Introduction:
The first link which I tried to click on to read about the history of pdf did not work so I researched this myself.
Module 4 states that:
“To be an advanced Internet user in the field of searching for information requires three things:
greater skills in exploiting searching options and techniques
greater awareness of the kinds of sources of information that you might search for, and
greater knowledge of 'what's out there', so as to short-cut the time consuming searching process where appropriate.”
I have found that having an in depth knowledge of “what’s out there” is really important.. Knowing the potential of the internet encourages me to keep on going until I find what I am looking for. Knowing that the information is there and that it is a case of using different search tools to find it.
http://www.webliminal.com/search/search-web12.html
Evaluating information on the internet
Tasks:
Downloading tools / plug-ins Task
I chose Macromedia Authorware: Web Player to install. I thought I already had it on my computer but after running the test software I found it wasn’t there. I decided to choose this software because it enables me to view high quality media/graphics when looking at websites. I have high speed cable internet access and I like to utilise it fully.
The other program I chose to download was WebCopier
This software is free for personal use WebCopier. I thought this software would be useful for saving web pages for viewing on my laptop when I have no internet access.
search engine task
I downloaded Copernic and then my computer froze up and the Curtin Website stopped responding. I shut it down and still had everything going really slowly trying to get back into the WebCT site and eventually had to leave it. I will have to return to it later.
When I was able to log onto Curtin again I found that the first link to Ohio University / Web Search Tools didn’t work, however, it was easy to find.
I went through the tutorial on the Ohio State University website http://liblearn.osu.edu/tutor/les5/pg1.html
I discovered from this website that “search engines” index words or groups of words to capture large amounts of information on web. Web Directories are created by specialised staff who categorise websites by subject. This is more selective. Specialised Databases are usually limited to specific areas and give the researcher more in-depth site.
1. Choose your most commonly used internet search engine and do a search with words of your choosing.
I used Google to search for UN Commemorative Coins
This returned 50,800 results.
The first link which I tried to click on to read about the history of pdf did not work so I researched this myself.
Module 4 states that:
“To be an advanced Internet user in the field of searching for information requires three things:
greater skills in exploiting searching options and techniques
greater awareness of the kinds of sources of information that you might search for, and
greater knowledge of 'what's out there', so as to short-cut the time consuming searching process where appropriate.”
I have found that having an in depth knowledge of “what’s out there” is really important.. Knowing the potential of the internet encourages me to keep on going until I find what I am looking for. Knowing that the information is there and that it is a case of using different search tools to find it.
http://www.webliminal.com/search/search-web12.html
Evaluating information on the internet
Tasks:
Downloading tools / plug-ins Task
I chose Macromedia Authorware: Web Player to install. I thought I already had it on my computer but after running the test software I found it wasn’t there. I decided to choose this software because it enables me to view high quality media/graphics when looking at websites. I have high speed cable internet access and I like to utilise it fully.
The other program I chose to download was WebCopier
This software is free for personal use WebCopier. I thought this software would be useful for saving web pages for viewing on my laptop when I have no internet access.
search engine task
I downloaded Copernic and then my computer froze up and the Curtin Website stopped responding. I shut it down and still had everything going really slowly trying to get back into the WebCT site and eventually had to leave it. I will have to return to it later.
When I was able to log onto Curtin again I found that the first link to Ohio University / Web Search Tools didn’t work, however, it was easy to find.
I went through the tutorial on the Ohio State University website http://liblearn.osu.edu/tutor/les5/pg1.html
I discovered from this website that “search engines” index words or groups of words to capture large amounts of information on web. Web Directories are created by specialised staff who categorise websites by subject. This is more selective. Specialised Databases are usually limited to specific areas and give the researcher more in-depth site.
1. Choose your most commonly used internet search engine and do a search with words of your choosing.
I used Google to search for UN Commemorative Coins
This returned 50,800 results.
Then I used Copernic to search the same words and this returned 19 results.
On a quick glance Google appeared to return the best results and there were certainly a more results in google to choose from.
On a quick glance Google appeared to return the best results and there were certainly a more results in google to choose from.
Organising search information task
I gathered the information for this and put it in the Assignment
Evaluating the Web
1. In terms of your future use, which ‘body’ of information (ie the original ‘snapshot’ or the site, or your own, annotated, analytical version) would be most useful to refer back to?
My own annotated, analytical version would be useful initially because it would give me an immediate insight as to what is contained on the website and serve as a reminder of what the website contained. Of course to access the full information then the website would need to be the point of reference.
2. In terms of external users (ie if you included this site as a hyperlink or resource on a website) which body of information would best help them judge if the site was useful or of interest to them?
The annotation would be most useful for a user to judge whether a site was going to useful or of interest them, because it would analyse what the website contained.
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