Brown & Michaels from http://www.bpmlegal.com/overview.html
This reading concerns the processes of protection against attackers which may want your information. The author explains how the reader can protect him/her self by having patents, copyrights and tradmarks.
The three types of patents described are design patents, plant patents and utility patents.
Trademarks can protect a logo or symbol of a product or source so no one other than the person who owns it can use it.
Copyrights protects the source's authority, composition and artistry.
Monday, May 26, 2008
Week Twelve - Lecture Summary
Social and ethical issues were the topic focus of this week's lecture. The web can be dangerous as there can be possible identity theft. This is because there are open protocols and no enforeable standards. There are many smart people who use the internet that can attack the less smart who also use it. Also, freedom is speech is allowed on the internet, this is because the internet is unruled and has little security. There are a number of problems which can be caused because of this:
- Copyright Issues
- Plagiarism
- Privacy
- Password Theft
- Personal Detail Theft
To enabled protection from these things a firewall could be installed as well as antivirus software. Be also aware of file attachments such as .zip, .rar, etc as these can be downloaded along with a virus. Anti-spyware software is also a good idea which can guard your computer against harmful spyware.
- Copyright Issues
- Plagiarism
- Privacy
- Password Theft
- Personal Detail Theft
To enabled protection from these things a firewall could be installed as well as antivirus software. Be also aware of file attachments such as .zip, .rar, etc as these can be downloaded along with a virus. Anti-spyware software is also a good idea which can guard your computer against harmful spyware.
Week Eleven - Data, Information, Knowledge, Wisdom
Definitions:
Data: A symbol which has no meaning attached. (fact)
Information: A collected amount of data relating to each other. (observation)
Knowledge: An inference or judgement of the information. Has meaning. (inference)
Wisdom: An understanding of knowledge with the ability to judge the meaning of something.
Knowing the relation between data, information, knowledge and wisdom will allow me to progress easier with my university studies as I now know how I can construct knowledge from information which is from data. When reading, or even viewing, I can identify the facts and convert them to knowledge which can be used for assignments or even exams.
The image below interprets the way data is converted to knowledge.
Data: A symbol which has no meaning attached. (fact)
Information: A collected amount of data relating to each other. (observation)
Knowledge: An inference or judgement of the information. Has meaning. (inference)
Wisdom: An understanding of knowledge with the ability to judge the meaning of something.
Knowing the relation between data, information, knowledge and wisdom will allow me to progress easier with my university studies as I now know how I can construct knowledge from information which is from data. When reading, or even viewing, I can identify the facts and convert them to knowledge which can be used for assignments or even exams.
The image below interprets the way data is converted to knowledge.
Week Eleven - Readings
Data, Information, Knowledge, and Wisdom from http://www.systems-thinking.org/dikw/dikw.htm
This website discusses data, information, knowledge, understanding and wisdome. Firstly, data is explained as symbols, whether being a colour, number, letter, etc. Anything without judgement. Information as data that is processed to be useful, which usually answers the questions of who, what where, when. This still has no judgements attached though can lead one to understand an idea or topic which leads to wisdom. Wisdom is the evaluation of understanding. All undertsanding of a topic or idea is carried by knowledge, information and data.
Knowing this, i understand the method of producing ideas through the above to gain wisdom of a topic.
Information Literacy Tutorial from http://camellia.shc.edu/literacy/index.html
This website concerns the above which is discussed though adds detail to the conversions of data to information to knowledge. This website offers help to learn how to construct knowledge from information and data. Though this is done, it holds the same information discussed in Data, Information, Knowledge, and Wisdom.
This website discusses data, information, knowledge, understanding and wisdome. Firstly, data is explained as symbols, whether being a colour, number, letter, etc. Anything without judgement. Information as data that is processed to be useful, which usually answers the questions of who, what where, when. This still has no judgements attached though can lead one to understand an idea or topic which leads to wisdom. Wisdom is the evaluation of understanding. All undertsanding of a topic or idea is carried by knowledge, information and data.
Knowing this, i understand the method of producing ideas through the above to gain wisdom of a topic.
Information Literacy Tutorial from http://camellia.shc.edu/literacy/index.html
This website concerns the above which is discussed though adds detail to the conversions of data to information to knowledge. This website offers help to learn how to construct knowledge from information and data. Though this is done, it holds the same information discussed in Data, Information, Knowledge, and Wisdom.
Week Eleven - Lecture Summary
This week's lecture involved the discussion of data, information and knowledge. Data was explained as a fact of proposition (raw), information as a collection of facts or data that relate to each other and knowledge as the sum or range of what is percieved, discovered or learned.
- Data is seen as unbiased, straightfoward and objective
- Information as summative with meaning
- Knowledge biased, inference, judgement
Knowledge is created by information, information is made of data.
These ideas are constructed into examples using business. Business operations work from data and information while business intelligence operates from knowledge.
- Data is seen as unbiased, straightfoward and objective
- Information as summative with meaning
- Knowledge biased, inference, judgement
Knowledge is created by information, information is made of data.
These ideas are constructed into examples using business. Business operations work from data and information while business intelligence operates from knowledge.
Week Ten - "The DNA of Information"
Negroponte’s ideas about bit and atom based information concern the accessibility, security, transferability and value. He states that the when asking the value of a laptop, only the atom-based components are measures. Negroponte’s laptop came to $2000 even though he had one million dollars worth of bit-based material within.
A number of pros and cons are discussed by Negroponte concerning bit and atom based information:
Bit-based information can be sent from and to all over the world while atom-based costs to send which can calculate up to forty five percent of the total cost. The time to send atom-based material is also takes longer to than bit-based. Not to mention the efficiency of sending bit-based information with the ease and accessibility of the entire method.
It is later stated that even though bit-based information can be converted into atom-based, it does not mean that atom-based will not one day be able to be converted into bit-based then atom-based.
Even though this was written thirteen years ago, it is still relevant as bit-based information is used the same way as well as atom-based information. The pros and con are also still the same today as it was then.
A number of pros and cons are discussed by Negroponte concerning bit and atom based information:
Bit-based information can be sent from and to all over the world while atom-based costs to send which can calculate up to forty five percent of the total cost. The time to send atom-based material is also takes longer to than bit-based. Not to mention the efficiency of sending bit-based information with the ease and accessibility of the entire method.
It is later stated that even though bit-based information can be converted into atom-based, it does not mean that atom-based will not one day be able to be converted into bit-based then atom-based.
Even though this was written thirteen years ago, it is still relevant as bit-based information is used the same way as well as atom-based information. The pros and con are also still the same today as it was then.
Week Ten - Favourites and Bookmarks Task
The website 'Favourites' from http://www.inette.com/aibtinette/favoritesI.html explains the step by step method of creating a favourites list and organising its data. It begins by showing the reader how to access favourite via internet explorer.
Next, the author shows how one can create a favourites link of a website of their choice. This allows for a couple of simple clicks of the mouse to access the same website without having to type in any url or passing through other websites or pages.
it is also shown that the reader can organise their favourite into certain files. You can have 10 favourite in one file for example. These files can be named and classified into subjects.
Using favourites via internet explorer is a great and effective way to access a number of different webpages without having to spend large amounts of time or effort with returning back to a page you have visited before.
The images below show the favourites list I have produced on my own.
Next, the author shows how one can create a favourites link of a website of their choice. This allows for a couple of simple clicks of the mouse to access the same website without having to type in any url or passing through other websites or pages.
it is also shown that the reader can organise their favourite into certain files. You can have 10 favourite in one file for example. These files can be named and classified into subjects.
Using favourites via internet explorer is a great and effective way to access a number of different webpages without having to spend large amounts of time or effort with returning back to a page you have visited before.
The images below show the favourites list I have produced on my own.
Week Ten - Lecture Summary
This week's lecture involved the discussion of information management. Firstly, there are two types of information formats: atom-based and bit-based. Atom-based information are those such as books, papers, reports, etc, while those of bit-based formats are electronic content, digital reproductions and many others. A variety of pros and cons were stated between the two, nit-based information are seen as very cheap and flexible with the ability to be editted easily. Atom-based information on the other hand are hard to copy and change though are easily protected and can be hid.
There are a number of ways bit-based information can be stored.
.zip
.wav
.mpeg and many others
These are electronically stored and are not hard copy. These allow easy tranfers, acess and editting. Computers allow the organisation of bit-based information which make its functions more accessable.
There are a number of ways bit-based information can be stored.
.zip
.wav
.mpeg and many others
These are electronically stored and are not hard copy. These allow easy tranfers, acess and editting. Computers allow the organisation of bit-based information which make its functions more accessable.
Week Nine - Email Readings
This week's reading tasks include learning about email etiquette and what to do and dont in emails. Emails are expalined as large time wasters when not written effectively. When writing an email, one should be specific and get right to the point with not to wasting time. When writing emails, many use slang or unfinished words, this is seen as unprofessional and can sometimes be looked down upon. Grammer and puncuation should be applied to solve this problem. Also, dont use profanities as this lowers the professionalism of the email, if also seen by a boss/superior, the situation could lead to trouble.
The language of the email can be quite hard to write. Keep in mind the tone, irony, sarcasm, etc. These can lead to other interpretations of the email which can lead to trouble.
The language of the email can be quite hard to write. Keep in mind the tone, irony, sarcasm, etc. These can lead to other interpretations of the email which can lead to trouble.
Week Nine - Podcast Task
This task involved me searching 2 podcasts and listening to them. With itunes, I searched for medical science and got Science on Mornings, on triple j and All in the Mind - The science of happiness. The Science on Mornings is from the radio station 'triple j' which had a number of callers asking questions to a famous scientist who answered them. While 'All in the Mind' discussed how the human body creates happiness through hormones and chemical reactions. Both were very useful in creating my knowledge of medical science greater.
The ECU library allows for one to download podcast downloaders like Itunes. Podcasts are also available from ECU library, explaining how the library works.
The potential benefits from podcasts are gaining are larger amount of knowledge from radios, transcripts, interviews, etc. I reguarly listen to podcasts to gain more knowledge about medical science as it interest me and teaches me more about the subject.
The ECU library allows for one to download podcast downloaders like Itunes. Podcasts are also available from ECU library, explaining how the library works.
The potential benefits from podcasts are gaining are larger amount of knowledge from radios, transcripts, interviews, etc. I reguarly listen to podcasts to gain more knowledge about medical science as it interest me and teaches me more about the subject.
Week Nine - Group Search Task
Visiting google and selecting the GROUPS tab allowed me to search for a topic via groups. The words I chose to submit were 'hard determinism'. The image below shows the groups which appeared after submitting the search:
- alt.zen
- alt.atheism
- alt.religion.christian.presbyterian
- Atheism vs Christianity
- alt.philosophy
- alt.astrology.moderated
Entering the bulletin room of alt.atheism, I found a 150 posted argument of freewill vs determinism. Some contribute to the discussion with religion while others with logic. This allows me to obtain other's point of views on the topic and re-judge my own view. This bulletin has given me a number of other ideas which I have not yet thought about the topic. This leads me to think that at another time, I will be able to read other's views on any topic with bulletins via group searches.
- alt.zen
- alt.atheism
- alt.religion.christian.presbyterian
- Atheism vs Christianity
- alt.philosophy
- alt.astrology.moderated
Entering the bulletin room of alt.atheism, I found a 150 posted argument of freewill vs determinism. Some contribute to the discussion with religion while others with logic. This allows me to obtain other's point of views on the topic and re-judge my own view. This bulletin has given me a number of other ideas which I have not yet thought about the topic. This leads me to think that at another time, I will be able to read other's views on any topic with bulletins via group searches.
Week Nine - Lecture Summary
This week's lecture concerns communication. Beginning with the discussion of the importance of communication in today's world, we were asked to produce an email to suit appropriate net etiquette. After we all confirmed the importance of communication, the role of the ICT was explained: communication between individuals, businesses, organisations, etc. The ways this can be done are through the use of mobile phones (3G network), video, tele-conferencing, ipods, mp3, e-mail, through forums, instant chat programs, pc games, blogs, etc.
Synchronous and anynchronous communication was then explained. Synchronous is when communication within parties are all talking at the same time, while anynchronous communication is when parties take turns to communicate. This can either be done independently or dependently - Anywhere in cyberspace or in the same place.
Though this has its advantages, there are a number of disadvantages. One of them being pedophiles against young kids communicating over these tools. Even though, ICT is a great communication process which allows for an increase of information to the public in a variety of contexts.
Synchronous and anynchronous communication was then explained. Synchronous is when communication within parties are all talking at the same time, while anynchronous communication is when parties take turns to communicate. This can either be done independently or dependently - Anywhere in cyberspace or in the same place.
Though this has its advantages, there are a number of disadvantages. One of them being pedophiles against young kids communicating over these tools. Even though, ICT is a great communication process which allows for an increase of information to the public in a variety of contexts.
Week Eight - Reading
The website 'PowerPoint in the Classroom' ,from http://www.actden.com/pp2003/ teaches the reader PowerPoint and how to use it. It firstly explains how to create slide followed by editting and adding images and charts. Sounds and animation by motion is also explained with basic steps with how to do it. Time and rehearsing is discussed in relation to speeches: how to time yourself while you talk.
This website allows the reader to learn how to use PowerPoint step by step with the above functions. Any reader could go through out this website and learn enough to create a presentation.
This website allows the reader to learn how to use PowerPoint step by step with the above functions. Any reader could go through out this website and learn enough to create a presentation.
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Week Eight - PowerPoint
This exercise consisted of me producing a PowerPoint to explain how to produce a low impact presentation. Below is the images for the PowerPoint:
Week Eight - Top Five Stategies to Give a Top Notch Presentation
Top Five Tips
1) When creating a powerpoint presentation, keep the slides simple. Each slide should consist of only one point. This is become the audience cannot absorb all information if there are large amounts presented.
2) Take your time and do not speak too quickly. This will enable the audience to hear every word said clearly. If the speaker is speaking too fast then the words are heard unclearly and the message to the audience is not understood.
3) Make sure you are engaging with the audience. Involve them within the presentation. Questions or even discussion may be carried out for this. This allows the audience to remember more as they are involved with what is being discussed.
4) Formatting should be done effectively considering the type target audience. High contrasted colours and big font size without adding fancy animations or font styles which may distract the audience.
5) Walking around or adding attention to you or the discussion can improve the discussion concerning the topic. Helen mentioned within the lecture that walking around helped produce attention. This can be done by reaching to every audience member.
1) When creating a powerpoint presentation, keep the slides simple. Each slide should consist of only one point. This is become the audience cannot absorb all information if there are large amounts presented.
2) Take your time and do not speak too quickly. This will enable the audience to hear every word said clearly. If the speaker is speaking too fast then the words are heard unclearly and the message to the audience is not understood.
3) Make sure you are engaging with the audience. Involve them within the presentation. Questions or even discussion may be carried out for this. This allows the audience to remember more as they are involved with what is being discussed.
4) Formatting should be done effectively considering the type target audience. High contrasted colours and big font size without adding fancy animations or font styles which may distract the audience.
5) Walking around or adding attention to you or the discussion can improve the discussion concerning the topic. Helen mentioned within the lecture that walking around helped produce attention. This can be done by reaching to every audience member.
Week Eight - Lecture Summary
Week eight's lecture summary concerned presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint. We firstly began with watching a short video clip about creating a good presentation then having to make a comilation of 10 good tips for presenting. These included, add brief sentences, pictures, some some colours, big font, etc.
The lecture continued by explaining the audience's point of view. This was explained by 'selling' what you are saying. Engage with the aundience and make it look and sound like you are know and believe what you are talking about.
Later, the types of presentations were described.
- Video
- CD-ROM
- Wep-Page
- Essay
- Paper
- Oral Presentation
Then it was explained that it is best to have visuals as well as a speech when presenting. More is remembered by the audience when they are presented with visual and hearing sensed presentations.
When creating your presentation, a lot of work must still be added when creating it even though it should be left simple. Introduction, the body and conclusion must be well structure enabling for an engaging presentation.
Lastly, audience involvement must occur. This may include asking the audience questions.
The lecture continued by explaining the audience's point of view. This was explained by 'selling' what you are saying. Engage with the aundience and make it look and sound like you are know and believe what you are talking about.
Later, the types of presentations were described.
- Video
- CD-ROM
- Wep-Page
- Essay
- Paper
- Oral Presentation
Then it was explained that it is best to have visuals as well as a speech when presenting. More is remembered by the audience when they are presented with visual and hearing sensed presentations.
When creating your presentation, a lot of work must still be added when creating it even though it should be left simple. Introduction, the body and conclusion must be well structure enabling for an engaging presentation.
Lastly, audience involvement must occur. This may include asking the audience questions.
Week Seven - Reading Summaries
Guide to EndNote v9 @ ECU: An introduction to EndNote for new users at
Edith Cowan University
This reading begins with explaining what endnote is. Endnote is a program which can be inbuilt into Microsoft Word and be used as a reference library. One can easily produce both in-text and end-text references within their work quickly and efficiently.
This guide continues introducing endnote to the reader by explaining the step by step process to building a reference library. This includes selecting the type of reference for your library, eg:book, electronic jounral, etc. The guide then continues by explaining the fine details of adding the details of author, date, etc.
It then explains the different styles which can be selected depending on the course on is studying with each style is presented differently. Following this, a description of the method to incorporate the references into your document. Adding the citations within the readers text is explained, by the number of functions available.
Laslty, the guide explains the ways of exporting journal database references from ECU library directly into endnote. This needs little effort as it almost does it itself.
This guide enables the reader to specifically understand the functions and abilities of endnote. With this understanding, the reader can reference all texts used in his/her work without the cause of plagiarism.
Technical Support & Services
This web page offers support and services concerning endnote. Here is allows one to download patches and applications for endnote.
A number of links to other web pages are provided for some extra reading concerning the 'hot issues' with referencing, endnote and other topics.
A link to an endnote discussion forum is also available to some who wish to discuss issues of endnote or simply ask for help and advice. This is seen as a very helpful tool to those with little understanding of the program, who need help.
This is a fairly your page to access a number of different pages for support, help and downloads for endnote. This site should be reguarly checked for updates to keep endnote, and the readers referencing up to date, as well as knowing the current topics being discussed.
Edith Cowan University
This reading begins with explaining what endnote is. Endnote is a program which can be inbuilt into Microsoft Word and be used as a reference library. One can easily produce both in-text and end-text references within their work quickly and efficiently.
This guide continues introducing endnote to the reader by explaining the step by step process to building a reference library. This includes selecting the type of reference for your library, eg:book, electronic jounral, etc. The guide then continues by explaining the fine details of adding the details of author, date, etc.
It then explains the different styles which can be selected depending on the course on is studying with each style is presented differently. Following this, a description of the method to incorporate the references into your document. Adding the citations within the readers text is explained, by the number of functions available.
Laslty, the guide explains the ways of exporting journal database references from ECU library directly into endnote. This needs little effort as it almost does it itself.
This guide enables the reader to specifically understand the functions and abilities of endnote. With this understanding, the reader can reference all texts used in his/her work without the cause of plagiarism.
Technical Support & Services
This web page offers support and services concerning endnote. Here is allows one to download patches and applications for endnote.
A number of links to other web pages are provided for some extra reading concerning the 'hot issues' with referencing, endnote and other topics.
A link to an endnote discussion forum is also available to some who wish to discuss issues of endnote or simply ask for help and advice. This is seen as a very helpful tool to those with little understanding of the program, who need help.
This is a fairly your page to access a number of different pages for support, help and downloads for endnote. This site should be reguarly checked for updates to keep endnote, and the readers referencing up to date, as well as knowing the current topics being discussed.
Week Seven - Five Electronic Reference Types
This workshop task consists of the understanding of five different electronic reference types. The following end-text references from electronic formatted texts below are examples from the ECU online reference guide.
Ebook -
Wilkinson, R., & Marmot, M. (Eds.). (2003). Social determinants of health: The solid facts (2nd
ed.). Retrieved December 2, 2007, from http://www.euro.who.int/document/e81384.pdf
Report: Electronic Version -
Mulligan, D., & Bickmore-Brand, J. (1998, July). Outreach, access and support programs for
socio-economically disadvantaged people at Curtin: A feasibility study. Retrieved November
27, 2007, from http://eesj.curtin.edu.au/local/documents/les.doc
Website -
Harris, R. (1997). Encouraging students to use technology. Vanguard University of Southern
California. Retrieved July 24, 2000, from http://www.vanguard.edu/rharris/techuse.htm
Article in an Electronic Journal Based on a Print Source -
Capper, C. (1998). Critically oriented and postmodern perspectives: Sorting out the differences
and applications for practice [Electronic version]. Educational Administration Quarterly, 34
(3), 345-379.
Wiki
Rutledge, J., & Blackford, T. (2001). Pathway to undergraduate study: Academic discourse in
foundation studies. Paper presented at Australian Association for Research in Education 2001
Conference, Melbourne. Retrieved September 3, 2005, from
http://www.aare.edu.au/01pap/rut01660.htm
Ebook -
Wilkinson, R., & Marmot, M. (Eds.). (2003). Social determinants of health: The solid facts (2nd
ed.). Retrieved December 2, 2007, from http://www.euro.who.int/document/e81384.pdf
Report: Electronic Version -
Mulligan, D., & Bickmore-Brand, J. (1998, July). Outreach, access and support programs for
socio-economically disadvantaged people at Curtin: A feasibility study. Retrieved November
27, 2007, from http://eesj.curtin.edu.au/local/documents/les.doc
Website -
Harris, R. (1997). Encouraging students to use technology. Vanguard University of Southern
California. Retrieved July 24, 2000, from http://www.vanguard.edu/rharris/techuse.htm
Article in an Electronic Journal Based on a Print Source -
Capper, C. (1998). Critically oriented and postmodern perspectives: Sorting out the differences
and applications for practice [Electronic version]. Educational Administration Quarterly, 34
(3), 345-379.
Wiki
Rutledge, J., & Blackford, T. (2001). Pathway to undergraduate study: Academic discourse in
foundation studies. Paper presented at Australian Association for Research in Education 2001
Conference, Melbourne. Retrieved September 3, 2005, from
http://www.aare.edu.au/01pap/rut01660.htm
Friday, May 23, 2008
Week 7 - Endnote Exercise 2
The following images below consist of exercise 2 in the endnote task. This includes the addition of int-text and end-text references.
Week 7 - Endnote Exercise 1
The image below concerns the first activity for week 7's endnote tutorial. All in-text and end-text references have been included, along with the quotes from each text.
This exercise has allowed me to become more aware and understanding to the abilities endnote gives. Endnote does not only effectively reduce the common errors mistakenly done but also efficiently completes the citing and referencing job one must do when completing work for academic use.
This exercise has allowed me to become more aware and understanding to the abilities endnote gives. Endnote does not only effectively reduce the common errors mistakenly done but also efficiently completes the citing and referencing job one must do when completing work for academic use.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Week 6 - Evaluating Two Websites
The website, "American Cultural History: 1960 - 1969" from http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade60.html discusses the culture of the 1960s.
What is discussed is:
Art & Architecture
Theater, Film & Radio, & Television
Books & literature
Fashion & Fads
Education
Music
Events & Technology
Sports
Evaluation:
- This site holds only brief information concerning the 60s though can give good background knowledge of the development of the 60s.
- I have reason to believe that the information is accurate, as most of the information is provided with references and example of texts. The only reference not given, is for the facts of the 60s in the top right corner of the page. This leaves this to be unreliable facts.
- The website is written by the author Susan Goodwin though doesnt hold any information that concerns her. This forces the website to be less reliable though by not much as her references still sustain the information presented. She is also not very biased, as most of her conclusions come from texts concerning the 60s and what she is discussing. These conclusions can be seen clearly by the reader.
- The site's purpose is to inform the reader about the changes within the time of the 60s and how it has helped form culture to how it is today.
- The website can be seen to designed only for presentation within the web. There is no evidence that it has originated from an article, book etc.
This website is a valuable and credible as it has passed the criteria above. It holds quality, unbiased, referenced information that can be used for any topic concerning the culture of the 60s.
What is discussed is:
Art & Architecture
Theater, Film & Radio, & Television
Books & literature
Fashion & Fads
Education
Music
Events & Technology
Sports
Evaluation:
- This site holds only brief information concerning the 60s though can give good background knowledge of the development of the 60s.
- I have reason to believe that the information is accurate, as most of the information is provided with references and example of texts. The only reference not given, is for the facts of the 60s in the top right corner of the page. This leaves this to be unreliable facts.
- The website is written by the author Susan Goodwin though doesnt hold any information that concerns her. This forces the website to be less reliable though by not much as her references still sustain the information presented. She is also not very biased, as most of her conclusions come from texts concerning the 60s and what she is discussing. These conclusions can be seen clearly by the reader.
- The site's purpose is to inform the reader about the changes within the time of the 60s and how it has helped form culture to how it is today.
- The website can be seen to designed only for presentation within the web. There is no evidence that it has originated from an article, book etc.
This website is a valuable and credible as it has passed the criteria above. It holds quality, unbiased, referenced information that can be used for any topic concerning the culture of the 60s.
Week 6 - Evaluating Information strategies
The "ICYouSee Critical Thinking" page ( http://www.ithaca.edu/library/training/think.html ) discusses the tips for evaluating websites, enabling the reader to distinguish whether or not a website is of value.
The author firsty gives a number of questions which one should ask themselves when they view a website.
1) Make sure you are in the right place.
2) When in doubt, doubt.
3) Consider the source.
4) Know what's happening.
5) Look at details.
6) Distinguish Web pages from pages found on the Web.
Secondly, the author gives a criteria outline for evaluting sources, and how the questions above can be answered.
By analysing:
Authority: If the author of the source is credible
Accuracy: If the information is true/factual
Objectivity: If it is not biased
Currency: If it is a fairly new source and can be used to this day
Coverage: If the information is relevant to the topic and is detailed
Value: Is the information worth visiting
If it is a yes to all of these, then the website is a valuable and credible source which can be used for academic purposes.
In comparison to "ICYouSee Critical Thinking" page, the information found at "Evaluating Internet Sources", http://www.taftcollege.edu/newTC/Academic/INCO48/sec6-4.htm also discusses the method of evaluating a website though in more detail. "Evaluating Internet Sources" covers the importance of the domain of a website though "ICYouSee Critical Thinking" does not. For example, .com, .net, .edu, etc. The meaning of each of these can be explain, .edu as an educational site, which is seen to be more credible than .com, as .com is a commercial site which is usually made by anyone.
"Evaluating Internet Sources" continues by explaining the ten C's which can help to evaluate a website:
Content - This is discusses the type of information presented on a website, the currency, the purpose: satirical, serious, and if the website is 'juried'. This is similar to "ICYouSee Critical Thinking" currency, coverage and accuracy criteria areas.
Credibility - This is the similar to authority, the credibility of the author, though also the domain type of the website.
Critical Thinking - Think critically about the information, with a good criteria.
Copyright - If the author/creator of the website holds information without respecting the rights of copyright than it is usually created by the public. This holds little value as the reader as the information may have been copyrighted.
Citation - Resources for the information held on the website is important as this explains where the information (if valuable) originates from, eg: article, newspaper, government website, etc.
Continuity - It is more credible if the website continues to be updated, this helps to provide valuable information to the current date.
Censorship - If some words are excluded from a search engine's indexes than this may mean that the website has something to hide, and cannot be seen as not valuable from the point of a search engine.
Connectivity - Can the website be relied upon to be able to be connected to at all times.
Comparability - Does the website contain comparable information to other sites or stats.
Context - Relevance to the topic. Is the information valuable for the topic searched.
This is similar to that of "ICYouSee Critical Thinking" though adds more criteria levels and more detail.
The “Good, the Bad and the Ugly" website's criteria, found at http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/evalcrit.html and ICYouSee Critical Thinking page are fairly similar to each other. Both cover authority, accuracy, objectivity, currency and coverage, though this website does not cover value.
The author firsty gives a number of questions which one should ask themselves when they view a website.
1) Make sure you are in the right place.
2) When in doubt, doubt.
3) Consider the source.
4) Know what's happening.
5) Look at details.
6) Distinguish Web pages from pages found on the Web.
Secondly, the author gives a criteria outline for evaluting sources, and how the questions above can be answered.
By analysing:
Authority: If the author of the source is credible
Accuracy: If the information is true/factual
Objectivity: If it is not biased
Currency: If it is a fairly new source and can be used to this day
Coverage: If the information is relevant to the topic and is detailed
Value: Is the information worth visiting
If it is a yes to all of these, then the website is a valuable and credible source which can be used for academic purposes.
In comparison to "ICYouSee Critical Thinking" page, the information found at "Evaluating Internet Sources", http://www.taftcollege.edu/newTC/Academic/INCO48/sec6-4.htm also discusses the method of evaluating a website though in more detail. "Evaluating Internet Sources" covers the importance of the domain of a website though "ICYouSee Critical Thinking" does not. For example, .com, .net, .edu, etc. The meaning of each of these can be explain, .edu as an educational site, which is seen to be more credible than .com, as .com is a commercial site which is usually made by anyone.
"Evaluating Internet Sources" continues by explaining the ten C's which can help to evaluate a website:
Content - This is discusses the type of information presented on a website, the currency, the purpose: satirical, serious, and if the website is 'juried'. This is similar to "ICYouSee Critical Thinking" currency, coverage and accuracy criteria areas.
Credibility - This is the similar to authority, the credibility of the author, though also the domain type of the website.
Critical Thinking - Think critically about the information, with a good criteria.
Copyright - If the author/creator of the website holds information without respecting the rights of copyright than it is usually created by the public. This holds little value as the reader as the information may have been copyrighted.
Citation - Resources for the information held on the website is important as this explains where the information (if valuable) originates from, eg: article, newspaper, government website, etc.
Continuity - It is more credible if the website continues to be updated, this helps to provide valuable information to the current date.
Censorship - If some words are excluded from a search engine's indexes than this may mean that the website has something to hide, and cannot be seen as not valuable from the point of a search engine.
Connectivity - Can the website be relied upon to be able to be connected to at all times.
Comparability - Does the website contain comparable information to other sites or stats.
Context - Relevance to the topic. Is the information valuable for the topic searched.
This is similar to that of "ICYouSee Critical Thinking" though adds more criteria levels and more detail.
The “Good, the Bad and the Ugly" website's criteria, found at http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/evalcrit.html and ICYouSee Critical Thinking page are fairly similar to each other. Both cover authority, accuracy, objectivity, currency and coverage, though this website does not cover value.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Week 7 - Lecture
This week's lecture involved the discussion concerning Endnote. Firstly endnote was defined as a tool for managing one's references and creating a bibliography which makes it much easier to search for your references from your research.
Having the choice of either using endnote on its own or in MS Word, they both end up being a great tool for systematically listing your references.
We were then provided with a well detailed walkthrough of using endnote that made it very clear what was to be then done in the tutorial tasks.
This showed us how easily it is to search for what we have previously researched. There are a number of different ways to search for your reference.
At the end of the lecture we were told to have a play with endnote and learn to get used to it because we will use it alot in the future as undergraduates but we should not expect to get it the first time we try. (ALSO SAVE ALL WORK DONE ON ENDNOTE)
Having the choice of either using endnote on its own or in MS Word, they both end up being a great tool for systematically listing your references.
We were then provided with a well detailed walkthrough of using endnote that made it very clear what was to be then done in the tutorial tasks.
This showed us how easily it is to search for what we have previously researched. There are a number of different ways to search for your reference.
At the end of the lecture we were told to have a play with endnote and learn to get used to it because we will use it alot in the future as undergraduates but we should not expect to get it the first time we try. (ALSO SAVE ALL WORK DONE ON ENDNOTE)
Week 6 - Lecture
The week 6 lecture firstly discussed the freedom one has concerning the ability to create any web content at any time. Because of this, when researching it wise to understand the process of distinguishing the high quality information from the large amount of low quality info.
The cause of such freedom was said to be because of the time the ARPANET was created which enabled the retrieval and sending of information on the web.
The next part of the lecture focussed on the methods of determining the quality of the information provided on the web. Some of these methods include asking ourselves, "Is this accurate and recent information?", "What is the point of view and how bias is this content?" (Objectivity), "Has an editor or someone with a distinguished background verified this information", etc. With as much importance of questioning, you must question where the research for the information derived from, this is where searching for their bibliography comes in handy. Such methods enable any reader to sort the information provided through out the entire web.
The cause of such freedom was said to be because of the time the ARPANET was created which enabled the retrieval and sending of information on the web.
The next part of the lecture focussed on the methods of determining the quality of the information provided on the web. Some of these methods include asking ourselves, "Is this accurate and recent information?", "What is the point of view and how bias is this content?" (Objectivity), "Has an editor or someone with a distinguished background verified this information", etc. With as much importance of questioning, you must question where the research for the information derived from, this is where searching for their bibliography comes in handy. Such methods enable any reader to sort the information provided through out the entire web.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Week Five
LECTURE SUMMARY
Week 5's lecture concerned the various search engines used for their different purposes. Firstly we were given a quiz about search engines followed by distinguising the 3 categories of information on the web.
- The Free, Visble Web
- The Free, Invisible Web
- Paid Databases over the Web
We were also shown many example of search engines which could be used during our studies with their advantages and disadvantages.
Disadvantages of Search Engines
- Too many search results
- The quality and little relevance of your search query
- Many broken links
- Badly ranked page system
- Many irrelevant and out of date results
Directories were also discussed within the lecture. They were described as 'Human-Edited'. Many webpages are sent to directories manuallt to be reviewed to make sure that it is of quality. This is done manually to stop automatic submissions of webpages being misleaded.
There were also a number of examples of directories which are used widely.
Later there were statistics of search engine use with Google being mainly used. Instructions concerning how to use search engines and search efficiently were discussed. This allowed all of us to understand how we can lower the disadvantages of search engines while we use them.
READING ACTIVITIES
Reading (URL) - The History of the Internet: (Chap 4 - Search Engines)
This reading task concerned the history of search engines, beginning with the creation of the first set of search engines by universities within USA. It was interesting to see that the first search engines are similar to those of today, although of course with much more simplicity. These search engines only needed simple keyword searches that when executed, a search list would form where the user would email the results to theirselves. Information concerning the growth of websites produced vs number of hosts was admitted, which shocked me because of the growth of the net.Following the history of search engines, the reading text then began discussing how to find imformation on the internet effectively via search engines. The author explained all the symbols and words which can be used to specify your search results. For eg: "...." + AND OR, etc.Directories were next discussed, implying that they are rarely used these days though still in use. Directories are lists of sites which are usually sorted alphabetically. This was once used frequently to go from site to site from your search results.This reading task has allowed me to understand the development of search engines through out history which enables me to admire what search engines we have today. I now understand how to get more effective results when searching.
Reading (URL) - Robert Harris: "Web Search Strategies"
Internet Search Tips and Strategies, written by Robert Harris first discusses what was in the lecture; the 3 categories of information on the web and what a search engine and directory are.Harris continues to discuss the flexibility of the english language to help with your search results. Many people around the world use different words with many words sharing the same meaning with other words, eg: test, exam.This is followed by the types of words you can add to your search queries to add needed specification to lower the search results and add quality. These types of words are called 'Boolean Operators'; AND; OR; NOT, etc.URLs are also explained with the ability to guess a location of a website you wish to visit. For exmaple, if I heard of a website named "Blogger" which enables one to create blogs, I would guess that the URL for this site may be http://www.blogger.com/ with having success.Throughout the article, Harris gives links to other websites to help explain what he discusses and also to help the reader with other search skills.Robert Harris has helped me to understand the ability of searching efficiently and obtaining the information I want with help from my week 5 lecture about search engines.
TUTORIAL ACTIVITIES
Monash Tutorial Strategies
The Monash tutorial has a number of tips for searching:1) Use quotations to specify your search. For example "to be or not to be". Having the words with that order in quotations. These days, search engines have those words, in that order indexed, making results much more efficient.2) There are boolean search functions available for one to use. Examples of Boolean search functions are: AND, OR, NOT, etc. These can be used to help a search engine know more specifically what results you are trying to find. If one were to search; Chocolate AND disease, the search hits will appear that are only related to chocolate and disease and nothing else. This is a great technique to use as it will simplify a search.3) When typing a search term, keep in mind that the word may have synonyms. Consider the word 'baby'. The search terms that include the word baby will appear, though many websites may hold the word 'infant' instead of baby. This may cause one to not find all possible and valuable information on the web.4) When searching a topic of your choice, enter other words concerning the topic. These words must have relevance as they be included in the websites meta tags. This allows for words, even though they be only mentioned once in the web page, they will be more likely to appear when searching. This is only done when the author includes those words as the web page meta tags.
QUIZ
Researching the answers for the questions in the above quiz was done by using a number of techniques I have learnt from this week's module. The techniques included; Boolean searches. When finding when one of four people were born, I typed in Born AND 1879. Search results appeared with Albert Einsein. I also used quotations for a number of other questions I faced. Boolean search techniques were my main technique of searhcing which provided me with all 10 correct answers.
Week 5's lecture concerned the various search engines used for their different purposes. Firstly we were given a quiz about search engines followed by distinguising the 3 categories of information on the web.
- The Free, Visble Web
- The Free, Invisible Web
- Paid Databases over the Web
We were also shown many example of search engines which could be used during our studies with their advantages and disadvantages.
Disadvantages of Search Engines
- Too many search results
- The quality and little relevance of your search query
- Many broken links
- Badly ranked page system
- Many irrelevant and out of date results
Directories were also discussed within the lecture. They were described as 'Human-Edited'. Many webpages are sent to directories manuallt to be reviewed to make sure that it is of quality. This is done manually to stop automatic submissions of webpages being misleaded.
There were also a number of examples of directories which are used widely.
Later there were statistics of search engine use with Google being mainly used. Instructions concerning how to use search engines and search efficiently were discussed. This allowed all of us to understand how we can lower the disadvantages of search engines while we use them.
READING ACTIVITIES
Reading (URL) - The History of the Internet: (Chap 4 - Search Engines)
This reading task concerned the history of search engines, beginning with the creation of the first set of search engines by universities within USA. It was interesting to see that the first search engines are similar to those of today, although of course with much more simplicity. These search engines only needed simple keyword searches that when executed, a search list would form where the user would email the results to theirselves. Information concerning the growth of websites produced vs number of hosts was admitted, which shocked me because of the growth of the net.Following the history of search engines, the reading text then began discussing how to find imformation on the internet effectively via search engines. The author explained all the symbols and words which can be used to specify your search results. For eg: "...." + AND OR, etc.Directories were next discussed, implying that they are rarely used these days though still in use. Directories are lists of sites which are usually sorted alphabetically. This was once used frequently to go from site to site from your search results.This reading task has allowed me to understand the development of search engines through out history which enables me to admire what search engines we have today. I now understand how to get more effective results when searching.
Reading (URL) - Robert Harris: "Web Search Strategies"
Internet Search Tips and Strategies, written by Robert Harris first discusses what was in the lecture; the 3 categories of information on the web and what a search engine and directory are.Harris continues to discuss the flexibility of the english language to help with your search results. Many people around the world use different words with many words sharing the same meaning with other words, eg: test, exam.This is followed by the types of words you can add to your search queries to add needed specification to lower the search results and add quality. These types of words are called 'Boolean Operators'; AND; OR; NOT, etc.URLs are also explained with the ability to guess a location of a website you wish to visit. For exmaple, if I heard of a website named "Blogger" which enables one to create blogs, I would guess that the URL for this site may be http://www.blogger.com/ with having success.Throughout the article, Harris gives links to other websites to help explain what he discusses and also to help the reader with other search skills.Robert Harris has helped me to understand the ability of searching efficiently and obtaining the information I want with help from my week 5 lecture about search engines.
TUTORIAL ACTIVITIES
Monash Tutorial Strategies
The Monash tutorial has a number of tips for searching:1) Use quotations to specify your search. For example "to be or not to be". Having the words with that order in quotations. These days, search engines have those words, in that order indexed, making results much more efficient.2) There are boolean search functions available for one to use. Examples of Boolean search functions are: AND, OR, NOT, etc. These can be used to help a search engine know more specifically what results you are trying to find. If one were to search; Chocolate AND disease, the search hits will appear that are only related to chocolate and disease and nothing else. This is a great technique to use as it will simplify a search.3) When typing a search term, keep in mind that the word may have synonyms. Consider the word 'baby'. The search terms that include the word baby will appear, though many websites may hold the word 'infant' instead of baby. This may cause one to not find all possible and valuable information on the web.4) When searching a topic of your choice, enter other words concerning the topic. These words must have relevance as they be included in the websites meta tags. This allows for words, even though they be only mentioned once in the web page, they will be more likely to appear when searching. This is only done when the author includes those words as the web page meta tags.
QUIZ
Researching the answers for the questions in the above quiz was done by using a number of techniques I have learnt from this week's module. The techniques included; Boolean searches. When finding when one of four people were born, I typed in Born AND 1879. Search results appeared with Albert Einsein. I also used quotations for a number of other questions I faced. Boolean search techniques were my main technique of searhcing which provided me with all 10 correct answers.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Week Four
LECTURE SUMMARY
The week 4 lecture concerned the world wide web (www). This included understanding the difference between the net and the web. The web was described as an abstract virtual space that has a non-physical connection through hypertext links which can help to obtain documents, music etc.
Though the web cannot exist without the net, the net can exist without the web. This is because the connections in a network of computers is due to cables (physical connection) which allows the web to exist.
The history of the net is also discussed, focussing on the beggining of the net in 1965 where the first wide-area network was ever built in California. The when and why of the web are also explained.
When: Tim Berners-Lee (Researcher are CERN) in 1989
Why: To make the communication of information easier to send to one another
The 4 protocols for the www are also mentioned: TCP/IP, HTTP, DNS, URL
I also learnt about the different types of website eg: .org .com etc, which gives me an idea of the websites function and purpose.
A few slides of the lecture are dedicated to internet browsers: The types of functions it has and the differences between different browsers.
This lecture offers great information about the world wide web that most dont know. Searching for information on the net is much more efficient with this knowledge which can make future work much more efficient and of more value.
READING ACTIVITIES
A Brief History of the Internet
This page discusses various advancements of networks between computers and the creation of the internet. There is first discussion of the origion of the internet, explaining Leonard Kleinrock at MIT thought of the first packet switching theory which was the first step with the network between computers that could send information to and from. The page then continues on by explaining the concepts of internetting with packet switching with ARPANET which became the internet. The author also describes the introduction of TCP and IP as a communication protocol.Later through out the page the growth of the internet in the mid 70s is explained. A wide infrastructure was needed which invented the community which is existing today. Commercialisation also was a big point in history when there were buyers for this technology which led to network management to be more importantly maintained. The last paragraph explains the recent development of the internet which goes into much more specific details concerning the evolution that has occured and will occur including the advancements of broadand made and the investments needed to continue this growth.I found this page very interesting though there is a lot of technical jargon which makes it hard to follow though reading this has given me a general idea of how the internet became.
History of the World-wide Web
The website http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/history/ivh/frame_theorie.html holds five chapters concerning the history of the internet. The first chapter explains the evolution of technology with communication becoming much more advanced as the time went by, allowing the reader to understand how the telegraph became a great head stone in the timeline and how computers evolved to produce benefits to society through out time, especially in world war 2.The second chapter describes the creation of the networking system "ARPANET", where protocols were also made to help recieve and send data to other networking machines 'computers'. There also an explanation of how the ARPANET became today's internet and without it there would be nothing compared to what we have today 'WWW'.The third chapter discussed the becoming of the electronic mail better known these days as email. Searching is discussed in the fourth chapter, with search engines being constructed to allow collecting information to become more efficient and easier. The fifth chapter contains various statistics about different countries usage of the internet and internet coverage in the year 2000 and as can be seen, there are not many who used it at that time which shows how much the internet can change in such little time.
TUTORIAL ACTIVITIES
http://www.martinlutherking.org/ ACTIVITY
Before visiting the site
My best guess is that http://www.martinlutherking.org/ will be an organisation about continuing with Martin Luther Kings mission to eradicate racism only because of the 'org' at the end of the url.
After visiting the site
I found the site to be of some quality, giving articles and reports concerning King's movements with references to support them. There isnt a large amount of biased content which allows for this website to be of reasonable quality. The information is also backed up by the civil rights library presented which holds information that uphold the accusations within the website. The site is also an organisation hence the ".org" which one can assume that this is an authentic site which can be relied on.
The week 4 lecture concerned the world wide web (www). This included understanding the difference between the net and the web. The web was described as an abstract virtual space that has a non-physical connection through hypertext links which can help to obtain documents, music etc.
Though the web cannot exist without the net, the net can exist without the web. This is because the connections in a network of computers is due to cables (physical connection) which allows the web to exist.
The history of the net is also discussed, focussing on the beggining of the net in 1965 where the first wide-area network was ever built in California. The when and why of the web are also explained.
When: Tim Berners-Lee (Researcher are CERN) in 1989
Why: To make the communication of information easier to send to one another
The 4 protocols for the www are also mentioned: TCP/IP, HTTP, DNS, URL
I also learnt about the different types of website eg: .org .com etc, which gives me an idea of the websites function and purpose.
A few slides of the lecture are dedicated to internet browsers: The types of functions it has and the differences between different browsers.
This lecture offers great information about the world wide web that most dont know. Searching for information on the net is much more efficient with this knowledge which can make future work much more efficient and of more value.
READING ACTIVITIES
A Brief History of the Internet
This page discusses various advancements of networks between computers and the creation of the internet. There is first discussion of the origion of the internet, explaining Leonard Kleinrock at MIT thought of the first packet switching theory which was the first step with the network between computers that could send information to and from. The page then continues on by explaining the concepts of internetting with packet switching with ARPANET which became the internet. The author also describes the introduction of TCP and IP as a communication protocol.Later through out the page the growth of the internet in the mid 70s is explained. A wide infrastructure was needed which invented the community which is existing today. Commercialisation also was a big point in history when there were buyers for this technology which led to network management to be more importantly maintained. The last paragraph explains the recent development of the internet which goes into much more specific details concerning the evolution that has occured and will occur including the advancements of broadand made and the investments needed to continue this growth.I found this page very interesting though there is a lot of technical jargon which makes it hard to follow though reading this has given me a general idea of how the internet became.
History of the World-wide Web
The website http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/history/ivh/frame_theorie.html holds five chapters concerning the history of the internet. The first chapter explains the evolution of technology with communication becoming much more advanced as the time went by, allowing the reader to understand how the telegraph became a great head stone in the timeline and how computers evolved to produce benefits to society through out time, especially in world war 2.The second chapter describes the creation of the networking system "ARPANET", where protocols were also made to help recieve and send data to other networking machines 'computers'. There also an explanation of how the ARPANET became today's internet and without it there would be nothing compared to what we have today 'WWW'.The third chapter discussed the becoming of the electronic mail better known these days as email. Searching is discussed in the fourth chapter, with search engines being constructed to allow collecting information to become more efficient and easier. The fifth chapter contains various statistics about different countries usage of the internet and internet coverage in the year 2000 and as can be seen, there are not many who used it at that time which shows how much the internet can change in such little time.
TUTORIAL ACTIVITIES
http://www.martinlutherking.org/ ACTIVITY
Before visiting the site
My best guess is that http://www.martinlutherking.org/ will be an organisation about continuing with Martin Luther Kings mission to eradicate racism only because of the 'org' at the end of the url.
After visiting the site
I found the site to be of some quality, giving articles and reports concerning King's movements with references to support them. There isnt a large amount of biased content which allows for this website to be of reasonable quality. The information is also backed up by the civil rights library presented which holds information that uphold the accusations within the website. The site is also an organisation hence the ".org" which one can assume that this is an authentic site which can be relied on.
http://haggishunt.scotsman.com/ ACTIVITY (AUTHENTICATING)
Determining the authenticity of the 'Haggis Hunt' website was quite clearly not to be taken seriously. This site has flaws that can be recognised to know it should not be used for any professional assignment. Some of the flaws include the belief that haggis is actually some sort of animal repeatatively shown on every one of their pages when actually it is minced organs of a sheep.
There are also advertisement which are far from relative to the purpose and information on the website.
I also spotted a spelling error in their 'fact comment' which is a very unprofessional thing to do.
A scotsman.com search bar is up the top of the page which includes a link to a dating source which is unprofessional.
http://www.molossia.org/ ACTIVITY (AUTHENTICATING)
I knew the Molossia website was not to be taken seriously as a professional source by a few clues sighted...
Firstly the website holds a shop, which led me to ask myself what country has a shop on their national website?
As far as I know, there is no country in a state of USA and even with a little research my first beliefs were confirmed when no quality searches appeared concerning the Republic of Mollosia.
A quote by 'His Excellency, The President' shown in a thumbnail screenshot below shows how unprofessional and informal the language is presented.
A photo is presented with 'the president' aboard the M.S. Wombat. As you can see in the photo below, it is a photo to be taken lightly with laughter as the president is seen in what is meant to be a millitary vessel though a blow up boat.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Week Three
LECTURE SUMMARY
This weeks lecture concerned information about online libraries & databases. I learnt that online databases are a collection of information and were great for researching and gaining this information about particular areas of research. I learnt that the advantages of online libraries have current information, easy to use and make notes from and can be accessed any time of the day, though there are a few disadvantages such as various content can be hard to find and may take some time to find.
Some of the online resources spoken in the lecture are:
- Text Repositories
- Electronic Journals
- Electronic Books
I also learnt the importance of referencing these resources, the copyright issues and how to complete it.
This lecture was very useful to me as I now know how to research information on the ECU library and processes of finding valuable information quickly.
TUTORIAL ACTIVITIES
MEDline Search Engine
The MEDline plus website has a very useful search engine that provides access to medical information. I typed in "Cannabis" and a brief summary of marijuana appeared on a new page. The information was too brief to find any specific information about the drug though there were a few links at the bottom half of the page which connected my to another websites information about Marijuana http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/marijuana.html. This website held facts, statistics, a detailed explanation of cannabis and the effects on the body.Overall Medline plus was great tool for learnign about Marijuana with useful links to great sources.
MEDline plus Website
I found visiting the MEDline plus website very interesting as I am interested in human biology and various diseases. The website has given me an enormous amount of information concerning health and drugs which can be obtained by clicking on one of the link at the left of the homepage. One of these links is "Health Topics". Here you can gain information about disorders, conditions, diagnosis tests, therapies, learning to stay healthy and demographic groups. The "Drugs & Supplements" link also provides useful information, from prescriptions to herbs. The search process for this information is very easy as it gives you an alphabetical online library.The rest of the MEDline plus website offers search processes to find doctors, local resouces for medical purpose and including an online medical encylopedia.Knowing this website, I can now use it to add to my knowledge diseases, which can also help me as a resource for an assignment for doing my Bachelor of Human Biology next year.
The 10 useful functions or search tips on ECU Library are:
1) The 6 'find' link categories to help find what type of text you are looking for.
This helps to decide what type of text you are searching for which leads you to more specific categories to identify what type of text you wish to find.
2) The ecu library catalogue provide easy access to the library's resources. This is a helpful search option to help find what you're looking for.
You can use useful search functions like 'keyword' searches or 'subject' searches etc which allow you search results to be more specific.
3) Finding journal articles is made easy with the journal article database which gives you 6 categories to find databases.
4) By going into the 'website' link through the 'find' box, you are given a choice of subjects to choose from which are relative to the information you're trying to find.
5) The reserve collection service allows you to reserve material which will be saved for you to loan at a later date.
6) MetaQuest is another function which helps to find particular databases with up to 10 at the same time which can make searching easy and efficient.
7) Search by faculty. This allows you to obtain search result relative to the faculty you want your results from.
8) The SFX article locator allows you to find a full text article that may even be hard capy in the library or on e-reserve.
9) If your wanting to find results via the subject you chose, another selection of sub subjects is available which gives you the option of next choosing a database, website or guide.
10) Once you choose your faculty/category/subject etc, you are led to a number of databases which you can choose from. These databases differ with search results depending on what type of result you wish to obtain.
Week 3 - Journal Research (Economy & Global Warming)
The task of researching for a journal concerning economy and global warming was easy to complete using the ECU library of journal databases. The library allows you to search for journals via a large number of journal databases. It only took five minutes to search for a quality full text journal which contained valuable information written with facts and quotes from experts and important figgures in the world, eg: 'Tony Blair'. The article discusses countries like USA who have not yet signed the Kyoto Protocol because President George Bush didnt want economic damage upon USA even though USA is the largest producer of greenhouse gasses. While Bush makes this decision, it is said that there will be major temperature increases with droughts more commonly occuring; contributing to gradual economic damage to not just USA but to all countries if not solved quickly.This task shows how simple the ECU library allows research for quality information to be.http://0-proquest.umi.com.library.ecu.edu.au/pqdweb?did=1153840031&sid=2&Fmt=3&clientId=7582&RQT=309&VName=PQD
READING ACTIVITIES
Finding what you want on the webAn article on the BBC news website posted an opinionative comment by Bill Thompson, a technology analyst who comments on the difficulties of searching through the web. Thompson discusses how Google is his primary search engine for researching current information though sees flaws that make his research somewhat difficult. Thompson says that he has tried many other search engines and one of them being MEDline plus, which is an example of one not being indexed with other search engines like Google adding to his difficulties. Thompson uses "Debbie", a librarian as an example of how efficient searching is done. Debbie uses more than one search engine to gain her information, more than a simple search and a click on the button. This implies that gaining great results from searching can take time and effort.This being an opinion piece has me to agree or disagree. In this degree I agree as I have found that searching for quality information is extremely troublesome when using little resources of just one search engine, even if it does have a large amount of data as Thompson said.
Bare bones Lesson 7: Basic Search Tips
The Bare bones Lesson 7: Basic Search Tips page in the USC Beaufort Library helps readers to search the web efficiently with ease which simple additions of symbols when typing in the search boxes. I tried the assignment at the end of the page with typing the important keywords in the search first, because I havn't realised this before unlike the other useful search tips. For this i used google and typed in economy indonesia history and then history indonesia economy and found that the first search held better quality sites at the beginning of the hit page. Knowing these tips I feel confident that searching for information for future university assignments which gain me more valuable information.
This weeks lecture concerned information about online libraries & databases. I learnt that online databases are a collection of information and were great for researching and gaining this information about particular areas of research. I learnt that the advantages of online libraries have current information, easy to use and make notes from and can be accessed any time of the day, though there are a few disadvantages such as various content can be hard to find and may take some time to find.
Some of the online resources spoken in the lecture are:
- Text Repositories
- Electronic Journals
- Electronic Books
I also learnt the importance of referencing these resources, the copyright issues and how to complete it.
This lecture was very useful to me as I now know how to research information on the ECU library and processes of finding valuable information quickly.
TUTORIAL ACTIVITIES
MEDline Search Engine
The MEDline plus website has a very useful search engine that provides access to medical information. I typed in "Cannabis" and a brief summary of marijuana appeared on a new page. The information was too brief to find any specific information about the drug though there were a few links at the bottom half of the page which connected my to another websites information about Marijuana http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/marijuana.html. This website held facts, statistics, a detailed explanation of cannabis and the effects on the body.Overall Medline plus was great tool for learnign about Marijuana with useful links to great sources.
MEDline plus Website
I found visiting the MEDline plus website very interesting as I am interested in human biology and various diseases. The website has given me an enormous amount of information concerning health and drugs which can be obtained by clicking on one of the link at the left of the homepage. One of these links is "Health Topics". Here you can gain information about disorders, conditions, diagnosis tests, therapies, learning to stay healthy and demographic groups. The "Drugs & Supplements" link also provides useful information, from prescriptions to herbs. The search process for this information is very easy as it gives you an alphabetical online library.The rest of the MEDline plus website offers search processes to find doctors, local resouces for medical purpose and including an online medical encylopedia.Knowing this website, I can now use it to add to my knowledge diseases, which can also help me as a resource for an assignment for doing my Bachelor of Human Biology next year.
The 10 useful functions or search tips on ECU Library are:
1) The 6 'find' link categories to help find what type of text you are looking for.
This helps to decide what type of text you are searching for which leads you to more specific categories to identify what type of text you wish to find.
2) The ecu library catalogue provide easy access to the library's resources. This is a helpful search option to help find what you're looking for.
You can use useful search functions like 'keyword' searches or 'subject' searches etc which allow you search results to be more specific.
3) Finding journal articles is made easy with the journal article database which gives you 6 categories to find databases.
4) By going into the 'website' link through the 'find' box, you are given a choice of subjects to choose from which are relative to the information you're trying to find.
5) The reserve collection service allows you to reserve material which will be saved for you to loan at a later date.
6) MetaQuest is another function which helps to find particular databases with up to 10 at the same time which can make searching easy and efficient.
7) Search by faculty. This allows you to obtain search result relative to the faculty you want your results from.
8) The SFX article locator allows you to find a full text article that may even be hard capy in the library or on e-reserve.
9) If your wanting to find results via the subject you chose, another selection of sub subjects is available which gives you the option of next choosing a database, website or guide.
10) Once you choose your faculty/category/subject etc, you are led to a number of databases which you can choose from. These databases differ with search results depending on what type of result you wish to obtain.
Week 3 - Journal Research (Economy & Global Warming)
The task of researching for a journal concerning economy and global warming was easy to complete using the ECU library of journal databases. The library allows you to search for journals via a large number of journal databases. It only took five minutes to search for a quality full text journal which contained valuable information written with facts and quotes from experts and important figgures in the world, eg: 'Tony Blair'. The article discusses countries like USA who have not yet signed the Kyoto Protocol because President George Bush didnt want economic damage upon USA even though USA is the largest producer of greenhouse gasses. While Bush makes this decision, it is said that there will be major temperature increases with droughts more commonly occuring; contributing to gradual economic damage to not just USA but to all countries if not solved quickly.This task shows how simple the ECU library allows research for quality information to be.http://0-proquest.umi.com.library.ecu.edu.au/pqdweb?did=1153840031&sid=2&Fmt=3&clientId=7582&RQT=309&VName=PQD
READING ACTIVITIES
Finding what you want on the webAn article on the BBC news website posted an opinionative comment by Bill Thompson, a technology analyst who comments on the difficulties of searching through the web. Thompson discusses how Google is his primary search engine for researching current information though sees flaws that make his research somewhat difficult. Thompson says that he has tried many other search engines and one of them being MEDline plus, which is an example of one not being indexed with other search engines like Google adding to his difficulties. Thompson uses "Debbie", a librarian as an example of how efficient searching is done. Debbie uses more than one search engine to gain her information, more than a simple search and a click on the button. This implies that gaining great results from searching can take time and effort.This being an opinion piece has me to agree or disagree. In this degree I agree as I have found that searching for quality information is extremely troublesome when using little resources of just one search engine, even if it does have a large amount of data as Thompson said.
Bare bones Lesson 7: Basic Search Tips
The Bare bones Lesson 7: Basic Search Tips page in the USC Beaufort Library helps readers to search the web efficiently with ease which simple additions of symbols when typing in the search boxes. I tried the assignment at the end of the page with typing the important keywords in the search first, because I havn't realised this before unlike the other useful search tips. For this i used google and typed in economy indonesia history and then history indonesia economy and found that the first search held better quality sites at the beginning of the hit page. Knowing these tips I feel confident that searching for information for future university assignments which gain me more valuable information.
Monday, March 10, 2008
Week Two
LECTURE SUMMARY
Starting the Preparation Course in the second week, beginning with my Accessing Knowledge lecture, I found all of the information very familiar. The lecture concerned various internet browsers, Windows applications and the differences between Microsoft XP and Microsoft Vista. Helen discussed the ways of working with these applications with both XP and Vista. She also showed us the statistics of the use of various internet browsers with Internet Explorer being the most commonly used, which was no surprise. Though It wasn't until the tutorial that I realised the differences between the two operating systems because I havn't yet used Vista.
TUTORIAL ACTIVITIES
Microsoft Word
Using Microsoft Word 2007 was very fustrating to use as I have never previously used it and having to produce this having 2003 instructions. After completing this task, I have found that Microsoft Word 2007 is much more convenient and efficient to use than the previous Microsoft Word application that I use personally.
This task allowed me to learn how to double space, double line, make headings appropriately, create the contents section with a clean format and how to reference my resources.
I have created some screenshots of my end result of this task displayed below.
By epsilon890 at 2008-03-10
Microsoft Excel
Completing the Microsoft Excel task has given me the ability to learn how to create tables that hold information which can then be made into presentable pie and coloumn graphs. I found the graphs hard to change the axis labels though overall I am happy that I have learnt the skills needed to present information needed for possible assignments in the future.
READING ACTIVITIES
Graphic File Formatshttp://www.knight-web.net/tutorials/photoshop/ (Graphic File Formats) teaches you about the various types of formats of a image file. Some of these are Join Photographic Experts Group (.jpg), CompuServe (.gif), Bitmap (.bmp), The Tagges-Image File Format (.tiff), PhotoShop Document (.psp ~ .psp ~ .spp).Each format has advantages over others. An example of this is a jpeg. A jpeg format contains all the colour information of a RGB image. This enables jpegs to be best for the internet, which explains why this is the most commonly used format. While TIFF is used to transfer files between different types of computers which use different applications, for example: Mac -> Microsoft. This is where the other formats fail.There are many more advantages of these formats which are explained on the site. This source has given me a great understanding of why there are different image formats and how they are used.TIFF is used to exchange files between applications and computer platforms as it can be readby both Macintosh or IBM compatible / Windows (PC's) computers.
Starting the Preparation Course in the second week, beginning with my Accessing Knowledge lecture, I found all of the information very familiar. The lecture concerned various internet browsers, Windows applications and the differences between Microsoft XP and Microsoft Vista. Helen discussed the ways of working with these applications with both XP and Vista. She also showed us the statistics of the use of various internet browsers with Internet Explorer being the most commonly used, which was no surprise. Though It wasn't until the tutorial that I realised the differences between the two operating systems because I havn't yet used Vista.
TUTORIAL ACTIVITIES
Microsoft Word
Using Microsoft Word 2007 was very fustrating to use as I have never previously used it and having to produce this having 2003 instructions. After completing this task, I have found that Microsoft Word 2007 is much more convenient and efficient to use than the previous Microsoft Word application that I use personally.
This task allowed me to learn how to double space, double line, make headings appropriately, create the contents section with a clean format and how to reference my resources.
I have created some screenshots of my end result of this task displayed below.
By epsilon890 at 2008-03-10
Microsoft Excel
Completing the Microsoft Excel task has given me the ability to learn how to create tables that hold information which can then be made into presentable pie and coloumn graphs. I found the graphs hard to change the axis labels though overall I am happy that I have learnt the skills needed to present information needed for possible assignments in the future.
READING ACTIVITIES
Graphic File Formatshttp://www.knight-web.net/tutorials/photoshop/ (Graphic File Formats) teaches you about the various types of formats of a image file. Some of these are Join Photographic Experts Group (.jpg), CompuServe (.gif), Bitmap (.bmp), The Tagges-Image File Format (.tiff), PhotoShop Document (.psp ~ .psp ~ .spp).Each format has advantages over others. An example of this is a jpeg. A jpeg format contains all the colour information of a RGB image. This enables jpegs to be best for the internet, which explains why this is the most commonly used format. While TIFF is used to transfer files between different types of computers which use different applications, for example: Mac -> Microsoft. This is where the other formats fail.There are many more advantages of these formats which are explained on the site. This source has given me a great understanding of why there are different image formats and how they are used.TIFF is used to exchange files between applications and computer platforms as it can be readby both Macintosh or IBM compatible / Windows (PC's) computers.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Week One
Having read the blackboard unit recourses I was able to look back on the first week's lecture which I found very handy because it contained valuable information for a person starting this course. This information included the course outline: assignments, where I can obtain information, student responsibilities and plagiarism.
I found the first lecture's information more useful to me than the 2nd, though likely because I'm already partially computer literate. The tutorial was also great, learning all about blogger and the blackboard.
Screenshot
READING ACTIVITIES
PC Lube and TuneMy first reading task included directing me to http://www.yale.edu/pclt/default.htm to read about PC Lube and Tune (PCLT). This site is to enable any person to access knowledge concerning tutorials, computing technical subjects and introductions. They author of the site explains this as a similar tool to a service station where the user is able to gain knowledge. The website contains specific understandings of PC Hardware, handling Java and C#, Graphics user interphace, computers/video files and HDTV, technical perspective on The Microsoft Antitrust Case, the tragedy of Microsoft and Java, chracter encoding and web standards, microsoft.NET framework, distributed applications and the web, das boot, the storm before the COM, introduction to SNA, introduction to TCP/IP and APPC and the Ethernet. All of these are directed through hyperlinks from the homepage, which I found very easy to access because it had a clean format.
How Stuff Works http://www.howstuffworks.com/pc.htm. This website offers excellent information to those who are beginners to computers. I have a little experience using computers, leaving this website somewhat repeatative. Though later down the page, the information begins to become more specific concerning the computers hardware and what their functions are. This a little interesting to me because there were 1 or 2 hardware components that taught me more about them.
I found the first lecture's information more useful to me than the 2nd, though likely because I'm already partially computer literate. The tutorial was also great, learning all about blogger and the blackboard.
Screenshot
READING ACTIVITIES
PC Lube and TuneMy first reading task included directing me to http://www.yale.edu/pclt/default.htm to read about PC Lube and Tune (PCLT). This site is to enable any person to access knowledge concerning tutorials, computing technical subjects and introductions. They author of the site explains this as a similar tool to a service station where the user is able to gain knowledge. The website contains specific understandings of PC Hardware, handling Java and C#, Graphics user interphace, computers/video files and HDTV, technical perspective on The Microsoft Antitrust Case, the tragedy of Microsoft and Java, chracter encoding and web standards, microsoft.NET framework, distributed applications and the web, das boot, the storm before the COM, introduction to SNA, introduction to TCP/IP and APPC and the Ethernet. All of these are directed through hyperlinks from the homepage, which I found very easy to access because it had a clean format.
How Stuff Works http://www.howstuffworks.com/pc.htm. This website offers excellent information to those who are beginners to computers. I have a little experience using computers, leaving this website somewhat repeatative. Though later down the page, the information begins to become more specific concerning the computers hardware and what their functions are. This a little interesting to me because there were 1 or 2 hardware components that taught me more about them.
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