Week 4 Using WWW 21 March 2008

1Lecture:

There was no class for this day it was Good friday so i had to look over the blackboard and read through the lecture notes which i had to do it in my own time.
it briefly explains how to use World Wide Web explains the historical prespective of the website. The web is access of sounds, video,documents and other source that give information. The lecture note explains the internet was developed by Time Berners-Lee in 1989, he created the internet to make possible to share research information.


2Tutorial:

I had to do this activity at home since it was Good friday and it says that we should look at these websites;

www.haggishunt.scotsman.com
www.molossia.org
www.martinlutherking.org. the 4 clues that was noticable that i have picked up are;


A)This site http://www.haggishunt.scotsman.com/ attempts to appear authentic if various facts of about haggis every time the site is refreshed and further involve its authenticity by having a competition supported by three professional associations, Gleneagles Hotel, MPS and The Scotsman Publications Ltd.


B) Four clues that give away each site as being a spoof?

Accuracy
Information provided here is highly accurate.
the reference list provided is well linked..and highly accurate in my opinion.


Authorship
It wont show who it was written by there for its not dat accurate but it shows when it was posted by news week magazine 1988.

purpose
The purpose is to give the user's information on MLK history, his hostrical writings, truth about king,death of the dream etc

Over-all worth.
The web-site is highly effective at some stage it wont provide as many information.





The other thing that was asked for us to do was what we expect of the web MLK and i expect a brief history of his life and when i had a look through the website Marthin Luther King there was some false information they have said and one of the other thing that was mentioned in the web was that he has slept with three woman and beating them to death i thought that was just out of line i think that wasnt the real story.







Readings

This week there were two areas for extra reading both containing information on the history of the WWW. In the first one website as follows http://www.w3.org/History.html I was able to become informed of the brief history and the developments of the worldwide web from 1945 to 1995. With the original development being a device called a Memex which had the ability to store memory, to make and follow links between documents on microfiche. Provided are a variety of links to other websites of information on how it all started.

The second reading website as follows http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/history/ivh/frame_theorie.html is a website designed to inform the reader of the history of the world-wide web, giving information in chapters titled, The development of the world-wide web till 1960's, from arpanet to the World-Wide Web, History of Electronic Mail, Search Engines and chapter 5 Basic Net Data.

Week 3 Using online Libraries and Database 14 March 2008-03-25

Lecture:

The lecturer Dr Helen Cripps talks the online libraries and database, she explains why use online libraries and database She talks about the disadvantages of using online libraries and database and types of online libraries and database. We were shown the examples of online resources and the limitations of online libraries and lastly the referencing online libraries and the ways of online referencing are;
• Accurate referencing is vital
• Use APA format
• Details found in ECU library publications
• Create Endnote Libraries
• In many courses, marks are deducted from assignments with incorrect referencing
• The quantity of references may also be evaluated and contribute to your mark
Basically there was allot of things that Dr Helen Cripps have covered that was good and I have gained allot of knowledge from it.






Tutorial:
In class we had Log onto and explore the ECU Library Service. Spend some time going through and we had to list 10 things and explain them in detail, and the ones i have found was;

1. Journals- This link helps students search for an article for their topic
2. MetaQuest is an access entry for library databases that can search up to 10 databases at the same time
3. Search terms- you can search what type of thing you looking for example whatever topic you want
4. Reference/ Enquires-All four ECU libraries offer a general reference desk service. For basic enquiries you can call at the Enquiries Desk, and for more in-depth reference queries call at the Reference/Information Desk.
5. Academic tip sheets- it gives informations on Academic essay, Annotated bibliography, APA Style, Blogs, journals et al. , assignments etc.

6. Library work shop and tours-students can request for library tour to the time it is suited for them.
7. Getting started at the library- is basically is; you can get Help at The library, Contacts for Assistance, Finding Material example books, journal articles etc.
8. Library broadcast video clips-Podcasts are audio files that can be downloaded and played on your MP3 player, or through your PC. ECU library's podcasts include audio tours of each metro campus library, as well as information about using your ECU library.
9. ECU referencing guide- Gives you examples on how to reference an academic way of writing your essay, annoted bibliography etc
10 simo- where student can check their timetables, exam progress, govt. assistance, fee details, statement of account, govt. confirmation etc



On the next work that we had to look at were to go on this website www.medlineplus.gov
And to have a look through the pages and find something that would interests us and I looked at garlic (Allium sativum L.) this article here talks about Some have examined the effects of oral garlic on serum lipids the evidence the have come up with was High cholesterol, Cancer, Anti-fungal (applied to the skin), High blood pressure, Tick repellent etc.










Readings
READING 1. The reading resource "Bones" is a website formed as part of an extension from the Beaufort University Library Resources. Similarly to my top 10 tips for searching the Internet, it shows useful tips to search Internet Search engines effectively.

READING 2. Reading two is an article which features how to search the web. Written by Bill Thompson, BBC commentator for "Go Digital", he talks about needing to use the versatility of the web, and not just using the same search engines such as google for all queries. The research he does is often not in books yet, so the use of the internet is unavoiable, though he underlines that its important that if using the internet as a resource, you make sense of what you find, and that you are wary that the information that you are reading may not be credible. Bill Thompson also talks about using resources such as medline, which are accessed via th internet but arent indexed by search engines.One of the problems he underlines, is that the web is already huge and only getting larger by the minute, so it would be impossible for the search engine that you most regularly use to index and contain all the information that is available to you. Much of the information is hidden behind firewalls and is available to those only who hold subscriptions, much like the ECU website. He counters that this problem can be solved by using resources such as this is to have a wide and varied use of search engines, subscriptions and online journals.

Week 2 - Using Microsoft Word (14 March 2008)

Lecture:

Today in lecture we were asked couple of questions what microsoft application can you list, list internet browers, what new websites we have visted etc. We where run through about couple of things like how the old microsoft has changed to 2007 vista and the comon pc tasks, browser statistics


Tutorial:


Today in the tutorial we have done an excercise on using microsoft word. in that excersie we had to do several things like; Adjust the TYPEFACE,Adjust the MARGINS AND ALIGNMENT etc. While i was doin that i also had to read Using MS Word for APA Tasks that showed me some of the things on how to use it and it was quite hard because that piece of information was onli showing examples on the old microsoft word and it was kind of difficult looking up for anything on the microsoft vista but i got the hang of it.I have put up a proof of image showing my work on the bottom. i have also read the Reader of screen capture on how to do a screen capture and it was quit good information.The other thing we also had to do was to work on Microsoft Excel.


Reading

1 - Using MS Word for APA tasks

This document provided a well detailed guide on both the basic and advanced functions of Microsoft Word for when completing tasks such as essays or referencing. Each section provides step by step guides to help the reader appropriately use different functions to design a good layout for a document.


2 - Graphic File Formats

This reading provides information on the different graphic file formats and the advantages and disadvantages for when an image file is changed into this format. It also provides information on which areas the file formats would be mainly used thus providing efficiency in that area.

Week 1 Using Computers(Accessing and organising knowledge) 7 March 2008

Lecture:

Introduction of the unit the assesments .The unit has two assignments and one exam,we are expected to complete all assignments and exams, and briefly the lecturer was going through evetrything.

Tutorial

In the tutorial class we have learent how to creat a blog and also registered with imageshack. After that we had to send a url link and password to the teacher. We were then asked to read two articles and and analize it.

For the first article i have read was how pc works and what i have learent from it was firstly when you hear about technology first thing everyone thinks about is computers, but actualy everything around us have computer component for example cars, but mainly people have an idea of computer when one says technlogy. Computer has lots of different parts, Memory, hard disk, moden and etc.

The other article was Welcome to PC Lube and Tune a pc may say dell or hp on the outside bt the inside it may have different standards of components.