Friday, January 22, 2010
Technologies
The Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) technology convenience our lives by a lot and I hope that we will have this technology in the near future. I learnt that we could talk to people through the television. We can also just shout a command and our lights will be on, a coffee will be made for you. A blind person would also be saved of a lot of trouble as he/she can just shout a command and what he/she wants to be done will be done. Those examples are only few of many this technology can do so lets all look forward to this technology being created!
Similarly, the Web 2.0 technology is also very impressive. We can shop, find jobs, find a life-long parter etc. through it. It can also be used to help us find more friends instead of just making friends in our own compound or amongst the places we usually go. An example will be if we have made a friend through the Social Networking Site, we will be able to see our friend's friends and we can make friends with them. In this way we will have more friends. In short, the technologies will be a great help to us!
Blog or Website
Blog can be created, designed in just a few minutes, therefore even if you have no computer skills, you can still blog. However, blog needs to be maintained regularly with new contents in it so as to attract more people to read your blog. Creating a website will need some computer skills and it will not be created in just a few minutes as one needs to buy software etc. However, you do not need to update your website as regularly as the blog, so if you are busy choose a website, if you have spare time everyday than choose a blog! Sadly, I only have some computer skills so I can only create a blog. If possible, I will surely choose the website!
Intellectual Property - Is copy right?
I think copy is not right as it is like stealing somebody's work and take it as yours. I understood that you could only photocopy 10% or one chapter of a book for personal uses and not for commercial purposes. I also understood that infringement of copyright is a very serious offence and you will be fined or put behind bars if you were caught doing that. If you really want to get the materials from the copyright owner, you need to ask for the owner's permission and credit the person after using his/her materials or it will be treated as infringement of copyright
Feelings
I think those videos were very educational. This was certainly a fruitful lesson which I appreciated a lot!
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
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Internet was functional on September 1969 and it is for allowing scientists at different locations to share information.
Internet has grown from 4 nodes to more than 200 million host nodes over the past 41 years. The Internet is a public, cooperative and independent network.
One can either use the slow-speed technology or the high-speed connection (ISP, OSP and Wireless Service Provider) to access the Internet.
One should choose the broadband connection that will best meet one's Internet connection needs.
Each computer or device connected to the Internet has an IP address that uniquely identifies them.
A World Wide Web (WWW) has a worldwide collection of electronic documents.
Handheld computers and cellular telephones access the Web using a micro browser that displays web pages that contain mostly text.
A subject directory let you find information by clicking links rather than entering keywords. Search engine is also called a keyword.
Guidelines for evaluating the value of a website are Affiliation, Audience, Authority, Content, Currency, Design and Objectivity.
Netiquette is a code of acceptable behaviors users should follow while on the Internet.
The Golden Rule is to treat others as they would like them to treat you.
I like the IS a lot as in 1 lesson I have learnt so much on computer.
I enjoyed the lesson a lot. Thank You, Mr. Kent Cheong for teaching me so much!
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