Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Pecha Kucha Research 25

What website is your source from?
Who is your source?
What are their credentials?
What does your source say about your topic?
Do you believe your source?
Why or why not?

Pecha Kucha Research 24

What website is your source from?
Who is your source?
What are their credentials?
What does your source say about your topic?
Do you believe your source?
Why or why not?

Pecha Kucha Research 23

What website is your source from?
Who is your source?
What are their credentials?
What does your source say about your topic?
Do you believe your source?
Why or why not?

Pecha Kucha Research 22

What website is your source from?
Who is your source?
What are their credentials?
What does your source say about your topic?
Do you believe your source?
Why or why not?

Pecha Kucha Research 21

What website is your source from?
Who is your source?
What are their credentials?
What does your source say about your topic?
Do you believe your source?
Why or why not?

Pecha Kucha Research 19

What website is your source from?
http://english.sina.com/life/p/2009/0205/216395.html

Who is your source?
sina English

What are their credentials?
SINA Corporation-Copyright © 1996-2008 SINA Corporation-Sina is a media company.

What does your source say about your topic?
This page talks a lot about the lantern Festival and has a lot of good images.

Do you believe your source?
Yes

Why or why not?
This site has recent news on this festival and china in general.

Pecha Kucha Research 20

What website is your source from?
Who is your source?
What are their credentials?
What does your source say about your topic?
Do you believe your source?
Why or why not?

Pecha Kucha Research 18

What website is your source from?
http://www.chinapage.com/festival/festival.html

Who is your source?
China the Beautifal

What are their credentials?
none

What does your source say about your topic?
general information covering the festivals

Do you believe your source?
Yes

Why or why not?
...

Pecha Kucha Research 17

What website is your source from?
http://en.cnci.gov.cn/Culture/CultureDetail.aspx?ID=6734&p=1

Who is your source?
China Culture Industries

What are their credentials?
none

What does your source say about your topic?
This is the fairy tale that goes along with the mid-autumn festival

Do you believe your source?
Yes

Why or why not?

Pecha Kucha Research 16

What website is your source from?
http://www.sinica.edu.tw/tit/festivals/0995_MidAutumn.html

Who is your source?
Travel in Taiwan

What are their credentials?
none

What does your source say about your topic?
I looked specifically for the mid-Autumn festival, so that's all it talks about. It mentions a lot about customs.

Do you believe your source?
Yes

Why or why not?

Pecha Kucha Research 15

What website is your source from?
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/essential/public-holiday.htm

Who is your source?
Travel China Guide

What are their credentials?
"Travel China Guide (TCG) is a reliable and prestigious China tour operator, with a team of experienced travel professionals. For years now, we have set goals and high standards for a quality travel service. We are proud to say that TCG continues to exceed these goals by achieving still higher standards year on year. Our foremost concern is for our customers' satisfaction with an emphasis on quality."

What does your source say about your topic?
It list national and traditional holidays-also dates and general information. Nice set up.

Do you believe your source?
Yes

Why or why not?

Pecha Kucha Research 14

What website is your source from?
http://www.divineshows.com/node/1780?s=114#dragon

Who is your source?
Shen Yun (Divine Performing Arts)

What are their credentials?
"Presented by US Southwestern Falun Dafa Association and New Tang Dynasty Television"

What does your source say about your topic?
This particular website list the top 5 major- and explores them in brief paragraphs.

Do you believe your source?
Yes.

Why or why not?
....

Pecha Kucha Research 13

What website is your source from?
http://www.learn-chinese-language-online.com/chinese-festivals.html

Who is your source?
Learn Chinese Language

What are their credentials?
....

What does your source say about your topic?
Like manyof the other websites that i've come across, they list the festivals/ holidays and then link to more detailed SPECIFIC information. I like this website because it also includes dates.

Do you believe your source?
Yes

Why or why not?
It comes from another "teaching chinese" website-not only the language, but the culture as well.

Pecha Kucha Research 12

What website is your source from?
http://www.gocurrency.com/articles/china-holidays.htm

Who is your source?
GoCurrency

What are their credentials?
none

What does your source say about your topic?
It's in an essay format and basical covers a brief overview of all the main holidays and or festivals.

Do you believe your source?
Yes.

Why or why not?
I feel that their(like in many other posts that i've posted) It follows a pattern even though it does not have straight credibility.

Monday, May 18, 2009

Pecha Kucha Research 11

What website is your source from?
http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/Festivals/78131.htm

Who is your source?
What are their credentials?
-I'm not really sure where to look for these things on this website. It's a news and general information kind of website, so i'm sure it's somewhere....

What does your source say about your topic?
This source goes into about 8 different festivals that i'm sure they think is important. There is a link for each one to go into further information.

Do you believe your source?
Yes.

Why or why not?
It follows the same pattern as all the other sites i've found so far.

Pecha Kucha Research 10

What website is your source from?
http://www.statemaster.com/encyclopedia/Chih-Nu

Who is your source?
State Master

What are their credentials?
none-I think it IS copied and pasted from wikipedia.....Just look at it and it's kinda of suspicius.

What does your source say about your topic?
It's all informaton about Chinese Valentine's Day.

Do you believe your source?
Yes.

Why or why not?
When I went to the Chinese Festival at the Botanicle Gardens this year, I remember them talking about this stuff.

Pecha Kucha Research 9

What website is your source from?
http://toocan.com/lunog/index.php/misblog/2008/01/28/major_chinese_2008_holidays_and_festival

Who is your source?
Misblog

What are their credentials?
none

What does your source say about your topic?
It dates all of the holidays of 2008 and links to information one the main holidays.

Do you believe your source?
Yes and no.

Why or why not?
Good info, no credability.

Pecha Kucha Research 8

What website is your source from?
http://www.index-china.com/index-english/chinese_holidays.htm

Who is your source?
no source

What are their credentials?
no credentials

What does your source say about your topic?
It talks a little about all the holidays and then talks about holidays that are unique to only certain parts of china.

Do you believe your source?
Yes and no.

Why or why not?
It has you basic information, but no credability.

Pecha Kucha Research 7

What website is your source from?
http://www.chinatownconnection.com/chinese-dragon-boat-festival.htm

Who is your source?
Chinatown Connections

What are their credentials?
Chinatown Houston Portal

What does your source say about your topic?
This site also talks specifically about the dragon boat festival.

Do you believe your source?
Yes.

Why or why not?
This is one of many sites dedicated to Chinese Culture.

Pecha Kucha Research 6

What website is your source from?
http://www.c-c-c.org/chineseculture/festival/dragonboat/dragon.html

Who is your source?
Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco

What are their credentials?
Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco(same, I suppose)

What does your source say about your topic?
This page is focused souly on the Dragon Boat Festival- It talks about it's history and what it means in modern times and how it's celabrated.

Do you believe your source?
Yes.

Why or why not?
The main site is dedicated to the Chinese Culture. It better be good information!

Pecha Kucha Research 5

What website is your source from?
http://bbs.chinese.cn/posts/list/163.page;jsessionid=pysLJZJRq1WXhqjyVYhJ1xT28Mw4wFY3Q0nhpXMxb zLRgcXynqhV!-1151202016\

Who is your source?
Confucius Institute Online

What are their credentials?
none

What does your source say about your topic?
It talks all about the Tomb Sweeping Holiday and what it means- also how it's celabrated.

Do you believe your source?
Yes

Why or why not?
None of sounds unreasonable.

Pecha Kucha Research 4

What website is your source from?
http://www.chinavoc.com/festivals/Midautumn.html

Who is your source?
China Voc

What are their credentials?
No credentials.

What does your source say about your topic?
It talks about lunar days and also goes into emporers' and other important peoples PLUS the usual information over the basic Chinese holidays and festivals.

Do you believe your source?
Yes.

Why or why not?
It's all very organized and they have up to date information...

Pecha Kucha Research 3

What website is your source from?
http://blog.chinesehour.com/?p=407

Who is your source?
Chinese Hour

What are their credentials?
Efficient Tuition Language School

What does your source say about your topic?
This page talks about the Mid-Autumn Festival in specific.

Do you believe your source?
Yes

Why or why not?
It's on a site about learning Chinese, it make sense to me that they would also have some decent cultural information as well.

Pecha Kucha Research 2

What website is your source from?
http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/fachschaft/bs/05_08TraditionalHolidays.pdf

Who is your source?
Comrade Language

What are their credentials?
The website was in German...It's hard to say.

What does your source say about your topic?
It talks a little about China and it's holidays and then it goes into more information about each in specific.

Do you believe your source?
Yes

Why or why not?
From the look of it, this is for some sort of class or maybe even a book-looks can be deceiving though.....

Pecha Kucha Research 1

What website is your source from?
http://www.lotustours.net/info/china/holidays.shtml

Who is your source?
Lotus Travel Inc.

What are their credentials?
No credentials posted.

What does your source say about your topic?
It lists the Holidays and has a good sized paragraph talking going into depth for each.

Do you believe your source?
Yes.

Why or why not?
If this is a decent travel agencie talking about some of the festivals these people may be able to attend, then I don't see why they would want to lie about it or pretend to know stuff.