UIR: Practical Worksheet 2

Ladies & gentleman, welcome back to another edition of Using Internet Ridiculously!

First off, I would like to declare I'm late for UIR today and I'm very sorry about it.
I would like to apologize to Ms Faridah(sorry if i got your name wrong).

Secondly, I, as usual, would have to post my Practical Worksheet online, so here it goes...


Introduction to Internet Resources: Categories of Internet Resources 2

Objectives
By the end of the practical session, students should be able to:

• Identify the different types of websites
• Compare the different types of websites

Searching Activity

1. Identify ONE topic from your core subjects for your research. You should discuss your choice with your tutor (See Annex for Suggested Research Topics).

Topic : Developments and trends in the area of RSS/podcasting

2. Based on your research topic, search the Internet for 4 websites with a combination of different types eg personal, organization and subject-based.

3. Using the table below, fill in the details of the websites that you have retrieved.

• Type of Website : Technology news site
  Resource Name /URL: Arstechnica
  Resource Description : The art of technology
  
• Type of Website : E-learning site
  Resource Name /URL: Learning Circuits
  Resource Description : E-learning site for professionals
  
• Type of Website : SME news site
  Resource Name /URL: SmallBizTrends
  Resource Description : News site for SMEs and Small Businesses
  
• Type of Website : Reference site
  Resource Name /URL: WebReference
  Resource Description : References to the web from the web

Reflections on your searching activity

1. Which search facility/ies did you use?
My best friend Google and a little bit of yahoo!

2. Write down all the keywords you had used for searching the resources. Identify those keywords that yield relevant or better search results.
Keywords include RSS trends, RSS, Pocasting, Podcasting Trends. Those that yield better results would be RSS trends and Podcasting Trends.

3. What are the major differences amongst the three types of websites?
Each site focuses on different aspects, like for example, SmallBizTrends is mainly on news and articles for Small Businesses whereas Arstechnica is more about general Technology news and articles etc.

Regards,
Mr Ridiculously