Lesson 1 and 2 reflection=)

During lessons one and two, we were taught the basics of the internet and its facilities. I learn about different types of internet resources like Blogs and Wikis, online forums, newsgroups, Databases, electronic journals and magazines, multimedia resources and LOTS more. Of course, I have known about a few of the these internet resources, but there were a few which were unknown to me until I actually learn about them. One of them is Wiki.

What I understand about a wiki is that it is actually a website which allows, anyone, visiting the site to edit, remove or add all contents, very quickly and easily, sometimes without registration. It uses an "open-editing" system which allows the collaboration of documents to happen. The thing that is funny? The word "wiki" is actually a short version of the Hawaiian word "wiki wiki", which means fast.

Another internet resource which I like is Online forum. It a platform that provides discussion, and is done online or in virtual community. It all began in the year 1996. I had no clue about this. I have ever use online forums for discussion. I use it to check for sellers, buyers, latest video games, game discussions, apparel shopping where I can know about new shoes, SUPRA shoes to be exact.=)
For me, an online forum is a place where people can share their views with other people, even to those they can't meet/reach out to. For instance, I can share my views about hurricane Katrina with a person who is living there, and from there, I can get more information from the person directly, regarding that matter, because discussing personally is actually more relevant ; the person is a direct resource for me.








These images are from an online forum where gamers can discuss and share their opinions, even trade discussion andtalk to other players, share secrets. I picked this Digimon forum because I play the game on my Nintendo DS. I watch the cartoon and movie ever since I was a kid and now when I have time, espcially during bus rides home or to school, or anywhere, I will power up my DS and hit the game! its interactive XD
So, If I have an account for that forum, most probably I can communicate with other players.
I know, there are other better games out there, but I'm sticking to this one till the very end and you ain't gon' do notin' to stop MEYH! YA DIGGGG???? =)


Moving on, I also earn about organizational websites and personal websites. Subject based websites, which focuses more on a particular subject. Some subjects are more easily found than others in these subject based websites. Some of thee subjects are Government, Business, Technology, History, humanities, sciences and many more.


In lesson 2, I learn about the purposes of internet resources; Information, Advocacy, Business, News, Personal, Entertainment. Advocacy is a new word to me. The purpose is to influence public opinions, attempt to increase membership in an organization, promote causes, campaign for people to support!
I also learn about strategies on researching. I shouldn't use single common words when searching, but use multiple keywords, for it. Using the right search facility like search engine, meta search engine, subject directory, will also help us in our research. The use of Brackets and Boolean operate Like "AND" and "OR", stemming the keywords or even using wildcards will make our search more effective.


While doing practical 1 and 2,
I tried applying what i have learn and it definitely made a difference in my research.
I believe that learning more about the internet and its functions is important because it can help me do my work faster, get better results, within a short time.


More things to learn next?
definitely.

till then.

peace out.