Week Ten - Lecture Summary

This week's lecture involved the discussion of information management. Firstly, there are two types of information formats: atom-based and bit-based. Atom-based information are those such as books, papers, reports, etc, while those of bit-based formats are electronic content, digital reproductions and many others. A variety of pros and cons were stated between the two, nit-based information are seen as very cheap and flexible with the ability to be editted easily. Atom-based information on the other hand are hard to copy and change though are easily protected and can be hid.

There are a number of ways bit-based information can be stored.
.zip
.wav
.mpeg and many others

These are electronically stored and are not hard copy. These allow easy tranfers, acess and editting. Computers allow the organisation of bit-based information which make its functions more accessable.

Week Nine - Email Readings

This week's reading tasks include learning about email etiquette and what to do and dont in emails. Emails are expalined as large time wasters when not written effectively. When writing an email, one should be specific and get right to the point with not to wasting time. When writing emails, many use slang or unfinished words, this is seen as unprofessional and can sometimes be looked down upon. Grammer and puncuation should be applied to solve this problem. Also, dont use profanities as this lowers the professionalism of the email, if also seen by a boss/superior, the situation could lead to trouble.

The language of the email can be quite hard to write. Keep in mind the tone, irony, sarcasm, etc. These can lead to other interpretations of the email which can lead to trouble.

Week Nine - Podcast Task

This task involved me searching 2 podcasts and listening to them. With itunes, I searched for medical science and got Science on Mornings, on triple j and All in the Mind - The science of happiness. The Science on Mornings is from the radio station 'triple j' which had a number of callers asking questions to a famous scientist who answered them. While 'All in the Mind' discussed how the human body creates happiness through hormones and chemical reactions. Both were very useful in creating my knowledge of medical science greater.

The ECU library allows for one to download podcast downloaders like Itunes. Podcasts are also available from ECU library, explaining how the library works.

The potential benefits from podcasts are gaining are larger amount of knowledge from radios, transcripts, interviews, etc. I reguarly listen to podcasts to gain more knowledge about medical science as it interest me and teaches me more about the subject.

Week Nine - Group Search Task

Visiting google and selecting the GROUPS tab allowed me to search for a topic via groups. The words I chose to submit were 'hard determinism'. The image below shows the groups which appeared after submitting the search:
- alt.zen
- alt.atheism
- alt.religion.christian.presbyterian
- Atheism vs Christianity
- alt.philosophy
- alt.astrology.moderated



Entering the bulletin room of alt.atheism, I found a 150 posted argument of freewill vs determinism. Some contribute to the discussion with religion while others with logic. This allows me to obtain other's point of views on the topic and re-judge my own view. This bulletin has given me a number of other ideas which I have not yet thought about the topic. This leads me to think that at another time, I will be able to read other's views on any topic with bulletins via group searches.

Week Nine - Lecture Summary

This week's lecture concerns communication. Beginning with the discussion of the importance of communication in today's world, we were asked to produce an email to suit appropriate net etiquette. After we all confirmed the importance of communication, the role of the ICT was explained: communication between individuals, businesses, organisations, etc. The ways this can be done are through the use of mobile phones (3G network), video, tele-conferencing, ipods, mp3, e-mail, through forums, instant chat programs, pc games, blogs, etc.


Synchronous and anynchronous communication was then explained. Synchronous is when communication within parties are all talking at the same time, while anynchronous communication is when parties take turns to communicate. This can either be done independently or dependently - Anywhere in cyberspace or in the same place.

Though this has its advantages, there are a number of disadvantages. One of them being pedophiles against young kids communicating over these tools. Even though, ICT is a great communication process which allows for an increase of information to the public in a variety of contexts.

Week Eight - Reading

The website 'PowerPoint in the Classroom' ,from http://www.actden.com/pp2003/ teaches the reader PowerPoint and how to use it. It firstly explains how to create slide followed by editting and adding images and charts. Sounds and animation by motion is also explained with basic steps with how to do it. Time and rehearsing is discussed in relation to speeches: how to time yourself while you talk.



This website allows the reader to learn how to use PowerPoint step by step with the above functions. Any reader could go through out this website and learn enough to create a presentation.

Week Eight - PowerPoint

This exercise consisted of me producing a PowerPoint to explain how to produce a low impact presentation. Below is the images for the PowerPoint: