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Monday, March 29, 2010
MetaphorIn just 8 days, I had learned so much about the Internet. From search engines, meta engines, subject directories to evaluation of the website. Initially, I thought I would not be able to manage my time well or even submit the work on time. It was an enjoyable experience. My first time collaborating information on Wiki, using Blogger in a professional way and remembering to cite the page.
Recalling on the first day of lesson, the teacher taught us the term 'Metaphor' whereby you use certain things to describe yourself in a positive way. I used the watermelon to describe myself as it is red colour inside and red means to be very cheerful colour to me. Also, the shape of the watermelon when it is being cut resembles a smile. This best decribes me because I like to smile.
Now, after the 8 days, I going to use the rainbow to describe EIR and my experiences.
Red represents the enjoyable moments I had in EIR
Orange represents the challenges I faced (because orange tastes sour and that is how i felt when I face the challenges)
Yellow represents the liveliness in class, be it the noise made or the laugther everyone and myself had.
Green and Blue represents the peacefulness when everyone is concentrating on their work
Indigo and Violet represents the different learning point everyday
Finally when you combine them all together, the rainbow represents the wonderful memory and experience I had. The rainbow is made of the different colours, it may be good or bad but overall, the rainbow turns out to be sometime very nice.
Reflection on Wiki Experience
The significant learning experience for me is that I was able to communicate with other people. I feel happy that I can contribute some resources and put them in the Wiki for everyone else to see. I was able to share my knowledge with people on Wiki and I believe that sharing is the best gift.
As an individual contributor, I gained the experience of using Wiki. Never did I have contributed to other sites before. I am always the one getting information from other online users. Now I have experienced the joy of sharing with other people. I will be really delighted my contributions have helped the other people. I always ensure my information is relevant to the topic that I am doing. If there were any comments given, I would gladly accept it. Wiki is a place where people share their researched information based on the common topic.
The most challenging experience I had was my part on contributing. It is because other people had 'taken' the lead to start on the topic and so much information are already up there. Initially I was very afraid that I could not contribute much but however I managed to overcome it by researching more and find out what other resources I could add into the wiki page. It was tough at first but then it turned out well in the end. The quote would best describe this is "No Pain No Gain".
An advice I would give is to always to do lots of research. Even though the page already has a lot of information, try your best to contribute. There is always a possibility that some information may be left out and that is when you will get to do your part. Elaborate on the points as much as you can and when you are able to do that, that means you have done enough research.
I would use Wiki for research in my own Diploma because Wiki is a place whereby so many people are contributing together and lots of information can be found. Wiki can help us to expand our knowledge and it would definitely be useful for my research in the future. No one on Earth knows everything about everything. Therefore, I guess Wiki is created because of this reason. Wiki is a community of 'flowing' knowledge, people from anywhere contributes what they know and the collaboration just gets bigger and bigger. By sharing, everyone is able to learn more from one another rather than just from our own contextual knowledge. Last but not least Wiki is freely accessible and this is an important factor for every researcher. If information is not free, the researchers would be having a difficult time and this might turn out to be a big problem for them.
The significant learning experience for me is that I was able to communicate with other people. I feel happy that I can contribute some resources and put them in the Wiki for everyone else to see. I was able to share my knowledge with people on Wiki and I believe that sharing is the best gift.
As an individual contributor, I gained the experience of using Wiki. Never did I have contributed to other sites before. I am always the one getting information from other online users. Now I have experienced the joy of sharing with other people. I will be really delighted my contributions have helped the other people. I always ensure my information is relevant to the topic that I am doing. If there were any comments given, I would gladly accept it. Wiki is a place where people share their researched information based on the common topic.
The most challenging experience I had was my part on contributing. It is because other people had 'taken' the lead to start on the topic and so much information are already up there. Initially I was very afraid that I could not contribute much but however I managed to overcome it by researching more and find out what other resources I could add into the wiki page. It was tough at first but then it turned out well in the end. The quote would best describe this is "No Pain No Gain".
An advice I would give is to always to do lots of research. Even though the page already has a lot of information, try your best to contribute. There is always a possibility that some information may be left out and that is when you will get to do your part. Elaborate on the points as much as you can and when you are able to do that, that means you have done enough research.
I would use Wiki for research in my own Diploma because Wiki is a place whereby so many people are contributing together and lots of information can be found. Wiki can help us to expand our knowledge and it would definitely be useful for my research in the future. No one on Earth knows everything about everything. Therefore, I guess Wiki is created because of this reason. Wiki is a community of 'flowing' knowledge, people from anywhere contributes what they know and the collaboration just gets bigger and bigger. By sharing, everyone is able to learn more from one another rather than just from our own contextual knowledge. Last but not least Wiki is freely accessible and this is an important factor for every researcher. If information is not free, the researchers would be having a difficult time and this might turn out to be a big problem for them.
March 29, 2010
I personally had not try Twitter and I will probably not try to use it. This is because there is a word limit of 140 words in Twitter and people tend to update about their lives every minute instead of sharing useful information. I think that Twitter should be a place where everyone should share their knowledge and this would definitely make a better learning place for everyone. Nevertheless, Twitter is good in a way that it is convenient for people. Immediate updates can be send via SMS. I had encountered some Tweeters whereby they share information, for example health related issues. I like this and it had enhanced my learning of EIR. I find that Blogspot has enhanced more learning of EIR because on blogspot , the information are facts and is always accessible. There are no restrictions unless the user indicates so.
Blogspot is like an online diary for people where they share their life experiences with the public. It helps me in a way that I get facts about certain things and most likely the sources posted on their blog would be reliable. If they did not experience it themselves, the bloggers would not know how and what to write on.
Because of the word limit in Twitter, users cannot post very long updates for the day itself. In return, some would post up links to websites that might be of a relevant source. However, I must be careful on who to follow because some users might just update their daily lives every minute.
I personally had not try Twitter and I will probably not try to use it. This is because there is a word limit of 140 words in Twitter and people tend to update about their lives every minute instead of sharing useful information. I think that Twitter should be a place where everyone should share their knowledge and this would definitely make a better learning place for everyone. Nevertheless, Twitter is good in a way that it is convenient for people. Immediate updates can be send via SMS. I had encountered some Tweeters whereby they share information, for example health related issues. I like this and it had enhanced my learning of EIR. I find that Blogspot has enhanced more learning of EIR because on blogspot , the information are facts and is always accessible. There are no restrictions unless the user indicates so.
Blogspot is like an online diary for people where they share their life experiences with the public. It helps me in a way that I get facts about certain things and most likely the sources posted on their blog would be reliable. If they did not experience it themselves, the bloggers would not know how and what to write on.
Because of the word limit in Twitter, users cannot post very long updates for the day itself. In return, some would post up links to websites that might be of a relevant source. However, I must be careful on who to follow because some users might just update their daily lives every minute.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
My dream holiday would be Hokkaido, Japan!I visited Chan Brothers for more information about Hokkaido.
Mt. Hakodate- graded as the world's three most spectacular view.
Lake Toya
Otaru Music Box Museum
Lake Akan
Evaluation Citerias I used:
Authority
Chan Brothers is a very reliable travel agency. In the past, I had seen them sponsering various television shows and I think without them providing, the television programme would not have been a success. There are contacts and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) so as to facilitate the needs of people.
Accessibility
There are loads of images uploaded. This allow people to see the spectacular scenery of other countries. There are no restrictions and everything accessable is free.
Presentation & Arrangement
The website uses bright colors and easy to use tabs for quick access to different parts of the website.
To tell you the truth, I had never been overseas before. I have been wanting to visit Japan ever since I was young. Singapore is so small and I am very bored of this country. Whereas, Japan has so many breathtaking sceneries as I had seen from television. By just imagining, I could feel how is it like to be in Japan. Another reason because I like to watch various dramas and animation from Japan and that has led me to have an intrest towards Japan.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
"Stomp" is an example of "Citizen Journalism". It complies different articles and anyone is free to post anything. The advantage is that other readers can get more happening information about Singapore. Since anyone is free to post anything, the accuracy and reliability of the source is lowered. We may not know if the article is real or not, or even people may just post irrelevant stuffs. The citerias I used to evaluate Stomp.com :
Purpose
Stomp.com is an entertainment website. It contains articles about local celebrities and the lastest happening things in Singapore.
Currency
The articles are up-to-date. For exmaple, the "lastest" news of Jack Neo's scandal is available on Stomp.
Accuarcy
The articles in Stomp.com maybe not be reliable because registered users can post anything. Hence, there are many sources that are unncessary. For example, there are articles about a cat sleeping under a car and the author find the cat silly. In the end, he got "scolded" by the people and received many negative comments.
Accessibility
There are lots of images avaiable on every article. There are no restrictions to anyone,everyone can access this page. Registration is unnecessary. However if you want to post a comment or contribute an article, registration is required.
Presentation & Arrangement
The home page is nicely designed and it looks attractive. Bright colors are being used and thus enhances the whole website's design. RSS feed is provided to allow users to get immediate updates. Stomp.com has also a 'FaceBook' page, 'Twitter' as well as a 'YouTube' channel.
From this activity, I had learned how evaluate websites. I always go to a website and never know what type of website it is or whether the information are reliable or not.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Later on, I participated in the discussion forum. I feel that by posting my views on the topic, people can know how I feel and maybe some of them might agree with me. I am always willing to accept any comments from other people. This way I can learn to view the topic from different angles and not just from my perspective. Online discussion is an easier way for me to communicate with the others as I am not the type of person who can talk about my opinions all day long. Traditional face-to-face in class discussion may result people getting bored easily maybe because there are only a few who contributes while the rest will just keep quiet and listen. It was a rather meaningful online activity, because I learned how people felt about the topic and I agree with some of their say. In my opinion, no one is right or wrong in the discussion forum, each and everyone of us have our own opinion and we are free to voice them out.
Invisible web(databases) more effective. It is effective because each result they give has a long paragrah of information which is sufficient for my project. It also provides the bibliography and I can email the citation to my own mail account. This is very convinient.
Some times when we use search engines, we might not be able to get sufficient information and have to spend time looking through many pages before I can obtain what I want.
I will use invisble web for my research in my own respective Diploma because I cannot always rely on one particular search engine. I have to expand my ways of doing research and get all sorts resources and finally summarize them together.
"Wiki-ing" was not easy because most of the information were already up and I am afraid I cannot contribute much. Nevertheless, I will try my best and do up lots of research and share what I know with everyone!
Some times when we use search engines, we might not be able to get sufficient information and have to spend time looking through many pages before I can obtain what I want.
I will use invisble web for my research in my own respective Diploma because I cannot always rely on one particular search engine. I have to expand my ways of doing research and get all sorts resources and finally summarize them together.
"Wiki-ing" was not easy because most of the information were already up and I am afraid I cannot contribute much. Nevertheless, I will try my best and do up lots of research and share what I know with everyone!
Saturday, March 20, 2010
March 20, 2010Today, I tried using different search facilities like Meta-Crawler and Yahoo search directory. This is something very new to me as I had always been using Google for any sort of research. The benefits are I can get different information on the same topic and this will save time as I do not have to go through page by page in order to get what I want. Not only that, I can know which search engine best suits for the topic I am researching on.
I had "site feed" to 4 of my fellow clasamtes. By using site feeds on my blog, I can get instant notifications if they were to update their blog. In this way, I do not have to keep visiting their blog to check if they had updated or not. How convenient.
Few mintues ago, I went to share my research findings on the EIR wiki. It was a rather good experience because I had never done this before. What I like best about collaborating on Wiki is that I can learn how is the page is organized and I also get other information that I did not managed to find.I only added a few sentences as there were so much information over there already. I think that my contribution is very little only.Hopefully as the days pass, I can add on more to the page itself and share it with my other mates.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
March 19 , 2010Today's lesson I am suppose to research on the topic I chose. I have learned how to narrow down my search results by using brackets , asterisk, inserting the keywords and using synonyms. For example my topic is on : Discuss the impact of the proliferation of fast food chains in the world market on public health.
Here are the keywords I picked out : Impact , Proliferation , Fast Food and Public Health.
Synonyms : Effects , Spreading
Upon entering on search query that include the keyword and variations , I am impressed by Google's search functions and features. Google has an addtional function which is the advance search. This redues irrelevant information and thus I am able to get even better results. Bolding the keywords in the title as well as the short description of the webpage is a feature of Google. I am impressed by all these because it saves time on what I kind of results I want and the bolding of the texts allows me to spot the keywords easily. I then can decide whether I want to continue reading the webpage itself.
I have experiences of participating in discussion forums. However my past experiences were on gaming and not for any sort of research. Now I know that not only I can know other people opinions , I can also know about certain information that I do not know of in the forum itself . Forum is helpful for my research because , everyone from anywhere can contribute their opinions to anyone and I myself or anyone can gain more knowledge. There is no one that knows everything, so forum is a way to get more information as well as to enhance our own knowledge. Since I had experiences , I am not anxious about talking to others I do not know. I am willing to accept what other people say and even if I get offended , I should just forget it because I cannot do anything about it.
I must do citation and bibliography is because there is a need to acknowledge the source of information. I am not the one who provided the information available and these are the contributions from other people and I should not claim it as my own work. If I do not cite , it constitutes to plagiarism , which is a serious offence and will lead to consequenses.
Today I had learn about the different websites such as blogs , forums and wikis
where I can find useful informations.
In addition I had learn about the difference between a blog and a wiki. A blog is a simple online diary that contains real life stories or experiences of one person whereas for a wiki , there are lots of information and anyone is allowed to edit or add content to the page itself.
In a forum , it is like a community . Everyone can voice their opinions and share with you their point of view. This way, everyone can benefit and thus enhacing our knowledge towards certain things that we might never know of.
Also, I had learn about the 5 different purposes of websites.
Let me recap here and at the same time I can remember it well :
1. Information - state facts
2. Advocacy- Promote a cause/ campaign For example : Human rights , Animal rights
3. News - provides the latest and happening news
4. Entertainment - musics , games
5. Business/Marketing - Product and catalogues
As for my research project , I had chosen the topic on : Impact of the proliferation of fast food chains in the world market. Simply Simply it means what will happen to the public's health given the spreading of fast food chains in the world market.
I hope i can achieve good grades!!! All the best everyone
where I can find useful informations.
In addition I had learn about the difference between a blog and a wiki. A blog is a simple online diary that contains real life stories or experiences of one person whereas for a wiki , there are lots of information and anyone is allowed to edit or add content to the page itself.
In a forum , it is like a community . Everyone can voice their opinions and share with you their point of view. This way, everyone can benefit and thus enhacing our knowledge towards certain things that we might never know of.
Also, I had learn about the 5 different purposes of websites.
Let me recap here and at the same time I can remember it well :
1. Information - state facts
2. Advocacy- Promote a cause/ campaign For example : Human rights , Animal rights
3. News - provides the latest and happening news
4. Entertainment - musics , games
5. Business/Marketing - Product and catalogues
As for my research project , I had chosen the topic on : Impact of the proliferation of fast food chains in the world market. Simply Simply it means what will happen to the public's health given the spreading of fast food chains in the world market.
I hope i can achieve good grades!!! All the best everyone
Today's assesment is to do a "Shopping Spree". Now I "have" $500 and sooooo I decided to buy:
Ipod Nano 8gb
It costs $149. I've always wanted an Ipod Nano because it's light , large storage amount and the colours of the MP3 are very bright , that is what I like most. Also , there is a new feature in this new generation of Ipod . It now has a new built-in video camera and it comes with special effects as well. How great is that!? So many functions in just one small Mp3.
Next ,
Nintendo DSi XL
A gaming console that I want to own. It costs $190 , well $189.99 actually. It has touch-screen interface , camera , dual screens , built-in microphone as well as WiFi connection. Another gadget with so many functions!!
So now , $500-$149-190 = $161
Chuck Taylor Slim Ox
The new footwear released in Converse. It costs $60. From what I saw in the actual store, this shoe uses soft fabric and the design is in slimmer fit design. I can imagine that it would be really comfortable and I find the price reasonable. If you want good quality , you will have to pay a certain price , right?
Almost Alice
This is an album of various artists inspired by Tim Burton's film 'Alice in Wonderland'
In this album has some of the artists that I like , for example - Owl City and Avril Lavigne.
It costs $18 at Popular.
<u>Ipod Nano Armband
This product costs $30. Very convenient for me to bring along my Ipod if I were to go exercise!
Song Active MDR-AS50G Headphone
This product costs $50. Another very convenient item for me to use if I were to exercise. It's secure and will not easily drop out of my ear like ear-piece.
Final deduction : $500-$149-$190-$60-$18-$30-$50 = $3
If I am able to get those I will be very contented. As for the remaining $3 , I will buy candies and then share it with everyone!
Ipod Nano 8gb
It costs $149. I've always wanted an Ipod Nano because it's light , large storage amount and the colours of the MP3 are very bright , that is what I like most. Also , there is a new feature in this new generation of Ipod . It now has a new built-in video camera and it comes with special effects as well. How great is that!? So many functions in just one small Mp3.
Next ,
Nintendo DSi XL
A gaming console that I want to own. It costs $190 , well $189.99 actually. It has touch-screen interface , camera , dual screens , built-in microphone as well as WiFi connection. Another gadget with so many functions!!
So now , $500-$149-190 = $161
Chuck Taylor Slim Ox
The new footwear released in Converse. It costs $60. From what I saw in the actual store, this shoe uses soft fabric and the design is in slimmer fit design. I can imagine that it would be really comfortable and I find the price reasonable. If you want good quality , you will have to pay a certain price , right?
Almost Alice
This is an album of various artists inspired by Tim Burton's film 'Alice in Wonderland'
In this album has some of the artists that I like , for example - Owl City and Avril Lavigne.
It costs $18 at Popular.
<u>Ipod Nano Armband
This product costs $30. Very convenient for me to bring along my Ipod if I were to go exercise!
Song Active MDR-AS50G Headphone
This product costs $50. Another very convenient item for me to use if I were to exercise. It's secure and will not easily drop out of my ear like ear-piece.
Final deduction : $500-$149-$190-$60-$18-$30-$50 = $3
If I am able to get those I will be very contented. As for the remaining $3 , I will buy candies and then share it with everyone!
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
HELLO EVERYONE !!!!!!Name: Zera Tan
Nickname : Zee
Dip in Game & Entertainment Technology
Favourite past time activites : Badminton , Cycling , Blog-hopping
Favourite Singer : No particular person/anyone. What I think is nice , I'll just listen to them :)
Favourtie TV Programme : Japanese Anime(s)&Dramas
Favourite hangouts : Changi Airport T3 , ECP( SUN , SAND & WATER! ) , Bedok Library
Favourtie internet sites : Facebook , Flickr & Tumblr
One sport that I am passionate about is cycling! I like to feel the wind and I love the sun :D