using internet as a research tool

- 1st day -

Thursday, March 6, 2008

i'm jesslyn! 16 years old currently. studying in temasek poly- Diploma in Psychology Studies under the direct poly admission (DPA).

i enjoy observing people and get very excited when i find something amazing about people's behaviours. (:

loves: soups, chilli, teddy bears, fish leong, taylor swift...

my song by Taylor Swift (http://www.imeem.com/)
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hates: insects...

here are 2 of my favourite webbies:

1. http://www.crunchyroll.com/ : this website allows you to watch all kinds of shows, from manga, anime to dramas. try watching your favourite shows here! (:

2. http://www.youtube.com/ : millions of videos up for you to watch them. its also a good source of audios for your presentation, instead of just having words. both of them are FREE ! (:

MY REFLECTIONS

Practical Session 1

Activity 1 (discussion forum, electronic journals and magazine)

after completing activity 1, i learnt how to search for the 3 internet resources and describe them too.

my research topic: (14) Discuss on the impact of drugs on youths.

in my own opinion, i feel that there must be a reason for these youths to abuse drugs. it can be bacause of peer pressure, poor family background, and many other reasons. i want to research on the impact of abusing youths to bring the important messages across to youths how harmful and dangerous DRUGS can be. since they are so young, they should have a brighter future instead of suffering from the impacts of drugs.

Dicussion Forum: http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=9

Electronic journals and magazine: http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2007/05/10/anemia-drugs-on-trial-at-fda-hearing/

WWW site: http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/grow/drugs_alcohol/know_drugs.html

Activity 2 (MSN)

the best lesson! first time able to chat online during lessons, so openly! thanks ms firidah! its a great experience.. hahas.

Activity 3 (creating my first blog)

look at it! so nice right? *laugh, anyway, this is my 5th blog. but this blog is SPECIAL, it's for academic purposes. usually, after a day of lesson, we will definitely forget some things that we learn during lesson. through the creation of this blog, i can now easily refer back to what i have learn through this whole CDS and even visit it after this 9 day package is over.

Practical Session 2

Searching Activity (1 personal, 1 organisation)

in this session, i learnt that WWW sites are catergorized into organisation, personal, and subject-based. Searching for a organisation web much easier compared to a personal web on my research topic. nonetheless, i managed to find both of them at last.

Personal: http://justiceanddrugs.blogspot.com

Organisation: http://drugs.com

Compilation of Bibliography activity

i realise that it is only polite to acknowledge the source of information that we are using. in the past, we just took pictures or information very freely from the net. now that we know how to cite, we are able to compile bibliographies.

Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. (2008). Urban75 forums. Formal discussion initiation. Message posted to http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=9

Dow Jones & Company, Inc. (2008).The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved March 6, 2008, from http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2007/05/10/anemia-drugs-on-trial-at-fda-hearing/

The Nemours Foundation. (2008). “KidsHealth, what you need to know about durgs.” Retrieved March 6, 2008 from World Wide Web: http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/grow/drugs_alcohol/know_drugs.html

final conclusion of the day: 1st day of this CDS... i always feel that internet is just a simple tool to deal with when we need informations or for playing games. only until today, i realise that its so much complicated. there is so much things for us to do using the internet. its more than a place for us to research on topics, its actually a place for us to interact with people of different interest indirectly. if we learn the correct way to use internet as a research tool, in detail, i think that we will find it even more useful than before. i look forward to learn more new knowledge for the following days, because i believe that it will be a very useful source for my research in future, thus it will be an advantage for me to grab hold of these skills. in addiction, i think that this 9 day package is very well-planned. after the lecture, we are asked to complete practicals. this allows us to experience it REAL, rather than just taking in infomation and not trying it out. thats all for today . (:

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