Assignment 2A

a. Using 2 distinct websites, find the definition of "Interdisciplinary Studies"
1. Adjective; involving more than one branch of learning in ones studies
2. Adjective; drawing from or characterized by participation of two or more fields of study; "interdisciplinary studies"; "an interdisciplinary conference

b. Using 2 distinct websites, find the defintion of "Latin America"
1. Parts of North America (Mexico), Central America (except Belize), and South America (except French Guyana, Guyana, and Suriname) where mainly Spanish or Portuguese is spoken.
2. The countries of the Western Hemisphere south of the United States, especially those speaking Spanish, Portuguese, or French.

c. Find a list of countries that make up "Latin America"
Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Cuba, Uruguay, El Salvador, Paraguay, Bolivia, Panama, Honduras, Trinidad and Tobago, Nicaragua, Haiti, Jamaica, Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana, Suriname, Netherlands Antilles, Belize, Saint Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, Dominica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

d. Find a list of countries that make up the "Caribbean"
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, and U. S. Virgin Islands

e. Cool fact: use any website (eg any you found, or www.google.com videos,
www.youtube.com using the keywords Latin America or Caribbean), tell us something you didn't know
I found this really cool fact, in the Caribbean there are oysters that can climb trees.

f. Cite your sources used above, and tell us your opinion as to why or why not the sources you used are reputable ones. Be specific. An 8th grader, for example, should understand the reason that you, the college student and authority, give.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/interdisciplinary
http://www.wordreference.com/definition/interdisciplinary
http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/Latin-America.html
http://www.answers.com/topic/latin-america
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_countries_of_Latin_America
http://www.prettygreatanswers.com/launch/01-08-2006What-countries-make-up-the-Caribbean.htm
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Random-Facts
I think that these sites are reputable because of the titles of there sites, yes I know that any person can make there own website but these ones that I have chosen seem serious and informed. I think that titles make me believe whether or not it is legitimate or not. When looking at any website though I think that there is a pretty high chance that it could all be false but then again I think that there are a lot of smart people out there that would call that person on the lies on the website.

g. Using last week's assignments (When you login to class to submit your work, it can be found at the very top of the page, Assignments link), review Project 1 work submitted by your classmates. Browse through your classmates web pages.
What do you notice in general. Choose any two classmates and tell us what you have in common with that classmate, worth 1 percent of total semester grade.
I noticed that there were a lot of students who were older than the average college student and quite a few have children. I think that our class has a pretty broad range of ages in our students so that hopefully will make our discussions much more interesting and effective.
I found that Blair E. and me have a favorite movie in common! I did not put down my long list of favorites but Dirty Dancing is definitely pretty high on my list. I wonder Blair, would did you think of the second one, Havana Nights? A lot of people I know thought it was absolutely horrendous, especially because it they brought back Patrick Swayze.
Also I liked reading about Renee S. because we have a lot of the same favorite movies, Hitch it seriously on my top 5 favorite movies ever! Also I liked reading about her favorite because my best friend is obsessed with Nicholas Sparks and has read pretty much everything by him and now is making me read everything! I’m surprised that Renee didn’t say that she liked “The Notebook” or “Walk to Remember” because those are both movies that were made out of books that Nicholas wrote.