Week 5

A hyperlink is a word, phrase, or image that you can click on to jump to a new document or a new section within the current document. Hyperlinks are found in nearly all Web pages, allowing users to click their way from page to page. Text hyperlinks are often blue and underlined, but don’t have to be. When you move the cursor over a hyperlink, whether it is text or an image, the arrow should change to a small hand pointing at the link. When you click it, a new page or place in the current page will open.
– http://www.techterms.com/definition/hyperlink

3.hypermedia

HyperMedia is a term used for hypertext which is not constrained to be text: it can include graphics, video and sound . An extension to hypertext that supports linking graphics, sound, and video elements in addition to text elements. The World Wide Web is a partial hypermedia system since is supports graphical hyperlinks and links to sound and video files. New hypermedia systems under development will allow objects in computer videos to be hyperlinked.
– http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/h/hypermedia.html

4.online reading

“Online reading” may be defined as the experience of “text-plus” media by individuals and groups in digital, networked information environments. The “plus” indicates the zone of negotiation—of mutation, adaptation, cooptation, hybridization, etc.—by which the older dialogue among print, writing, orality, and audiovisual media commonly called “text” enters into new relations with digital media and with networked communication technologies.
– http://transliteracies.english.ucsb.edu/category/research-project/definition-of-online-reading

5. digital literacy
Digital literacy involves the confident and critical use of Information Society Technology (IST) for work, leisure and communication. It is underpinned by basic skills in ICT: the use of computers to retrieve, assess, store, produce, present and exchange information, and to communicate and participate in collaborative networks via the Internet.

– http://www.digital-literacy.eu/20663

6.reading strategies

-Surveying brings to mind what you already know about the topic of a chapter and prepares you for learning more.
-You need to have questions in your mind as you read. Questions give you a purpose for reading and help you stay focused on the reading assignment.
-Read the information that follows each heading to find the answer to each question you formed.
-Write each question and its answer in your notebook. Reread each of your written answers to be sure each answer is legible and contains all the important information needed to answer the question.

Presentation slides

Week 4- online translator

Hi, Hooi Theng here again to continue my tutorial activities.
Today I’m going to find an online machine translation service.
This is the text that I’m going to use it for my “experiment” later.

Isu perkauman dalam pilihan raya 1969 (http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peristiwa_13_Mei)

Pra-pilihanraya 1969, parti-parti politik Gerakan dan DAP telah memainkan isu perkauman dengan lantang. Ia adalah lantaran dari slogan “Malayan Malaya” yang diperkenal oleh Lee Kuan Yew sebelum Singapura dikeluarkan dari Persekutuan Malaysia pada 1965.

NOW, I will use google translator(http://translate.google.com/#) to translate this malay text to english version, and discuss on the accuracy of the translator.

Racial issues in the 1969 election   (http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ms&tl=en&u=http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peristiwa_13_Mei)

Pre-election 1969, political parties and movements DAP has played the racial issues with vocal. It is because of the slogan “Malayan Malaya” is introduced by Lee Kuan Yew beforeSingapore was released from the Federation of Malaysia in 1965.

This is the text after translate.

Let us compare the accuracy of the google translator.

Basically, I think there are not much different after translate from malay to english. But i found something very interesting, the “dewan rakyat” when it translate to english, it turns to ” House of Common”. It’s quite funny and somehow i don’t understand if i only read for the english version.

So far, I’m trusted on Google translator.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!

Week 3- Grammar Practice Websites

Let us continue to my tutorial activities.
This time, the question asked us to find one site that focuses on grammar practice.
From the previous post, I’ve just mentioned that I prefer to use reference books for my grammar exercises.
But never mind, here I found a very useful grammar exercises/quizes website that can helps us to improve our grammar.

http://a4esl.org/q/h/grammar.html
This the link !!

I like this website because  the exercises given is helpful. And it seperates to many parts. For example,
” A or An” , ” Do or Make” , ” Did or Made”, ” Adjectives or Adverbs” and etc … Each parts will have atleast 10 questions.
I’m pretty sure that if we’re going to visit this website everyday, our grammar can be IMPROVED.

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Week 3- Comparision between GOOGLE, BING, YAHOO

Here I come to my second part of my tutorial activities.Now I’m going to use BING,YAHOO and GOOGLE to find one site for all language skills and one site that focuses on one of the skills.
Let us start now.

Firstly, I will try on BING.
This is  the top website for all language skills that I found with BING.
– http://www.learningenglishonline.co.uk/

This is the top website for writing skills by BING.

– http://www.writingtips.com.au/

As I’ve mentioned in my previous post before, BING basically more focuses on course offering websites and not the real learning websites. Sometimes, the results show lots of non-related websites with what I’ve type.

Secondly, I will try for GOOGLE.
This is the top website for all language skills from google.
– http://www.learnenglish.de/

This is the top website for writing skills from google.
– http://www.ncistudent.net/StudySkills/WritingSkills/Introduction.htm

Well. Google always be my favourite because it always gives what I need. The websites given is suitable for me to learn language online whether is all skills or writing skills.

Let us try the YAHOO now.
This is the link for all language skills.
– http://eleaston.com/materials.html
This is the link for writing skills.
– http://www.factmonster.com/homework/writingskills1.html

By using YAHOO, I found that the results is actually quite similar with the google search engine.

So, from now onwards, I will try to use Yahoo instead of Google to learn english but not BING. =)

Week 3- Google, Bing, Yahoo

Firstly, I use GOOGLE to search for websites of learning language.
I type ” Learning English Online” on the search box, then it comes out with almost 140000000 results.
Besides, Google will suggest us few “typing ways” on the search box, so that we can get the websites we want.
For example, “esl learning english”, “learning english grammar online”, “learning english exercises” and etc.
But, I’ve only chose few which I think that it’s most useful for me in learning english.
– http://www.learn-english-online.org/
– http://www.learnenglish.de/
– http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/english_lessons.htm

Secondly,   I try to use YAHOO search engine to search for websites of learning language too.
I type the same thing on the search box. And, it comes out with almost the same links as GOOGLE shows.
So, i guess between this two search engines, they are almost the same. BUt i prefer GOOGLE because it’s simple and when we want to search for photos ,we just need to click the bottom- “picture”.

Thirdly, I try to test for BING search engine. UKM’s library is using BING as search engine and they BLOCKED GOOGLE !! ** Im wondering why ….

Well,  BING shows different results with GOOGLE AND YAHOO . BING found less results than the other two engines. AND, the most important is … BING will also find out the websites which is company offering courses websites and not for free.
Here are the links to prove that the results given to support my statement.
– http://www.learningenglishonline.co.uk/

Here I end my first part. I will continue my second part to the next post.

Week 2

This is my first advertisement.
I feel so satisfied after finished it.

Well. this is the first time i create an advertisement at class, language and information technology.
This is  a new experience for me. =)
Now, I’m going to answer the assignment questions.

1. Firstly, i copy the picture and KIA logo from network and then paste it and set it as background.Secondly,I insert the footer.Then, I insert text box and type. ** Remember to choose POWER POINT OR PAINT, and change the format to JPEG file.If not, you’re not going to save ur WORK as PICTURE. DONT CHOOSE MICROSOFT WORD !!!

2. I got the picture from network by using my favourite searching engine — google search !!!!
http://cars4fast.blogspot.com/2009/12/kia-forte-2010-incredible-technology.html

3. Format ? What is mean by format ? I insert picture, footer, text box and logo.

4. I insert text box and work art for typing.

5. I do not use any tools to help my text.

6. Yes. I asked my roomate to give me comments. ** She said it’s pretty. hehe.

7. I believe that I’m a good typist but not designer. I don’t have any creative sense but I can type quite fast.I give my self 7 marks.
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Week 1

What is Information Technology ?
Information technology is a general term that describes any technology that helps to produce, manipulate, store, communicate, and/or disseminate information. Presumably, when speaking of Information Technology (IT) as a whole, it is noted that the use of computers and information are associated.
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_technology)

What is Information Communication Technology ?
ICT covers any product that will store, retrieve, manipulate, transmit or receive information electronically in a digital form. ICT refers to the storage, retrieval, manipulation, transmission or receipt of digital data. Importantly, it is also concerned with the way these different uses can work with each other.
http://www.qcda.gov.uk/14168.aspx

What is Internet ?
The Internet, sometimes called simply “the Net,” is a worldwide system of computer networks – a network of networks in which users at any one computer can, if they have permission, get information from any other computer (and sometimes talk directly to users at other computers).
http://linux.about.com/cs/linux101/g/Internet.htm

What is Computer Mediated Communication ?
Computer-Mediated Communication is a process of human communication via computers, involving people, situated in particular contexts, engaging in processes to shape media for a variety of purposes.
http://www.december.com/john/study/cmc/what.html

What is Netiquette ?
Netiquette is etiquette on the Internet. Since the Internet changes rapidly, its netiquette does too, but it’s still usually based on the Golden Rule. The need for a sense of netiquette arises mostly when sending or distributing e-mail, posting on Usenet groups, or chatting. To some extent, the practice of netiquette depends on understanding how e-mail, the Usenet, chatting, or other aspects of the Internet actually work or are practiced. So a little preliminary observation can help. Poor netiquette because you’re new is one thing, but such practices as spam and flamingare another matter.
http://searchcio-midmarket.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid183_gci212635,00.html

What is Web Browser?
A browser is an application program that provides a way to look at and interact with all the information on the World Wide Web. The word “browser” seems to have originated prior to the Web as a generic term for user interfaces that let you browse (navigate through and read) text files online.
http://www.marketingterms.com/dictionary/web_browser/

What is Nevigating the Web?
Web browsers give you the ability to view and browse HTML pages found on the internet or your corporate intranet.  Strata provides you with the same tools so that you can access the web and your data in context.  This section will look at the tools provided to navigate the web.

• URL bar, Home, Back and Forward, Refresh, Stop, Bookmarks, and etc.

http://www.islco.com/blog/google-search-behavior-and-navigating-web

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My first post

Hi everyone, I’m Hooi Theng.

NIce to meet you guys.

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