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May 2008

Practical 3
I do not have to attend my first lesson in week 3. I am suposed to do E-Learning and post up my answers for practical 3 worksheet. So here I am! :D Practical 3 consist of 2 activities. First activity would be identify the purpose of any four resources I have retrieved. Second activity would be the e-shopping spree.

Activity 1
Resource 1- http://www.myhometown.sg/
Purpose- Advocacy
Reasons- This site is a discussion forum. It allows users like me or the community to interact with one another. For instance, I can discuss the impact of the Integrated Resort(IR) on Singapore's Tourism Industry on these forum. In this way, people from this community will be able to share their own thoughts and views with others on this issue. From this discussion, I will also be able to know whether residents and non-residents support the Singapore's Tourism Industry for having IR in Singapore.

Resource 2- http://singaporedice.com/
Purpose- News & Information
Reasons- This site allows me to retrieve past articles which are related to the IR on Singapore's Tourism Industry. Furthermore, this site also provides me with information on current events which may be related to my topic. The information provided by this site as they have cite down the source of the article. It also provides factual information as they are extracted from the newspaper.

Resource 3- http://www.getforme.com/previous2007/160407_impactofthetwointegratedresortsin2010.htm
Purpose- Information
Reasons- The purpose of this site is that it provides me with factual information. The article they provided me was a speech made by Mr LIM HNG KIANG, MINISTER FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY on 16 April 2007.

Resource 4- http://www.ips.org.sg/events/casino/papers/Winston%20Koh.pdf
Purpose- Personal
Reasons- I classified the purpose of this site under personal mainy because he penned down his personal view on accessing the economic impact of having IR in Singapore. The writer also provide his personal information on the article he had wrote.


Activity 2
If I have $500.....!!! ;D

If I have $500 to spend on E-Shopping Spree, I would like to buy a Creative Zen 8 GB MP3. It would cost me about $249. With the surplus of money, I would save it up for other purposes.

This is the Creative Zen 8 GB MP3 I'm talking about. I would want to buy this as this mp3 is handy enough for me to carry it along with me to wherever I go. (:


Reflections on Practical 3
This lesson has taught me the purposes of internet resources. There are 6 purposes of internet resources in all. For information purpose, the sites provide factual information. As for advocacy purpose, those sites are created to influence public opinion and on the other hand also allow people to comment on their views. Furthermore, business/marketing purpose sites are constructed to promote a porduct or service. It may also include catalogues, offer online services and etc. For news purpose, the sites are usually developed by traadition companies such as newspaper broadcast, book companies and many more. It also includes CNN, BBC, Straits Times and more to be mention. For personal purpose, these sites are owned by individuals for different reasons. Subjects on these sites may range from whimisical to serious in nature, e.g. information on certain statistics. Last but not least, entertainment purpose.Entertainment sites are established to provide enjoyment. It provides such as games, jokes, movie clips and etc.

With all that I have learned from practical 3, from now on, when I visit any sites, I know what what the purpose of the sites is. The sites were created for certain purposes. Everyone have their purpose when searching the net. Nowadays, without the internet, I won't be able to survive. Internet has became part of my LIFE....