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5 lbs 1 oz Mary Jane Walsh is tiny.

This week, we talked about research ethics. It was pretty straight forward. We reviewed three different code of ethics from the following organizations: American Association of University Professors, American Psychological Association, and Association for Computing Machinery. They were, again, straight forward but it seemed like the APA had very strict guidelines. In class, we discussed that the more harm a group can do, in this case Psychologists, the more intense their ethical core needs to be. Conversely, a group may create an intense code of ethics to seem more important (I$m looking at you ALA).

New blog post: Evaluation of two online reference tools http://tinyurl.com/bnzguq

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This is an evaluation I wrote for class. I needed to ask the same reference question to two different sources. I chose the Internet Public Library and AskUsNow! The AskUsNow folks were at the Enoch Pratt Library and did a great job answering my question and finding me sources all at a distance:

If you remember from my biography on the discussion board, my research interests are in using games for learning. My latest research project has been looking at using cooperative design to create an instructional video game. So far, the game that was designed has only come to life in the design team’s drawings and models. Eventually, I will need to build a working prototype that can be played, so, I decided to use this assignment to learn about a programming language named Python and its use in three-dimensional games.

This week, we talked about two readings: A truly useful bat is one found in the hands of a slugger by Grob, and Government information policy research: Importance, approaches, and realities by McClure and Jaeger. I thought Bat was a good article because it not only describes how evaluations can be used as a valid research method, but, it also had a How to succeed in business kind of vibe to it.

New blog post: Another Kippi picture http://tinyurl.com/c636f2

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New blog post: Class Reflection http://tinyurl.com/dlcc6c

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I try and take a picture of one of my cats when I am finishing a roll of film (I assume I will switch to the baby when s/he arrives). This one was the last picture taken this week with my Minolta Maxxum 5000 SLR. It’s a nice camera.

I don’t think Kelly Rippa does her own laundry.

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New blog post: Jimmi Simpson is having the best month ever! http://tinyurl.com/bst45v

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