Since i do blogging on a (supposedly) regular basis, i've tried doing a vlog before but my initial tries seemed really bad as i couldn't hear myself over the video! and it was hard to video myself while walking around. Well about a good 3 years have passed since then and i have gotten better at this in recent months! Well it was only recently that i got back to editing because we need to submit videos our various modules.
well....i'm pretty sure i've gotten better at this? hopefully :) I did a video of my trip to Iceland during last year's end of year break. It was my first time documenting my holiday trip on video! It was only after editing the video and watching it through did I feel like i made the trip a whole lot more fun! I only finished editing the video when i was back in SG. That was when i really wanted to fly back there again and film more! It was also one of the first few times that i am using a GoPro to film so i was still learning how to use it!
Mum said my background music is "noisy".
Sunday, March 29, 2015
Sunday, March 22, 2015
WHAT is E-learning?
When it comes to E-learning week, we ALL rejoice. To teachers, e-learning is a new way for students to learn, expecting us to go online and do some independent studying. Our take on e-learning, is a time off from studies and we are able to relax and have fun just as how it is the march holidays! Learning through online classes is the first thing that always comes to our mind when e-learning is mentioned, but there is actually much more to it! It also includes the media resources and the framework of the e-learning portal that allows us to better navigate through the whole library of resources. It also includes the links to various online resources or provides helplines for us when we need to find specific information. I found it particularly useful for my project works during the past semesters. Accessing the libraries and gathering all the journal articles were a total breeze as compared to the conventional way of Googling all of our information! Which was really "revelational" because i never knew that there could be an easier way to find information than Googling all of it!
In the past, the learning portals that I used tend to be very Web1.0, whereby everything was very boxed, simple and plain! it was extremely boring and really hard to navigate. It had a very plain layout, with at most a logo at the top righthand corner and simple words with underlines showing the links to the texts that we were supposed to read. No one paid attention to e-learning lessons, which thankfully only made up a small portion of our classes. During those days, we were using computers linked to really bulky monitor screens and we would all open up Internet explorer to access the e learning portal and then open up and play pinball instead. Oh come on, we all know we are guilty of it!
The image might be small but you get the idea of how old e-learning websites were like!
Whereas now, given how the web has evolved, we have a more pleasing layout of the e-learning portal, making it a lot easier to navigate through the portal. Also, more advanced portals make use of web plug-ins and flash applications to increase the attractiveness of the portal! It also allows us to better learn as we have more resources, especially images and videos to explain diagrams and processes.
and this is how a web2.0 e-learning portal has in store for us! this is my personal homepage in UBLearns. With such a layout and colours and 'tabs', it is definitely more appealing for the user! The last thing we will want to have is a website that is very cumbersome, shunning people away from education!
We are no stranger to this page. Checking for updates instead of having to manually click on every module, checking our grades, printing out materials for upcoming class, all these are the little wonders that tools of e-learning provides to us!
With the advancements of technology, we are now able to watch lectures online, interact with the learning resources and download required documents for our lectures. Gone are the days that we need to queue up outside the book shop to print books and books of notes! I feel that E learning has definitely benefitted us greatly! and i really am impressed how e-learning has evolved so much that it becomes integral in our researches, in our daily learning. Surely we don't exactly enjoy e-learning as nobody really likes classes, but at least it isn't as unimpressive that it shuns as away from using it. :)
In the past, the learning portals that I used tend to be very Web1.0, whereby everything was very boxed, simple and plain! it was extremely boring and really hard to navigate. It had a very plain layout, with at most a logo at the top righthand corner and simple words with underlines showing the links to the texts that we were supposed to read. No one paid attention to e-learning lessons, which thankfully only made up a small portion of our classes. During those days, we were using computers linked to really bulky monitor screens and we would all open up Internet explorer to access the e learning portal and then open up and play pinball instead. Oh come on, we all know we are guilty of it!
The image might be small but you get the idea of how old e-learning websites were like!
Whereas now, given how the web has evolved, we have a more pleasing layout of the e-learning portal, making it a lot easier to navigate through the portal. Also, more advanced portals make use of web plug-ins and flash applications to increase the attractiveness of the portal! It also allows us to better learn as we have more resources, especially images and videos to explain diagrams and processes.
and this is how a web2.0 e-learning portal has in store for us! this is my personal homepage in UBLearns. With such a layout and colours and 'tabs', it is definitely more appealing for the user! The last thing we will want to have is a website that is very cumbersome, shunning people away from education!
We are no stranger to this page. Checking for updates instead of having to manually click on every module, checking our grades, printing out materials for upcoming class, all these are the little wonders that tools of e-learning provides to us!
With the advancements of technology, we are now able to watch lectures online, interact with the learning resources and download required documents for our lectures. Gone are the days that we need to queue up outside the book shop to print books and books of notes! I feel that E learning has definitely benefitted us greatly! and i really am impressed how e-learning has evolved so much that it becomes integral in our researches, in our daily learning. Surely we don't exactly enjoy e-learning as nobody really likes classes, but at least it isn't as unimpressive that it shuns as away from using it. :)
Sunday, March 1, 2015
E commerce made me broke!
E commerce has changed the way how we shop online, as it provides great ease through online transactions. One drastic way it has changed business strategies is through micro transactions. These refer to the purchases available to the user although the application is free to download. This feature can be seen being used extensively in games. Massively popular games like...
Get Rich!
or World of Tanks,
LinePLAY, Steam Games depend heavily on this business strategy of micro transations to rake in profits. Moreover, they make these games free to download, hence once the user is hooked onto the game and want more, their tendency to spend money is higher. i was once addicted to spending money online on games too! How the cycle goes is that i will first link my credit card to the game, and then you can top up money to your in-game wallet before purchasing anything. Once the linking is done, i will buy an in game item, and then after a while later, i will feel like having more, and i will buy another! and the cycle repeats itself! It becomes really dangerous and scary as the spending increases and if it is uncontrollable!
The same also happens for online shopping, e-commerce allows us to spend money so freely over the web, that when we see an item that we like, it is easy to just purchase the good and have it shipped over and delivered right to your doorstep! This...i am still guilty of! shopping online is really easy, and it is so easy to obtain the product that you want with just a few clicks away.. and then after a fury of clicks away, you realise the damage done to your wallet when the bills come out. Which really shows how effective e commerce is in making you spend money! no longer do i need to pop by 7 eleven stores to buy those prepaid cards for my Maplestory game.
oh everyone knows maplestory and their acash frenzy! with everyone flocking to get a quick boost in game or a chance for a rare item! Instead, i can simply link my card and keep purchasing over and over again without much verification required!
e commerce has definitely changed the way how we shop online. now we no longer look towards shops in malls for our clothes, but rather now everyone is hopping onto the blogshop bandwagon. Instead of having to wait for a time when there is no lesson to buy clothes at the mall, students like me can simply browse at blogshops online at our ease and e commerce will help us settle the rest! well that is provided if we have free wifi :) E commerce is an exceptionally powerful tool in raking in profits and while the shops are benefitting from the demand that i am providing them with, i am definitely getting a lot more broke!
i am a great big fan of e commerce, and even though i do spend a lot on e commerce, i will still sing praises for it because i am able to get the goods that i want! it has definitely helped me to get my goods a whole lot easier. and definitely, who doesn't want their temptations to be fufilled?! that when you see an item that you really love online, you are actually able to buy it with just a few clicks??
Whoever came up with the idea of e commerce is a genius.
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