Final Muddiest Point, Week 15

I work at a local museum here in Pittsburgh, and currently, there is a lot of talk about using tools such as wikis for sharing information like lesson plans, materials for certain classes and workshops, etc.  I had a discussion with my supervisor about tools like Google Docs, and possibly using this sort of thing for sharing information and storing lesson information.  Long story short, the tech team informed everyone that cloud computing is not secure enough to use for the entire group...my question is...is this really the case?  If so, then why do entire school districts use programs such as Google Docs and gmail if security risks are so high?

Thanks for a great semester...I hope you all have a restful break!

-rachel

Muddiest Point, Unit 11

I'm very familiar with Boolean searching, and I thought it was very interesting to learn more about the details of how exact match works.  The only part of the lecture that was a little confusing is the Vector Space Model Illustration.  I understand the basic concept and its purpose, it just isn't entirely clear. I think it's probably something I'll just have to look back over a couple more times to make it more concrete. :)  I also really appreciated the information on the concept of a web crawler...I've heard of this term before, but the visuals provided in the lecture on the whiteboard made it very easy to understand.

Muddiest Point from unit 10

I have no muddiest point from this class.  Thanks! :)

Muddiest Point from 11/8

I really have no muddiest point from 11/8...I'm a little apprehensive about the website project, assignment 6, but the information presented over the past couple of weeks has made this task seem less intimidating.

Muddiest Point for 11/1

I have no muddiest point for the lecture on 11/1. Information presented was very clear. Thanks! :)

-Rachel

Muddiest Point from 10/25

I'm working in an elementary school library, and we're working on a project researching images...I'm wondering why Bing pulls up such different images from Google images?  This isn't exactly related to the lecture, but what with watching the Google video, I've been thinking a lot about how these different search engines could be set up. I'm just curious why Bing seems to be much more conservative with their search results. Thanks!

-Rachel

Muddiest Point: Fasttrack wknd

I really have no muddiest point from fasttrack weekend--it was really nice to be on campus for class!  The lecture was very clear and it was an enjoyable lecture. As a side note, I thought the mini exercise, Find Your PC's IP to be interesting and good, practical application of one of the topics we've talked about in class.
-Rachel Nard