Week 7

1. Week 7 Starting your filter blog

2. Ethics • Here are a few points from weblog expert Rebecca Blood • 1. Publish as fact only that which you believe to be true. • 2. If material exists online, link to it when you reference it. • 3. Publicly correct any misinformation. • 4. Write each entry as if it could not be changed; added to, but do not rewrite or delete, any entry • 5. Disclose any conflict of interest. • 6. Note questionable and biased sources. • Blood R. (2002). Weblog Ethics. Retrieved August 16, 2008 from http://www.rebeccablood.net/handbook/excerpts/weblog_ethics.html

3. Tips for a better weblog • Blood also offers ten tips for a better weblog. • Some that are relevant to us are: • Determine your purpose. • Know your intended audience. • Be real. Speak in a real voice about real things. • Write about what you love. The more engaged you are with your subject, the more interesting your writing will be. • Establish your credibility. • Link to your sources. Blood, R. (2003). Ten tips for a better weblog. Retrieved August 28, 2008 from http://www.rebeccablood.net/essays/ten_tips.html

4. Referencing • In a separate word document write a reference list for these 10 articles using APA referencing (see the Te Tari Awhina site or for details). If you are referencing internet sites, make sure you use APA style for internet referencing. • http://aut.ac.nz.libguides.com/APA6th

5. Referencing Internet Citations • a) No author identified, no date: • Mythology and ideology in Italian renaissance art. (n.d.). The Cabinet of Dennis Callegari.Retrieved June 6, 2007, from: http://www.geocities.com/athens/delphi/5600/renart.html • b) Author and date: • Pioch, N. (2002) La renaissance: Italy. Retrieved August 31, 2002, from: www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/glo/renaissance/it/html • For further information on referencing different web genres: • http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/cite6.html

6. LinkingUsing reporting word as link • It may be to no avail: the chairman of the Shark Trust believes the "Great White" is probably a basking shark. • Delegates at the annual conference of the Professional Association of Teachers (PAT) have said that children should be a bit older before . . . • Prada announced last week that Azzedine Alaia will buy back . . .

7. Using name of source text as link • Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg explained in a recent interview with TIME . . . • A 2006 Dept. of Transportation report on the city's eight deck truss bridges found . . . • As one poster on the blog of Wisconsin law professor Ann Althouse comments: "I wonder what they were talking about?“ • Doubts arise further down the story. "I would not rule out the possibility of this being a Great White - the tail is identical," the curator of a sea life centre in landlocked Birmingham tells the paper.

8. Using name of source author (individual or organisation) as link • When the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) published their report on bailing us out overseas this week, it made for pretty uninspiring reading.

9. Using a central concept or idea as a link • No, Microsoft wins because it does whatever it needs to do to win. If that means strong-arming the PC companies, so be it. If that means breaking the law, that's fine too. • That was in 2000. Fast-forward to 2007 and what do we find? Fortune reports that Windows is used on as many as 90 percent of China's 120 million PCs, because of piracy • The comedian Peter Sellers' crude attempt at an Indian accent was once so widely reviled among British Asians that

10. Citing • According to Boskin (2004)…………. (main idea) ………….. • Young and Song’s (2004) paper on fluoridation discusses …………. (main idea)….. • Bernstein (2004) states that …………………..(main idea)……………….. • claims that • argues that • maintains • suggests that • asserts that • hypothesizes that • In Tyson’s article “Mapping Dark Matter”………… (main idea) ……….. • (adapted from Swales and Feak, 2004)

11. Reporting • Here are some reporting verbs (don’t forget to add s if you are citing only one person). • Add Admit Advise Advocate Affirm Agree Allude to Argue Ask Assert Assume Believe Caution Claim Concede Concentrate Conclude Condone Consider Contend Convey Declare Define Defy Deny Demonstrate Describe Determine Discuss Doubt Emphasise Endorse Establish • Reporting academic verbs in academic writing (n.d.) Faculty of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University. Retrieved September 2, 2008 from http://www.business.ecu.edu.au/current-students/media/learning-adviser/Reporting%20Verbs%20in%20Academic%20Writing.pdf

12. More reporting verbs • Examine Explain Explore Express Focus on Formulate Highlight Hypothesise Identify Illustrate Imply Include Indicate Infer Insist List Maintain Mention Note Observe Object Oppose Postulate Propose Prove Presume Point out Reason Recommend Refute Reject Reveal Say Show State Stress Suggest Survey Support Write • Reporting academic verbs in academic writing. (n.d.) Faculty of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University. Retrieved September 2, 2008 from http://www.business.ecu.edu.au/current-students/media/learning-adviser/Reporting%20Verbs%20in%20Academic%20Writing.pdf

13. Writing – taking a stance • As you write on your blog you may want to do a number of things to achieve your long term purposes: • Identify (state names, define something, give a list, clarify with examples) • Describe (describe features or properties, functions, composition of some thing or some concept…) • Explain (how things happen or work, reasons for actions or events)

14. Writing – taking a stance • Discuss (comment on a topic, give your interpretation, give argument for and against0 • Argue (present a stance – a point of view, provide supporting evidence) • Justify (give reasons, supporting evidence, defend your position) • Analyse(examine the information, interpret facts and ideas, make connections, draw conclusions) • Evaluate(make personal judgments, reflect of processes, ideas, suggest positive or negative outcomes, critically examine issues).

15. Discourse markers and connectives • Giving an example – for example, for instance, including, such as, can be illustrated by, as follows, … • Comparing – both x and y, similarly, in most cases, not only … but also, • Contrasting – but, however, on the other hand, in contrast to, whereas, alternatively, is different from, although, yet, nevertheless, despite this

16. Discourse markers and connectives • Adding information – also, as well as, another factor, another reason, in addition, further more, moreover (or just add the information without a connective) • Cause and effect – due to, because of, the reason for, consequently, in that case, hence, as a result of, as a consequence of, since, if …. then …, therefore, thus, an outcome of , accordingly,

17. Discourse markers and connectives • Interpreting data – as can be seen by, according to, as shown in, evidence indicates, as exemplified by, as a result, The data indicates that, • Conclusion– for these reasons, in conclusion, these points lead to, the results indicate, to summarize,

18. References • Blood, R. (2002). The weblog handbook: Practical advice on creating and maintaining your blog. Cambridge MA: Perseus Publishing. • Blood R. (2002). Weblog Ethics. Retrieved August 16, 2008 from http://www.rebeccablood.net/handbook/excerpts/weblog_ethics.html • Blood, R. (2003). Ten tips for a better weblog. Retrieved August 28, 2008 from http://www.rebeccablood.net/essays/ten_tips.html • Swales, J and Feak, C (2004). Academic Writing for Graduate Students. Ann Arbor: Michigan University Press.