week 9

lecture
This weeks lecture was about Applications, protocols & benefits of Information Communication Technology. I learnt the role ICT has in communication, between individuals, between individuals and organisations, between a business and an external organisation and that this communication takes place by chain networks, circle networks, wheel network and all-channel network.

I also learnt the difference between Synchronous and Asynchronous the main differences are in synchronous every person taking part in the communication have to be involved at the same time, with asynchronous the communication does not have to be done instantaneous.

Examples of Information communication technology are the 3G Mobile telephone network, ipods, mp3, lap-tops, email and MSN messaging.

In university communication can be used as a great sources of information, a communication tools to suit many purposes, in Variety of contexts.

Tutorial
In today's tutorial class the first task i was assigned was to go to the Google site - http://www.google.com/

print screen of Google website

We then had to click on the groups tab within the site

This is a screen capture of the group tab you have to select


We then entered a search term on any topic in the group search bar mine was "love"

This ia a screan capture of the groups that came up under the search term love

The group i investigated that correlated to my search tearm was
"All You Need is Love"

The group was about the song "All You Need is Love" it was for people to express there opinions on the song the word I searched for came up highlighted thought the groups website.

This is a screen capture of the site I investigated

The next task we had to complete was to go to a pod casting website and enter a search term.The term I entered was nirvana in the website http://podcasts.yahoo.com/.

This is a screen capture of the podcast i chose to view. The next site i visited was the ecu website home page for podcast http://www.ecu.edu.au/library/services/podcasts.html

This is a screen capture of the ecu podcast home page.

The Benefits of using podcast are the educational benefits it can be used to Utilise for example for recording lectures and tutorials, language and literacy education;
research, tours and commentary, recording interviews, speeches, diaries, music appreciation, news and current affairs, and assessment.

Readings

Reading (URL) - Guide to using Email summary

Article: 14 Email Do's and Don'ts - Ways to make your messages more efficient and effective: http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/internet/page6175.cfm

1. Assess whether email is the best way for you to communicate what you want to say.
2. Be direct and to the point.
3. If asking a question Fraze your question as a question.
4. make sure you set a deadline for when you want your response.
5. Provide a suitable context to outline the message
6. Use grammar and punctuation
7. Use only one topic in your messages so as to to confuse reader.Provide a summary when you forward an ‘FYI’ email, explain to the recipient why you are forwarding this to them, and what information in it is related to them
8. If a messing is abrupt don't assume the person is angry with you.
9. don't use email messaging to be a bully it can be used as evidence of harassment.
10. Ask for clarification, if unsure of the sender’s original intentions.
11. Use your email software's tools to help organise your messages
12. It is not necessary to respond to every message straight away

Article: Essential Email Etiquette - Avoid common pitfalls when composing your messages: http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/internet/page4815.cfm

1. use an Appropriate Subject
2. Address email Recipients Properly
3. use an Appropriate Tone
4. Avoid Irony and Sarcasm because it does not work in messages.
5. Edit Your Message

Reading (URL) - The Problem with SPAM

This reading was about the subject of spam emails The problems associated with spam emails and the bad and good solutions there are to solve the problems of spam emails.