Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Day 13
Last post for the blog before this CDS is finished. Today we had a one final class test that we had to take and I got the same results as the first test again. We spend the rest of the class to edit and improvise our portfolios and blogs for the big day tomorrow where each of us was to present our blog in front of the class. Two main criteria for our portfolio presentations is to have a clear and systematic explanation and the depth of reflections on our blogs. Today we will have to send everything we have finish to our leader so that he will be able to make the changes and compile it to bind and hand in on friday.
Most important lesson learnt
For me I think learning how to blog is kind of important as I have never been interested in bloging since I am too busy most of the time to have time set aside to blog. However this CDS had taught me to create a blog and also learn how to add features into it like many others that I see.
Learning about different type of search engines also help me as I use to use only websearch engines since they are the easiest and most famous ones out there, so I have never heard of a meta search engine before since most of the search engines I use does not provide one. As for directory base search engines I have tried using them before but they are not that great as the database is very small such that its hard to find alot of research materials.
All in all these 2 points are th most important things that I have learned in this CDS and maybe I will create a personal blog after this.
Learning about different type of search engines also help me as I use to use only websearch engines since they are the easiest and most famous ones out there, so I have never heard of a meta search engine before since most of the search engines I use does not provide one. As for directory base search engines I have tried using them before but they are not that great as the database is very small such that its hard to find alot of research materials.
All in all these 2 points are th most important things that I have learned in this CDS and maybe I will create a personal blog after this.
Day 11 + 12
Day 11
Today is E-Learning so I spend the whole day finishing up my wiki work and to post it on the wiki. Also do about of editing for my portfolio since this the week we have to hand in.
Day 12
Today we presented what we did for our E-Learning which is the wiki article about our topic to the class. I was second to present and I have to talk about why I chose my topic and hope to acheive through the research done. Next I procced to explain the website that I have evaluated as a whole and give a short summery of the whole article and give out only the main points that are related to my topic.
After that we had to do one last discussion forum about is it ethical to assume a false identity or take on another person's identity on the web eg in chat rooms, email or any other form of Internet communication and how would I apply ethical considerations in your daily usage of Internet from one of the 3 choices given.
Personally I think is not ethical to assume false identity as it is an identity crime that can be punish by law. It is bad because people may be giving out false information or steal others identity to commit crime. Rapist and pedophiles tend to assume false identity online becuase they would lie to their target to go out with them.As for ethical considerations they can be applied in communication etiquette by treating others politely online instead of been rude or vulgar to others just because they don't know who you are in real life.
Today is E-Learning so I spend the whole day finishing up my wiki work and to post it on the wiki. Also do about of editing for my portfolio since this the week we have to hand in.
Day 12
Today we presented what we did for our E-Learning which is the wiki article about our topic to the class. I was second to present and I have to talk about why I chose my topic and hope to acheive through the research done. Next I procced to explain the website that I have evaluated as a whole and give a short summery of the whole article and give out only the main points that are related to my topic.
After that we had to do one last discussion forum about is it ethical to assume a false identity or take on another person's identity on the web eg in chat rooms, email or any other form of Internet communication and how would I apply ethical considerations in your daily usage of Internet from one of the 3 choices given.
Personally I think is not ethical to assume false identity as it is an identity crime that can be punish by law. It is bad because people may be giving out false information or steal others identity to commit crime. Rapist and pedophiles tend to assume false identity online becuase they would lie to their target to go out with them.As for ethical considerations they can be applied in communication etiquette by treating others politely online instead of been rude or vulgar to others just because they don't know who you are in real life.
Day 10
We had to evaluate the site youtube in a group and discuss about it base on the questions we were given. Our group have to write down what we have discussed on a sheet of paper before switching group members with the other group and improve each other's ideas and points. We had to discuss with the class our views which we have written and share our thoughts on some of our points. Personally I think if youtube were to close down, alot of people will be affected as some people like me keeps a backup video of our work on youtube just incase we delete it by accident. Also many people now uses youtube for video refence and if its not there their sites and blogs will also be affected. So I think even if it was ever to close down a new youtube site will be needed to take its place.
Day 9
Today we had to post about our dream hoilday and post the link and images that we got it from for the first part of the class. I had chose as the place I want to visit because I have always like cold places and been there will be the first time I get to see snow. The land is mostly untouched by humans so there will be alot of wild life to observe in their natural homes.
For the second half of our lesson we had to compare friendster and facebook which is two different services, and list down one strength and weakness of it. Friendster's weakness is that you cannot customise the profile pages.Strength is you get to meet more friends since that is what friendster was intended for. As for Facebook the weakness is it was once used as a tool that promoted attacks on the authorities. As for the strength is having games to keep you entertained and you are also able to play games with your friends.
For the second half of our lesson we had to compare friendster and facebook which is two different services, and list down one strength and weakness of it. Friendster's weakness is that you cannot customise the profile pages.Strength is you get to meet more friends since that is what friendster was intended for. As for Facebook the weakness is it was once used as a tool that promoted attacks on the authorities. As for the strength is having games to keep you entertained and you are also able to play games with your friends.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Friendster VS Facebook
Weakness
Friendster: Cannot customise the profile pages.
Facebook: Was used as a tool that promoted attacks on the authorities
Strength
Friendster: You get to meet more friends since that is what friendster was intended for.
Facebook: Have games to keep you entertained and you are also able to play games with your friends.
Both of them can never replace face to face social interactions as you don't get to see the person you are talking to and if its someone you know on the net, you will never know if the person is a girl or guy since he can pretend to be anything.
Friendster: Cannot customise the profile pages.
Facebook: Was used as a tool that promoted attacks on the authorities
Strength
Friendster: You get to meet more friends since that is what friendster was intended for.
Facebook: Have games to keep you entertained and you are also able to play games with your friends.
Both of them can never replace face to face social interactions as you don't get to see the person you are talking to and if its someone you know on the net, you will never know if the person is a girl or guy since he can pretend to be anything.
My dream holiday
My dream holiday will be to travel to Antarctica as it is the last place left untouch by man.It's beautiful and serene, savage and violent, and its scale is almost unfathomable. Also the ice there are not just limited to blue color but they ae also in pink and green. The penguins there are a major reason for me as I they are my favorate animals and the penguins will come to you if you sit still and you get to interact with them close up. Swiming in antarctica is also one of the most interesting things to do there since many people do it when they are there and some even have competitions for it. There are also thermal springs in antarctica and they are located on Deception Island. The site where I get the images from is here:http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/antarctica/
The site I visit is very up to date and provides alot of information about the place I wanted to go. The site is also accurate as they have information from people who visit the place before. The coverage of the site is huge as they provide many information about different places to visit and provide useful links to other sources. The site is also free and easily accessible and easy to navigate. Overall the site is very well done and easy to use.
Day 7+8
Day 7
Send the whole day at home since there is no class today other than having E-learning and filp through the lecture notes once to prepeare for test for the next day. I have found out about advocacy sites from the E-learning and also had post my views for one of my friend's post.
Day 8
We finish our class test for the first half of the lesson which is fairly easy. Next we had to do the online pactical 7 crosswords and quiz for another 20 mins before we have to apply what we learned last week to evaluate www.talkingcock.com and then disscuse about our views of the website. We are split into 3 groups and were given time to role play the foreigners role before the whole class come togther and share their views on the website if its good or bad.
Send the whole day at home since there is no class today other than having E-learning and filp through the lecture notes once to prepeare for test for the next day. I have found out about advocacy sites from the E-learning and also had post my views for one of my friend's post.
Day 8
We finish our class test for the first half of the lesson which is fairly easy. Next we had to do the online pactical 7 crosswords and quiz for another 20 mins before we have to apply what we learned last week to evaluate www.talkingcock.com and then disscuse about our views of the website. We are split into 3 groups and were given time to role play the foreigners role before the whole class come togther and share their views on the website if its good or bad.
Day 6
Today we have learn to evaluate a resource that we have chose to use for our research using the template given in the practical and fill up the form. There are a few things that we are evaluating the site for.
The first is purpose which is if the site clearly state what the aims of it are. Next is coverage of the website if the informations given is useful and comprehensive. Also does the site provides links to other useful information sites? Next is authority of the site to see if there are any reviews about this site or has it been included in any gateways or virtual libraries. Also is this an authoritative source? Accuracy of the site is also taken note to see if it use research as a basis. Next currency is to see if the site is updated offen. Accessibility of site if its free or requires users to pay or log in to the site. The presentation and arrangement of the information is also evaluated to see if information is well presented and arranged. Usability of the site is also evaluted and a overall impression of the site is given.
Today we have learn to evaluate a resource that we have chose to use for our research using the template given in the practical and fill up the form. There are a few things that we are evaluating the site for.
The first is purpose which is if the site clearly state what the aims of it are. Next is coverage of the website if the informations given is useful and comprehensive. Also does the site provides links to other useful information sites? Next is authority of the site to see if there are any reviews about this site or has it been included in any gateways or virtual libraries. Also is this an authoritative source? Accuracy of the site is also taken note to see if it use research as a basis. Next currency is to see if the site is updated offen. Accessibility of site if its free or requires users to pay or log in to the site. The presentation and arrangement of the information is also evaluated to see if information is well presented and arranged. Usability of the site is also evaluted and a overall impression of the site is given.
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