For the first half of the day,
we had to do a report!
We had to evaluate one of the internet resource that we have chosen.
At first, i chose ezinearticles but i decided to change to http://www.youthaidscoalition.org/
as it is more focused to my topic on AIDS and HIV.
We have to evaluate it based on 8 factors -
purpose, coverage, authority, accuracy, currency, accessibility, presentation and arrangement and usability.
I find that doing this report is easier than the previous report,
as it is straight forward
and we have a template to guide us in writing the report.
I didn't manage to finish the report,
but i was quite pleased at the amount of work that i managed to do in a couple of hours.
After lunch, we were told to do an activity called "My Dream Holiday".
We had to blog about where our dream holiday would be.
I chose Austria!
I watched "The sound of music" many times since i was a kid,
and i've always wanted to go to the country
where they filmed the show,
as the nature there is simply breathtaking!
Last year, i had to do a research on Austria for a project,
and i found out that The sound of music was filmed there.
I felt amazed while looking at photos of Austria,
and i want to see it with my own eyes!
We also had to state which evaluation criteria we had used
to eveluate the website that we used
to find information about our dream holiday.
For me, i used the evaluation criteria
as i want to know the latest news
and information about the country.
Lastly, we formed grps and we had a discussion on youtube.
We had to write the good and bad points of youtube, and the future of youtube.
After 5 mins, we will change groups and will contribute more ideas.
At the end of the activity,
each group had a long list of ideas!
Throught this activity,
i realised that youtube has many good points,
but bad points as well.
I think that youtube will continue to grow,
and we will keep using youtube in the future.
Monday, March 30, 2009
my dream holiday
My dream holiday is to go to...
AUSTRIA!
Austria is a very historical place, and many historical events happened there!
For example, Austria was known as Austria-Hungary way back before World War1.
Austria-Hungary was the country who issued a declaration of War,
thus starting World War 1, and then it led to World War 2.
It is also well-known as the place where they shot the movie The Sound Of Music.
Austria is well known for the beautiful scenery. When i choose my holiday destination, i always remember that i want to go somewhere that is very different from Singapore.
Unlike Singapore, Austria is very peaceful. I would like the experience peacefulness, instead of the usual fast-paced society that we live in.
I also want to visit a place where there are many beautiful natural hills, mountains, plants and flowers.
I used Currency to evaluate the multimedia website for my dream holiday as i want the website to be up-to-date so that i get the latest news and photos about Austria!
Here are some photos of beautiful Austria.
I WANNA GO TO AUSTRIA!
AUSTRIA!
Austria is a very historical place, and many historical events happened there!
For example, Austria was known as Austria-Hungary way back before World War1.
Austria-Hungary was the country who issued a declaration of War,
thus starting World War 1, and then it led to World War 2.
It is also well-known as the place where they shot the movie The Sound Of Music.
Austria is well known for the beautiful scenery. When i choose my holiday destination, i always remember that i want to go somewhere that is very different from Singapore.
Unlike Singapore, Austria is very peaceful. I would like the experience peacefulness, instead of the usual fast-paced society that we live in.
I also want to visit a place where there are many beautiful natural hills, mountains, plants and flowers.
I used Currency to evaluate the multimedia website for my dream holiday as i want the website to be up-to-date so that i get the latest news and photos about Austria!
Here are some photos of beautiful Austria.
I WANNA GO TO AUSTRIA!
Reflection for day 5
On day 5, Ms Faridah promised us that we will not be doing any intensive work.
We started off the day by doing an online quiz based on lectured 1 to 5.
Each student were given different question.
I did not score well - i just passed with a score of 10/20 :(
After the test, we were told that we were going to do Role Playing.
We had to visit talkingcock.com, and we were supposed to take different roles.
My group took the role of foreign workers,
while other groups took the roles of Prime Minister and Singaporeans.
Firstly, my group searched talkingcock.com
for articles, videos and cartoons about foreign workers
to determind how foreign workers would react to the website.
The role playing was fun,
and i have learnt that different groups of people
may react differently to a website.
I also learnt that we may offend some people
because of the website,
even thought it was meant to be as a joke.
We started off the day by doing an online quiz based on lectured 1 to 5.
Each student were given different question.
I did not score well - i just passed with a score of 10/20 :(
After the test, we were told that we were going to do Role Playing.
We had to visit talkingcock.com, and we were supposed to take different roles.
My group took the role of foreign workers,
while other groups took the roles of Prime Minister and Singaporeans.
Firstly, my group searched talkingcock.com
for articles, videos and cartoons about foreign workers
to determind how foreign workers would react to the website.
The role playing was fun,
and i have learnt that different groups of people
may react differently to a website.
I also learnt that we may offend some people
because of the website,
even thought it was meant to be as a joke.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Reflections for day 4
On day 4, we first had a sharing session on our participation in the online forum.
I posted on http://www.hivforum.com/, asking abt the effects of HIV and AIDS on youths and what the government can do to change the effects, but no one replied my thread! Some of my classmates had replies, but it wasnt relevant to their question and topic.
Then Zach told me that many people replied to his thread in just a few seconds.
So i decided to also post on his forum, which is http://www.golivewire.net/forums/
I received 4 replies, and they are relevant to the questions that i asked!
Next, we were told that we were going to do A REPORT.
My first reaction was WHAT? REPORT? I HATE REPORTS!
But i find that writing the report was quite fun!
We had a sample report, and i used it as a guide to start writing the report.
Firstly, i was quite hesitant about starting, as i was unsure.
But after asking my friends who have already started, i got a clearer idea on how to draw up the report.
The report took quite some time to do,
as we not only have to type words,
we also need to take screenshots of
Google and MetaCrawler.
After doing the report, we had an online discussion on the OLE-BB website.
We had to share about how internet has enriched my academic life,
and illustrate using an internet resource we learnt in EIR.
I think that the online discussion was useful,
as not only do we get to share our experience using internet with each other,
but we also learnt of new ways on how to enrich our academic life with internet.
Many of my classmates said that before EIR,
they usually use only Google or Yahoo! to research.
But now, we have learnt how to use MetaCrawler and Google Scholar
which some of them find think are better than the usually search engines.
I enjoyed the online discussion very much!
Not only do we get to post threads,
we can also comment on other threads posted by our classmates,
and we can share our views with everyone.
I posted on http://www.hivforum.com/, asking abt the effects of HIV and AIDS on youths and what the government can do to change the effects, but no one replied my thread! Some of my classmates had replies, but it wasnt relevant to their question and topic.
Then Zach told me that many people replied to his thread in just a few seconds.
So i decided to also post on his forum, which is http://www.golivewire.net/forums/
I received 4 replies, and they are relevant to the questions that i asked!
Next, we were told that we were going to do A REPORT.
My first reaction was WHAT? REPORT? I HATE REPORTS!
But i find that writing the report was quite fun!
We had a sample report, and i used it as a guide to start writing the report.
Firstly, i was quite hesitant about starting, as i was unsure.
But after asking my friends who have already started, i got a clearer idea on how to draw up the report.
The report took quite some time to do,
as we not only have to type words,
we also need to take screenshots of
Google and MetaCrawler.
After doing the report, we had an online discussion on the OLE-BB website.
We had to share about how internet has enriched my academic life,
and illustrate using an internet resource we learnt in EIR.
I think that the online discussion was useful,
as not only do we get to share our experience using internet with each other,
but we also learnt of new ways on how to enrich our academic life with internet.
Many of my classmates said that before EIR,
they usually use only Google or Yahoo! to research.
But now, we have learnt how to use MetaCrawler and Google Scholar
which some of them find think are better than the usually search engines.
I enjoyed the online discussion very much!
Not only do we get to post threads,
we can also comment on other threads posted by our classmates,
and we can share our views with everyone.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Reflection on Day 3
So today, we learnt that there are other types of search engines other than the ones such as google and yahoo.
Firstly, there is META SEARCH.
Meta searches other search engines,
and lists down the BEST results from the other search engines.
From my experience of using Meta,
they do not have a lot of search results,
but their search results are very precise and accurate,
and they are relevant to what i'm searching for.
The results are also mainly articles and statistics,
with is very reliable.
The next type of a search is Subject Directory.
Although they have many search results for my topic,
i still prefer meta as Subject Directory does not have a lot of reports and articles.
Although Subject Directory search results are relevant,
it is not as specific and relevant as meta.
I have never heard of Meta nor Subject Directory,
but i'm glad that i've heard of it
and I will definitely be using them in the future.
Next, we had to include site feeds into our blogs!
You may have realized that i have site feeds to every single one of my classmates.
I personally do not have trouble in including the site feeds,
as i have been blogging for more than 3 years,
and i always play around with the codes in my template when i feel like changing my blogskin.
Next, we searched the INVISIBLE WEB to find more information and to widen our research.
Personally, i do not favor this method of searching for information and facts,
as i did not find anything that is relevant to my topic of research.
However, it is still useful as i can learn more information for my general knowledge.
As a conclusion,
i have learnt a lot today!
From the Meta Search to the Subject Delivery,
from the Invisible Web gateways to the databases,
from TP's E-books database.
And i have enjoyed every moment of it :)
Firstly, there is META SEARCH.
Meta searches other search engines,
and lists down the BEST results from the other search engines.
From my experience of using Meta,
they do not have a lot of search results,
but their search results are very precise and accurate,
and they are relevant to what i'm searching for.
The results are also mainly articles and statistics,
with is very reliable.
The next type of a search is Subject Directory.
Although they have many search results for my topic,
i still prefer meta as Subject Directory does not have a lot of reports and articles.
Although Subject Directory search results are relevant,
it is not as specific and relevant as meta.
I have never heard of Meta nor Subject Directory,
but i'm glad that i've heard of it
and I will definitely be using them in the future.
Next, we had to include site feeds into our blogs!
You may have realized that i have site feeds to every single one of my classmates.
I personally do not have trouble in including the site feeds,
as i have been blogging for more than 3 years,
and i always play around with the codes in my template when i feel like changing my blogskin.
Next, we searched the INVISIBLE WEB to find more information and to widen our research.
Personally, i do not favor this method of searching for information and facts,
as i did not find anything that is relevant to my topic of research.
However, it is still useful as i can learn more information for my general knowledge.
As a conclusion,
i have learnt a lot today!
From the Meta Search to the Subject Delivery,
from the Invisible Web gateways to the databases,
from TP's E-books database.
And i have enjoyed every moment of it :)
Reflection on day 2
So on the 2nd day,
it's time for us to do SERIOUS work.
We had to research more on our chosen topic.
But firstly, we had to learn how to be specific in typing our keywords when searching in search engines.
We learnt the importance of keywords, and the different types of ways to construct searches and make them as precise as possible.
For example,
we learnt to use the "Boolean"
Which meant that we use AND, OR, AND NOT, BUT NOT
in our searches.
We also learnt to use ( )
so that the search engine will search the keywords with brackets first.
We began our research by writing down the keywords and their variations.
Next, we had to write down the search query and it must include the keywords and variations.
I had chosen the topic TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS OF BUSINESS BLOGGING.
At first, i thought that the topic would be easy
as business blogging also means online business
and there should be a lot of available resources on it online.
And during my CDS for Public Speaking,
i did a newspaper article sharing on business blogging too.
However, after searching on google and google scholar,
i found that the topic is not easy to search on,
and after searching for awhile,
i decided to change topics.
I U-turned and decided to change topics.
I changed it to the effects of AIDs HIV on youths.
My friends asked me why i changed topics,
since i've already did some research on business blogging.
But i see it as this - if you are stuck in a traffic jam in an expressway,
and you are progressing slowly,
but you can exit at a point in the expressway,
and you will have to turn back and go back from the start,
and to take another route but a faster one,
would you do it?
I WOULD!
Surprisingly, i managed to catch up with the rest!
I managed to find a lot of articles and reports and fact sheets and websites on AIDs and HIV.
We tried 2 type of search facility,
which is google and google scholar.
I personally think that google is better!
Even though google scholar is useful and is very specific,
it doesnt have as many search results as google.
And it doesn't have search results from some websites
such as forums and blogs.
Lastly, we learnt how to do citations for our research.
In my opinion, i think that citations are very important
as it takes a lot of effort for someone to create a report or a journal,
and we need to credit the person for his/her work.
it's time for us to do SERIOUS work.
We had to research more on our chosen topic.
But firstly, we had to learn how to be specific in typing our keywords when searching in search engines.
We learnt the importance of keywords, and the different types of ways to construct searches and make them as precise as possible.
For example,
we learnt to use the "Boolean"
Which meant that we use AND, OR, AND NOT, BUT NOT
in our searches.
We also learnt to use ( )
so that the search engine will search the keywords with brackets first.
We began our research by writing down the keywords and their variations.
Next, we had to write down the search query and it must include the keywords and variations.
I had chosen the topic TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS OF BUSINESS BLOGGING.
At first, i thought that the topic would be easy
as business blogging also means online business
and there should be a lot of available resources on it online.
And during my CDS for Public Speaking,
i did a newspaper article sharing on business blogging too.
However, after searching on google and google scholar,
i found that the topic is not easy to search on,
and after searching for awhile,
i decided to change topics.
I U-turned and decided to change topics.
I changed it to the effects of AIDs HIV on youths.
My friends asked me why i changed topics,
since i've already did some research on business blogging.
But i see it as this - if you are stuck in a traffic jam in an expressway,
and you are progressing slowly,
but you can exit at a point in the expressway,
and you will have to turn back and go back from the start,
and to take another route but a faster one,
would you do it?
I WOULD!
Surprisingly, i managed to catch up with the rest!
I managed to find a lot of articles and reports and fact sheets and websites on AIDs and HIV.
We tried 2 type of search facility,
which is google and google scholar.
I personally think that google is better!
Even though google scholar is useful and is very specific,
it doesnt have as many search results as google.
And it doesn't have search results from some websites
such as forums and blogs.
Lastly, we learnt how to do citations for our research.
In my opinion, i think that citations are very important
as it takes a lot of effort for someone to create a report or a journal,
and we need to credit the person for his/her work.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Reflections for day 1
So on day 1, the first thing we had to do was an ICE BREAKER GAME.
There were questions on the ole black board,
and each group have to choose 1 category,
and each person will have to choose 1 question from the category.
So my group (Ruixue, Zach, Kean, and I)
choose CELEBRITIES.
And the question i chose was "latest gossips about Kelly Clarkson".
So we had to sign in msn
and share with the rest our answers through msn.
IT WAS SO FUN!
And chaotic as well.
Everyone was busy adding each other on msn,
and we were having a mass chat!
I feel that the ice breaking game really 'broke the ice'.
I don't think i would have managed to get every single classmates' msn add
if not for this activity!
Next, there was lecture.
I learnt more about blogs and wiki.
To tell you the truth,
i didn't know much about wiki before the lecture!
I knew that for wikis, anyone in the world can edit them.
But then i though,
WOULDN'T THAT MAKE WIKIs UNRELIABLE?
If anyone can edit it, does it mean that people can anyhow change the facts?
But Miss Faridah explained to me that WIKIs involve the whole world to constantly correct those who are wrong.
For example, if a wrong fact was added to a page,
someone who sees it will correct it very fast.
And i still remembered the incident when someone edited Xiaxue's blog and indicated that she died.
Then many people were calling Xiaxue to make sure that she's still alive,
and the information was edited in a short time!
Lastly, we learnt about the different purposes of internet resources.
There's 6 different purpose - information, advocacy, business/marketing, news, personal and entertainment.
Overall, i think that the first day was very exciting and useful, as i learnt many things that i had never thought about even though i use the internet a few hours a day. For example, i leant more about Wikis and Blogs, what WWW stands for, and the different purposes of internet resources.
There were questions on the ole black board,
and each group have to choose 1 category,
and each person will have to choose 1 question from the category.
So my group (Ruixue, Zach, Kean, and I)
choose CELEBRITIES.
And the question i chose was "latest gossips about Kelly Clarkson".
So we had to sign in msn
and share with the rest our answers through msn.
IT WAS SO FUN!
And chaotic as well.
Everyone was busy adding each other on msn,
and we were having a mass chat!
I feel that the ice breaking game really 'broke the ice'.
I don't think i would have managed to get every single classmates' msn add
if not for this activity!
Next, there was lecture.
I learnt more about blogs and wiki.
To tell you the truth,
i didn't know much about wiki before the lecture!
I knew that for wikis, anyone in the world can edit them.
But then i though,
WOULDN'T THAT MAKE WIKIs UNRELIABLE?
If anyone can edit it, does it mean that people can anyhow change the facts?
But Miss Faridah explained to me that WIKIs involve the whole world to constantly correct those who are wrong.
For example, if a wrong fact was added to a page,
someone who sees it will correct it very fast.
And i still remembered the incident when someone edited Xiaxue's blog and indicated that she died.
Then many people were calling Xiaxue to make sure that she's still alive,
and the information was edited in a short time!
Lastly, we learnt about the different purposes of internet resources.
There's 6 different purpose - information, advocacy, business/marketing, news, personal and entertainment.
Overall, i think that the first day was very exciting and useful, as i learnt many things that i had never thought about even though i use the internet a few hours a day. For example, i leant more about Wikis and Blogs, what WWW stands for, and the different purposes of internet resources.
if i had $500 to spend on ebay...
What would i buy?
Firstly, i would buy
A PINK APPLE IPOD NANO 8GB!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVEEEEEE MUSICC!!!!! Especially Love songs! Rick Price, Richard Marx, Bryan Adams, Eric Clapton! I'm not hardcore fans of these singers, but i'm a huge fan of love songs! I do have an MP3 now though.. a pink one frm Sony. BUT I WANT AN APPLE IPOD! It can store videos and photos too :)
I already have a pink camera, BUT IT ISN'T WATERPROOF! I lovvveee taking photos, even though my camera is not a DSLR camera! I went snorkling once, and i really love to see the colourful fishes and the colourful corals! I WANT TO CAPTURE IT IN CAMERA! If i have a waterproof camera, I'LL GO TO A SNORKLING PLACE EVERY HOLIDAY! And post the photos in this blog, of course ;)
Yay okay i'm done with this post!
REFLECTION FOR DAY 1 OF EIR COMING UP!
Firstly, i would buy
A PINK APPLE IPOD NANO 8GB!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVEEEEEE MUSICC!!!!! Especially Love songs! Rick Price, Richard Marx, Bryan Adams, Eric Clapton! I'm not hardcore fans of these singers, but i'm a huge fan of love songs! I do have an MP3 now though.. a pink one frm Sony. BUT I WANT AN APPLE IPOD! It can store videos and photos too :)
Next, I would like PINK EARPHONES!
I want Audio Technica earphones! But it's super expensive! A decent earphone from Audio Technica can easily cost over a hundred :/ I do have pink earphones now, but it's in a verryyy bad condition! The base is not as good, and the right earpiece is louder than the left. HAHAHA!!! That's why I WANT A NEW EARPIECE NOW NOW NOW!!!! So that i can enjoy listening to love songs in the bus on my way to school!
Lastly, i want OLYMPUS WATERPROOF CAMERA IN PINK!
I already have a pink camera, BUT IT ISN'T WATERPROOF! I lovvveee taking photos, even though my camera is not a DSLR camera! I went snorkling once, and i really love to see the colourful fishes and the colourful corals! I WANT TO CAPTURE IT IN CAMERA! If i have a waterproof camera, I'LL GO TO A SNORKLING PLACE EVERY HOLIDAY! And post the photos in this blog, of course ;)Yay okay i'm done with this post!
REFLECTION FOR DAY 1 OF EIR COMING UP!
Monday, March 23, 2009
A little intro about me!
Okay people!
I SHALL START BLOGGING PROPERLY!
Self intro time!
My name is Nur Taqinah Bte Kamsari
and my name in the blogosphere is PRINCESS TAQINAH
(google princess taqinah, and there's 376 results about me HAHAH)
My classmates call me TOUCHING-NAH.
Coz they THINK that i love to touch people.
I MAKE PEOPLE FEEL TOUCHED, YAY!
My birthday is on the 3rd of September 1992!
Exactly the same as my father's!
(except that he's 29 years older than me)
I was from Tanjong Katong Girls' School!
And now i'm in Temasek Poly IIT school,
and i'm taking a Diploma in Financial Business Informatics.
Aka FBI. (HOW COOL IS THAT?!)
Other than this blog,
i also have another blog!
Which is http://www.princess-taqinah.knows.it/.
I also have ANOTHER blog
(that i do not have time to update anymore because i don't have time, and now it's dead)
which is http://twilightmovies.org/blogs/taqinah/
And i have ANOTHER blog,
but it's a secret blog,
which is a platform for me to express my trruueeee feelings!
(trust me, you won't find it. Even though it is not password protected)
I am also a contributer to a couple of blogs,
http://www.one-two-three-4.blogspot.com/
and http://www.spi-lounge.blogspot.com/
WAIT SO HOW MANY BLOGS IS THAT?
6 i think?
HAAAHAHHA!!!!!
Blogging has opened my eyes to the world!
AND THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEOPLE!
And i have met with some famous bloggers along the way!
Jayden
Dawn Yang
Xiaxue
Other than blogging,
i also love
HUGS AND KISSES
HAHAHAHHA!!!!
Okay i shall not elaborate on that.
I also love people who have a good sense of humour
and can laugh when i crack stupid jokes!
I LOVE TO LAUGH A LOT HAHAHA!!!
But i can also be SUPER EMO AND SERIOUS OKAY!
I think i talked too much already.
Next post coming up soon!
I SHALL START BLOGGING PROPERLY!
Self intro time!
My name is Nur Taqinah Bte Kamsari
and my name in the blogosphere is PRINCESS TAQINAH
(google princess taqinah, and there's 376 results about me HAHAH)
My classmates call me TOUCHING-NAH.
Coz they THINK that i love to touch people.
I MAKE PEOPLE FEEL TOUCHED, YAY!
My birthday is on the 3rd of September 1992!
Exactly the same as my father's!
(except that he's 29 years older than me)
I was from Tanjong Katong Girls' School!
And now i'm in Temasek Poly IIT school,
and i'm taking a Diploma in Financial Business Informatics.
Aka FBI. (HOW COOL IS THAT?!)
Other than this blog,
i also have another blog!
Which is http://www.princess-taqinah.knows.it/.
I also have ANOTHER blog
(that i do not have time to update anymore because i don't have time, and now it's dead)
which is http://twilightmovies.org/blogs/taqinah/
And i have ANOTHER blog,
but it's a secret blog,
which is a platform for me to express my trruueeee feelings!
(trust me, you won't find it. Even though it is not password protected)
I am also a contributer to a couple of blogs,
http://www.one-two-three-4.blogspot.com/
and http://www.spi-lounge.blogspot.com/
WAIT SO HOW MANY BLOGS IS THAT?
6 i think?
HAAAHAHHA!!!!!
Blogging has opened my eyes to the world!
AND THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEOPLE!
And i have met with some famous bloggers along the way!
Jayden
Dawn Yang
Xiaxue
Other than blogging,
i also love
HUGS AND KISSES
HAHAHAHHA!!!!
Okay i shall not elaborate on that.
I also love people who have a good sense of humour
and can laugh when i crack stupid jokes!
I LOVE TO LAUGH A LOT HAHAHA!!!
But i can also be SUPER EMO AND SERIOUS OKAY!
I think i talked too much already.
Next post coming up soon!
first post on CDS
I'm supposed to find things to buy on ebay.
And i'm supposed to pretend that i have
$500 to buy these things.
BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO BUY!
I shall buy everything pink.
THE POST WILL BE COMING SOON!
till then.
And i'm supposed to pretend that i have
$500 to buy these things.
BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO BUY!
I shall buy everything pink.
THE POST WILL BE COMING SOON!
till then.
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