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Sunday, November 7, 2010

Practical One (:

Activity 1 :

I have selected the Topic Discuss the Development and Usage of Twitter in Education.I have a hard time trying to figure out what are the different categories of sources which I got my research from at first , but gradually after reading and got help from the lecture slides i managed to somehow figure out their differences.
I then started to search for information based on my topic with the use of different categories of research sources which are organisational website, blog, E-Magazine/Journals and Dicussion Forums. As i search information based on all the four different research sources, i found out some differences and some good as well as bad points among one another.

Firstly, i used the Google and AskJeeves search engines to search for information on my topics.For personal preference, i prefer using Google as i am more used to using it and it is also user friendly in the sense that its main page has more option tabs like Web, Images, Maps, Books, News, Translate and many more whereas for AskJeeves has only Web, Images and Videos.

As i did my research, i managed to find an Organisational website on the topic named Faculty Focus. The good points of an organisational website is that they provides a Full-Text document for us to download on a more in-depth explanation on the searched topic. In addition, it provides Facts and Figures on their information.(For eg. Statistics, percentage etc).Hence, we need not worry that the information provided is untrue or an assumtion etc.
Link to an organisational website: http://www.facultyfocus.com/

Next was an e-Magazine/Journal category and the resource name i found was eLearn Magazine. As for e-Magazines /Journals , the good points is that it provides multiple links for further related links. This makes our searching easier as we will be able to locate more related articles on the topic much easier and being able to obtain more info.And since it provides materials based from newspaper articles, it would be reliable to our research.
Link to an e-Magazine/Journal website: http://elearnmag.org/

Next was the Blog category and the resource name is Blog By Carol. For research information on blogs, the good points is that some blogs tend to provide personal experiences as information on our research topic which would be useful.(for eg. A university professors blog about his teachings and various learning topics which could be similar&useful to our research). However, on the other hand i feel that blogs at times might not be accurate and provide irrelevant information. 
Link to a blog website: http://cooper-taylor.com/blog/

Lastly, was the dicussion forum category and the resource name is eduFire. The good points of online dicussion forums is that it compromises of different people's veiws and opinions on the topic, it's where people share their own thoughts.This is good as it gives different number of information and wider range to choose from. However, the bad thing is that the information might not be true and incorrect as they are not actual facts from books etc. So, we need to be more careful in filtering out the more relevant info which could be quite troublesome and at times we might even make mistakes.
Link to a discussion forum website: http://edufire.com/content/articles/

Activity 2: 

BlogShopping.

I started off with going through some websites like eBay and Shopping.com as what was instructed in the eLearning video of Pratical 1 Activity 2. After browsing through the 2 internet websites, i was able to get hold of some items which i wanted to buy. Below are the items i wish to purchase along with their individual costs and the URL where i go to:

Royal WES2000 Wireless Speaker System. Costs: from $87.16
URL:http://www.shopping.com/Royal-29298R/info
It is a 900MHz, RF technology,weatherproof for indoor/outdoor usage,auto on/off and auto tuning function,operational distance up to 164ft.

ARAI Redline Motorcycle Racing Jacket. Costs: $65.00
URL:http://www.olx.com.sg/arai-redline-motorcycle-racing-jackets-brand-new-iid-114919527

The material is thick-padded with inner double lining, semi-waterproof/windbreaker, comes with mathcing ARAI jacket sling bag.


DC Men's Court Graffik SE Skate Shoe White/ Dark Shadow Plaid. Costs: $59.95
URL: http://www.shopping.com/dc-mens-court-graffik-se/
Foam Padded Tongue and collar for added comfort/support.Soft tricot lining.Internal plastic tongue holder for added foot stability.Highly abrasion-resistant sticky rubber cup sole. Multi-tone bottom with DC's trademark "pill" pattern.Very durable.


Special Blend Strike Snowboard Pants. Costs: $98.97
URL: http://www.amazon.com/Special-Blend-Strike-Snowboard-Pant/

It is waterproofing and critically taped seams to keep dry.Inseam vents could be unzipped to cool down during hot weathers.It has a relaxed fit with plenty of cargo space.

I also did some blog shopping where i went to search for online blog shopping sites where they sold a variety of Tee Shirts etc. Below is one blogshop where i found some nice Tee Shirts i wished to buy:
URL: http://asterixtees.wordpress.com/

Rock The Labyrinth Tee. Costs: $32.90
Age Innovation Tee. Costs: $34.90
Guilty Pleasures Tee. Costs:$29.90
As seen above are the Tee Shirts i found out in a blogshop which are very cheap and has great designs.
The purpose of the online shopping website i had visited is to look for different sources where i could find cheap but good quality/nice designs items. It is also to get to understand the differences in blogshops as compared to other online shopping sites like eBay or Shopping.com or Amazon.com. Their differences may varies in the form of price, layout of the items, design of the website which makes it more interesting, user-friendliness in purchasing/pre-ordering of items.

And as for the other shopping sites i visited like Shopping.com or Amazon.com or eBay, the purpose is to
better understand the different ways we could search out for information like shopping for items.It is also to be able to compare the different websites in finding out which one gives the best price etc.
Therefore, to conclude, the main purpose for the websites i visited is to allow me to understand the different forms of categorized websites to further enable me to gather more reliable information.

What I learnt today~
-Different forms of sources to retrieve information
-Benefits of each and every form of categorized website
-The use of search engines and its effectiveness
-How to filter out the correct information 

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