database

this week assignment is to plan, create and edit a simple database for students management information using openoffice base.

it was really fun. !

spreadsheet

this week we were required to plan, create and edit a simple one year personal financial management (income and spending) spreadsheet using calc.

then we were needed to name the sheet according to the month ie Aug11, Sept11, ... July11

after that, create a formula to calculate the a balance for each month. balance of August for example will be added to the next month.

again, the file is to be uploaded to google doc.


after that, we are needed to do a second task which is to plan, create and edit spreadsheet of students score and grade analysis.

i've learnt a  lot of new things in this assignment as we were needed to use;

• define name
• fill series
• VLOOKUP
• STDEV
• AVERAGE 
• COUNTIF
• graph
• sort
• filter

those stated above are the formula use in the spreadsheet.

after that, base on the data collected, we were needed to create graph to represent the data.

being as a teacher in the making, this knowledge is very useful to be use in the future.

Open Office Impress and Movie Maker

this week we were required to create a presentation kit using IMPRESS.
the content must be based on the assignment 5 (mini research)
the presentation must follow the guideline of a good presentation skills.

do check out our yahoogroup. it was fun !

Brochure and Booklet

this week assignment is to plan, design and create a BROCHURE and BOOKFOLD using Microsoft Publisher and Microsoft Words respectively.
again, the content must be related with the topic for assignment 1,4 and 5.
for this very assignment, we have to use graphic / images created using any graphic editors as stated below:

• 2D graphic types: bitmap and vector images
• JPEG/GIFF/TIFF/BMP/PNG/WMF
• RGB/CMK
• Microsoft paint
• smart art power point
• GIMP (OSS)
• Online - google draw
• OpenOffice draw 

those are our brochure and bookfold. 

as what my partner, Wan Nazira Che Nor wrote in her recent entry, yes we do love simplicity  =) 

BROCHURE 

BOOKFOLD 

cover page

content 1

content 2

last page

I have never created any booklet or bookfold before. Assigning to do this assignment was a troublesome for me in the first place.
After figuring out what it is actually and how does to get this bookfold done, I found that this assignment is quite simple and interesting actually. We both enjoyed doing it.
Bookfold and brochure are one of the interesting way of reading. The content is much simple and precise. People usually use points and simple language to describe about their products.
Our topic is Operating System. Again, for this assignment, we compared between Windows and Ubuntu. Our objectives is to expose or reveal the fact about their existing Operating System they might not know.
With the graphics and images provide in the brochure and bookfold, we hope that now friends are gaining a better understanding with what we are trying to conveyed here

till then,
buhbye.

SPSS and reporting

hye ! this week we were required to make an analysis based on the qualitative data we have collected by create the theme for the discussion about the certain issue. 

the report must be in journal article format complete with reference as stated below; 

• title
• abstract
• introduction
• literature review
• research approach
• finding 
• discussion 
• recommendation and conclusion 

as usual working with my loyal partner, Wan Nazira Che Nor and I had decided to to divide the task equally so that it will be more organized, easier and save time ! 

as what has been mentioned in the previous entry, our online survey was a bout operating system which is Windows versus Ubuntu. 

we chose Ubuntu because it is different from the Windows and also one of the well known operating system that can be easily downloaded from the internet. What makes it different from the Windows is that Ubuntu is a   cost-no-money operating system. based on our readings, there are thousands of users all over the world are using Ubuntu compared to Windows. they are saying that, to be compared with Windows, Ubuntu is easier, simpler, fast, and secured operating system. but the subject matter is, in Malaysia, most of the computer users are using Windows as their operating system. so we tried to investigate what is the main factor as to why people use different kind of operating system. price seems to be the reason why. but the data collected based on the survey we have done before, only 3 out of 20 students are using other than Windows. 

based on the data collected, we have found that most of the respondents or students to be specific, are lack of knowledge about the operating system. 

when we first introduced Ubuntu to them, majority of them were saying that it was their first time hearing about it. The data collected shows that they are interested to know about Ubuntu. 

so teachers have to play their role in educating the students more on Information Technology (IT). it is undeniably true that we can see most of the peoples these days are using computers as one of the medium for their education, career, and social networkings. take Facebook for an example. there are millions of users are connecting across the world using computers, mobile and many other electrical devices. 

connected to internet through the browser, an operating system can actually gives a big effect on their computer system such as speed and security. if the operating system used is not compatible with the computer software, the system can be easily invaded with viruses and sometimes some of the application such as games, cannot be performed well. 

there are loads of things i have learned from this very assignment. well i have to admit that it is also my first experience conducting an online survey and learning about Ubuntu. 

**our report has successfully uploaded to yahoogroup. feel free to check it out :)

till then

buhbye

online questionnaire (surveymonkey.com, google.com, SPSS)

as usual, every week we were assigned to do new assignment. for this week, we were needed to make a  survey  based on the journal that we've done in the previous assignment which entitled 'Windows vs. Ubuntu'.
based on that journal, we were required to make 10 survey questions by using surveymonkey https://www.surveymonkey.com/MyAccount_Join.aspx
to be answered by our own classmates. and then make another survey by using google doc in spreadsheet form either from the same questions used in the  surveymonkey or different questions. the survey made by using google doc can be printed. instead of making 10 copies of printed survey and distribute it to other students as stated in the question task, we chose to send it to our friends in IPGKS

credits to survey monkey, i experienced the first time of making survey on my own.

After all the hard works we finally reached at the final step when we managed to get at least 20 respondents for the survey. Alhamdulillah !
well i have to admit that to get even at least 10 respondents is such a hard works. we have to remind them, over and over again to answer our survey question.
we make use our Facebook account to 'promote' our survey and we did emailed them about the survey. 
we were almost give up waiting for the responds. everybody seems to be so busy creating theirs and what is so 'weird' or confusing i might said is when all of my friends said they had done answering our survey when only 15 of respondents are 'visible'. there should be 18 respondents altogether. so where is another 3 respondents ?!
maybe there is some technical mistakes or miscommunication here and there. they maybe thought that they have answered our survey when they actually answered from the survey monkey.
the one that matter is from the google doc. the data collected from google doc is the one that will be used in the SPSS thingy. so there's some confusion and both of us do really understand that.

me and my partner; wan nazira are both agreed that, this one assignment which is the survey to be specific is the most exciting part of this course ! to be honest, this is my first time experience of making my own assignment.
knowing that there is a website where we can actually make our own survey question, i wish i could make my own mini research one day. =))

after gathering all the data, we're now in the final step.
this is where we start to use SPSS that we have installed before.
Mr Tengku Norazlan briefly explained to us how to use it. it is quite interesting actually.
so after filling in the data in the SPSS, we were needed to make report based on our mini research.
as a conclusion, i gained a lot of new experience this time with the surveymonkey.com, google.doc spreadsheet and SPSS. i am not an IT savvy but after completing this course, i wish i managed to apply all the knowledge i have gained during completing this course in the future.

till then, buhbye

plan, search and evaluate (literature review)

on this third week class, we were needed to write a journal based on the topic that we have chosen in assignment 1.
again, this a pair work.
as usual, i with my loyal partner, Wan Nazira have to really struggle for this very week.
we're quite lagging behind compare to others.
so what we planned was to really make use of time especially today, to be able to finish this one assignment  by today ! ................... or maybe tomorrow. IngsyaAllah.
 or maybe next  tettttttt !!!

back to the topic,
the journal must be related with the first topic that we had done in our first assignment which is Operating System (OS)
what we need to do is to select ;
-2 journal articles from UKM subcription research database.
-one article from google scholar
-one from books.google.com

and then, identify a research problem based on the topic we had done in our first assignment; Operating System to be exact.
our research problem is 'is it true that Windows is the best Operating System?'
we had done some comparison between Ubuntu and Windows.
next, by using OpenOffice Writer, write a report on what should be done in Malaysia.
last but not least, juz like what we've done in the previous assignment, upload the files into our yahoogroup.

feel free to visit our yahoogroup !

CLOSURE


thousands of thanks to Dr. Siti Fatimah Mohd Yassin for providing us links for online materials and for better understanding of the assignment. thank you !

REFLECTION

loads of things I've learnt in the process of completing this assignment.

I just knew that there are actually Operating System that can be downloaded from internet for FREE !

shame on you, nini. 

meaning to say here, my discussion in the first assignment is not good enough. i need to dig deeper. i mean really deeeeeeeep......... --'

the free open source Operating System I've mentioned earlier refers to Ubuntu.

frankly speaking, the first time I hear the name, I felt like laughing out loud because it sounds super funny for me.

In malay, 'buntu' means a condition where a person has no idea of what she's been thinking of.

(the sentence goes something like this : "fikiran ku buntu memikirkan apa yang diperkatakan olehnya", more likely to "I have no idea what she's talking about")

so when Mr Kulan said Ubuntu, I was like "Ubuntu? Ibuntu jugak" because I have no idea what he was saying ! HAHAHAHA.

oke back to the topic. Ubuntu is actually the term which comes from South African. It is actually means I AM BECAUSE YOU ARE. The term is actually an ethic or humanist philosophy used in African. It has something to do with the movie we watched in previous semester; HOTEL RWANDA. you can just click this link for more information on that

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_(philosophy)

the Ubuntu that is suppose to be explained here is; an Operating system.

Ubuntu is a free open source operating system. loads of sources I found in the internet saying that it is faar better than Windows. research has shown that;

It works faster than Windows.

easier than Windows.

and the most important thing is,

it is secure !

we don't have to be worried thinking about the malware and viruses invading our computer system. Ubuntu has a built-in security system that promises us a protected computer system, free from viruses !

so after all the readings we've collected, we have done with our report on Windows vs. Ubuntu.

do read to gain more information on Ubuntu. you may want to know what are the weaknesses of your existing Operating System especially Windows

till then, buhbye !