Discussion for tutorial Week 6

We meet again for the next tutorial activity, the 6th tutorial using Blogspot and after this we will move to the new blog which is Wordpress. Well, let us go straight to the point and for the first round as usual we were all conducted to find the definition of the 6 terms and last by reflecting ourselves when dealing with printed materials and digital materials.

Now for the definitions, there are 6 terms which is Hypertext, Hyperlink, Hypermedia, Online reading, Digital literacy and Reading strategies.

Hypertext

Text displayed on a computer or other electronic device with references to other text (other page of the same site) that the reader can immediately access, usually by a mouse click or keypress sequence. Source

Hyperlink

A hyperlink, or simply a link, is a reference in a hypertext document to another document or other resource.

However, combined with a data network and suitable access protocol, it can be used to fetch the resource referenced. This can then be saved, viewed, or displayed as part of the referencing document. Source

Hypermedia

Hypermedia is a term used as a logical extension of the term hypertext, in which audio, video, plain text, and non-linear hyperlinks intertwine to create a generally non-linear medium of information.

This contrasts with multimedia, which, although often capable of random access in terms of the physical medium, is essentially linear in nature. Source

Example of Hypermedia

Online Reading

Reading activities conducted online via Internet using digital technologies and there is hypermedia support. Example of Online Reading is TampaReads.

Print Screen of TampaReads

Digital Literacy

The ability to locate, organize, understand, evaluate, and create information using digital technology.

Reading Strategies

It is a skills used, depending on personal preference, to read efficiently. This is the example of Reading Strategies provided by Greece Central School District.

Okay, enough with the definitions. So let us move on to the second tutorial which is reflect and discuss your own reading preferences and strategies when dealing with printed materials and digital material.

As for me, I use both of the materials in my daily life. But then, I prefer more on printed material such as printed notes or book since I can bring them everywhere anytime I want. Plus, I can add extra notes using pen or pencil right on the printed notes or marks important notes using coloured highlighter. While using digital materials for instance laptop, PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), smart phones or iPhones, you can easily change the format of the notes and can links to the other references notes quickly using Internet connection.

Therefore, every materials have their own advantages and disadvantaged, but it's all depends on you to choose which one you prefer :)

That's all for this post. Thank you and HAND.

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Discussion for tutorial Week 5

Salam and good day to everyone. We meet again for another discussion, which is for week 5.

For this week, all the students need to do a presentation about Resource for Learning Language (specifically on Grammar) and Online Translation machine. We had been divided into a groups of two and three and besides that, we also had been divided into three "islands" by Dr. Norizan :p My group members consist me; Nurmariam Aisyah Hashim, Nurhana Samsudin and Veronica Moliun. All the students had been given about 15minutes to prepare the slideshow using Microsoft Powerpoint. (.ppx)

Lets start with the first activity which is locating the resource for learning language. Before that, we had been asked to find 5 Top Learning English Grammar using different search engines which are: Yahoo!, Google and Bing. Plus, we used the same keyword for each search engine which is "english grammar website" and this is what we had found;

Top 5 Learning English Grammar using Yahoo!

Top 5 Learning English Grammar using Google.

Top 5 Learning English Grammar using Bing.

From what we had found, most of the result with all 3 search engines show the same suggested website which is The English Grammar Website. So, we decided to pick this website for the answer of the first activity. The reasons are because this website came with diagramming and also interactive and fun activity/exercise for the student. Besides, the student can check the answer of their activity on the spot.

The English Grammar Website.

Example of the exercise for student.

Now, we move on to the second activity which is Online Translation machine. Same as first activity, we searched the TOP 5 Online Translation machine using the same 3 search engines and same keyword which is "translation". And these is what we get;

TOP 5 Online Translation machine using Yahoo!

TOP 5 Online Translation machine using Google

TOP 5 Online Translation machine using Bing.

For the result, we had found that all the 3 search engines came out with different suggested website for online translation. Yahoo! had suggested FreeTranslation.com, and both Google and Bing suggested their own online translation which is Google Translate and Bing Translator. So we decided to choose FreeTranslation.com which is convenient for all Languages and the translation also quite accurate.

FreeTranslation.com

But from my personal opinion, the best Online Translation machine is Google Translate that provide more language include Malay language and you also can upload any documents for translation. Babelfish also a good example of Online Translation machine where you can translate the whole website just by pasting the url address in it. All online translation gave good outcome, but its all depends on the user on which are the best :)

I think that's all for this week tutorial activity. Till we meet again, goodbye and take care! :)

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Discussion for tutorial Week 3

Assalamualaikum and good day to everyone. This is my submission of the Tutorial Activity for Week 3.

Today, all ELS students had been asked by Dr. Norizan to reproduced a printed advertisement using the computer and answer the question that had been given by using blog. So this is my work and my answers :)

But first, this is the actual advertisement that I had to reproduce:

*please click on the image for larger view.

The questions are:

1. Procedure applied in completing the task.- What did you do first, second and until completion
2. Where did you get the pictures from
3. How did you format the advertisement
4. How did you type
5. Did you use any help tools to do: Spell check, Grammar check, Graphic Enhancement
6. Did you get help from friends and others observation. 
7. Are you a good typist, designer? 1 not good at all to 10 excellent 

This is the advertisement that I reproduced and here are my answers :)

*Click image for larger view please :)

1. First of all, I chose the advertisement that I want to use and I decided to use the “Twilight Saga: New Moon” advertising for this project. Then I searched for the picture of the cast and MTV Logo on the internet. I also downloaded the “Twilight” font to use it as the main font. After that I started to edit using Adobe Photoshop CS4.
2. For the image, I used Google Images to search for the Twilight New Moon and MTV image.
3. Then, after that I saved the advertisement as jpeg (.jpg) which is regular format for image.
4. For typing, I use both of my hands to type and usually use the first three fingers.
5. For spell and grammar check I did not use any tools, I had to check whether my spelling is right or wrong since Adobe Photoshop cannot detect any spelling mistakes. While for Graphic Enhancement I used several tools in Adobe Photoshop such as Crop, Text, Blending options, color, blur and smudge tools.
6. I did not get any help from friends and any observations.
7. I can type well but then I am sure that I still can improve my typing from time to time so I think 7 over 10 would be suite me. As for designer, I rate myself 8.5 over 10 since I had many experiences in editing pictures or using other picture editing softwares. But then, I still look forward to improve myself more in the future.

That's all for now folks. thanks for viewing and have a nice day! :)

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Discussion for tutorial Week 1

Salam and Good Day everyone. This is my submission of the Tutorial Activity for Week 1.

What is...

- Information Technology

- Information Communication Technology

- Internet

- Computer Mediated Communication

- Netiquette

- Web browser

- Navigating the web

Information Technology

Information Technology or pronounced as I.T refers to anything that related to computing technology, such as networking, hardware, software, the Internet, or the people that work with these technologies. As day by day, the technology had become more sophisticated and we can see many people nowadays include technology in their daily life whether for works or social activity. Source

Information Communication Technology

ICT which stands for Information Communication Technology consist of a product that will store, retrieve, manipulate, transmit or receive information electronically in a digital form. Usually ICT ends up in business, political processes, global economy as well as education. Personal computers, digital television, email, robots can be categorized as ICT. Source

Computer Mediated Communication

Communicative transaction that occurs through the use of two or more networked computers can be defined as Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC). The term has traditionally referred to those communications that occur via computer-mediated formats such as instant messages, e-mails and chat rooms. This communication are divided into two which is asynchronous (not simultaneous) such as emails, which allows each participant to compose messages at their time and pace, or in can be synchronous or real time. The example of a synchronous communication is like instant messages and chatting where the recipients can get the messages on that time (no delay).

Internet

Internet is a computer network that spans the globe. Basically, internet consists of millions of computers that are physically connected. To get connected, people need wires, cables or satellite connections. The purpose of internet is to send information from one computer to another.

Netiquette

Before we know the definition of netiquette, we need to know of what does it mean by netizen. Netizen is a term to those who live, work and spend time on the internet. It came from the word of net and citizen. So, being a Netizen, one must follow certain rules and courtesies, just as normal human being. That is where netiquette came from where it is an etiquette guideline for netizen posting messages to online services.

When surfing the Internet, you must follow certain standard to communicate with others. Since no one owns the Internet, netiquette is basically a mixed of common sense and courtesy.

1. Do not capitalise everything because it will look as if you are shouting at people.
2. Criticism is not accepted since it is hard to interpret people’s mind over the Internet; where sometimes people meant to say otherwise.
3. Avoid humour with people you did not know because some people might not understand the jokes at all. Instead of that, you can use emoticons such as :) = happy, :( = sad, :D = big grin, :P =cheeky or :0 = surprised.
4. Do reply quickly as people will expect to receive a reply within a day. E.g: Email
5. Multiple recipients. Make sure you do not send secret emails to a group of recipients. You would probably send them to the people that you do not want them to know the contents of the emails.

Do not express your angry or dissatisfaction when you use internet where all people can know about it.

Web Browser

Web browser is software that used to view or browse the Web (retrieving, presenting, and traversing information). There are many types of web browsers such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Netscape, Safari and Opera.

Best Web Browser that most people use.

Navigating the web

After open a web browser, there are few ways to navigate the website. You can reach the specific web that you want by typing the URL of a web page in the location box (also known as the address field) of your web browser and then pressing the Enter or Return key. You also can navigate web by clicking a text link or clicking a hyperlinked graphic, such as a button, photograph, or drawing.

To browse for information, you can use three methods which is Web Directory, Search Engine and Usenet. Web Directory is a site that stores lists and lists of Internet sites, a bit like the ‘A – Z’ guide. You can select the category that best describes the information you would want to view. Examples of Web Directories are http://dir.yahoo.com and http://search.looksmart.com.

In the other hand, search engine is a website that has access to an incredible large index of websites right across the network. Unlike web directory, search engine does not categorize websites, instead it provides a textbox for you to enter your search. Popular search engines are Google, Yahoo, AltaVista and Ask.com.

Meanwhile Usenet is one of the most active part of Internet, contains Newsgroup. It is a collection of Bulletin boards that people use to ask questions and post their opinions. Examples of Usenet are Binbot, BinTube, GrabIt and Lotus Notes.

Example of Search Engine; Google.

That's all for now then. Thank you and have a nice day :)

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