RES701 Blog #4

Computational Thinking
Source 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational_thinking
Search terms: Computational Thinking
How I found it: Google search
Author of source: Wikipedia (Multiple authors)
Date published: Latest edit @ 20th February, 2020
Publication type: Wikipedia Article
Credibility (1 least credible, 10 very credible): Since this is a Wikipedia article that, in theory can be edited by anyone I’d say it is relatively credible at about a 8. How ever for this same reason it can also be less credible but more often than not, Wikipedia is a good place to get an initial understanding of a topic.

Source 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUXo-S7gzds
Search terms: Computational Thinking
How I found it: Youtube search
Author of source: JULES (Youtube channel)
Date published: May 8, 2017
Publication type: Video
Credibility: 9, the video has lots of views and a good like to dislike ratio. In my experience, this indicates that the information being provided is accurate. Watching the video has also expanded my understanding of the topic which is also a good indicator.

Source 3: Kale, U., Akcaoglu, M., Cullen, T., Goh, D., Devine, L., Calvert, N., & Grise, K. (2018). Computational what? relating computational thinking to teaching. TechTrends, 62(6), 574-584. doi:http://dx.doi.org.nmit.idm.oclc.org/10.1007/s11528-018-0290-9
Search terms: Computational Thinking under Scholarly journals
How I found it: ProQuest Research Database
Author of source: Kale, U., Akcaoglu, M., Cullen, T., Goh, D., Devine, L., Calvert, N., & Grise, K.
Date published: 18 April, 2018
Publication type: Scholarly Journal?
Credibility: I did not read the paper so I cannot vouch for it but from a quick glance it seems to be a legitimate research paper. I give it a 9.

Virtualisation Technology
Source 1: https://opensource.com/resources/virtualization
Search terms: Virtualisation Technology
How I found it: Google search
Author of source: opensource.com
Date published: N/A
Publication type: Article
Credibility: 10, the website seems to be a technology news source with a huge range of topics. From skim reading the the article I can see that is accurate.

Source 2: Virtualisation: Infrastructure is vital to virtualisation. (2013, Nov 03). Sunday Business Post Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.nmit.idm.oclc.org/docview/1448056576?accountid=40261
Search terms: Virtualisation
How I found it: ProQuest database search
Author of source: Sunday Business Post
Date published: 3rd November 2013
Publication type: News post
Credibility: 6, may have some outdated information since it’s from 2013. The Business post is a legitimate newspaper from Ireland.

Source 3: Zhang, L., Chan, C. F., Ng, V. Y., & Yu, K. M. (2001). Enterprise virtualisation: Concept, methodology, and implementation. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 18(3), 217-234. doi:http://dx.doi.org.nmit.idm.oclc.org/10.1007/s001700170077
Search terms: Virtualisation
How I found it: ProQuest Database
Author of source: The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology
Date published: 2001
Publication type: Peer reviewed journal
Credibility: 8 since it’s been peer reviewed.