UIR PRACTICAL 3 BLOG

These are the links to the sites that i have researched for the practical.

Resource 1: http://www.jointogether.org/news/features/2003/youth-drug-use-declines-but.html

Purpose of resource : News

The reasons are : This is news because it is a feature story by a journalist.
Also, this is taken from a news section of a website.


Resource 2: http://www.jointogether.org/news/features/2003/youth-drug-use-declines-but.html

Purpose of resource : News and infomation

The reasons are : This page gives us information on the effects of teen smoking.
It also is a piece of online news taken from a news section of a website.


Resource 3: http://pushingback.com/blogs/pushing_back/archive/2006/09/07/703.aspx

Purpose of resource : Infomation

The reasons are : This webpage tells us about the dropping rate of the youth drug abusers.
It also tells us the impact of drug abuse.


Resource 4: http://www.sadd.org/store.htm

Purpose of resource : Business

The reasons are : This websites store sells things that helps youths addicted to drugs.

Reflection : The activity today gave me an insight of the further detailed types of websites, and the different kind of infomation i could get from each kind of site. therefore, i learnt that for different kind of infomation, i could get them from different sites.