file on a PC using Win XP
      2. Create a .Zip file on a PC using WinZip
      3. Create a .Zip file in Mac OS X
  6. My email address is: chipp@sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu.
The assignment is due (both parts) on Saturday October 13, 2007 no later than 11:59pm.

BE SURE TO ASK IN THE LAB IF YOU NEED HELP WITH ANY STEPS!!!!

PART II.

Open TextEdit (or Notepad on a PC), write the answers to the following questions in a PLAIN TEXT FILE. Once you are done put this file in the .zip that you will send me with the HTML pages you did for Part I also enclosed.

I will NOT read Word Documents or Rich Text Document.

  1. Evaluating Search Results (1 point)

    Look at the sites below, and evaluate whether or not you should believe the information presented. Some of these sites are reliable, but some are not. Explain your reasoning for believing the information or for being skeptical.

    1. George Washington: A National Treasure: Washington's Life
    2. Martin Luther King Jr. - A True Historical Examination
    3. Secondhand Smoke: The Big Lie
    4. Walk Away a Winner
    5. cure for cancer
    6. Save the Northwest Tree Octopus

  2. Plagarism (1 point)
    1. What is plagiarism? Look here for a definition (Don't just cut and paste the answer! - Why not?!)
    2. How can a professor detect plagiarism?
    3. What happens if a professor accuses a student at Brooklyn College of plagiarism?
      See the Brooklyn College procedures regarding academic integrity
  3. Common Knowledge and Public Domain (1 point)

    For the next questions, look up the definitions of "copyright", "common knowledge", "public domain" and "fair use". You can find these terms explained in this site from Stanford University.
    1. If a fact is considered "common knowledge" does a source have to be cited?
    2. For each of the following, explain whether or not it is considered "common knowledge".
      1. There are fifty states in the US.
      2. Vegetables are a good source of vitamins.
      3. Eating blueberries can reduce memory loss.
      4. Left-handedness is more common in males than in females.
    3. If some information is in the "public domain" does the source have to be cited?

  4. Project Gutenberg (1 point)
    1. What is Project Gutenberg?
    2. What does 'free ebook' mean?
    3. What are you allowed to do with the books you download?
    4. Name one book that is available with Project Gutenberg.

  5. Creative Commons (1 point)
    1. What is the Creative Commons? (You may want to read this comic: How does it work?)
    2. What kinds of liscences exist in the Creative Commons? (Another comic)
    3. Find a work in the Creative Commons. What is the title and who is the author of the work? What kind of liscense is it distributed under?