Thursday, October 6, 2011

How to Search for Infomation

1. Don't include common words like 'the' or 'and'
2. Use quotes
3. Use a plus symbol (+) and a minus symbol (-) to include or not include something
4. Golden Rule: Be specific
5. Don't write in sentence or question form

It is important to be careful when searching for infomation because if you dont' use the helpful tips above, you might end up with a website that has incorrect infomation.

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

The Year I Was Born!

Who was the Prime Minister?
Pham Van Khai

Did Anyone Famous Get Married?
Chris Robinson and Kate Hudson

Which Football Club Won the English Premier League?
Manchester United Football Club

What Film was Popular at the Movies?
How the Grinch Stole Christmas

What Song was Popular?
 Who Let the Dogs Out

What was the Fashion?
Christion Dior's 'Ghetto Fabulous'

Saturday, October 1, 2011

"Are All Infomation Reliable?"

There are tons of infomation in the internet, just tons, but keep this in mind, not all are reliable. How can you be sure that the infomation is true and is not a spoof or lie? Sometimes, when you're finding this infomation and you've searched in many websites but none of them match, that is because some of them maybe is providing you with incorrect infomation.
To give you a better idea of what I'm saying, let's compare Wikipedia to VOA. I think that everyone knows Wiki but just in case, VOA, Voice of America, is a website that provides news and infomation from around the world. Let's talk about Wiki first, anyone can update anything in Wiki, I can even make up a story about a shipwreak in Hawaii if I want, but I'm not going to though. The infomation is likely to be incorrect so Wiki is not a website you can trust. VOA is one of the most trusted sources for news and infomation, only the perfessionals or creater can be able to update so it can assure us that we will and can receive true and reliable infomation. VOA is also a very useful source to use.