Summary of lecture
Questions answered at the start of the lecture:
1. Who invented the internet?
Tim Bernas-Lee
2. What year was the first webpage invented?
1989
3.What does WWW stand for ?
world wide web
4. What are TCP and IP?
TCP = transmission control protocol IP = Internet Protocol
5. What is HTML & what does it do?
Hypter text markup language - A markup language created for the creation of webpages with hypertext and other information on the net.
6. What does URL stand for?
uniform resource locator.
7. List at least 3 domain name endings other than '.com'
.net
.au
.edu
.gov
.org
During the lecture today we learnt about :
the internet vs the web
hisorical perspect of the internet
defining protocoles
web browsers
web protocols
what is the diffrence between the internet and the web?
the internet is something physical that you can actually see. it is the connecting of comptuers. the web however is what we actully call the internet its where you find google. the web is what you cant see its the connections of hypertext links where you can find anything you want.
did you know: the the first paper on packet switching theory came about in july of 1961. (packet switching theory: the transfering of packets between computers)
Summary of the workshop
Today we were asked to have a look at a couple of websites and discuss why they looked authentic and why they didnt apear authentic at the same time. it was part of helping us understand how websites can look real but they are really not.
summary of haggishunt
http://www.haggishunt.scotsman.com/
4 reasons why the website appears authentic.
* They offer instructions to the haggis hunting ground.
* They have a merchandise shop which most websites do have.
* They have prizes for those who find the haggis
* They have webcams set up for the enthusiastic hunter to watch the haggis all year round.
4 reasons why the website appears a fake.
* The website does not own its own domain name it is set up through a free website maker and hosted through scotsman.com a real website would have brought its own domain name.
* When you click the webcams it takes you to another website that is for peoples general fun to have a look at whats happening around the world.
* the haggis looks suspiciously like a cross between an echidna and a playtpus.
* The text content of the website is written in a joking manner which makes it hard for the reader and enthusiast to take it seriously.
evaluation of mollossia
http://www.molossia.org/news.html
4 reasons why the website appears authentic.
* They have a news link which every government website displays.
* They show the current time and temprature in mollossia.
* They have a 'president'
* They give the location.
4 reasons why the website appears fake.
* The layout of the website is cluttered and un-proffessionally set out any government would have a professional desgin the website.
* The content of the website suggests that the republic of mollossia have not yet made it to this century.
* The content is very over exagerated.
* The website is at a .org address when all governments have theirsl isted at .gov
evaluation of http://www.martinlutherking.org/
thoughts before i had a look at the content of the website: I think that this website is going to contain biographical information on martin luther king and maybe some pictures and a time line of his life.
first impressions: This website is all about Martin Luther King although its not about as much the past as more about the present and what we can do to help.
After Research: I believe that some of the things that were written in regards to King using church money to hire prositutes and beating them is ridiculous. King was all about bringing the peace and i cant see why he would something like this it totally contradicts what he was about. This website is trying to portray king as someone he wasnt.
Reading summary 1 : A brief history of the internet
This website talks about the first memos that were put on the internet. Leonard Kleinrok(MIT) was the first person who published a paper on the packet switching theory. The packet switching theory is about the first computers who were able to send information between them, they were small wide- area computers and only 4 were linked up in the beggining, but after three years of improving their work 26 computers were able to be linked together.
APERNET originally grew into the internet, the idea that they had was to have multiple individual networks and they were eventually able to achieve this.
Reading summary 2: History of the WWW
This article talks about computers in the past. The theorys that people had, that resulted in the WWW exsisting today. It mainly talks about the transition from APERNET to the WWW, saying how APERNET was created and by who, and then how the WWW came into exsistance, which was by linking together 4o computers that were in different locations. In 1972 the first person to person communiction took place, which we now call email and then a common laungage was developed so that different networks could communicate with each other.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Week 3 - Online Librarys and Databases
Summary of the lecture
At the start of the lecture today we were asked to answer the following questions:
1. what are online librarys and databases?
An online library and database is a place to go and find books journals and references.
2. What would you use online librarys and databases for?
You would use the online librarys and databases to locate books and to see what library they are stored at and where in the library they are stored.
3. what are the advantages and disadvantages of online librarys and databases?
advantages
* less time consuming than walking around searching for books without knowing where they are
* open 24 hours a day 7 days a aweek
* always updated / very current
* convienent
* electronic format journals allow for easy cut and paste.
disadvantages
*makes you lazy
* the book may not always be in your area.
* some databases are subscription only.
* most web search engines do not access database and library indexs so you have to know how to find them and have the password to access them.
journal full view
after we had finished with finding the journals we were asked to go the the mediplus website and search for information about a disease or condition that intereasted us. i searched alopeica.
here is a screen shot of the results.
alopeica at mediplus
here is a link the results from mediplus
mediplus
the mediplus website would be used mainly by people either studying medicine or nursing or people who are affected by illness and those close to them. the mediplus tutorials offer information on diffrent diseases and conditions.
At the start of the lecture today we were asked to answer the following questions:
1. what are online librarys and databases?
An online library and database is a place to go and find books journals and references.
2. What would you use online librarys and databases for?
You would use the online librarys and databases to locate books and to see what library they are stored at and where in the library they are stored.
3. what are the advantages and disadvantages of online librarys and databases?
advantages
* less time consuming than walking around searching for books without knowing where they are
* open 24 hours a day 7 days a aweek
* always updated / very current
* convienent
* electronic format journals allow for easy cut and paste.
disadvantages
*makes you lazy
* the book may not always be in your area.
* some databases are subscription only.
* most web search engines do not access database and library indexs so you have to know how to find them and have the password to access them.
throught the lecture we discussed the ins and outs of the online librarys and databases. there are diffrent types of online librarys they are:
* online text respositorys
* online journals
* electronic books
* Music
* artworks
to refrence online librarys is always difficult, accurate referencing is vital as marks will be deducted for incorrect referencing. Edith Cowan University uses the APA referencing system. Through the use of a program called EndNote you can create references to the correct ECU standards.
Summary of the workshop
Some of the functions of the ECU online library are:
* academic tip sheets are all located on here
* journals database
* books cds and more database
* library pod casts and tip sheets
* a link to many diffrent databases from all over the internet
* ask the library link
* the ECU referencing guide
* tips to getting started in the library
* A link to liberty: learning to find information
* a list of library workshops and tools
We had to use the online database to find a journal that related to global warming and the impact on businesses. Here is the screen shot of the journal i found through proquest.
and here is the link to view the journal in full.journal full view
after we had finished with finding the journals we were asked to go the the mediplus website and search for information about a disease or condition that intereasted us. i searched alopeica.
here is a screen shot of the results.
alopeica at mediplus
here is a link the results from mediplus
mediplus
the mediplus website would be used mainly by people either studying medicine or nursing or people who are affected by illness and those close to them. the mediplus tutorials offer information on diffrent diseases and conditions.
Summary of article 'finding what you want on the web'
the article 'finding what you want on the web' describes one mans new years resolution not to use google and how he overcame the difficulty by creating his own non-self intrest powered web searcher that searches for all academic websites. He finds that google is un-reliable as
link to the article finding what you want on the web
Evaluation of Basic Bones Lesson 7: Finding What You Want On The Web
This article provides great help in the struggle to conqer the search engine results page. It provides useful tips for those that always find they get search results for things they didnt want. Here are some of the tips contained in the article.
* use the plus and minus sign on your keyboard to make sure you get the inclusion you want and waht you dont want is left out. for example : +chicken -pork - make sure that there are no spaces between the sign and the word.
* use quotation marks to get results with a specififcally worded quote on the page. for example "i have a dream" this would ensure that in your results you would only get pages with those exact words on.
* Try all search terms in both lower and upper case letters as you can sometimes get diffrent results.
* You can use the astrix to indicate that you would like diffrent variations in the spelling of a word for example color*
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Week 2 - Office Applications
summary of lecture
today the lecture started off having just a few technical problems so helen asked us to answer some questions to kill time whilst she figured out how to fix the problem; the questions we were asked to answer were.
list all the microsoft office applications
* outlook (email and calendar)
* access (for creating and using databases)
* word (for creating typed documents)
* powerpoint (for creating slideshows)
* front page (for creating webpages)
* excel (for creating spreadsheets and charts)
and
* publisher (for creating documents to publish like phamlets or booklets)
list all the internet browsers
* moxilla firefox
* internet explorer
* safarri
* opera
new websites i have visited in the past week
* blackboard
* blogger.com
* image shack.us
Once we had finished answering all these questions the slide show was fixed and we got on with the lecture.
we discussed common pc tasks today and the things you could do on the pc, we also in this topic learnt about the functions of windows vista.
There are a few common skills and general knowledge that you have to possess to be able to complete common pc tasks these are:
* generic skills that apply to the use of most pc applications
* knowledge of how to perfom specific tasks within a specific application
there are many functions of windows vista these include:
* file management through my documents
* word processing through microsoft word - this program can be used for many other functions other than just typing documents it can be used for templates and file management also.
* spreadsheet creation - through microsoft powerpoint, through this application you can create spreadsheets for financing and you can also create graphs.
* powerpoint - through the microsoft powerpoint application you can create slides of information and put them together for a presentation.
* emailing - through microsoft outlook this is also a good application for not only sending emails but for also organising yourself as they have a calendar in the program.
* viewing pdf files - through the abode pdf reader you can read entire books and is really easy to post on the internet
* listening and watching audio and video - through applications such as windows media player you can watch your favorite videos and listen to music on your computer.
we were also told that during the course of the semester we would be taught how to use:
*End note - which i understand is a refrencing program that helps you refrence to the correct ECU standards
* and how to use the internet for academic purposes so that we can get the best out of it.
summary of workshop
Reading summary 2 - using ms word for apa tasks
the article called using ms word for apa tasks was very helpful. it gave insight into how to do specific things through ms word. i learnt how to create dot leaders change the format of paragraphs and header & footers as well as how to insert images onto a word document.
today the lecture started off having just a few technical problems so helen asked us to answer some questions to kill time whilst she figured out how to fix the problem; the questions we were asked to answer were.
list all the microsoft office applications
* outlook (email and calendar)
* access (for creating and using databases)
* word (for creating typed documents)
* powerpoint (for creating slideshows)
* front page (for creating webpages)
* excel (for creating spreadsheets and charts)
and
* publisher (for creating documents to publish like phamlets or booklets)
list all the internet browsers
* moxilla firefox
* internet explorer
* safarri
* opera
new websites i have visited in the past week
* blackboard
* blogger.com
* image shack.us
Once we had finished answering all these questions the slide show was fixed and we got on with the lecture.
we discussed common pc tasks today and the things you could do on the pc, we also in this topic learnt about the functions of windows vista.
There are a few common skills and general knowledge that you have to possess to be able to complete common pc tasks these are:
* generic skills that apply to the use of most pc applications
* knowledge of how to perfom specific tasks within a specific application
there are many functions of windows vista these include:
* file management through my documents
* word processing through microsoft word - this program can be used for many other functions other than just typing documents it can be used for templates and file management also.
* spreadsheet creation - through microsoft powerpoint, through this application you can create spreadsheets for financing and you can also create graphs.
* powerpoint - through the microsoft powerpoint application you can create slides of information and put them together for a presentation.
* emailing - through microsoft outlook this is also a good application for not only sending emails but for also organising yourself as they have a calendar in the program.
* viewing pdf files - through the abode pdf reader you can read entire books and is really easy to post on the internet
* listening and watching audio and video - through applications such as windows media player you can watch your favorite videos and listen to music on your computer.
we were also told that during the course of the semester we would be taught how to use:
*End note - which i understand is a refrencing program that helps you refrence to the correct ECU standards
* and how to use the internet for academic purposes so that we can get the best out of it.
summary of workshop
this week in the workshop we learnt how to use microsoft word and excel effectivly to a university standard.
these links will take you to an upload of a screen print of my work
microsoft word - contents page
Reading task 1 - graphic file formatsthe article that i read today in the workshop contained tutorials on how to use programs such as abode photoshop. It provided an explanation of the diffrent types of photos and what the abbreviations of the photo type were for example:
.bmp = bitmap (when saving a photo in this format you can specify what bit rate you would like the photo saved at from 1 - 24)
.gif = compuserve ( gif is a compressed format photo it was designed to minimise file transfer time over phones)
.jpg = joint photographic experts group or jpeg (this is commonly used to display images on the internet jpeg images retain all colour)
.tiff = tagged image file format (this format is used to exchange files between applications and computer platforms)
psd & psp & spp = photoshop documents (all other mentioned formats are one layered photographs whereas theses are multi layered formats)
Reading summary 2 - using ms word for apa tasks
the article called using ms word for apa tasks was very helpful. it gave insight into how to do specific things through ms word. i learnt how to create dot leaders change the format of paragraphs and header & footers as well as how to insert images onto a word document.
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