Final Blog

“Are Customers who Purchase iPhones Getting their Money's Worth or is it Overpriced?”

My argument is that the iPhone is overpriced and consumers are overpaying when they purchase it.

                

New Platforms

First off, I have used Prezi before. My Early Childhood teacher from my senior year praised this presentation tool. She wouldn't even allow other platforms. I never cared for it; it seem too confusing. The paths and journey was a little too much. Even more, with me being a slight perfectionist, I always find myself tweaking it too much or trying to perfect it. I have used Wix in the far past. It was very easy and didnt take much to figure out how to use. I actually had to use this in a class over the course of a semester. If I had a second choice of platform, I would choose this one. My ideal presentation tool and the one I will be using is Microsoft PowerPoint. I'm very experienced with it which means it's easy to use. I think it's best for me to stick with this tool because Im most comfortable with it.

Plagiarism

The Web and the Internet is not only hurting students by offering an easy access of information, but it also provides easy ways for students to plagiarize. For example, students may not know much about what they're writing on, so they may choose just to copy and paste information and use it as if it were theirs. On the other hand, they may try to play it smart and switch around words or use synonyms to not be tracked. Many students are not aware of this, but this is also a type of plagiarism. In addition to this, students use the famous online encyclopedia, Wikipedia. Most are not aware that this site is a compilation of information from other sources that Wikipedia cites at the bottom of every information page. Other students get confused when they want to use a source but there is no author specified. They use the information without citing anyone, which results in plagiarism. Both MLA and APA formats offer ways to cite sources with unknown authors.

Two Key Sources

"Are Customers who Purchase iPhones Getting their Money's Worth or is it Overpriced?"

Online Newspaper Article:

Greene, Jay. “Riots, Suicides, and Other Issues in Foxconn's iPhone Factories.” Cnet.  

          25 Sept. 2012. Web. 27 Feb. 2013.

Book:

Lashinsky, Adam. "Inside Apple: How America's Most Admired- and Secretive-  

                Company Really Works." New York: Business Plus, 2012. Print.