chapter 05: Synthesis

ASmk and greeting, by now i would like to write my reflection as to share with you all for what i have learned in Information Literacy class from chapter 05, in this chapter i have learned about Synthesis. So what is synthesis? “Synthesis is putting the Pieces Together,  “Synthesis is about organizing the different pieces to create a beautiful mosaic, a meaning, a beauty, greater than the sum of each shiny piece” (Ellin Keene).  Base on David Harris “Synthesizing is like baking a cake- all the different parts mixed together becomes a whole new thing.”  Why do we need to put the pieces together anyway?  According to Ellin Keene “In order to construct any kind of meaning in our literacy learning and our life learning, we must find ways to cull and prune the details with which we are bombarded.  We must reorganize and create our own explanations for what we are learning, our own definitions of our lives at any particular juncture.”

Chapter 04: Citation and documenting

         Asmk and greeting, by now i would like to write my reflection as to share with you all for what i have learned from Information literacy class in chapter 04. From chapter 04 is about  Citation& documenting information sources. Firstly, i have learned about Bibliography/ reference. so what is bibliography/ reference? Reference is a list of book & other materials which have some relationship to each other. that contain with these following components: Author, title, place of publication, publisher and the year of publication. then i have learned about APA style. APA style is stand for American Psychological Association, established in 1928 by social science professionals. style provides guidelines for publication in social science journals ( such as psychological, sociology, education and nursing) it lends consistency and makes texts more readable by those who assess or publish them. by using APA style we must follow three rule Author, title and documentation. Rule for author, a) start with family name for the author which have family name, follow with comma and initials for other part of the names. b) if two authors, use ampersand (&) before the last author. use coma after family name. c) more than six authors use et al. for the seventh or more author names.Example,

Lofland, L., Moore, M.H., Estrich. S, McGillis, D.,   Spelman, W., Parker, K. ,et al.(1999) The new          criminology : For a social theory   of deviance.   New York : Harper & Row.

  

Rule for title, capitalize only the first letter of the first word of title, proper noun and subtitle. Underline or italic the title of books, title of journal, title of magazine, title of newspaper. example,

       Brown, R. G. W. (1985). Laser fibre optics in   biotechnology. Trends in Biotechnology, 3   (8),      200-203.

    Rule for documentation, - arranged in alphabetical order- do not put the number/ bullet in bibliography/ reference - signal spaced-  uses a hanging indent ( 1/2 inch) example, References:

       Abdul Rahman. (2011). Introduction to business administration.Malaysia: Mc Graw Hill.

In other hand, on the same chapter also i have learned about Summarizing and paraphrasing, before i start to write more detail i would like to define what is summarizing and paraphrasing? summarizing is briefing by putting the main ideas into our own words, including only main point, summarized ideas must be attributed to the original source, significant shorter than the original and take a broad overview of source material. Paraphrasing is involves putting a message from source material into our own word by attribute paraphrases into their original source, usually shorter than but may be the same length as the original passage and take more focused segment of the source and condense it slightly. Use paraphrasing as an alternative to direct quotation it can be used for short passages. Use your own words, keep all the details of the original, cite the source and the date and do Not use quotation marks.

Example:

*Direct quotation: Martin Stephen (1998) says that "a huge purpose built campus means that everyone is guaranteed accommodation in the first year."

*Paraphrase:

The specially built campus is very large so all first year students can live there (Stephen, 1998) Furthermore, i have learned about Quoting, quoting is use as a narrow segment of the source, match the document word for word and must be attributed to the original author, use quotes when actual word are so integral to the discussion that they cannot be replaced, and use quotes when the author's word are so precisely an accurately stated that they cannot be paraphrased. A bite later i also have learned about Signal Phrases and In-Text Citation. Signal phrases introduce someone else’s work – they signal that the words and ideas that are about to be offered belong to someone other than the author of the paper. In-text citations are the parenthetical pieces of information that appear usually at the end of a quote, paraphrase, or summary (though they sometimes appear before).

Chapter 03:

      Asmk and greeting, by now I would to write my reflection as what I have learned in information literacy from this chapter. In this chapter is about structure of information. so first, i have learned about primary sources. So what is the meaning of primary sources? primary sources is an original object or document first-hand information, material written and produced in the time period that you may be investigating, primary sources is enable the researcher to get as close as possible to what actually happened during an historical event or time period. secondly, i have learn about secondary sources, secondary is something written about a primary source are written after the fact that is at a later date and usually the author of primary source studied the primary source of an historical period or event and will then interpret the evidence found in these source, and also secondary source as second hand information. Usually in the form of published works;-Journal articles, -Books, -Radio and TV documentaries.

Thirdly, we have learned about tertiary source, are collection of primary and secondary source and include most types of references. There are any examples of tertiary source such as: bibliographies of bibliography, directories of directories and guides to the literature.  Below this are the examples of tertiary sources; -Bibliographies of bibliography, -Directories of directories, -Guides to the literature.  In additional, on the same chapter i have learned about Reference sources, Reference Sources; Provide short, to-the-point factual information., Provide definitions & general Information., Arranged alphabetical order or according to any classification scheme like: Dictionaries., Directories\ Encyclopedias., Atlases and maps. By now let me give more detail, Encyclopedias is a systematic summary of the knowledge. It is a work containing information on all subjects or limited to a special field or subject, arranged in systematic (usually alphabetical) order. There are two types of Encyclopedias; General and special. Dictionaries function: Definition, Spelling,  Pronunciation, Synonyms, antonyms and homonyms, Abbreviations, signs and symbols, Slang, New words, new meanings for old words, Dialect, Foreign terms in English writings, Grammatical information, Etymology.

Chapter 02: Structure of information

Asmk and greeting, by now I would to write my reflection as what I have learned in information literacy from this chapter. In this chapter is about structure of information. so first, i have learned about primary sources. So what is the meaning of primary sources? primary sources is an original object or document first-hand information, material written and produced in the time period that you may be investigating, primary sources is enable the researcher to get as close as possible to what actually happened during an historical event or time period. secondly, i have learn about secondary sources, secondary is something written about a primary source are written after the fact that is at a later date and usually the author of primary source studied the primary source of an historical period or event and will then interpret the evidence found in these source, and also secondary source as second hand information. Usually in the form of published works;-Journal articles, -Books, -Radio and TV documentaries.

Thirdly, we have learned about tertiary source, are collection of primary and secondary source and include most types of references. There are any examples of tertiary source such as: bibliographies of bibliography, directories of directories and guides to the literature.  Below this are the examples of tertiary sources; -Bibliographies of bibliography, -Directories of directories, -Guides to the literature.  In additional, on the same chapter i have learned about Reference sources, Reference Sources; Provide short, to-the-point factual information., Provide definitions & general Information., Arranged alphabetical order or according to any classification scheme like: Dictionaries., Directories\ Encyclopedias., Atlases and maps. By now let me give more detail, Encyclopedias is a systematic summary of the knowledge. It is a work containing information on all subjects or limited to a special field or subject, arranged in systematic (usually alphabetical) order. There are two types of Encyclopedias; General and special. Dictionaries function: Definition, Spelling,  Pronunciation, Synonyms, antonyms and homonyms, Abbreviations, signs and symbols, Slang, New words, new meanings for old words, Dialect, Foreign terms in English writings, Grammatical information, Etymology.

Chapter 01: Information literacy process

           

Aslm and grating. by now i would like to share with you all for what i have learn from information literacy in chapter 01. in this chapter is about information literacy process big six. Firstly, i have leaned about Information literacy process model Big six, so what is Big six? Big six is a six stage process to help anyone solve problem or making decision by using information. there are six steps: - Tasks definition, information seeking behavior, location and access, use of information, synthesis and evaluation. So below this i would like to give more detail about six stages. Step 1, tasks definition; what information do I need in order to complete this assignment?. Step 2, information seeking strategies; where can I find the information I need?  Which resources are best for this purpose?. Step 3, location access; where can I find these resources?  Do I know the best ways to use them?. Step 4, information use; what can I use from these resources? Is the reading level appropriate for me? Which parts of the information fit my assignment?. Step 5, synthesis; putting it all together to create something original, Once you have the information you need, READ, READ and READ again!  

Highlight main points (short phrases, not long passages). 

You are not ready to begin composing your final product until you know your topic well!

Write an outline (Inspiration is a good tool for this.)

Organize information from multiple sources.

 Step 6, evaluation process: did I do everything I needed to do? Did I give credit to my sources? (i.e. write a Bibliography) Is there anything I could do better next time?.

       Furthermore, on the same chapter i have learned about Research process that come out with Topic and problem identification and statement, Topic it about to know about the topic and narrowing the topic (strategies narrowing the topic), and problem identification and statement is about the purpose to identify the problem statement, below are the purpose to identify the problem: 

-To define a research problem.

-To present the different steps to problem identification & clarification.

-To choose a research problem. 

-To state the research problem properly. 

My experience in AiU

My personality

Name:            :     LY ZAHRY
Sex:                      Male
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Date of birth  :    09 january 1991
Place of birth :     Kampot Province, Cambodia.
Nationality    :     Cambodian
Phone No      :     0135818345
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 MY GREAT EXPERIENCE IN AIU

On 27 December 2012, Aiu has sent four kinds of sport to participated and made competition in Sukipt at University Technology Mara, Shahalam in Kulur Lumpur; such as, Teakwondo, Volleyball, Netball and Bedminton. I was the one who play Volleyball among of volleyball team at that time. There were more then 120 universities which participated in Sukipt ceremony. It was the first time that Malaysia has celebrated this ceremony.

In addition, we all reached there at around 12:30 am midnight. After, all Aiu’s sport members and I were stayed at University Technology Malaysia, but there was not only  Aiu students who stayed there. There were also another universities, Including Terangganu Technology University, Perlis Technology University and so on. At second day on 28 December 2012 at 3:00pm in the evening was a great day for me, because there were many police’s motors and cars with saran skors our buses a long the way to Shahalam’s stadium at Technology Mara University for opening the Sukipt ceremony. In fact, they have stopped all the vehicles  on the road to us easy or no stuck on the road during travelling to participating the ceremony on time without met any troubles.

Thus, when we have arrived at the Uitm Stadium, we all have eaten some free food together as provided by Aiu. For instance, Pizza, bread, apple juice and some drink. Namely, Soya juice and 100 plus juice. After we have finished our eaten, we all have been joined the opening ceremony until finish at 11:30pm. It was a great ceremony that I have never participated before. It was very interesting, because there were many students who came from different universities  around Malaysia. Even though, the Universities where come from state which away from capital city are also participated in the opening ceremony. Especially, the Universities which I do not remember the names which came from Sabah and Sarawak state. In additionally, a few day later, my team( Volley ball) hade facing with Uitm team at Shahalam Stadium, but we lost with score 14 vs 25. in spite of, it was no meter for my team, because they were a best team that got a champion last year. So that, we did not have any disappointed, even we lost. Clearly, we were still happy and excited, because we have completed our competition as well.

Finally, this is the first event which I had chain to involve with and I could see the other players during playing this game. I would say that, it provided me a lot experiences regarding to the game which I played, even knowledge as how to play and technical of playing game. I was so happy and I hope next time I and my team probably can involve in this event again and we will do our best in playing at lease we could won one team, even we cannot go to semi-final. So as I can say, this is the first and the great experiences for me in my life.