Day 5

Finish pratical 4 and 5 today as just have to continue from where to stop yesterday so I just fill up all the questions for comparing the search facilities as part 1 is done yesterday. I learn more about how each search facilities work. I have also start work on my report that is to be submited on monday.

I manage to search information on how each work, for example a search engine operates, in the following order:
web crawling, using a program or automated script which browses the world wide web in a methodical, automated manner. Other less frequently used names for web crawlers are ants, automatic indexers, bots, and worms. Next is indexing which is to collects, parses, and stores data to facilitate fast and accurate information retrieval. Finally the last step searching is to search the query you have type in and display all the results.

I have come to a verdict of all 3 serach facilities Search engine is easy to use and you also get a lot of results from a few key words but there are too many sites to filter out the correct site you are looking for. Web directory are limited in results as they are dependent on editor to add sites into the directory. Results can vary between meta search engines based on a large number of variables and the results tend to be less relevant.

Overall, search engine is the best facility because it returns the most results and arranges the most relevant site at the top. It also allows you to find similar pages from site. It is also one of the most used search facility around the world. Around 28,454 million of searches are done on google alone which shows how popular search engines are.

Day4

Today we have learn how to use a search engine more efficiently using booleans like AND, OR, + and -. We also have to choose relevant keywords for out subjects like the keyword Impact becomes effect as a variation of the word. we have to then find 3 new resources using the different internet search facilities ,search engine, meta search engine and subject directory to find the sites. We also have to take screenshots of all the results we get from the search engines for use in the report. Still left with the comparison and evaluation on the effectiveness of each search facilities.

Below are the newly added sites to my topic using the respective seach facilities

Search engine
https://www.mediafamily.org/research/report_vgrc_2005.shtml
out of 16800 hits

Meta search engine
http://comm.nccu.edu.tw/wp-content/digiconf05/part7/7-5.doc
out of 67 hits

Subject directory
http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~john/NetSafe/I.Berson.pdf
out of 20 hits

Day 3

Day 3 of my CDS. Today we learn more about our blogs like RSS feed which lets us save time from having he need to go to other's blogs to check out what is new when we can just access it from our own. We also get to spend $500 on E shopping as it was part of our activity for the day and I used ebay as the site because I have experiece with it since I have brought quite a few items online before. I decided to buy stuff that relates to my hobbies like a new airbrush set since my old one broke down and the latest gundam model that was out just this month. I also get a Doujinshi or fan manga book to add into my collection. We also lean to identify the purpose of 2 websites that I chose before for my porfolio and state reasons and purpose of it. Below are the sites and the reasons for it.

Resource 1: http://www.nickyee.com/pubs/Yee%20%20MMORPG%20Demographics%202006.pdf

Purpose of resource: Information

Reasons: It provides details on the effects of online gaming, its history and describe the impacts of online gaming the pros and cons of it and the general methodology

Resource 2: http://www.digitalcream.com.au/blog/games-parenting/online-games-good-for-teenagers/

Purpose of resource: News

Reasons: It an article taken from science research which shows how online gaming may help teens and how it may benefit them.

E-shopping

With $500 I have decided to spend on the following items

1. DUAL-ACTION AIRBRUSH with AIR BRUSH COMPRESSOR KIT-Art

Price: S$88.94

Where to get: http://cgi.ebay.com/DUAL-ACTION-AIRBRUSH-with-AIR-BRUSH-COMPRESSOR-KIT-Art_W0QQitemZ220215688234QQihZ012QQcategoryZ134557QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Comments: Need a new one since my old set broke. Use it mostly to paint my models and some other stuff.

2.Bandai HG 1/144 Gundam 00 OO Exia GN Arms model kit set

Price: S$69.50

Where to get: http://cgi.ebay.com/Bandai-HG-1-144-Gundam-00-OO-Exia-GN-Arms-model-kit-set_W0QQitemZ140215231693QQihZ004QQcategoryZ16464QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQ_trksidZp1638.m118.l1247QQcmdZViewItem

Comments: Currently newest model kit out and the first of 4 GN arms model out. The size of the box is almost the same as my 1/60 models's boxes.

3.Gundam SEED Doujinshi Kira x Lacus AGAIN

Price: S$69.42

Where to get: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=330210630700&Category=11117

Comments: A compilation of manga from 5 books. Since its hard to find all 5 its easier to find 1.

Day 1+2

Day1

First day of the VT CDS we were brief on the portfolio that we are to submit at the end of the CDS and to select a topic from a list that we had to do research base on. After that we are suppose to research one it on the internet for one of each internet resources which includes a disscusion forum,www. site and a magazine or journal entry on the topic.
I chose to the topic on impacts of online gaming on teens. I use google to search for the topics but there are very few topics that are dicectly related. Other than that the whole lesson was spend mostly on hunting down the correct websites for my research.

http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/forum/51- online gamer forum which have a active community that discuss anything on online games.

http://www.nickyee.com/pubs/Yee%20-%20MMORPG%20Demographics%202006.pdf

A research on online gaming and also describe the impacts of online gaming the pros and cons of it and the general methodology.

Day2

Second day of the lesson was a follow up on what we did the day before but we have to find a personal and a organisational site for our topic instead. After that we reflect on the search activity like what search engine we used and what are the key words. For me I use google since its the best one out there and as for key words I use "Impact of online gaming on teens"

This is the new sites that I found for today

http://www.digitalcream.com.au/blog/games-parenting/online-games-good-for-teenagers/- shows all the pros of online gaming on teens. In addition I used one of the site from yesterday as a organisation site.

http://www.nickyee.com/pubs/Yee%20-%20MMORPG%20Demographics%202006.pdf- found yester day but use as a organisation site instead for the practical.

After that we compile all the information we found and cite the source using APA we learned in CMSK before passing it to our group leader to finish up the rest. Creating my very first blog was the major event for the day as most of our work will be done on this blog alone and I got a taste of using a blog for the first time.

FIrst day blog

This is wang ho here, year 2 student going to year 3 and currently studying in IMI and I love making models in maya. Currently taking URL because I fail my year 1 CDS. My hobbies include building model kits and a bit of scratch building, playing computer games, playing badminton and I am a mecha model kit collector since it was a hobby that I had pick since young and my room is full of it.

2 of the websites i found interesting

http://www.dalong.net/- korean model kit site with images of the completed models uncolored and a complete gallery of almost every robot model made. Good place to go when you want to see how a completed model look when buying.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/-Good place to go to look for games or release dates. They have a message board to chat with other members and also provides images hints and guides for games.