First answer:
I think the first photo is fake. First of all my prior knowledge tells that jet plains do not fly around buildings. Secondly The plain stands alone with nothing else in the background. to me that is a red flag. Lastly there looks to be a mouse pointer in the photo. which also made me a little suspicious.
Response:
After reading the blog my suspicions were confirmed. The blog went on to speak about how the light differentiation made it obvious that the picture had been Photoshop. It also pointed out the very same cursor that I pointed out. This makes me confident in my ability to analyze and detect when faulty information is being presented.
Second answer:
I thought the second hotel post was real because it was less like an advertisement. the first one was a little to descriptive for the average person leaving a review. The second post was a little shorter and to the point.
Response:
Here I made the classic mistake of assuming something was wrong because of the way the question was presented. In my answer I say that the second post was a little too descriptive. In hindsight I see that I reached a bit in order to come to a conclusion. The blog site assessing the authenticity of the hotel post went to great depth to find the truth. Their searching other blog posts that have been posted by those individuals was the smartest and most efficient way to authenticate the post.
Third answer:
I thought the second quote was the real quote as it used the more proper langue for the time period. the second quote also had less of an agenda.
Response:
The second quote was obviously the only real quote both before and after my reading of the blog. It was the only quote to use proper vernacular for the suggested time period, as well as the only quote without an obvious agenda. 

When I was in eighth grade I was asked to do a collaborative project with my peers. The classroom was broken up into six groups, each group was asked to prepare an argument for or against exploration.My group received Aztecs versus Cortez, and our task was to argue that exploration was nothing more than exploitation. Each of us were assigned a role there were researchers lawyers whose roles were to examine our witnesses and lawyers whose roles were to cross-examine the witnesses. After all the research and witness preparation had concluded the classes were all brought together and court began.

This is one of the great projects that I had been a part of in my entire schooling. Whenever I reflect back to US history I reflect back to that project. With that being said technology could have greatly enhance the collaborative process. For example I distinctly remember struggling to find time to meet with my classmates. This problem was foreseen by the teacher and the distinct roles helped are groups to compartmentalize the work. Unfortunately this took away from the collaborative effort in groups at best checked in on each other. If I were assigning this project I would do away with the roles and allow our students to truly collaborate on a wiki page.http://www.wiki.com/contact.htm. This way as a teacher I can assess the contributions of each group member and the students would be able to work together and add on to each other's work without being in their physical presence.

Something else that I thought would be an excellent addition to this project would be allowing the students to bring in one piece of video evidence using http://wistia.com/. This would allow them to present their side of the story in any way they wanted.

I really appreciate this quest as it has really helped me develop my idea on implementing this already well put together collaborative project. This project was one that I will never forget, and I hope it to be as impactful in the lives of my future students. The technology that I have implemented will give students an opportunity to grow in their collaborative skills as well as an opportunity to showcase their creativity. Once again bloggers I hope you enjoy another entry from Breaking My Tech.

For the cooking with TPACK challenge I was asked to have someone pick a plate a bowl and a utensil of some sort. After this I was asked to cut vegetables in order to prepare a vegetable tray. As you can see in the video above I was fortunate to get a knife for this task. My good fortune, however, seemed to stop here.. The knife I was provided with was a plastic knife which was ineffective in cutting the vegetables I was seeking to prepare.This task demonstrated the TPACK model well as we were asked to complete a goal using three objects. In my example I had to pretty good objects. The plate was effective for me to both cut the vegetables on as well as serve them. The bowl allowed for a place to store the vegetables after they had been cut. However because my knife is dull and very ineffective I was forced to put my hands all over the food. The vegetables I was seeking to prepare were smashed instead of cut ruining the appearance and texture of the vegetables. So how does this tie into TPACK? I believe it showed that even if a professor is proficient in two of the three essential components of technological learning their lessons and still come out miserable and learning goals will not be accomplished. If a professor is not competent in content pedagogy and technological implementation the lesson will fail. Professors must seek to be proficient in all three or they will end up with smooshed distextured vegetables.