Today the lecture started of with a quite funny video that Helen showed us about bad powerpoints. The comedian was pointing out the worst habits people have on power point. For example clogging up a slide with every single word you are actually going to say, and also putting in too many key points in to to slide which makes it difficult to read. So basically, Hellen started off with some of last weeks lecture which we missed out on due to anzac day.
The second part of the lecture(the second powerpoint slide) was about Information & Communication Technology(ICT), or more so, specifically about the 'C' in ICT, Communication. The slides outlines the different types of communication, such as, blogs, live chats, websites like myspace and facebook(social networking), and others include podcasts and the 'wiki' sites.
Tutorial (Work Shop Nine)
In the tutorial, Gary started off with checking our bloggs, then going straight into working on our journals. He reminded us when our group assignment is due, and when our next informal blogg check is.
Workshop task:
The first task was to go into google groups and type in a topic of interest to me. I searched 'p-platers' as it is the topic I am doing in UPC 0001, and thought it could give me some insight to how others think on the same topic. I found, when I search the words p-platers, that many of the groups were about how bad and inconsiderate they are, and actual p-platers replying back about why they are wrong. This is an on-going argument, on the internet and more so out side of the net.
My second task was to investigate the messaged posted in these groups. Many of the messages were from only a few number of people, going back and forth, arguing about one topic, both with facts of their own.
Our third and fourth task was to look up a topic of our interest on yahoo as a podcast.(http://podcasts.yahoo.com/) and listen to at least two podcasts and to record why a podcast would be useful to university students.
Firstly, I should tell you what exactly, is a podcast. A podcast, or called iPod broadcasting, is an online broadcast, it is a 'non-music' audio, which comes in the format of either a mp3 or mp4. It was first initiated in 2001 by Apple Ipod. These pod casts would be useful to univeristy student who learn better at listening than reading. If a university student look for a podcast to do with his/her course it would be easier for them to just listen to the podcast than going over it on blackboard or with another student who may leave some critical points out.
Screenshots
Here is a screenshot of the yahoo podcast search site
Readings
Reading One: Guide to using e-mail
The first reading includes what to do and what not to do when writing as email, also the right ettiquette to use when adressing someone over email.
Reading Two: The problem with SPAM
The second reading is about the problem with SPAM, there are many problems when it comes to SPAM, these include such things as, there is no limit of the amount of SPAM that can be transmitted, it's a waste of time dealing with all the SPAM one person can get, SPAM destroys the value of email, it denies someone the choice of what they want in their email, etc.
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