What is Critical Thinking

With social media companies such as Meta, removing fact checking and a lot of misinformation being sent out. We need to understand Critical Thinking so we can sort through the information we are exposed to, and pick out factual, evidence based facts.

We need to look at the Who, What, When, Where,, Why, and How, so in essence we are asking open questions, as in those which we can't generally just answer with yes or no.

Related Links

• Critical thinking web

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#Information,#Facts,#Lies,#Misinformation#CriticalThinking

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Advanced internet search tips

This is another interesting link that may be useful for anyone needing to undertake research using the internet. Granted this does use Google and more specifically Google Scholar but you may be able to get similar results using more privacy friendly search services such as duckduckgo.

A description of advanced tips and tricks for effective Internet research of papers/books, with real-world examples.

• Advanced internet search

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#Search,#Information,#Imternet,#Advanced,#Techniques.

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Code Club 17/9/2022

The next Paignton Library code club is on 17th September. There will be the usual mix of coding, troubleshooting and discussions. I

We now have some of the Vodafone resources so will be sharing them if anyone is interested.

We still have a few printed resources, which will be binned if no one wants them. Simple fact is, we are running out of space.

Links

• Paignton Library
• Code Club
  • Projects and activities
  • Environment
  • Space Projects
  • Scratch
• E-safety * Vodafone digital parenting
  • Social media Checklist
• Online information
• Sense about Science
  • Sense about Science – peer review
• Supporting critical thinking and reliability online
• LateX Bibliographies

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#CodeClub,#Information,#RaspberryPi,#Troubleshooting, #esafety,#misinformation,#SenseAboutScience,#Vodafone, #DigitalParenting,#StudySkills

Next session

• Next Week is the STEM Group meeting 10/9/2022
• Next Code Club is Saturday 17th September 2022.

Please contact Paignton Library for details and booking.

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Code Club 3/9/2022

The next Paignton Library code club is on 3rd September. There will be the usual mix of coding, troubleshooting and discussions. I should have some e-safety resources too.

Links

• Paignton Library
• Code Club
  • Projects and activities
  • Environment
  • Space Projects
  • Scratch
• E-safety * Vodafone digital parenting
  • Social media Checklist
• Online information
• Sense about Science
  • Sense about Science – peer review
• Supporting critical thinking and reliability online

Tags

#CodeClub,#Information,#RaspberryPi,#Troubleshooting, #esafety,#misinformation,#SenseAboutScience,#Vodafone, #DigitalParenting

Next session

• Next Week is the STEM Group meeting 10/9/2022
• Next Code Club is Saturday 17th September 2022.

Please contact Paignton Library for details and booking.

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Code Club 20/8/2022 Write up

So we had another quiet session today, with 4 young people, plus a parent, nevertheless it was productive. Time was initially split between looking for an iphone cable (could not find one), and also troubleshooting a Raspberry Pi, which seemed more successful.

There was also a discussion on e-safety, in terms of posting online and how this can have consequences later on, employers can do searches on applicants for example and also what to post, also a brief discussion on asking for evidence and finding proper, credible information on the internet, I did give peer review a brief mentiobn

It seems really beneficial to have conversations.

This has prompted me to dig out a few resources I have here at home. These are set to one side for the next session. I have also asked the library if they can send off for some copies of the Vodafone digital parenting resource.

We also have access to a tablet with the Lego WeDo software installed so if anyone is interested they can have a go at code club without having to bring along own devices. However attendees can, it really helps as you can store projects on your own device.

Links

• Paignton Library
• Code Club
  • Projects and activities
• Scratch
• E-safety * Vodafone digital parenting
  • Social media Checklist
• Online information
• Sense about Science
  • Sense about Science – peer review
• Supporting critical thinking and reliability online

Tags

#CodeClub,#Information,#RaspberryPi,#Troubleshooting, #esafety,#misinformation,#SenseAboutScience,#Vodafone, #DigitalParenting

Next session

• Next Code Club is Saturday 3th September 2022.

Please contact Paignton Library for details and booking.

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Reverse Image Search

Latest resource in the Data Detox kit from Tactical Tech is reverse image searching. This helps you identify the source of an image, which in turn helps you differentiate between accurate and misinformation.

These resources are well worth checking out. I am still planning on trying to do a talk on privacy at a future STEM group event.

Could be something to discuss at the STEM group meeting or via Discourse or on Mastodon.

Links

• Reverse Image Search
• Data Detox Kit
• Paignton Library STEM Group
• Tactical Tech
• Discourse
• Tineye

Tags

#Data,#Misinformation,#DataDetox,#STEM,#Information,#esafety,

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How to Find and Apply to Industry Roles

So I recently attended the Scismic [1] webinar on How to Find and Apply to Industry Roles This follows on from last months webinar.

Some really useful tips here on what to look for, how to match skills to roles, how to emphasise your skills / experience / expertise to the job description. Different skills and types of roles between academic and industry experience and how you add these to your CV to gain the attention of the Hiring manager.

A really good webinar. I am adapting my notes as I am not looking at working in Biotech, nevertheless the idea of the informational interview could be really useful going forward.

If you are looking for a job in Biotech. I would recommend reaching out to Erin at Scismic and seeing how they can help. They are a job matching service, so they can take your skills etc and match to possible vacancies.

REFERENCES

1 Scismic

Update

I can now download the video of the webinar, so will add to the videos of the previous two webinars.

TAGS

#Jobs,#Interview,#Information,#Networking,#Applications, #Scismic,#Webinar,#BioTechnology,

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Informational Interviews

So I recently attended the Scismic webinar on Informational Interviews. This follows on from the 'A summary of you' webinar from 7th May.

The webinar included an explanation on what an informational interview is, the purpose. preparation and how to go about setting on up. The difference between this and a formal interview process and the fact these interviews are about finding out about roles and not about asking for a job.

Some excellent tips were on the sort of questions to ask, the type of questions can be put in to four categories.

A really good webinar. I am adapting my notes as I am not looking at working in Biotech, nevertheless the idea of the informational interview could be really useful going forward.

If you are looking for a job in Biotech I would recommend reaching out to Erin at Scismic and seeing how they can help.

REFERENCES

1 Scismic

TAGS

#Jobs,#Interview,#Information,#Networking,#Applications, #Scismic,#Webinar,#BioTechnology,

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