Protecting yourself and your PC on the WWW
Australian Copyright Council is a non profit organisation whose objectives are to
* assist creators and other copyright owners to exercise their rights effectively,
* raise awareness in the community about the importance of copyright
* identify and research areas of copyright law which are inadequate or unfair
* seek changes to law and practice to enhance the effectiveness and fairness of Copyright
* Foster cooperation amongst bodies representing creators and owners of copyright
Here is a list of all the information sheets that are or will be relevant to you as a student at university.
Libraries G049 *
Lending items protected by c/right G054
Notices on Photocopiers and other copying equipment G040 *
Writers G013
Video and DVD copying and downloading G026
Videos, DVD's, films screening in class G032
Training Materials G037
Research and Study G053 *
Quotes and Extracts G034 *
* There was quite a few listed so I decided to pick those especially relevant and noted with an asterix to read.
US Dept of Justice's website - Copyright Cases - US vs Sankas. Brief summary.
US vs Sankas (E.D. Va) (Operation Bucaneer)
Warez leader sentenced to 46 months in prison (May 17, 2002) Leader of Internet S/Ware Piracy Organisation Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy (Feb 27,2002)
Sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for conspiring to violate the Criminal Copyright Laws as the leader of one the oldest and largest international Software piracy rings on the Internet. A co-conspirator was sentenced to 33 months. Longest ever sentence imposed on organised software piracy gangs.
Online piracy group known as DrinkOrDie. Highly organised, security conscious Internet piracy group that specialised in acquring new software then stripping or circumventing its copyright protections and then releasing the software over the internet for customers to purchase.
Operation members covered 12 countries some being UK, Aust, Sweden, Norway, Finland.
Group concealed its illegal operations using a range of technology and security measures. Emails were sent via groups private mail server using PGP encryption to encode messages. Members never used their real names THe groups FTP sites were password protected and secured by a combination of user ID and Internet Protocol address authentication mechanisms.
These sentences should send a strong message to others thinking about this sort of Internet piracy crime.
How the process of piracy worked was that a supplier member would give new software to the group days or weeks before official release dates of new software. Highly skilled "crackers" would defeat the copyright protection allowing software to be illegally reproduced, distributed and used by anyone obtaining a copy. The 'cracked' version would be tested and distributed and used by anyone obtaining a copy. Cracked software released by DrinkOrDie has been found on pay for access websites in the US and abroad.
Larger companies ie Microsoft, Adobe, Autodesk as well as smaller software companies were affected.
Organised piracy groups represent a never seen before threat to intellectual property rights holders worldwide.
This is my Plan for the protection of my computer and privacy.
Plan for protecting your computer and your own personal information from attacks on your privacy and security from Viruses and Trojans.
Definition of Virus
Is a piece of software that piggybacks on real programs. It can affect other programs by modifying them to include a version of itself which replicates. A very powerful and destructive virus was called the Melissa it occurred in 1999. (Brain, 2007)
Definition of Trojan
Is a computer program. The program claims to do one thing, but instead causes a great deal of damage if run it.
Definition of Worm
Is a small piece of software that uses computer networks and security holes to replicate itself.
Definition of Firewall
Protective barrier between your computer, or internal network and the outside world. Traffic in and out of your computer is blocked and restricted as you choose. Access only given to those protocols and individuals that need it. (Brain, 2007)
You can protect yourself against viruses using a few simple steps;
If traditional viruses concern you, (different to email viruses) you should run a more secure operation system like UNIX. You never hear about viruses on these systems because the superior security systems keep viruses and unwanted human visitors away from your hard disk.
If using an unsecured operating system, consider buying virus protection software.
Avoid programs from unknown sources i.e the Internet and purchase only commercially produced software on CD’s, you can eliminate all the risk from traditional viruses. Disable your floppy disk booting this stop any risk of a boot sector virus coming from a floppy disk left in the drive.
Make sure that Macro Virus Protection is enabled in all Microsoft applications and never run macros in a document unless you know what they do.
Never double click on an email attachment that contains an executable. Attachments that come via .doc, .xls or .GIF are data files and cannot do any damage. Some viruses can come in through .JPG file attachments. An executable is a file with an extension .EXE, .COM or .VBS, and it can do any sort of damage it likes on your computer. (Brain, 2007)
If you have wireless computer network, here are some steps to take to protect you and your computer.
Change the system ID, this comes as a default set up and is easy for a hacker to access. Use something unique (not your name or something easy to guess)
Disable Identifier Broadcasting, don’t announce you have a wireless connection . Check your manual for your hardware and figure out how to disable broadcasting.
Enable encryption, Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) and WiFi Protected Access (WPA) encrypt your data so that only the intended receiver can read it.
Restrict unnecessary traffic, many wired and wireless routers have built in firewalls, they are not the most technically advanced firewalls, but they help create one more line of defence. Learn how to configure your router to allow only incoming and outgoing traffic that you have approved.
Patch and protect your PC’s, as a last line of defence, install personal firewall software such as Zone Alarm Pro and anti-virus software installed on your computer. Not only is it important to install this software but also keep it up to date.. Keep up to date with patches for known security vulnerabililities.
To create a secure password that is easy to remember, do the following;
Never use personal information as part of your password, it is too easy to guess.
Don’t use real words
Mix different character types ie Upper and Lower case, numbers and special characters
Use a password management tool, these tools maintain a list of usernames and password in encrypted form.
Use different passwords and usernames for each login or application you are trying to protect.. So if one gets compromised at least the others are safe.
Change your passwords every 30 to 60 days. Don’t reuse a password again for at least a year.
Finally, by establishing a layered security you can help keep out all but the most determined hacker. (Bradley, 2007)
References
Bradley, T. (2007). Introduction to Wireless Network Security. The New York Times Company. Retrieved May 26, 2007, from http://netsecurity.about.com/cs/generalsecurity/a/aa100803.htm
Brain, M. (2007). How to protect your computer from viruses. How Stuff Works. Retrieved May 26, 2007 from http://www.howstuffworks.com/virus1.htm
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Worskhop 11 Building Knowledge
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These above definitions are from two different dictionaries
This is my graphical representation of how these terms, data, knowledge and information are connected to each other. The data is raw, it is what it is, it only has meaning when you can connect it with something. Information is data that means something in a useful connection. Knowledge is where you can use the data and the ideas you gain from this to use it to develop your own concepts and applications.
A list of at least 5 organisations that collect information from their clients or the public. Why do they collect this information?
CentreLink, to keep track of earnings and benefits paid so they know if people are receiving correct entitlements.
Bureau of Statistics, form a picture of where Australian society is at so they predict what may happen in the future. This will help government formulate policies and introduce new ideas to assist and cope with future population needs.
Banks, keep track of peoples savings and loans. Work out whether to increase services or decrease services or provide new services.
Schools, so they know the population of their schools, to be able to allocate funds and equipment appropriately. Follow students progress through marks.
Hospitals, so they can provide appropriate care and chart progress or decline.
This weeks lecture was about data, information and knowledge. An outline of the characteristics of data: factual, non judgemental, transient, has no immediate meaning or value.
The characteristics of information: summative, relational, dimensional, permanent, it has meaning but how valuable is that meaing.
The characteristics of knowledge: it infers something, judgemental, subjective and very valuable.
Examples of (sampled) data are price, shares, exchange rates
Examples of (measured) data are weather, census data
Examples of (historical) information are almanacs, tables of census data
Examples of (recorded) information are budgets, minutes of meetings
Examples of knowledge are white papers, press releases, marketing strategies.
The relationship between data, information and knowledge is that data is composed of individual facts which on their own has a very limited value. Information is a collection of facts that establishes a pattern and precendent in order to generate. Knowledge is how human experience and learning is applied to information in order to make sense of it and form predictions to how things may work in the future.
This weeks readings were about data, information and knowledge and importantly the relationship between them.
Data on its own has limited value, but as you combine it all together it becomes more significant. If enough information is collected it can be used to build knowledge. Knowledge is what you know!!
The knowledge is only as good as the information used to build it, which is only as good as the data collected.
Questions to ask about information are;
What is it?
Who is collecting?
Why are they collecting it?
People sometimes talk about knowledge as a strength or as a power. In this "information age", knowledge is the new currency. Like any currency it is unevenly distributed. The knowlege economy has both knowledge rich and knowledge poor people.
According to Russell Ackoff, systems theorist and professor of organisational change. The content of the human mind is classified into 5 categories;
Data,(symbols)
Information, (data considered useful)answers who,what,where,when
Knowledge, (applying data,information) answers how
Understanding, (appreciation of why)
Wisdom (evaluated understanding)
Ackoff indicates the first 4 categories relate to the past, the fifth relates to the future because it incorporates vision and design.
These above definitions are from two different dictionaries
This is my graphical representation of how these terms, data, knowledge and information are connected to each other. The data is raw, it is what it is, it only has meaning when you can connect it with something. Information is data that means something in a useful connection. Knowledge is where you can use the data and the ideas you gain from this to use it to develop your own concepts and applications.
A list of at least 5 organisations that collect information from their clients or the public. Why do they collect this information?
CentreLink, to keep track of earnings and benefits paid so they know if people are receiving correct entitlements.
Bureau of Statistics, form a picture of where Australian society is at so they predict what may happen in the future. This will help government formulate policies and introduce new ideas to assist and cope with future population needs.
Banks, keep track of peoples savings and loans. Work out whether to increase services or decrease services or provide new services.
Schools, so they know the population of their schools, to be able to allocate funds and equipment appropriately. Follow students progress through marks.
Hospitals, so they can provide appropriate care and chart progress or decline.
This weeks lecture was about data, information and knowledge. An outline of the characteristics of data: factual, non judgemental, transient, has no immediate meaning or value.
The characteristics of information: summative, relational, dimensional, permanent, it has meaning but how valuable is that meaing.
The characteristics of knowledge: it infers something, judgemental, subjective and very valuable.
Examples of (sampled) data are price, shares, exchange rates
Examples of (measured) data are weather, census data
Examples of (historical) information are almanacs, tables of census data
Examples of (recorded) information are budgets, minutes of meetings
Examples of knowledge are white papers, press releases, marketing strategies.
The relationship between data, information and knowledge is that data is composed of individual facts which on their own has a very limited value. Information is a collection of facts that establishes a pattern and precendent in order to generate. Knowledge is how human experience and learning is applied to information in order to make sense of it and form predictions to how things may work in the future.
This weeks readings were about data, information and knowledge and importantly the relationship between them.
Data on its own has limited value, but as you combine it all together it becomes more significant. If enough information is collected it can be used to build knowledge. Knowledge is what you know!!
The knowledge is only as good as the information used to build it, which is only as good as the data collected.
Questions to ask about information are;
What is it?
Who is collecting?
Why are they collecting it?
People sometimes talk about knowledge as a strength or as a power. In this "information age", knowledge is the new currency. Like any currency it is unevenly distributed. The knowlege economy has both knowledge rich and knowledge poor people.
According to Russell Ackoff, systems theorist and professor of organisational change. The content of the human mind is classified into 5 categories;
Data,(symbols)
Information, (data considered useful)answers who,what,where,when
Knowledge, (applying data,information) answers how
Understanding, (appreciation of why)
Wisdom (evaluated understanding)
Ackoff indicates the first 4 categories relate to the past, the fifth relates to the future because it incorporates vision and design.
Workshop 10 Using Online Libraries & Databases
List 10 useful functions found on the ECU Library site. Give brief explanation of each.
Liberty - Learning to use the librarys' info screens. Each section you go into a new learning module to practice using resources, then a little test to check your knowledge gained.
Library Pod casts - ecu's podcasts include audio tours of each metro campus library as well as information about using your ECU library.
Finding - Books, CD's from Library Catalogue
Journals Articles on Databases
Reserve Readings
Journal Titles
Websites
Library resources by faculty
Quicklinks to academic database site ie Metaquest
The services the library provides are
- Reference/Enquiries to assist with locating, using library resources and services more effectively.
- Multi Media Resources can teach you how to use multimedia(book for tuition)
- Document delivery place requests for loans etc from other libraries or document supply services.
- Loans resources how to borrow material from the library.
Library News Updates, this included a virtual tour of the Joondalup Library
the site also had links to Google Scholar(full text links) a quick link to google scholar and a brief outline.
Visit the Medline Plus site, I was interested in looking at information regarding children and obesity. I went through the interactive tutorial and although strongly geared toward the American public found it very interesting.
People who may be interested in this may have a family member who has been diagnosed with an illness. Or it could be a parent who has a niggling query about a child who is showing some symptons but doesnt feel it worth going to the doctor for just yet. Instead of going to see your GP and asking lots of questions why not utilise an accurate, valid, trustworthy medical site to find out more. Sometimes after going to a doctor lots of little questions pop into your head after you have left the surgery and your doctor isnt available to answer every query. You can get extra information, self help ideas and peace of mind from the comfort and privacy of your own home. This website would be good for those people who dont have easy access to medical advice due to isolation or frailness. The site provided straightforward, simple language with simple diagrams to explain ideas further.
The lecture notes for week 10 were about, using online libraries and databases. Types of online libraries
Online Text repositories
Online Journals
Musical, Artworks
Why use online libraries; convenience, access to many and varied resources, journals are up to date, the electronic format it easy to makes notes and copy and paste. Available 24/7.
Copyright Issues
Correct referencing of sources
Copyright permsission not required for notes
Use of art, music usually subject to Copyright restrictions
Most library sites have a statement of copyright rules
The responsibility of copyright compliance rests with you
Limitations
In many cases, only catalogue is online (not full text available)
Many libraries resources are only available by subscription
With music and art you are only seeing copies of the original , resolution may be reduced.
Online databases are an organised collection of data characterised by the use of data fields that provide procedural methods for retrieving info.For example, People search, Email directories, Genealogy, Maps and Atlas',Govt info and stats, News and media,
When referencing, accuracy is essential
Use APA format (details found in ECU lib. publications)
Marks are deducted for incorrect referencing
Advantages of online databases
Comphrehensive, current, browsable, searchable, available 24/7, electronic format easy to read and copy
Disavantages
Many accessible by subscription only
Lots of advertisements
Can be tricky to navigate
Information overload
Data bases and libraries very useful source of information, very similar, many available by subscription, many are free. Up to date Information.
Liberty - Learning to use the librarys' info screens. Each section you go into a new learning module to practice using resources, then a little test to check your knowledge gained.
Library Pod casts - ecu's podcasts include audio tours of each metro campus library as well as information about using your ECU library.
Finding - Books, CD's from Library Catalogue
Journals Articles on Databases
Reserve Readings
Journal Titles
Websites
Library resources by faculty
Quicklinks to academic database site ie Metaquest
The services the library provides are
- Reference/Enquiries to assist with locating, using library resources and services more effectively.
- Multi Media Resources can teach you how to use multimedia(book for tuition)
- Document delivery place requests for loans etc from other libraries or document supply services.
- Loans resources how to borrow material from the library.
Library News Updates, this included a virtual tour of the Joondalup Library
the site also had links to Google Scholar(full text links) a quick link to google scholar and a brief outline.
Visit the Medline Plus site, I was interested in looking at information regarding children and obesity. I went through the interactive tutorial and although strongly geared toward the American public found it very interesting.
People who may be interested in this may have a family member who has been diagnosed with an illness. Or it could be a parent who has a niggling query about a child who is showing some symptons but doesnt feel it worth going to the doctor for just yet. Instead of going to see your GP and asking lots of questions why not utilise an accurate, valid, trustworthy medical site to find out more. Sometimes after going to a doctor lots of little questions pop into your head after you have left the surgery and your doctor isnt available to answer every query. You can get extra information, self help ideas and peace of mind from the comfort and privacy of your own home. This website would be good for those people who dont have easy access to medical advice due to isolation or frailness. The site provided straightforward, simple language with simple diagrams to explain ideas further.
The lecture notes for week 10 were about, using online libraries and databases. Types of online libraries
Online Text repositories
Online Journals
Musical, Artworks
Why use online libraries; convenience, access to many and varied resources, journals are up to date, the electronic format it easy to makes notes and copy and paste. Available 24/7.
Copyright Issues
Correct referencing of sources
Copyright permsission not required for notes
Use of art, music usually subject to Copyright restrictions
Most library sites have a statement of copyright rules
The responsibility of copyright compliance rests with you
Limitations
In many cases, only catalogue is online (not full text available)
Many libraries resources are only available by subscription
With music and art you are only seeing copies of the original , resolution may be reduced.
Online databases are an organised collection of data characterised by the use of data fields that provide procedural methods for retrieving info.For example, People search, Email directories, Genealogy, Maps and Atlas',Govt info and stats, News and media,
When referencing, accuracy is essential
Use APA format (details found in ECU lib. publications)
Marks are deducted for incorrect referencing
Advantages of online databases
Comphrehensive, current, browsable, searchable, available 24/7, electronic format easy to read and copy
Disavantages
Many accessible by subscription only
Lots of advertisements
Can be tricky to navigate
Information overload
Data bases and libraries very useful source of information, very similar, many available by subscription, many are free. Up to date Information.
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Workshop 9 Using Search Engines 2/5/07
Workshop 9 Using Search Engines
1a List 4 Strategies that will help you to structure a good search
The Principles of Smart Searching
1. Know Where to look first
When looking for info on a person, company, health problem, job vacancies, organise a holiday. There are lots of databases that information on them that is more use than general search engines.
2. Fine Tune you Keywords
If searching on a name of person, place or thing. Remember most nouns are subsets of other nouns. So enter the smallest subset and be specific. For example, CAR = Toyota = Toyota Dealerships and in Geraldton.
3. Be refined.
Read help files and take advantage of search refining options. Use phrases if you can. Use the Boolean AND, learn to exclude with the Boolean NOT. Excluding is important as the Web grows and more documents posted.
4. Anticipate answers.
Before starting, imagine the ideal page you would like to access would look like. ie the Words in the title, and the how the sentences in the first paragraph would go. Now use those keywords when entering your search query.
Complete the online quiz and do a screen shot of your results page
Some of the strategies I used to locate the answers to the quiz were
1. Using more than just the one keyword to enter into google search.
2. Copy and paste the keywords into google to save time, then copy and paste the answers back into the quiz answer section to avoid spelling mistakes and save time.
3. When in the search results pages, I would quickly run through the previews (brief summaries under headings) to evaluate if they were going to be useful.
4. Using quotations marks when entering in titles of books or titles of paintings.
5. Using knowledge I had already gained on a subject to evaluate whether it was relevant to my quiz questions ie Inca civilisation
So far in this Module on Research and Techniques I have learnt that the World Wide Web is a wonderful tool that makes research more accessible to a much wider range of the population. But it isnt the be all and end all. Care must be taken to evaluate the information, and you need to question the validity nearly everything you access.
You need to be aware of a few basic rules to make your searching much more productive and accurate.
1. Be aware of what the domain names represent ie .com, .org, .edu.
2. Be aware as to the accuracy of the information, anyone can publish on the web, there are no web standards to ensure accuracy.
3. Authority check - see who the author is and what are their qualifications, who is the sponsor(greenpeace) of the site.
4. Currency check on the date whether when published, when updated, when first put onto web.
5. Objectivity (bias)
6. Authentication where is it, who wrote it, sources of information, validation of information.
The lecture notes this week were about using search engines to effect more valuable searches.
Search Tools fall into 2 main types
- search engines
- directories (guides to search engines)
What is search engines - a web based application that crawls the net, creating indices of websites, usually from the text information contained in summaries. Sites are indexed according to keywords
Some search engines are Google, Yahoo, Alta Vista, AlltheWeb
Some problems associated with search engines; return of too many results, limited relevance or quality filtering of results, can build massives indices from wrong, irrelevant, outdated results,
Search Engines Interface
use different tools to get results; keywords, phrase, boolean, advanced.
Search Tips
1. Use several search tools
2. Read search tips or help info at each search engine
3. For keyword searches, use several words
4. Guess a location
5. Think about what you want
6. Back up to find out where you are
The readings this week are basically about Internet search tips and strategies for searching. Very usefull actually.
1a List 4 Strategies that will help you to structure a good search
The Principles of Smart Searching
1. Know Where to look first
When looking for info on a person, company, health problem, job vacancies, organise a holiday. There are lots of databases that information on them that is more use than general search engines.
2. Fine Tune you Keywords
If searching on a name of person, place or thing. Remember most nouns are subsets of other nouns. So enter the smallest subset and be specific. For example, CAR = Toyota = Toyota Dealerships and in Geraldton.
3. Be refined.
Read help files and take advantage of search refining options. Use phrases if you can. Use the Boolean AND, learn to exclude with the Boolean NOT. Excluding is important as the Web grows and more documents posted.
4. Anticipate answers.
Before starting, imagine the ideal page you would like to access would look like. ie the Words in the title, and the how the sentences in the first paragraph would go. Now use those keywords when entering your search query.
Complete the online quiz and do a screen shot of your results page
Some of the strategies I used to locate the answers to the quiz were
1. Using more than just the one keyword to enter into google search.
2. Copy and paste the keywords into google to save time, then copy and paste the answers back into the quiz answer section to avoid spelling mistakes and save time.
3. When in the search results pages, I would quickly run through the previews (brief summaries under headings) to evaluate if they were going to be useful.
4. Using quotations marks when entering in titles of books or titles of paintings.
5. Using knowledge I had already gained on a subject to evaluate whether it was relevant to my quiz questions ie Inca civilisation
So far in this Module on Research and Techniques I have learnt that the World Wide Web is a wonderful tool that makes research more accessible to a much wider range of the population. But it isnt the be all and end all. Care must be taken to evaluate the information, and you need to question the validity nearly everything you access.
You need to be aware of a few basic rules to make your searching much more productive and accurate.
1. Be aware of what the domain names represent ie .com, .org, .edu.
2. Be aware as to the accuracy of the information, anyone can publish on the web, there are no web standards to ensure accuracy.
3. Authority check - see who the author is and what are their qualifications, who is the sponsor(greenpeace) of the site.
4. Currency check on the date whether when published, when updated, when first put onto web.
5. Objectivity (bias)
6. Authentication where is it, who wrote it, sources of information, validation of information.
The lecture notes this week were about using search engines to effect more valuable searches.
Search Tools fall into 2 main types
- search engines
- directories (guides to search engines)
What is search engines - a web based application that crawls the net, creating indices of websites, usually from the text information contained in summaries. Sites are indexed according to keywords
Some search engines are Google, Yahoo, Alta Vista, AlltheWeb
Some problems associated with search engines; return of too many results, limited relevance or quality filtering of results, can build massives indices from wrong, irrelevant, outdated results,
Search Engines Interface
use different tools to get results; keywords, phrase, boolean, advanced.
Search Tips
1. Use several search tools
2. Read search tips or help info at each search engine
3. For keyword searches, use several words
4. Guess a location
5. Think about what you want
6. Back up to find out where you are
The readings this week are basically about Internet search tips and strategies for searching. Very usefull actually.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Workshop 8 25/4/07 Evaluation and Authentication of Web Resources
Looking ICYouSee Critical Thinking Page Record and Describe these strategies
Use these following suggestions when looking at web pages.
1. Make sure you are looking in the right place - does this site address your subject, was the site worth visiting
2. Almost anyone can put anythingon the web. Accuracy isnt easy to confirm
3. Try and find out who wrote or created the web pages, also something that indicates are they credible enough to write about the subject with some authority.
4. Know whats happening, identify the reason the web page was created. Is the main purpose to inform, persuade or sell you something.
5. Look at the finer details of the site - (internal clues i.e. grammar and spelling)
6. Web pages are different to pages found on the web in that web pages are hypertext links, whereas pages found on the web are scanned in (not connected)to other links....Gene Adams stated in class that all writing is referencial to other writing.
Task 2 Evaluating 1960's websites
I reviewed two websites being B. A trip through the 60's and D. The psychadelic 60's.
A trip through the 60's
The listed review topics seem to list things that I considered right for what I knew of the 60's ie Anti War Movemement, Civil Rights Movement, Sexual Revolution and the Vietnam War (just to name a few)
The colours and design seem to fit what I know of the era. The purpose of the site seemed to be a general informal site that gives people a reasonable overview of the era and the important social milestones that occurred.
Doesn't appear to state an author. It includes lots of quotes from different people ( who I didn't know)but the quotes were all thought provoking and genuinely seemed to be from that time. The site also had lots of interesting pictures.
I enjoyed the groovy way you could move around the site, i.e clicking on the heavily made up eye. The site was fun for gaining some interesting general knowledge about the 1960's.
The Psychadelic 60's
Appeared to be set up by the University of Virginia, which would make it a very credible and reliable source of information.
Typical colours and set up in a style that seemed familiar to the 1960's. The foreword was very well written, and contained a good overall summary of the decade. Obviously a lot of contributors to the website which the library acknowledged.
The purpose of the site seemed to be to provided a more academic and detailed look at the 60's.
The design of the site was not as flashy and eyecatching as the previous website I evaluated.
This weeks lecture notes were about evaluating and authenticating websites that you go into.
Ask yourself what is the quality of the information I am looking at and is it suitable to use. You need to be mindful of these questions when looking at information on the web because there is no control of who publishes articles on the web (relates to authorship, authority and authenticity, why the author has published the article (relates to bias, accuracy and trustworthiness), what is published on the web (relates to currency, reliability and coverage)
The web offers fast and accessible information exchange, anybody with computer access can create web content, the information published on the web bypasses traditional editing filters.
When evaluating IQ on the WWW, here are some points to consider; what are you measuring(content,visual feel, navigation, ease of use) why does information source exist (type of content, level of content,bias of content). Accuracy of information, Authority, Currency, Objectivity, Coverage,
Authentication considerations; Where is it (what domain type), who wrote it (details on author) additional considerations ( sources of information, validation of information, references.
The readings are basically about evaluation of internet research sources. There is a very wide range of information on the internet and it varies in its accuracy, reliability and value. Unlike traditional media (books,mags,organisation documents) no one needs to approve its content before publishing. As a searcher on the Net, you need to evaluate what you locate in order to establish if it is worth anything to you.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Week 7 Workshop 7 18/4/07
Task:Look at the sites haggishunt and molossia.
1a) How have websites attempted to look authentic?
Website 1 - Haggis Hunt
Having nice advertising by reputable looking company's i.e. Gleneagles Hotel, Thistle and Broom
Abundance of Information
Very nicely designed website - great looking graphics
Website 2 - Molossia
Nice coat of arms
Colours of the country
Abundance of information - lots of different areas to go into.
4 Clues that give away sites as a joke
Haggis Hunt
Unusual names for people i.e. Farquhar Farquharson
Humouress descriptions of words i.e. drumnadrochit means a clean strike on a haggis with your meuran
Tongue in cheek language
Cameras placed in the middle of huge cities i.e. looking for a very shy, retiring, rare animal - highly unlikely.
The haggis looks very much like a platypus.
Molossia
2.5 hectares in USA ( i dont think America would tolerate this)
Their statement sounds like a popular song.
Picture of President - taken in front of a normal surburban house in America
His name doesn't sound very exotic
The pictures dont look very convincing
Their list of Festival Days are a bit strange ie Cookie Dough Day
2. Martin Luther King Website
2a,b) What I expected from Website
Being the web address with Org at the end, I didnt expect anything to special as opposed to a .edu ending. I expected to find information regarding MLK, contributed by lots of different people. ie their views and opinions
3. Not quite the respectful website I was expecting. I refer to the passage about him having sex and what he was supposed to be saying. This website is strongly biased against MLK, and writes information which is totally against the thoughts and beliefs that I think most people would have about him.
4. What do I think of the website?
Gene has suggested that this is a hate site. The articles are very radical, very racially biased and very uncomfortable to read. You have to ask yourself how did the writers come across this information about King having sex with prositutes, partying and beating up women. Is there any truth to it, does it need to be taken in context with other information.
This weeks lecture notes were about using the WWW and the differences between the web and the net. The lecture overview consisted of Internet v's Web, History of the Web,Defining the WWW, Web protocols, Web browsers/interface.
On the net you find computers, on the web you find information. Net connections are between computers, web connections are hypertext links. The Web was developed in 1989 by Tim Berners-Lee to allow the sharing of research information.
Protocols:
TCP/IP - Transmission Control
HTTP - Hypertext Transfer Protocol
DNS - Domain Name System
URL - Uniform/Universal Resource Locator
DNS - Domain Name System ie www in front of web addresses..com,.org,.edu top level domains, .au,.nz, country codes
The web is a universe of accessible information stored on computers throughout the world. The information is made available by a huge network called the Internet.
Web browsers are programs that allow users to access and explore the pages of the WWW. Browser interfaces are similar offering the same user tools for searching, looking around and saving snapshots of the Web.
The readings were basically about the history of the Web and Internet and how they got started. There was also some information about how to make your web searching much more productive and less time consuming.
1a) How have websites attempted to look authentic?
Website 1 - Haggis Hunt
Having nice advertising by reputable looking company's i.e. Gleneagles Hotel, Thistle and Broom
Abundance of Information
Very nicely designed website - great looking graphics
Website 2 - Molossia
Nice coat of arms
Colours of the country
Abundance of information - lots of different areas to go into.
4 Clues that give away sites as a joke
Haggis Hunt
Unusual names for people i.e. Farquhar Farquharson
Humouress descriptions of words i.e. drumnadrochit means a clean strike on a haggis with your meuran
Tongue in cheek language
Cameras placed in the middle of huge cities i.e. looking for a very shy, retiring, rare animal - highly unlikely.
The haggis looks very much like a platypus.
Molossia
2.5 hectares in USA ( i dont think America would tolerate this)
Their statement sounds like a popular song.
Picture of President - taken in front of a normal surburban house in America
His name doesn't sound very exotic
The pictures dont look very convincing
Their list of Festival Days are a bit strange ie Cookie Dough Day
2. Martin Luther King Website
2a,b) What I expected from Website
Being the web address with Org at the end, I didnt expect anything to special as opposed to a .edu ending. I expected to find information regarding MLK, contributed by lots of different people. ie their views and opinions
3. Not quite the respectful website I was expecting. I refer to the passage about him having sex and what he was supposed to be saying. This website is strongly biased against MLK, and writes information which is totally against the thoughts and beliefs that I think most people would have about him.
4. What do I think of the website?
Gene has suggested that this is a hate site. The articles are very radical, very racially biased and very uncomfortable to read. You have to ask yourself how did the writers come across this information about King having sex with prositutes, partying and beating up women. Is there any truth to it, does it need to be taken in context with other information.
This weeks lecture notes were about using the WWW and the differences between the web and the net. The lecture overview consisted of Internet v's Web, History of the Web,Defining the WWW, Web protocols, Web browsers/interface.
On the net you find computers, on the web you find information. Net connections are between computers, web connections are hypertext links. The Web was developed in 1989 by Tim Berners-Lee to allow the sharing of research information.
Protocols:
TCP/IP - Transmission Control
HTTP - Hypertext Transfer Protocol
DNS - Domain Name System
URL - Uniform/Universal Resource Locator
DNS - Domain Name System ie www in front of web addresses..com,.org,.edu top level domains, .au,.nz, country codes
The web is a universe of accessible information stored on computers throughout the world. The information is made available by a huge network called the Internet.
Web browsers are programs that allow users to access and explore the pages of the WWW. Browser interfaces are similar offering the same user tools for searching, looking around and saving snapshots of the Web.
The readings were basically about the history of the Web and Internet and how they got started. There was also some information about how to make your web searching much more productive and less time consuming.
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Week 6 Workshop 6 4/4/07
This week we focused on using EndNote
Today I worked on an introduction of EndNote for students at ECU. I created a new Reference Library using the Workshop 6 Supplement.
I started by entering references from the supplement, then using EndNote to put the references in proper APA style.
Today I worked on an introduction of EndNote for students at ECU. I created a new Reference Library using the Workshop 6 Supplement.
I started by entering references from the supplement, then using EndNote to put the references in proper APA style.
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