Today morning the teacher evaluates our strengths and we were pair up to do a interview of one another,by doing this i get to know the strengths of my classmate and also get to know more of my own strength. As for the afternoon, i get to know another source which i can use to search for my research, and that is the invisible web which is also known as databases.
I find that it is not that effective to search the invisible web (databases) as compared to searching with search engines. This is because the results given by the search engines is much more than the databases. To me, I find that having more results is better because this also means that i will have more information to refer to . However i find it effective to use the invisible web than the directories because from invisible web i can still find resources that are relevant for my research whereas directories, the results given to me are mostly from organization and are mostly information given is very brief or sometimes even not relevant.
I will use databases when i do research for my diploma because the databases are from Temasek polytechnics therefore it will tends to have resources that students in different diploma will need so that the students would be able to get their reference easier. Hence i find that my using databases i can save time on finding from other websites and i find that the information provides will be very useful and relevant for my research. From this practical i learnt how to edit wiki.
Not only that, today i also post my views on the topic posted on OLE, i find that by doing this i am able to express my thoughts about the topic and share it with others. This online discussion was new to me but i find that it is a good experience because for the traditional face-to-face class discussion, i find that maybe a person might want to express his view on it but do not dare to but with online discussion, they will not be that shy and therefore able to express their view freely. I also find that this online discussion is meaningful because everyone who visited the OLE would be able to see the post and share their opinions which make this discussion more meaningful and wide spread.
