hi Guys........
Here comes my Practical 8 reflection..... ..
In this lab session i have been asked to evaluate the site www.si.edu.
Since i had been evaluated 4 website it seems to be ok for me....
During my evaluation i use the 8 criterion .........
The purpose of the website is to promote research, innovation, and discovery in science, arts through the medium of entertainment.Eventhough the sole purpose of the site is to give information, it uses entertainment as a medium to convey the message.
It gives importance to marketing as well.It covers a wide range of topics such as... from History, arts, science etc........
The site is created and maintained by smithsonian institution founded by Mr.James Smithson.
It's doesn't contain any grammatical errors or spelling mistakes.The informations in the website is up-to-date and well maintained.It had free access to most of the information. But then it also had some membership login for which some nominal amount is charged.Also we can subscribe for newsletters as well.The website has search facility as well where by you can search for other websites.More over there are some drawbacks as well.The lack of reference is one among it.It contains a lot of information which might make the users confused.But the website is successful in expressing it's purpose.
My over all impression of this site is good.(neither excellent nor Bad).
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
hi friends, ......Here comes my Practical 7 reflection.......
My Practical 7 was almost like practical 6.The only difference is that in practical7 i had to evaluate 3 more resources.I used those same eight criteria (from practical6) to evaluate the relevance of the three resources.By evaluating three more resources , I understood more about the differences in websites and how to choose the best...
For me this information seems to be very useful towards my research activity in future.
From my evaluation exercise i came to understand the fact that in order to choose a good website ,we must initially look into it's aim and vision ,there should be informations about how it is running and who created it....
search facility or site map, links to other relevant websites of same character....etc..should be included.
It should be free from grammatical, spelling and typographical errors. Also the information should be up-to-date and well arranged.
My Practical 7 was almost like practical 6.The only difference is that in practical7 i had to evaluate 3 more resources.I used those same eight criteria (from practical6) to evaluate the relevance of the three resources.By evaluating three more resources , I understood more about the differences in websites and how to choose the best...
For me this information seems to be very useful towards my research activity in future.
From my evaluation exercise i came to understand the fact that in order to choose a good website ,we must initially look into it's aim and vision ,there should be informations about how it is running and who created it....
search facility or site map, links to other relevant websites of same character....etc..should be included.
It should be free from grammatical, spelling and typographical errors. Also the information should be up-to-date and well arranged.
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
hi all....
after a short term break .....here comes my uir class....surprisingly i found out that there is no class in this week as this is the 11 th week of my school.But e-learning give me a blank idea......but further i move through my e- learning process i feel interesting ....
Here Comes my (Practical 6a& 6b) brief summary......
In this session we were asked to evaluate one of the website which we find out during the earlier sessions.So i choose my site...and started evaluating....
For making my evaluation effective, i use following criterion.
1)Purpose,2)Coverage,3)Authority,4)Accuracy,5)Currency,6)Accessibility,7)Presentation and Arrangement,8)Usability.
website i choose-http://www.instituteforcounterterrorism.org/
Title of Internet Resource: Advocacy
here is a brief summary of my evaluation....
The purpose of this site is to raise awareness of the global threat of terrorism through its contacts with agencies involved with shaping public opinion worldwide. The site clearly states it purpose and is unique because of strategic approach to the issue of international terrorism in a presentable manner.
This is comprehensive sites based on a non-profit organization which contain researches, publications, articles etc based on terrorism. It even includes news, commentaries, videos, database etc. Database includes selected international terrorist and guerilla attacks for the years 1986 to the present.
The links of this site cover a vast area of the topic and is classified into Academic and research centers, public organizations, government sites, private institutions and organizations. This site also contain information’s on various services of the institute based on the terrorism such as consulting, training, threat assessment, research services etc.
Even though the coverage of this site is vast, the research based approach of this site make this site a trustful and accurate one. The navigation through the site is very easy and the search facility within the site gives further plus point to the users. This gives me an excellent impression to the quality of the site.
after a short term break .....here comes my uir class....surprisingly i found out that there is no class in this week as this is the 11 th week of my school.But e-learning give me a blank idea......but further i move through my e- learning process i feel interesting ....
Here Comes my (Practical 6a& 6b) brief summary......
In this session we were asked to evaluate one of the website which we find out during the earlier sessions.So i choose my site...and started evaluating....
For making my evaluation effective, i use following criterion.
1)Purpose,2)Coverage,3)Authority,4)Accuracy,5)Currency,6)Accessibility,7)Presentation and Arrangement,8)Usability.
website i choose-http://www.instituteforcounterterrorism.org/
Title of Internet Resource: Advocacy
here is a brief summary of my evaluation....
The purpose of this site is to raise awareness of the global threat of terrorism through its contacts with agencies involved with shaping public opinion worldwide. The site clearly states it purpose and is unique because of strategic approach to the issue of international terrorism in a presentable manner.
This is comprehensive sites based on a non-profit organization which contain researches, publications, articles etc based on terrorism. It even includes news, commentaries, videos, database etc. Database includes selected international terrorist and guerilla attacks for the years 1986 to the present.
The links of this site cover a vast area of the topic and is classified into Academic and research centers, public organizations, government sites, private institutions and organizations. This site also contain information’s on various services of the institute based on the terrorism such as consulting, training, threat assessment, research services etc.
Even though the coverage of this site is vast, the research based approach of this site make this site a trustful and accurate one. The navigation through the site is very easy and the search facility within the site gives further plus point to the users. This gives me an excellent impression to the quality of the site.
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Hi friends..here is a nice thought for u.....
"Today is not going to be like yesterday. Nor will it resemble tomorrow. Each day is special and promises us many new ideas--perhaps the chance to make a friend, or to learn something interesting from a teacher or a book."
Hi friends i Quote this words because it tell about my first day in my uir class which give me something which is very interesting ...nothing much but to make a blog of myself.. The excitement about that day is that it is full of surprises. Every thing we do, every conversation we have, will not be repeated in just the same way again, and this reminds us how special each of us conversate in the first class through messenger.....
What new discovery will I make today?
may be i forgot to tell a very important thing ie. i create an id in msn messenger here it is ..jittujosez@hotmail.com...
"Today is not going to be like yesterday. Nor will it resemble tomorrow. Each day is special and promises us many new ideas--perhaps the chance to make a friend, or to learn something interesting from a teacher or a book."
Hi friends i Quote this words because it tell about my first day in my uir class which give me something which is very interesting ...nothing much but to make a blog of myself.. The excitement about that day is that it is full of surprises. Every thing we do, every conversation we have, will not be repeated in just the same way again, and this reminds us how special each of us conversate in the first class through messenger.....
What new discovery will I make today?
may be i forgot to tell a very important thing ie. i create an id in msn messenger here it is ..jittujosez@hotmail.com...
Here comes my second day of my uir class......
Today Lessons was on finding ONE aspect of the topic that you would like to know more about.
i joined with my partener in this class and decided to pick up a topic which suit our interests ie. related to cricket....the only question which rose in our mind was about the best players..so we decided to find .......Who is the best test player in 2006? ......
From my side i use search engines such us Altavista,google and my friend use google and yahoo...my fortunately or unfortunately during our dicussion session we find out that our findings match..ie Australian captain Ricky Ponting was the best player 2006.
What new discovery will I make today?
All resourses cannot be trust full as different people got different views on same topics…_________________________________________________________________
Today Lessons was on finding ONE aspect of the topic that you would like to know more about.
i joined with my partener in this class and decided to pick up a topic which suit our interests ie. related to cricket....the only question which rose in our mind was about the best players..so we decided to find .......Who is the best test player in 2006? ......
From my side i use search engines such us Altavista,google and my friend use google and yahoo...my fortunately or unfortunately during our dicussion session we find out that our findings match..ie Australian captain Ricky Ponting was the best player 2006.
What new discovery will I make today?
All resourses cannot be trust full as different people got different views on same topics…_________________________________________________________________
Here comes my third week..
In this session, we were asked to find out 4 websites with a combination of subject based, personal, and organisational, which is related to my topic ie.'Impact of terrorism on world economy'.
Here is the websites which i find out ,
1) Personal - http://ksghome.harvard.edu/~aabadie/twe.pdf
2) Subject Based - http://www.terrormarketeffect.com/index.shtml
3) Organisational - http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/rm/8839.htm
4) Organisational - http://untreaty.un.org/English/Terrorism.asp
In addition i find out a discussion forum based on my topic..
http://www.slyck.com/forums/index.php
In this activity i use Google,Altavista, and Yahoo, search engines for my relavent results.
As a resultof this activity i realised the fact that Subject based websites are focused on a particular subject. The materials in that site will be related to that particular subject only.
Personal websites are created and managed by persons, while organizational sites managed by organizations. Personal websites will be related to our personal interests.
In this session, we were asked to find out 4 websites with a combination of subject based, personal, and organisational, which is related to my topic ie.'Impact of terrorism on world economy'.
Here is the websites which i find out ,
1) Personal - http://ksghome.harvard.edu/~aabadie/twe.pdf
2) Subject Based - http://www.terrormarketeffect.com/index.shtml
3) Organisational - http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/rm/8839.htm
4) Organisational - http://untreaty.un.org/English/Terrorism.asp
In addition i find out a discussion forum based on my topic..
http://www.slyck.com/forums/index.php
In this activity i use Google,Altavista, and Yahoo, search engines for my relavent results.
As a resultof this activity i realised the fact that Subject based websites are focused on a particular subject. The materials in that site will be related to that particular subject only.
Personal websites are created and managed by persons, while organizational sites managed by organizations. Personal websites will be related to our personal interests.
My fourth week ,,,,,
Today's lesson, i searched for 4 new websites with different objectives.So here it goes...
1. http://www.hinduonnet.com/businessline/nic/usattack/index.htm
Purpose of resource : News
It is a website managed by the news paper, The Hindu. It shows various
articles by it’s correspondent about the terrorism and its effects in world
Economy.
2.http://ezinearticles.com/?Global-Markets:-A-Window-on-the-World-Economy&id=38688
Purpose of resource : Advocacy
This site will send articles on different subjects to those who is
In need for it only. It tries to influence peoples opinion by encouraging
them to sign up for newsletter.
3. http://www.brookings.edu/views/papers/perry/20011024.htm
Purpose of resource : Information
This website gives a lot of information about the changes occurred in oil industry as
a result of the terrorist attack in September 11 .
4. http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2001/GA9964.doc.htm
Purpose of resource : Information
This is a document based on the UN general assembly meeting discussion about terrorism and its impacts.
Today's lesson, i searched for 4 new websites with different objectives.So here it goes...
1. http://www.hinduonnet.com/businessline/nic/usattack/index.htm
Purpose of resource : News
It is a website managed by the news paper, The Hindu. It shows various
articles by it’s correspondent about the terrorism and its effects in world
Economy.
2.http://ezinearticles.com/?Global-Markets:-A-Window-on-the-World-Economy&id=38688
Purpose of resource : Advocacy
This site will send articles on different subjects to those who is
In need for it only. It tries to influence peoples opinion by encouraging
them to sign up for newsletter.
3. http://www.brookings.edu/views/papers/perry/20011024.htm
Purpose of resource : Information
This website gives a lot of information about the changes occurred in oil industry as
a result of the terrorist attack in September 11 .
4. http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2001/GA9964.doc.htm
Purpose of resource : Information
This is a document based on the UN general assembly meeting discussion about terrorism and its impacts.
hi....this is my fifth week
2day am going to blog about the 3 diffrent search engine that i used to get related information of my topic.The 3 types of search engine i used was the Meta search engine, normal search engine and last but not least subject directory...So here it goes..
Search Engine - Google
This search engine compiled all the related website very easily and it hits 1,400,000 relavent results.But the results have no relavent ranking..
Meta Search Engine-ixquick
This meta-search engine give me relavent results and the results are of relavent ranking.It hits 12,899,352 results related to my topic.But one thing i observed is that the searching process is bit slower compared to other search engines.
Subject Directory-Yahoo
This search engine give me results which were accurate to a certain extend only but not as the search engines.Eventhough it hits 586,000 results, the results were not having any relavant ranking also.
2day am going to blog about the 3 diffrent search engine that i used to get related information of my topic.The 3 types of search engine i used was the Meta search engine, normal search engine and last but not least subject directory...So here it goes..
Search Engine - Google
This search engine compiled all the related website very easily and it hits 1,400,000 relavent results.But the results have no relavent ranking..
Meta Search Engine-ixquick
This meta-search engine give me relavent results and the results are of relavent ranking.It hits 12,899,352 results related to my topic.But one thing i observed is that the searching process is bit slower compared to other search engines.
Subject Directory-Yahoo
This search engine give me results which were accurate to a certain extend only but not as the search engines.Eventhough it hits 586,000 results, the results were not having any relavant ranking also.
The purpose of each resource was so useful and related to my research topic.
In case of Ixquick it gives us the most relevant results. But it doesn’t have the capability to reach out to more search locations.
Google can give us more number and relevant results. But it doesn’t shows the relevance of the results.
Subject Directories such as Yahoo are of small range because it is human compiled. But they are well organized.
In this session search engine Google meet my need related to my topic, as it gave me more number and relevant results.
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