Practical 10 Activity 1

Favorite metaphor - Ear (Listener)

The most important lesson I have learnt from EIR is working together with my group mates. Using a collaborative wiki page as an example, I learnt how to coordinate with my group mates in doing the wiki page such as distributing the work load, learning to understand and accept my group mates point of view as well as accepting changes in the content.

Practical 8&9 Activity 3

I have chosen Japan as my dream holiday destination. These are some pictures of Japan on Second Life.

I have used Coverage and Accuracy as my evaluation criteria for my multimedia website. I used those criteria to check if the multimedia website covers all parts of Japan as well as providing accurate information on Japan. Accurate information is important as I have not been to Japan before and require information when I visit Japan. Coverage is also important as it will inform me about all that Japan has to offer when i visit the country.

I have always wanted to go to Japan as one of my hobbies is watching anime and reading manga which Japan produces. Besides that, I also like the food from Japan and wish to go to Japan as there will definitely be more Japanese food there as compared to Singapore.

Pictures from the multimedia website

After evaluating the multimedia website and comparing it to my experience in Second Life, I can say that Second Life does not always offer the best experience as  it does not provide all that Japan has to offer.

Practical 6 Activity 3

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

It is more effective to search using invisible web. The databases in invisible webs are up to date and have relevant search results and the articles are very informative for the topic I am doing.

b.    Name ONE database which you will use for your research topic. Why?

EBSCOhost database. I tried searching that database before and I found a lot of useful information and articles from that database. Those articles can be used to help in my research for my topic.

c.    Name ONE more database which you will use for your course. How will you use this database for your course?

Another database I would use will be LexisNexis. This database gives search results on newspaper articles. Newspaper articles are very informative and results may contain articles that I have never come across before.