Wednesday, January 30, 2008
The most important lesson learnt in UIR will be research skills. Before this subject, I only use Yahoo or Google website for research and I cannot really identify which type of website is more suitable for my topic and I spent more time doing research. After I attend this subject, I learnt of many different search facilities, types of websites and I can also tell if the website is of a reliable source. This saves a lot of my research time and I am able to get more useful information using shorter time. Thanks to UIR!
Labels: Practical 9
MyPalace @ 10:46 PM
We had our quiz this week and I wasn’t prepared for it. I did not know which topic to study so I studied only topic 4 & 5. I failed the quiz. A lot of the questions came out from topic 6 and I had no idea what that was about. After the quiz, my group leader got the links from us and did the bibliographies for the Wiki.
Labels: Practical 8
MyPalace @ 10:46 PM
This week I have to access my group’s Wiki to submit our comment and I found the impact of drug abuse.
It affects your brain. It can cause mind and mood changes such as anxiety, euphoria, and depression. Long-term effects can include chronic fatigue, paranoid or delusional thinking, and permanent psychological damage.
It affects your body. It increases the heart rate, blood pressure, and risk of stroke. Some may reduce the rate of lung growth and the level of maximum lung function that can be achieved.
It affects your self-control. It may be very addictive as some contains nicotine (a powerfully addictive substance). They will find it hard to quit after they continue to abuse drugs.
It can kill you. An overdose of drugs can result in heart failure. Long-term physical effects such as liver, kidney, and lung damage may also kill you.
Labels: Practical 7
MyPalace @ 10:45 PM
Upon completing this practical, I went into OLE discussion board to post my reply to the question. “Briefly explain how Internet has enriched your academic life. Illustrate your answer using at least ONE Internet resource you had learnt in UIR”.
I believe all polytechnic students are very dependent on internet. I cannot live my academic life without the use of internet. It is very important to me because I use it to do researches for my projects. The information in the internet is readily available; there is no need for me to go to the library to research for the materials. Thus it saves a lot of my time and I can spend more time online doing researches.
One of the search facilities I've learnt is
www.google.com search engine. Through UIR, I learnt more about google website and the features it had to enhance my keyword search. Features such as the filter and boolean operators allow me to narrow my search to make it more specific and of higher relevancy.
With the use of internet, I can save time, energy, and gain more knowledge.
Labels: Practical 6B
MyPalace @ 10:43 PM
This week we had our quiz and I was quite prepared for it. However, I did not score for it due to my carelessness. After the quiz we formed our assignment 2’s group and they are Benny, Guo Wei, Jeremy, Jarrett and me. The topic we’ve chosen is “Discuss the impact of drugs abuse on youths”. We thought this is a very interesting topic that we can work on as nowadays we can see so many youths addicted to drugs.
Purpose
Q: Are the aims of the website clearly stated?
A: Yes.
CoverageQ:What is the coverage of the site?
What subject areas and materials are covered?
A:
-ways of helping the youth to get out of the drug abuse
-ways to prevent youth from drug abuse
-campaigns
-community support program
-information on drug abuse
-donation
-volunteering opportunities
Q: Are the links to other sites useful?
A: Yes. It provides relevant information such as Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) which is related to the topic.
AuthorityQ: Is this an authoritative source?
A: Yes.
AccuracyQ: Are the facts accurate?
A: Yes. Their information are based on researches
Q: Does it use research as a basis?
A: Yes.
Q: Is it a factual site or one that contains an opinion?
A: Factual site
Currency
Q: Is the information up-to-date?
A: Yes. It has got newsletters and reports for recent years such as 2006 & 2007.
Q: Is it well-maintained?
A: Yes. The newsletters are categorized into the four seasons.
AccessibilityQ: Is the site easily accessible?
A: Yes. It is a user-friendly website
Q: Does it require registration and log-ins?
A: No.
Q: Are all the information accessible for FREE?
A: Yes. No fees required.
Presentation and ArrangementQ: Is the information well presented and arranged? Is the information clearly, consistently and logically presented and arranged?
A: Yes. They are well spaced out and easy for users to read.
Q: Are there any features such as site map, an index or a search facility?
A: No. There is no search facility.
UsabilityQ: Are there user support facilities?
A: Yes. Below shows that the website includes help-line as well as some self-test to allow the addicted teenagers to get help and realize their addiction respectively.
Overall Q: What is your overall impression of the quality of the website?
A: Informative, user friendly, updated, easily available, provide relevant links.
Labels: Practical 6A
MyPalace @ 10:33 PM
Saturday, January 5, 2008
Type of website:
PersonalResource Name/URL: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/03/the_failure_of.html
Resource Description: It is a personal website that talks about the failure of 2fa, saying that “It's not going to secure online accounts from fraudulent transactions”. This is purely from the writer’s opinion, not the fact.
Type of website:
PersonalResource Name/URL: http://blog.ironkey.com/?p=54
Resource Description: This is a blog by Dave Jevans, this webpage displayed the others opinion too. Some described 2FA as a useless device by itself.
Type of website:
Organization
Resource Name/URL: http://www.ocbc.com/personal-banking/2FA/2fa.shtml
Resource Description: OCBC official website that talks briefly about the use of 2FA in their internet and mobile banking.
Type of website:
Subject-Based
Resource Name/URL:
http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid14_gci1168308,00.htmlResource Description: It describes the different types of authentications including 2FA.
The search facility I used to search for the resources is:
http://www.google.com/Keywords used:
2 Factor Authentication
2FAMajor Difference amongst the three types of websites:
Personal: informal, incomplete sentences, more of opinions.
Organisation: formal, description of product and how it helps them to provide better service
Subject-Based: formal, specific focus
This research helps me realize that there are different types of websites. From here I will know which website to look for when doing a research of a product, I will not look for personal website as it is not reliable as their information are of personal opinions.
Labels: Practical 2
MyPalace @ 10:56 PM
Friday, November 30, 2007
This post is for practical 3..
Resource 1: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/
Purpose of resource :
NewsReasons : This website is used to provide information on current events that happened globally.
Resource 2: http://www.miniclip.com/games/en/
Purpose of resource :
Entertainment
Reasons : This website is established to provide enjoyment such as games. It also provide some links to related shopping sites such as the games store.
Resource 3: https://www.blogger.com
Purpose of resource :
PersonalReasons : This website is used by individuals to create a personal blog to provide personal information such as their interests. The subject range may be wide as they can include basically everything under the sun into their own blog.
Resource 4: http://www.apple.com/itunes/
Purpose of resource :
Business/Marketing
Reasons : This website is constructed to promote the iPod product from the Apple company. It provides online catalogues that shows the different Apple products and iTune service. It also shows the latest information about the company and the offered online services.
This research helps me realize that there are so many different purposes of websites. The information is categorized into 4 categories. All websites belong to at least one of the purposes mentioned above.
Labels: Practical 3
MyPalace @ 10:27 AM
