Friday, January 23, 2009
Firstly, I'd like to continue from my previous post about summary of internet resources. I'd also like to apologize for a lack of pictures because I haven't got time to wait for my very slow computer to upload them all.
OK here goes.
Following last week, evaluating internet resources also involves checking the links of the website, since some websites might have changed its URL.
Also important, is the check for the status of the resource owner. Some information might have changed because the owner has left the company or an institution.
Some of you might not know, internet resources from an institution or an organisation might not be very relevant and reliable afterall. That is because it might be biased and might be trying to push an idea across to its viewers.
For example, it is very likely that a political website have an extent of biasness, otherwise, how are the citizens convinced to vote for that party?
Finally, to evaluate an internet resource, check whether there are hyped up languages in that resource. There may be exaggeration in the content of the resource, perhaps from a site advertising its products. Hence it is important to ensure that
there are no marketing languages in it.
ITS ME .
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
OK! Of all questions, it has to be My Dream Holiday!
How bout this, just get me a ticket for a plane trip around the whole world. Seriously my life is very deprived when it comes to holidays. I have never been on a plane and never been overseas. All except once, and that was a free 5 days 4 nights vacation to Malaysia. Even then, we travelled by coach. I have absolutely no idea what it is like to go overseas, and in fact, have no wish to even dream about it. What with all the turmoil and unstablity in the economy, even food has become a problem. I'd rather curl up on my sofa with good book, especially books by Low Kay Hwa, and spend a whole day reading it.
This post, I admit, will be rather slipshod because i have completely no notion about going overseas.
Destination: Japan - Nagoya, especially its Aichi Prefecture.
I chose this particular destination because of an absolutely perfect concert performance by the Aichi Meiden High School Symphony Wind Band. I would like to visit Aichi Meiden High School and experience the fantastic musical talent that the students have. Most importantly, I would like to visit my friend Natsumi, who was a B-clarinettist then. I do miss her quite a bit.
Back on track, Japan has very lovely scenery and for someone like me who simply adore scenic locations, Japan is definitely the ideal country to visit.
The following are some photo shots of the scenery in Japan. All the pictures in this post are from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan
~ Mount Yari, Nagano Prefecture in August
~ The well-known Mount Fuji in the background with the Shinkansen or bullet train in the foreground.
~ Japanese Garden
~ The Nagoya Castle
Other than the scenery, Japan is also well known for its culture, its technology as well as its world-famous anime/manga.
The Japanese culture definitely includes its various forms of martial arts, of which Kendo and Judo were in fact adopted as Co-Curricular Activities in many Singapore schools.
~ Kendo sparring session.
~ The latest Honda ASIMO model
The technological improvements in Japan are really fascinating. It is a wonder how Japan recovered so quickly from the World War II after-effects and managed to grow so strongly indstrially and economically. I guess a part of the reason could be that they are generating a lot of revenue from the exporting of cars to major dealers around the world. So i'd like to visit the car production factories in Japan and hopefully learn how the cars are made. This decision to visit a car factory is partially due to my interest in the automobiles industry, transportation, as well as my curiosity of finding out "How things work/How things are made/How things came about?".
The animation field in Japan is also expanding at the speed of light. There has been an impressive number of very famous anime films and games like the all-time favourite Final Fantasy Series (with the current FFXIII in productions for Xbox and Playstation 3 game consoles), Naruto, the children's favourite - Pokemon, the old time favourite Power Rangers (Super Sentai Series), Bleach, Katekyo Hitman Reborn and many more. I'd like to find out how the anime characters were first conceptualized, and how they were drawn, animated, and finally given their unique voices. I'd also like to discover how the video games were produced and who were behind these great works of the century.
There are many more things i'd like to know about Japan which includes how the researchers work in producing the newest innovations and the coolest technological gadgets that we now have, crave for, or saving hard in order to purchase. Who knows, they might give me one as a free gift. (--- "Dream on.. ")
There are many more things which i'd like to find out about Japan. Too much to list them all out, but i'd like to end the trip with a one-day journey on the Shinkansen and feel the Need For Speed!
When I chose the website, i had to bear in mind these few considerations:
- The website must have enough pictures to show me my destination, this makes it more credible.
- The website needs to be authoritative, verified by other users and visitors or officials.
- The website need to show comprehensive information about my holiday destination.
- The website must be amongst the top 10 search results when I google my search keywords for my holiday destination.
ITS ME .
Thursday, January 8, 2009
This is the first time I really panic. The exams are coming.
Ok, I have learnt from the past two weeks about how to evaluate internet content
Firstly, it is important to lookout for the relevance and currency of an internet resource.
Basically, we need to identify the date of the posting as well as the date of the latest update.
I have chosen Mothers Against Videogame Addictions and Violence (MAVAV) as my evaluation resource.
Screenshot of homepage of MAVAV
Figure 1
Next, we must also identify whether the resource content are relevant. We need to make sure that the
content stays on topic. The content shouldnt deviate too much from the main context.
Lastly(not actually, because i'm leaving some for my next post), it is important to check whether the
links on the website or materials are still updated. Some links are broken due to website movements.
ITS ME .