EIR Practical 8 & 9 - My Dream Holiday

Hey everyone!!! This week we are talking about my Dream Holiday... For me, my dream holiday destination is... Australia!!! Why Australia? It's because it has many different cultures, it is a country with lots of flora and fauna and most of all it has beautiful sandy beaches. So having shared all that with you, I'll show you some beautiful pictures of Australia's famous sites and icons...

The kangaroo!! The most recognized icon of Aussie-land...

Sydney Opera House

Sydney Harbor Bridge

Outback

Dirt Biking

Jet Skiing

Hang-Gliding

All the above activities are what I really want to do in Australia... And now I've done them in Second life!!!

Took a picture at Sydney Harbor Bridge...

 Took a boat ride out to sea

 Shared a cruise with my new friends

 Dancing to the music along the streets

 More pictures in the city with my new friends









Rode a mechanical bull in the outback

 Rode a camel in the outback

 My very own dirt bike!

Doing stunts for the very first time!

Outback truck drifting

Horse Riding in the Outback

 Hang Gliding the following day...

 First Jet Ski experience

 Riding the waves!

 Viewing sharks in a shark cage










Sydney Opera House

Relaxing after a hard day in a tower top lounge

End the day relaxing with buddies in the city...

 With that, I ended my short tour of Australia in Second Life. It was really fun and even better with my new found friends who spent the day with me exploring the different areas of Second Life Australia. Special thanks to them!

When I evaluated the website on tourism in Australia (http://www.australia.com/), I checked the currency of the website as it is most important for me to get the latest information on the things going on in Australia especially the update on the Queensland floods which I am quite concerned about as it will affect tourists heading to the area. An updated website would also mean that the latest and most interesting items will be put up on it and so I will be able to go and see the newest spots in Australia and not run into a situation where the attraction which I was planning to go being closed down. So I choose currency of the website as the most important criteria when I check the website.

Thats about all, until next time...

T.

EIR Practical 7

Hey Everyone!!!

It's me again and now I will be reflecting on my practical which included reading articles on Stomp and also posting my views on the EIR space. I personally think that Stomp sometimes becomes more of a gossip website than news as some of the information there is simply because someone got annoyed at something and vents their anger by posting it on stomp so reliability of an article is always questioned. As the saying goes "There are two sides to a coin." and I believe that people are biased, at least most of us are and so reliability is a big part of my criteria when I evaluate Stomp which as a citizen journalism website should at least give information as accurate as possible even though it is mostly posted by random strangers.

I like sharing information on wiki but one big problem is the saving of the information which takes so long and sometimes does not work at all, this makes it hard for us when we want to submit our research because it sometimes work and sometimes does not. Maybe we should have another page or website to share the information so that if we cannot get it up in the EIR wiki, it will at least be shared somewhere else.

Thats about all I have to say, take care everyone...

EIR Practical 6

Hi Everyone,

For this practical, I had to do research on the invisible web or databases using our very own TP library SPARKS system and TP's database on library.books24x7.com. I am quite familiar with SPARKS and so doing the first part was rather easy for me. However as I am new to the second database, it was slightly more difficult for me to find it and start off. Personally, I feel that databases can be rather effective if it belongs to the library as it will contain information on which book to search for however if I were to find websites, the normal search engines will be more beneficial. I prefer search engines to databases as it has a much bigger range of websites and resources compared to the database. Having said that, I will definitely use databases for my research in the future as it will help me find the information I need more efficiently and save me alot of time searching through library books trying to find the right one for my project.

I learnt to edit and also improve on the previous information I had on the wiki but I also nearly deleted all the information on my entry by mistake as I did not know how to restore to the old document after editing. But luckily, I did not save it and so my research is safe.

Well, thats about it everyone. Its already late, take care everyone.