Module Four
Module Four Tasks
Tools for using the Web
Bookmark Manager
Program Name :- BookMark Buddy
Cost :- US$ 29.95
Many different aspects good and bad.
A) Easy to use, very easy to understand.
B) Reasonably priced and easy to use.
C) You can use your default browser (FireFox or Opera) and manage your own bookmarks.
D) Imported all my bookmarks easily.
E) Keyboard shortcuts are a bit awkward.
G) Customer support is lacking
Offline Browser/Copier
Program Name :- Webcopier
http://www.maximumsoft.com/products/wc_windows/overview.html
Cost :- $30.00, $40 life time subscriptions
A) It is a powerful tool that stores them locally, on your system, until you are ready to view them.
B) Specially-designed Wizards will help you create each new download project.
C) $10 extra for life time subscription, makes the program worth it.
Searching the Web
What to do:
1. Choose your most commonly used internet search engine and do a search with words of your choosing.
I decided to use www.google.com.au and search for the words North American Union.
Noticeably there was over 49, 300 results with the search engine.
2. Using copernicus or similar, set it up to search at least three search engines (including one that will search the ‘deep web’) and repeat eactly the same search
LOG ENTRY: record the number of hits in your learning log, and compare to your first search. What differences did you notice? Why? Which search, on first glance gave you the most promising results?
Using Copernic’s Basic Agent I recorded 5 hits with, it was a unique program that actually shows the relevancy of the search by percentage value.
Getting a little curious I was dumb-founded by the term “Deep Web Search”, does this mean I am searching further than the titanic? Going down into the deep and dark places of the Internet? Well am not 100% sure of what and why they would be saying “deep web search” but after reviewing the documentation in the web tasks it became a clearer and I understood more on what to do.
Went back and used the copernic’s search engine that was available by looking at the right hand side of their site right at the top, the number of results that came back was similar to the google search.
Boolean searching task
Taking the same key words of your last search, think about how you would best search for the following:
- the biggest number of hits relating to these key words
- information most relevant to what you ACTUALLY wanted to look for!
- information coming only from university sources
LOG ENTRY:
Discuss your strategies with the class and record the exact search terms you used in your learning log
Firstly I decided to test www.dogpile.com to see what happens and the results, there is a method that allows you to use the extended preferences but not as detailed as www.google.com.au.
Dogpile never impressed me at all, it was too bland and too basic type of search engine, I am a google fan, it works it gives you what you need.
I found dogpile a less form of google. Too me a search engine that works on it’s own is a primary source of interest so I switched over to google advance to achieve some vastly better results.
Organising search information task
First, choose the best three sources found in the previous task (and be aware all these sources and information can be contributing to your resource bank assignment!)
I would like to stick to the issue that I previously discussed with regards to the North America Union as it is a topic that will flare up in the not to distant future, so in order to understand the future we must first stop and read and comprehend what is going on.
URL:- http://www.american.edu/ia/cnas/pastortnac.html
Author :- Robert A. Pastor, C. Fred Bergsten (Preface)
Institution :- American University Center for North American Studies
This book describes Robert Pastor’s ideas with regards to the modernisation of the United States, Canada, and Mexico into one enity, with the possible aspect of having a larger market capability than that of the European Union. Robert Pastor’s book, describes proposals for constructing a North American Community. It is a visonary study, Robert Pastor’s maps out the paths towards making a North American Union a reality.
URL:- http://www.american.edu/ia/cnas/pdfs/Pastor_Worldnet.pdf
Author :- Robert A. Pastor
Institution:- American University Center for North American Studies
This document seems to have been created by Robert A. Pastor to defend his ideas. By describing current reactions by many high ranking profile reporters, writers, critics that have and are continuing to study into Robert A Pastors dream of creating a North American Union. Robert A. Pastor defends his ideas and interpretations of the North American Union and the effects it would really have on the United States, Canada, Mexico. Claiming that the critics are spreading false information with regards to the creation of the North American Union, defends himself by establishing a arguement about the truth’s behind his book. He then defends his ideas and basically establishes his argument of what his book is about. Why are his critics so against it by demonstrating the ideas and how wrong his critics are with regards to his ideas. In closing he re-aligns the fact that it would be far better for each three states to have a better relationships established than what is currently happening and the fear mongers are wrong, because all is what is needed is the breaking down of the barrier’s in order to create a better relationship.
URL:- http://apps.carleton.edu/campus/sustainability/Shrinkingfootprints/?story_id=346841
Author:- Katie Blanchard
- NAFTA
For evaluating the web, I decided to stick to the American University for North American Studies article because it was a defensive post with regards to Rober A. Pastor’s book that he created based around a obessive arguement that United Stated of America, Mexico and Canada should be combined as one to form the North American Union. In this article he is defending his idea and also identifying the perpertraitors and debates and why they can not affectively associate themselves with the truth behind the greatest concept every devised.
URL:- http://www.american.edu/ia/cnas/pdfs/Pastor_Worldnet.pdf
Author :- Robert A. Pastor
Institution:- American University Center for North American Studies
This document has been created by Robert A. Pastor to defend his ideas, by describing current reactions by many high ranking profile reporters, writers, critics that have and are continuing to study into Robert A Pastors dream of creating a North American Union. Robert A. Pastor defends his ideas and interpretations of the North American Union and the effects it would really have on the United States, Canada, Mexico. Claiming that the critics are spreading false information with regards to the creation of the North American Union, he defends himself by establishing a argument about the truth’s behind his book. He defends his ideas and basically establishes his argument of what his book is about. Why are his critics so against it by demonstrating the ideas and how wrong his critics are with regards to his ideas. In closing he re-aligns the fact that it would be far better for each three states to have a better relationships established than what is currently happening and the fear mongers are wrong because all is what is needed is the breaking down of the barrier’s in order to create a better relationship.
The article was written by Robert A Pastor a member of the Council of Foreign Relations. He is a very dedicated and unique person who has a credibile background in Politics. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in History from Lafayette College and a Masters of Public Administration and Policy (MPA), with a concentration in International Economics from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He also holds a PhD from Harvard in the field of political science. He served in the US Peace Corps in Malaysia where he learned the Malay/Indonesian language. He also was a Fulbright Professor at El Colegio de Mexico in Mexico where he taught courses on U.S. Foreign Policy.
The article contains document that there is alot of evidence being presented that is false allegations being created by high profile media reporters with regards to the creation of the North American Union, he defends himself by stating that these allegations are false and misleading towards what he is expressing within his book. If these people clearly understood what the book was created for, they would understand the necessity towards the creation of the North American Union. He then suggests that people become aware to the true facts by visiting the website www.american.edu/ia/cnas.
Then presenting the article in a manner that suggests to me he is defending his book in five points that are summarized so that you can affectively understand why there has been misinterpretation about his book. He establishes five facts on why is it necessary for the creation and establishment of a North American Community and the basis of this community.
When considering future use of the review, the annotated review of the site would become much handier to have as it is a understanding of the document and what it is about. Breaks down the necessary points of what is contained in the full article without having to read the full article, very handy if you don’t have much time on your hands and require document access sharply.
References :-
Robert, Pastor Toward A North American Community. Retrieved August 27, 2008, from http://www.american.edu/ia/cnas/pastortnac.html Web site: http://www.american.edu
Pastor, Robert Toward A North American Community. Retrieved August 28, 2008, from www.american.edu Web site: http://www.american.edu/ia/cnas/pdfs/Pastor_Worldnet.pdf
Blanchard, Kate (October 31, 2007 ). Revisiting NAFTA. Retrieved August 28, 2008, from http://apps.carleton.edu/campus/sustainability/Shrinkingfootprints/ Web site: http://apps.carleton.edu/campus/sustainability/Shrinkingfootprints/?story_id=346841
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