Week Six: Authentic Research

• Identify resources student will use to create their print texts, people to interview, phenomenon to observe that would enable your student to become a citizen Journalist.
• Print texts
• Journal Articles
• Newspaper Articles
• Websites
• Blogs
• Google
• Wikipedia
• People to interview
• Social media users
• People who have met significant others online
• People who are against meeting potential mates online
• Survey of general perspectives on the topic
• Phenomenon to Observe
• Benefits and Hindrances of Online Dating
• Identify lesson plans or resources that you would use to design a Citizen Journalism project.
• Dr. Phil: Catfish with a Twist
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rldu40YQtUU
• The Process of Interviewing
• http://www.roguecom.com/interview/modules.html
• eHarmony Statistics
• http://eharmony-blog.com/2150
• Look at the comment made by FernandoArdenghi and the source he lists to refute the statistics given by eHarmony (http://download.eharmony.com/pdf/Harris-09-Executive-Summary.pdf)
• Research Article
• http://faculty.wcas.northwestern.edu/eli-finkel/documents/2012_FinkelEastwickKarneyReisSprecher_PSPI.pdf
• Online Dating Statistics
• http://www.statisticbrain.com/online-dating-statistics/
• Wikipedia
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_dating
• How to Tell a Story
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiX_WNdJu6w&list=PL08D244D15EB8DFAA
• Presenting Your Story
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEm3HZAVlz0&list=PL08D244D15EB8DFAA
• Identify the media tools student will use to create their final product.
• Prezi
• http://prezi.com/
• Prezi Example
• http://prezi.com/qk_la654xbni/building-paths-to-impact-academics-using-social-media/
• Prezi Tutorial
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuE0ln8oxYs
• Video
• http://www.youtube.com/
• Video Example
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzsDX_MiQYU
• In a blog posting describe your citizen journalism project and link to resources you will use to design your project.

In the growing technological society, students are becoming more and more familiar with online social media outlets. It is not uncommon for people to meet through Facebook or online dating sites. Facebook itself has started a free online dating service. Students need to become aware of the dangers of meeting people online. This research project is about online awareness as well as a way to instill critical consumer skills in the students. I plan to introduce the research topic by showing the Dr. Phil video, which will lead to students interviewing their friends and/or relatives about their experience and opinion on the benefits and hindrances of online dating. Then I prepared a research article and controversial statistics to give to my students. I want to show them the various types of information and how to research if the statistics given are correct. Wikipedia will give them a background on the topic while some of the other resources will give structure to their research.