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Sorry for this late post!!!!

Recently busy with open house thus i do not have time to update this blog. So i am here to blog about Wednesday and Thursday.

Wednesday we learnt about invisible web or "dark matter". I realise that invisible web is not foundable by normal searh engine because of most of the data was high-quality authoritative information. Our school had provide us with alot of cool invisible web and it is free!!! Click HERE if u want to research.

Thursday is Elearning!! We were supposed to answer some question in ole-bb. I will post here so you can take a look and comment in the cbox:)


Briefly explain how Internet has enriched your social and academic life. Illustrate your answer using TWO Internet resources you had learnt in EIR.

Internet was introduced in the 1960s but only until 1990s when the development of the networking technologies resulted in increased popularity in modern human life. With the advancement of technology and the increase of Internet use, professionals-academic and businesses are more reliant on electronic resources for information, research, and data. The Internet gives an individual access to a sea of information, data, and knowledge; plus, this vast amount of information is available in a matter of seconds, rather than hours or days. The ease of access, availability, and vastness of online resources is encouraging more professionals to use the internet. Internet is now incorporated into education for most of the schools in most developed countries.

I remembered when I was in primary school; my internet was connected through dial-up connection. It was quite troublesome for me to use internet because whenever I was using internet, I couldn’t use my house phone and my friends couldn’t contact me. Many of us were still young and do not own a MSN or other messenger account. For me, I only went to game sites such as Neopets and Miniclips Thus communication through internet was difficult for me during that period of time, as internet was used purely for leisure.

But now with the new technology we have, communication through internet is much easier. Social networking websites such as Twitter or Facebook enables me to understand my friends better and also reconnect with long lost friends.

I began blogging since I was in sec 2, it was like a diary to me where I can post what is happening during that day and how feel about it. My English was not really good during secondary school, it was either a fail or a borderline pass. After a year of blogging, even my teacher said that my English improved a lot and I was happy to hear that because I knew that English would be important for me In the near future as a communication tool.


For research purposes, do you think Internet resources are the only resources that you can depend on for effective research? Justify your answer with an example.

No. Besides Internet, other resources such as Books can also be used for internet research. For example, while we are researching on the topic of Gambling, books written by famous authors regarding Gambling can be used in my research. Books are different from plain information found in the Internet as the writer also provides a certain perspective pertaining to this social issue. The more books used in a research, the more perspectives it provides. Hence books also open up people’s minds and enable readers to think deeply. This is important for my research because the information found in the books would not only spur me to think deeply, but also the readers.

However, Internet resources are now seen as the only resource that can be used for effective research as it is the easiest, fastest and the most accessible resource everywhere. It has an ease of access, unlike books which requires searching for the author, finding the pages of chapters – A tedious job.

Hence, this easier method of researching naturally eliminates the other methods of researching from other people minds, and to this day, when the word ‘Research’ comes to mind , the first solution would be the Internet.


Blog Reflection 3

1)Do you think it is more effective to search the invisible web (databases) than using search engines, meta-search or subject directories? Why?

I think that we cannot compare invisible web with other search facilities like search engine, meta-search and subject directories. I feel that each search facilities have its own feature/function. Goggle could help you search the Web, Usenet, and images thus allows me to go to a wider range of variety of websites be it personal and organizational websites. Scholar allows me to find articles from 1991 to current year and search articles written by a specific reporter that is specialized about gambling. Meta Search Engine allows more of the web to be searched at once than any one stand-alone search engine. Subject Directory are categorized by topics into subcategories which will narrow your search, thus you would find your materials effectively. I think we should make use of all the search facilities instead of one. I found out that all the search facilities I mention above, except Yahoo directory, gave me the information I needed and thus I cannot provide a direct answer as to which search facility was the most effective.

2)Will you use the invisible web (databases) for research in your own respective Diplomas? Why?

I will use invisible web when i need to find high-quality authoritative information like newspaper articles. For my course, Diploma In Environment Design, most of our projects were linked to architecture, landscape or urban planning where we can find similar projects through books and google. Articles are seldom use for our reference.

3)What have you learnt from your wiki experience during this practical?

I think information from wiki can be irrelevant or relevant on the same time due to the "open-editing" system they had. This allow anyone to edit the information whenever they want.

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