Reflection For Week 2

Monday 27th Oct

It was Deepavali on Monday so therefore I do not have to go to school. However, I had to complete an EIR's E-Learning assignment so as to mark my attendance on Monday. The assignment to be complete is to participate in a discussion forum in Ole Blackboard. We are to discuss about how Internet has enriched my academic and social life. Other than discussing by posting a new thread for the discussion question, we had to response to our classmate's thread.
I feel that this E-Learning assignment is more interesting than the usual lessons. This is because we get to mark our attendance at home, just by posting and responding to the threads.


Tuesday 28th Oct

Today's lesson is about Invisible Web(Databases). The meaning of invisible web is text pages, files or other often high-quality authoritative information available via the World Wide Web that general-purpose search engines cannot or will not add to their indices of Web pages. In other words, they are referred to as the "Deep Web" or "Dark Matter".
It is also a collection of information stored in the form of data. Search engines do not index information that is stored in a database. Many Invisible Web (Databases) are maintained by government agencies and non-profit organizations. It often contain articles, abstracts and citations, census data, patents that gives reliable and up-to-date information.
Therefore for today's lesson, i had learnt about some Invisible Webs such as the Academic Gateway and Complete Planet. Not only that, i also learnt about the fact that our school library has got this service too. It is called the E-Books database ITPRO and the Digital Library Portal Research Gateway.
No,I do not think that it is effective to search the invisible web (database) than using search engines, meta search or subject directories because invisible web (database) only searches information from many schools' libraries. I will only use the invisible web (databases) for researching on information that can be acquired from articles or many schools' libraries books.

Friday 31th Oct

It's Halloween today and I had got a class test. I should say that i didnt fare very well for the class test because i only got 12/20 for it despite the fact that i studied it for the night before the test. =( After the class test, we watched some short clips regarding some songs that insult Singapore. I think that it was interesting as it really took the sleepyness away from me. Following on, we had to go to www.talkcock.com to evaluate the website. We were split into 3 groups, Singapore Prime Minister , Singaporean, Foreigner Talent/ Worker. Each groups had to role play the above character and evaluate the website based on the roles. I happened to be Foreigner Talent/Worker and had to went up to say what i felt about the website as a foreigner. I did not understand the website as it was full of singlish. The criteria i would use to evaluate talkingcock.com is Entertainment. I think that it really amuse me as i began laughing when i was browsing through the Coxford Singlish Dictionary. I felt really fun to role play a foreigner and had a chance to stand up to represent my group in a mini debate.