So last Friday, I went for a course on using the Internet for resources gathering.
The topics discussed were mainly:
1) Refining your Internet searches
2) Evaluating websites
3) Making use of online databases
It was pretty interesting and the course got us thinking of a few ideas.
- subscribing to the NUS library yearly so that we have access to the hundreds of online journals that they have.
- coming up with a database or compilation of websites/applets/useful materials for specific topics (e.g. going to the website www.fdasda.com/blahblah/animation.html will give you a good resource on say, a factorisation of expressions)
However the course was very expensive, especially for the scant content. I was expecting something more specific to the topics we teach. But in any case, it did got me thinking of suggestion 2 above :) So... let's not go for this anymore next time.
The internet holds a CRAZY amount of resources (like a gajillion times more than my brain can hold) and even though we've been saying it over and over ("let's use the resources on the internet guys!"), we haven't really gotten down to the specifics and come up with a list of websites with specific resources each subject can use.
I remembered a particularly useful sharing session regarding the k e e p v i d website. It was useful because it was specific. There was no beating around the bush. Keepvid.com is for saving youtube videos. simple as that.
Let's keep it simple. or should I say... Let's keep iCt simple. he he. ok not funny.
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