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May 2008

Practical 1
During practical 1 session, we were asked to choose our topic for our portfolio. The topic I have chosen would be Discuss the impact of the Integrated Resort(IR) on Singapore's Tourism Industry.

We were supposed to look out for websites that will be related to our topic. I have found 3 websites which are categorised into discussion forums sites, electronic journals and magazines sites and last but not least, WWW site.


Discussion Forums- Discussion Forums is an internet(online) forum which hold discussions. Usually an entire community or to a specific sub-forum will be discussing on a particular topic. I do think that discussion forums can come in handy when someone is in need of opinions or comments on a certain topic. The entire community also can discuss on the topic and make a comparison on which opinions is better.
This is the site that I have found for the discussion forum - http://www.myhometown.sg/

Electronic Journals & Magazines- Electronic journals and magazines may be the electronic version of a printed publication like the newspaper. Electronic journals and magazines keep me updated on the latest news and the news that are published can be trusted. When I have the time, I usually visit "Today online" (http://www.todayonline.com/) which is the electronic version of the Today newspaper to take a look at some news. This saves me the hassle of buying newspaper.
This is the site that I have found for the electronic journals and magazines - http://singaporedice.com/

WWW site- WWW sites can be in any forms of websites. But some of this information published on these various sites cannot be trusted while some of these information can be trusted.
This is the site that I have found for the WWW site - http://www.ips.org.sg/events/casino/papers/Winston%20Koh.pdf

Reflections on Practical 1
I hope to get relevant and trustable information for all the sites I have found. Practical 1 is fun and I am always looking forward to each lesson. Now that I know that websites can be categorised into various categories like discussion forums, electronic journals and magazines and WWW sites.


Practical 2
For practical 2, I am supposed to search for sites which can in return help me in my portfolio. I have found 2 sites which are classified under Personal WWW site and Organisational WWW site.

Personal WWW sites- Personal WWW site are maintained by an individual person. The topic in personal WWW sites can be any topic that is related to the owner's interests, materials on a specific subject or it may also be part of an organizational page. Information provided by personal WWW sites may or may not be trusted as sometimes the opinions was given by the owner itself.

Organisational WWW sites- Organisational WWW sites are a collection of WWW pages which are created and maintained by a particular organisation. The same goes to organisational WWW sites. Some information provided by organisational WWW sites are not trustable as the information are collected from various WWW pages.

This is the site that I have found for Personal WWW site - http://singaporeintegratedresorts.blogspot.com/
Resource Description - This site talks about the impact which Singapore will be facing when the resorts is completed, the brief description of the IR, transport which will be available at the IR and many other topics that are related to Singapore IR.

This is the site that I have found for Organisational WWW site- http://www.getforme.com/previous2007/160407_impactofthetwointegratedresortsin2010.htm
Resource Description - This site tells me more about the impact Singapore will be facing 2010 after the 2 IRs in Singapore is completed, new opportunities are created when the IRs are completed, more accommodations needed, increasing air-capacity and lastly dealing with the manpower demand.

Reflections on Practical 2
After attending practical 1 & 2, I got to know that sources available on the Internet can be classified into various categories. I have learned how to identify which categories these sites belongs to. In addition, I have also learn that citatations are needed to acknowledge if I get any information from any sites. As far as I know, an inadequate citation constitutes plagiarism. Citations are an essential feature in a research work. I have learned the format of citations by using APA style as well. The format of citing internet resources using the APA style is as follows; Author's last name, First name. (Date of publication: year, Month day). "Title:capitalize only initial letter." Retrieved Month day, year from WWW: URL

With all that I have learn, this would benefits me to wherever I go especially when I'm out in the industries working.