Saturday, December 8, 2012

Argument Credibility Peer Review


1.     CheckPoint Part 2: Argument Credibility Peer Review
  • Resource: A classmate’s CheckPoint Part I response
  • Due Date: Day 4 [Individual forum]
  • Review the Constructive Feedback Tutorial at http://204.17.25.69/AXIA/CRT205/constructive_feedback.html. Note: This tutorial uses audio narration and is about ten minutes in length.  A constructive feedback transcript is available.
  • Perform a peer review of a classmate’s CheckPoint Part I response, which your instructor will place in your Individual forum on Day 3.
  • Answer the following questions in a 100- to 200-word response:
o    Do you think your classmate accurately identified the claims? Explain your answer. 
o    Your classmate has compared the claims against his or her personal observations; how do the claims agree or conflict with your own personal observations? How are the observations made by you and your classmate the same or different?
o    Your classmate has compared the claims against his or her background information; how do the claims agree or conflict with your own background information? How are the background analyses of you and your classmate the same or different?
o    Do you feel your classmate made an accurate judgment about the author’s bias or trustworthiness? Explain your answer.
o    Which concepts from the feedback tutorial did you use to conduct this peer review?
o   Post your answers and your classmate’s CheckPoint Part I online news source and response.
The author seems to come close to identifying all the claims made in the video.  One discrepancy was the financial gain was still being negotiated.  The 50/50 split was on a previous venture.    I found no reference to personal experiences in the report.  This is not a vessel I remember from History class; the video is my first introduction to the downed ship.  My classmate did not make any judgment about the video reporter’s bias and/or trustworthiness.  I would use the suggestions on how to give constructive criticism for this report.  I started out with a positive statement that the author did a good job of reporting all claims made in the video.  I gave constructive criticism on help with spelling and punctuation. 


In 1744 a British Ship names Victory sank in the English Channel. Gregg Stemm CEO and Chairman of Odyssey Marine Exploration from Tampa, Florida was interviewed and commented about the newly discovered remains of the shipwreck. Claims were made that the ship was carrying close to 4 tons of gold; this would be almost 1 billion dollars in today’s money. If the claim is true and gold is discovered the Odyssey Marine Exploration would split the financial gains with the British Government 50/50. Gregg Stemm stated one of his company’s researchers discovered that the ship was transporting gold from Lisbon to England, a common rout during this period. My personal belief is there could a tremendous amount of sunken treasure under the sea and the more technology advances the better the chances are of discovering these treasures.

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