Infocomm Studies

Hello everybody,

I just attended my Infocomm Studies by our friendly teacher Mr. Kent Cheong. We learnt a lot from him. We learnt about the history of the Internet. The Internet became functional in 1969. It was a Networking project by Pentagon's Advanced Research Projects Agency. It was to allow scientists at different locations to share information then. However, during 1969 there were only 4 host nodes. Now, there are more than 200 million host nodes. This shows the great improvement of technology over the years. The Internet is a public, cooperative and independent network. We can connect to the Internet through slow-speed technology and high-speed technology. For slow-speed technology, the connection to the Internet must be established each time the user logs on. While for the high-speed technology, the connection is always on whenever the computer is running, although it costs a bit more than the slow-speed technology. There are three ways of accessing the Internet, through the ISP (Internet Service Provider), OSP and the Wireless Internet Service Provider. We also learnt that a domain name is the text version of IP(Internet Protocol) address. The IP address is the number that identifies the computer or device connected to the Internet.

Next we also learnt about the WWW(World Wide Web). It is normally called Web. It is a collection of electronic documents from all over the world. These electronic documents can text, sounds, videos etc. We learnt that downloading is the process whereby the computer receives information from another source. The unique address for the web page is called the URL(Uniform Resource Locator). A link in a built-in connection to another web-page location. There are 9 types of basic websites, they are: Portal, News, Inforational, Business, Educational, Entertainment, Advocacy, Blog and Personal. An educational website teaches us information that is valuable to us. People create a blog to write their reflections or opinion on a particular subject. They may also use the blog as an online journal. A personal website is maintained by a private individual. We also learnt that a thumbnail is a smaller version of a larger picture. We learnt about a function on the web called the E-mail(Electronic Mail). It is a form of communication where one sends a message or a file to another. We also learnt about Web 1.0 and Web 2.0. Web 1.0 is a website which only the author can update. While the Web 2.0 is a website which allows both the writer and the readers to update or post their comments. In the mordern age, we tend to use alot of the Internet, so when using the multiple functions on the web, we have go by the code of acceptable behaviors. We should treat others as the way we want others to treat us. For an example, we do not want others to past bad comments about us, so we do not do that to others too. This way, netizens would have a mutual respect for each other.

Hello everybody,

I am Glenn Tan.

from class 1P4,I enjoy blogging, reading and playing sports. I enoy playing soccer, basketball, badminton etc. I am interested in water activites such as swimming, kayaking etc. I also enjoy going out with my friends. My primary school is Poi Ching School, which is in Tampines. My parents chose that school because it is directly below my house. I have 3 friends from Poi Ching who also are in Hwa Chong Institution. They also live near our primary school. I take the school bus to Hwa Chong Institution every morning. I always go for a jog or a swim whenever I am stressed. I hope that I would be able to cope with the amount of subjects I am having and to do well in my third language class.