April 23rd, 2012

We leaned about the followings:

google book

- you can get information from books for free. 

- sometimes you can see the whole entire book from google book

amazon.com
- you can create wish list
- you can transfer the information of the product for zotero just by clicking the icon on the slide bar

zotero
- makes it easier to save the references
- zotero can recognize what you’re looking at in amazon.com
- create an on-line account for zotero

imdb
- Internet database for movies

What I found the most useful was google book.

It should help me with doing research for the essay. I usually rely on library databases when writing essay, but when I am tired with such academic data, I can just go to google book and look for sources that has many visual images that I find more interesting.

Speaking of essay, I also thought that Tumblr would be very useful. I was not interested in Tumblr last week, but after Anan's presentation, I changed my mind. Maybe I'll give it a try in winter term, when I will be working on theme writing.

After Rab gave us the lecture last week, I'm trying not to log on to facebook.

I used to play around with facebook all day, but now I am aware of the danger that we tend to miss when we are addicted to SNS. Getting away from facebook gives me more time to study and spend on hobbies. I really should continue on spending least time on facebook.

I am getting used to google.
I learned how to use igoogle and google reader in the last class, and found how useful they are!
igoogle helps me search things, look up for interesting news, and play with fun games.
What makes igoogle so fabulous is that I get to costomize it on my own.
Google reader help me save time when I want to read new post from my favorite web sites and friends' blogs. Such an useful tool.

We learned about many other sites like LinkedIn, Lifehacker, and Tiny url, but it seems like they are something I will be using in the future and not for now. But it sure was a very precious opportunity to get to know about these stuffs I never knew before coming to this class!!

Safari!

I should install safari the moment I open my laptop today.
Safari Extensions are so useful and fun! Their features are amazing.
The most amazing one was screenshot and New York Times updates.
I've always wondered how people use screenshots (though there must be a way I can use screenshot without using Safari Extensions). But now I can screenshot any page I find interesting!
This should really help me with essays and papers I will be writing for Theme Writing as well as other courses. For the Freshman ELP essays I sometimes had hard time trying to collect the pictures and graphs I wanted to use because though I might have found the picture I could not save it.
Now I CAN save any image from the web!
And New York Times updates were pretty cool as well!
I always had to jump to yahoo to check the news, but now I have New York Times updates on the screen anytime! Should there be any interesting news popping up on the screen I just have to click it and then there would be a new tab opening up, showing me the details of the news:D
Safari is cool. I should learn more about it.

Sophomore ELP!

So judging from what 16 girls say at dorm, apparently we 15s (and re-takers and everyone) are the last ELP takers. 16s are the first ELA takers.
I don't think that just because ELP has changed to ELA, it has changed dramatically but yes, I must admit that ELP and ELA do differ because they are different.
But it doesn't mean I wanted to take ELA instead of ELP because my first year at ICU was like the best thanks to Fresman ELP classes. I loved my teachers and section mates.
Now that I am taking Sophomore ELP class with a new teacher and class mates (I'm not sure if I should call my class mates "section mates" because it's not exactly a section... or is it?), I must enjoy it. Enjoying is the best and the easiest way to work on things, especially things like studying, reading, writing, and all the other stuffs that make you feel you want to leave them for the last.
I know I will be enjoying Sophomore ELP, because the first class was so fun that I am already looking forward to the second one. But there may be a time when I have hard time doing works and stuff. In such times, I need support. I will be happy if my class mates would help me. And I wish I could be of some help to my class mates when they need help:)