Thursday, May 29, 2008
Conclusion
I have found this blog really beneficial to produce every week. It has taught me time management skills and how to navigate around the world wide web more effectively. One thing that I feel I didn't master was the screen dumps, mine are all fuzzy and half of the details are cut off, its disappointing but okay, as I know I did all of the required work. At times I felt like there was a lot of work in this unit and it was very repetitive, but I believe that this unit has made me a better student and I will be successful in my degree because of it.
Week 12
The lecture was very informative, the main question of why there are problems on the Internet was raised and the answers were interesting.
Characteristics of the Internet:
- open protocols
- no enforceable standards
Characteristics of Internet information:
- anyone can publish
- no control on bias or unethical information
Characteristics of Internet users:
- a lot of smart people
- a lot of dumb people
What are the problems?
•Intellectual Property
•Copyright
•Plagiarism
•Security
•Privacy
•Freedom of Speech
In today's tutorial I did three readings:
Reading One:
Top 12 ways to protect your online privacy-
1) Do not reveal personal information inadvertently
2)Turn on cookie notices in your Web browser, and/or use cookie management software or infomediaries.
3)Keep a "clean" e-mail address
4)Don't reveal personal details to strangers or just-met "friends"
5) Realize you may be monitored at work, avoid sending highly personal e-mail to mailing lists, and keep sensitive files on your home computer
6)Beware sites that offer some sort of reward or prize in exchange for your contact information or other personal details
7) Do not reply to spammers, for any reason
8) Be conscious of web security
9) Be conscious of home computer security
10) Examine privacy policies
11)Remember that you decide what information about yourself to reveal, when, why, and to whom
12)Use encryption
Reading Two:
Types of Monitoring-
I found this website really boring it was unattractive and didn't appeal to me in the slightest.
Reading Three:
Overview of Intellectual Property-
Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights.
Patents are appropriate for "useful things" or methods of doing something
Trademarks cover the name or symbol (logo) which represent the source of a product or service.
Copyrights protect works of authorship, composition, or artistry
Characteristics of the Internet:
- open protocols
- no enforceable standards
Characteristics of Internet information:
- anyone can publish
- no control on bias or unethical information
Characteristics of Internet users:
- a lot of smart people
- a lot of dumb people
What are the problems?
•Intellectual Property
•Copyright
•Plagiarism
•Security
•Privacy
•Freedom of Speech
In today's tutorial I did three readings:
Reading One:
Top 12 ways to protect your online privacy-
1) Do not reveal personal information inadvertently
2)Turn on cookie notices in your Web browser, and/or use cookie management software or infomediaries.
3)Keep a "clean" e-mail address
4)Don't reveal personal details to strangers or just-met "friends"
5) Realize you may be monitored at work, avoid sending highly personal e-mail to mailing lists, and keep sensitive files on your home computer
6)Beware sites that offer some sort of reward or prize in exchange for your contact information or other personal details
7) Do not reply to spammers, for any reason
8) Be conscious of web security
9) Be conscious of home computer security
10) Examine privacy policies
11)Remember that you decide what information about yourself to reveal, when, why, and to whom
12)Use encryption
Reading Two:
Types of Monitoring-
I found this website really boring it was unattractive and didn't appeal to me in the slightest.
Reading Three:
Overview of Intellectual Property-
Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights.
Patents are appropriate for "useful things" or methods of doing something
Trademarks cover the name or symbol (logo) which represent the source of a product or service.
Copyrights protect works of authorship, composition, or artistry
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Week 11
In the lecture the most important thing that I learnt was the difference between data, knowledge and information.
Data is-
-Factual
-Non judgemental
-Non inferential
-Transient
-Has no intrinsic "meaning"
-Has no intrinsic "value"
Knowledge is-
-Inferential
-Experimental
-Judgemental
-Subjective
-Very valuable
Information is-
-Summative
-Relational
-Dimensional
-Permanent
-Has meaning
-Uncertain value
In today's tutorial I did both of the readings:
Reading One-
Data, Information, Knowledge, and Wisdom
This reading was quite interesting, according to Russell Ackoff, a systems theorist and professor, the human mind can be classified into five different parts.
~ Data: Symbols
~ Information: data that is processed to be useful; provides answers to "who", "what", "where", and "when" questions
~Knowledge: application of data and information; answers "how" questions
~Understanding: appreciation of "why"
~Wisdom: evaluated understanding
Reading Two-
For knowledge to be produced someone must think of an idea and decide to pursue it further. In addition to the time needed to do research and produce new knowledge, a person must find the appropriate funding to pursue the research. That is why research is usually done by people assosiated with large companies or corporations because of the time and resources needed to produce new knowledge. The interactive quiz was quite fun, and educational.
Definitions
Data: a body of facts; information
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/data
Information is knowledge gained through study, communication, research, instruction, etc.; factual data.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=Information
Knowledge is the body of truths or facts accumulated in the course of time. http://www.systems-thinking.org/dikw/dikw.htm
Data is-
-Factual
-Non judgemental
-Non inferential
-Transient
-Has no intrinsic "meaning"
-Has no intrinsic "value"
Knowledge is-
-Inferential
-Experimental
-Judgemental
-Subjective
-Very valuable
Information is-
-Summative
-Relational
-Dimensional
-Permanent
-Has meaning
-Uncertain value
In today's tutorial I did both of the readings:
Reading One-
Data, Information, Knowledge, and Wisdom
This reading was quite interesting, according to Russell Ackoff, a systems theorist and professor, the human mind can be classified into five different parts.
~ Data: Symbols
~ Information: data that is processed to be useful; provides answers to "who", "what", "where", and "when" questions
~Knowledge: application of data and information; answers "how" questions
~Understanding: appreciation of "why"
~Wisdom: evaluated understanding
Reading Two-
For knowledge to be produced someone must think of an idea and decide to pursue it further. In addition to the time needed to do research and produce new knowledge, a person must find the appropriate funding to pursue the research. That is why research is usually done by people assosiated with large companies or corporations because of the time and resources needed to produce new knowledge. The interactive quiz was quite fun, and educational.
Definitions
Data: a body of facts; information
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/data
Information is knowledge gained through study, communication, research, instruction, etc.; factual data.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=Information
Knowledge is the body of truths or facts accumulated in the course of time. http://www.systems-thinking.org/dikw/dikw.htm
Week 10
In the lecture today we discussed information management. It is a major problem that people now have to face- how to manage their information in a way that is quick and easy. The information can either be formatted as atom based or bit based. Whenever information remains as bits, it is relatively easy and inexpensive to change and manipulate. Whenever it is converted to atoms there is generally a cost in time and resources.
In the tutorial I did a reading called 'Grazing the Net: Raising a Generation of Free Range Students' it was quite interesting, as it states how many schools are forgoing roofing projects, libraries and art programs to bring schools "online". One of the topics discussed- Reliability, is something that we have studied in different units of the UPC. It states "they must also guide young people away from reliance on the 'free Internet.' Students will learn that a printed book or a 'pay for service' electronic information source will often prove more reliable and efficient information than the Internet." The article was extremely long and became a little confusing towards the end.
We also did an activity about adding bookmarks and favorites on the Internet.
The second reading was about bits and atoms. Negroponte beleives that everything in the future will be bit- based. I agree with his findings but his time frame seems a little unreasonable.
In the tutorial I did a reading called 'Grazing the Net: Raising a Generation of Free Range Students' it was quite interesting, as it states how many schools are forgoing roofing projects, libraries and art programs to bring schools "online". One of the topics discussed- Reliability, is something that we have studied in different units of the UPC. It states "they must also guide young people away from reliance on the 'free Internet.' Students will learn that a printed book or a 'pay for service' electronic information source will often prove more reliable and efficient information than the Internet." The article was extremely long and became a little confusing towards the end.
We also did an activity about adding bookmarks and favorites on the Internet.
The second reading was about bits and atoms. Negroponte beleives that everything in the future will be bit- based. I agree with his findings but his time frame seems a little unreasonable.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Week 9
In today's lecture we looked at- Email,Instant messenger,Discussion
boards /forums/bulletin boards,Chat rooms and Social networking which are all forms of Communication. We looked at the four types of communication:
"Place dependent" and synchronous: same time, same place eg. chat room.
"Place Independent" and synchronous: same time, different place eg. Msn messenger.
In the tutorial I did both of the readings.
Reading 1- Guide to using Email:
Email etiquette Do's and Don'ts
When you are the sender-
-Make sure that email is the right communication tool for the job.
-Get to the point right away.
-When asking a question, be sure to actually ask the question.
-Specify who should respond.
-Be clear about when you need a response.
-Provide context to frame your message.
-Don't forget the rules of grammar and punctuation.
-One message, one topic.
-Provide a summary when you forward an "FYI" email. (For Your Information)
When you are the receiver-
-Don't make any assumptions about the sender's emotional state.
-Don't escalate a conflict by sending an emotionally charged response.
-Ask for clarification.
-Use your email software's built-in tools to help organize messages.
-Remember: You don't have to respond to every message right away.
Reading 2- The problem with SPAM
Unsolicited Bulk Email (UBE), commonly known as email spam, is a unique form of advertising which has no incremental cost to the sender, imposes real and considerable costs on the recipients, and has the potential to destroy the value of electronic mail.All problems of UBE stem from the fact that the UBE advertiser, or spammer, can transmit one million messages for no more cost than transmitting one. The result is that there is no natural limit on the amount of UBE that will be transmitted.
boards /forums/bulletin boards,Chat rooms and Social networking which are all forms of Communication. We looked at the four types of communication:
"Place dependent" and synchronous: same time, same place eg. chat room.
"Place Independent" and synchronous: same time, different place eg. Msn messenger.
In the tutorial I did both of the readings.
Reading 1- Guide to using Email:
Email etiquette Do's and Don'ts
When you are the sender-
-Make sure that email is the right communication tool for the job.
-Get to the point right away.
-When asking a question, be sure to actually ask the question.
-Specify who should respond.
-Be clear about when you need a response.
-Provide context to frame your message.
-Don't forget the rules of grammar and punctuation.
-One message, one topic.
-Provide a summary when you forward an "FYI" email. (For Your Information)
When you are the receiver-
-Don't make any assumptions about the sender's emotional state.
-Don't escalate a conflict by sending an emotionally charged response.
-Ask for clarification.
-Use your email software's built-in tools to help organize messages.
-Remember: You don't have to respond to every message right away.
Reading 2- The problem with SPAM
Unsolicited Bulk Email (UBE), commonly known as email spam, is a unique form of advertising which has no incremental cost to the sender, imposes real and considerable costs on the recipients, and has the potential to destroy the value of electronic mail.All problems of UBE stem from the fact that the UBE advertiser, or spammer, can transmit one million messages for no more cost than transmitting one. The result is that there is no natural limit on the amount of UBE that will be transmitted.
Monday, May 26, 2008
Week 8
In the lecture we watched a video about power point oral presentations it was really funny, because it was so true. The main peice of information that struck a chord with me was:
Audiences will remember ~10% of what they see
~25% of what they see and hear
~40% of what they see, hear and write
~60% of what they experience interactively
In the tutorial I updated my blog and read the readings about how to give a bad presentation, which were quite humorous.
Five strategies to give a good presentation-
1. Arrive Early- to solve any unexpected problems
2. Practice- Practice infront of a friend, mirror or a pet
3.Keep Slides Simple- Effective slides make a single main point
4. Use Humor- Use it carefully
5. Enjoy Yourself- an animated speaker is captivating
Audiences will remember ~10% of what they see
~25% of what they see and hear
~40% of what they see, hear and write
~60% of what they experience interactively
In the tutorial I updated my blog and read the readings about how to give a bad presentation, which were quite humorous.
Five strategies to give a good presentation-
1. Arrive Early- to solve any unexpected problems
2. Practice- Practice infront of a friend, mirror or a pet
3.Keep Slides Simple- Effective slides make a single main point
4. Use Humor- Use it carefully
5. Enjoy Yourself- an animated speaker is captivating
Week 7
In today's lecture we learnt how to use endnote, which will help us with referencing. I had never heard of End Note before so the lecture was interesting and informative. End note can be used in two ways, as a standalone program, reference manager for a research project or integrated into Microsoft Word as a bibliography manager for an individual research paper.
In the tutorial I did the end note activity, where we had to make a new reference library and add three references. I think end note is a really helpful tool, which hopefully will make referencing easier.
In the tutorial I did the end note activity, where we had to make a new reference library and add three references. I think end note is a really helpful tool, which hopefully will make referencing easier.
Week 6
During today's lecture the main topic we learnt was searching and finding quality information on the Web. In the lecture the most important point I learnt today was that when looking for information on the Internet look at the web-page for authenticity and check the date and if the web-page is a reliable source.
In the tutorial I updated my blog and did the workshop.
http://www.ithaca.edu/library/training/think.html
When using the Internet as a research tool, we need to consider a number of things to ensure that the website is genuine and the information giving to us is authentic.
Possible questions that need to be asked when evaluating sources:
Who are is the author/s?
Is the information accurate?
What is the purpose of this site?
Is the site up-to-date?
Was the page of any use to you and your research?
http://www.taftcollege.edu/newTC/Academic/INCO48/sec6-4.htm
The most useful aspect of this web page was the Ten C's For Evaluating Internet Sources, is very useful and would help any undergraduate who is studying any subject.
These are: Content, Credibility, Critical Thinking, Copyright, Citation, Continuity, Censorship, Connectivity, Comparability, Context.
I found that the first website "ICYouSee" was more useful because of the way that it is straight forward and easy to understand. The Taft College site was more detailed and explanatory, it had more information but most of the things were established in the first site, it was quite repetitive.
In the tutorial I updated my blog and did the workshop.
http://www.ithaca.edu/library/training/think.html
When using the Internet as a research tool, we need to consider a number of things to ensure that the website is genuine and the information giving to us is authentic.
Possible questions that need to be asked when evaluating sources:
Who are is the author/s?
Is the information accurate?
What is the purpose of this site?
Is the site up-to-date?
Was the page of any use to you and your research?
http://www.taftcollege.edu/newTC/Academic/INCO48/sec6-4.htm
The most useful aspect of this web page was the Ten C's For Evaluating Internet Sources, is very useful and would help any undergraduate who is studying any subject.
These are: Content, Credibility, Critical Thinking, Copyright, Citation, Continuity, Censorship, Connectivity, Comparability, Context.
I found that the first website "ICYouSee" was more useful because of the way that it is straight forward and easy to understand. The Taft College site was more detailed and explanatory, it had more information but most of the things were established in the first site, it was quite repetitive.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Week 5
Today in the lecture, we started off with a quiz, then we leant that there are two main categories of search tools: search engines and directories. We learnt that one of the main problems with search engines was the number of hits they returned, sometimes tens of thousands, Helen showed us how to narrow down our search terms and maximise our results.
In the tutorial we did three readings; "Robert Harris, Web Search Strategies", "The History of the Internet" and "Search Engine Optimization for Companies".
Robert Harris, Web Search Strategies- This was an informative article, but was quite boring and had a lot of writing, which possibly lost the reader's intrest. The article covered categories of information on the web, search tool types, a quick guide to choosing a starting place, word searches with search engines and search tips. Much of this information Helen had already told us about and we did in a previous weeks tutorial.
The History of the Internet- I did not find this reading helpful at all, it has been talked about before and the topic is getting very repetitive. The article provides brief tips on how to search topics with the use of various keywords.
Search Engine Optimization for Companies-
This website was quite useful it's main idea was that if you conduct a website analysis it will determine if your small business website is ready for search engine optimization. Keyword analysis, setting your benchmark, link popularity and measuring the progress are parts of the analysis process.
In the tutorial we did three readings; "Robert Harris, Web Search Strategies", "The History of the Internet" and "Search Engine Optimization for Companies".
Robert Harris, Web Search Strategies- This was an informative article, but was quite boring and had a lot of writing, which possibly lost the reader's intrest. The article covered categories of information on the web, search tool types, a quick guide to choosing a starting place, word searches with search engines and search tips. Much of this information Helen had already told us about and we did in a previous weeks tutorial.
The History of the Internet- I did not find this reading helpful at all, it has been talked about before and the topic is getting very repetitive. The article provides brief tips on how to search topics with the use of various keywords.
Search Engine Optimization for Companies-
This website was quite useful it's main idea was that if you conduct a website analysis it will determine if your small business website is ready for search engine optimization. Keyword analysis, setting your benchmark, link popularity and measuring the progress are parts of the analysis process.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Week 4
It was a public holiday this week because of Good Friday so it was our responsibility to read the lecture slides and do the tutorial activities at home. The lecture was about the Net vs the Web. On the net- you find computers, On the web- you find documents, sounds, videos and information. On the net- connections are cables between computers, on the web connections are hypertext links. The web was developed by Tim Berners- Lee in 1989 to facilitate sharing research information. I found it interesting what the end of web addresses mean-
.com- commercial
.org- organisation (non profit)
.net- network
.gov- government
.edu- education
Web browsers are programs that allow users to access and explore the pages of the world wide web eg. Internet Explorer.
The tutorial activity was to compare two websites
http://www.haggishunt.scotsman.com/
http://www.molossia.org/
http://www.haggishunt.scotsman.com/ is a site where you look at a series of photos and see if you can pick if there is a haggis in the photo, if you can see a haggis then you click a link saying 'I saw a haggis', and then a generated letter is sent to their Ghillie, which i looked up the definition and it means a shoe worn by a Scottish hunter, the Ghillie's name is Farquhar Farquharson, which is a fake made up name. And if the Ghillie concurs with the time and place of the sighting of the haggis, he will enter your details in the prize draw. The website seems cheap and nasty with annoying adverts down the edge of the page. But it is genuine with links down the bottom such as- contact, terms and conditions and competition rules. I don't think I would ever trust a website like this one thought.
http://www.molossia.org/ is a made up nation, The Republic of Molossia. Molossia is actually a town in western Nevada USA. It shows how easy it is to put false information on the Internet. People may think that the site is legitimate because it is authentic looking and updated and maintained regularly. Who ever made this site has put a lot of time and effort into making it look presentable. This website is completely false but not malicious.
.com- commercial
.org- organisation (non profit)
.net- network
.gov- government
.edu- education
Web browsers are programs that allow users to access and explore the pages of the world wide web eg. Internet Explorer.
The tutorial activity was to compare two websites
http://www.haggishunt.scotsman.com/
http://www.molossia.org/
http://www.haggishunt.scotsman.com/ is a site where you look at a series of photos and see if you can pick if there is a haggis in the photo, if you can see a haggis then you click a link saying 'I saw a haggis', and then a generated letter is sent to their Ghillie, which i looked up the definition and it means a shoe worn by a Scottish hunter, the Ghillie's name is Farquhar Farquharson, which is a fake made up name. And if the Ghillie concurs with the time and place of the sighting of the haggis, he will enter your details in the prize draw. The website seems cheap and nasty with annoying adverts down the edge of the page. But it is genuine with links down the bottom such as- contact, terms and conditions and competition rules. I don't think I would ever trust a website like this one thought.
http://www.molossia.org/ is a made up nation, The Republic of Molossia. Molossia is actually a town in western Nevada USA. It shows how easy it is to put false information on the Internet. People may think that the site is legitimate because it is authentic looking and updated and maintained regularly. Who ever made this site has put a lot of time and effort into making it look presentable. This website is completely false but not malicious.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Week 3
Today, 14/3/08 was our third lecture and tutorial for UPC0004, Accessing Knowledge. The lecture was all about online databases. The definition of an online database is- an organised collection of information (data), characterised by the use of data fields, that provide procedural methods for retrieving information. We discussed the advantages and disadvantages of using online databases, for example a major advantage is that people are able to access them twenty four hours a day, seven days a week. A disadvantage is that some of the online databases are subscription only. Something that I found interesting was that ITunes is classified as an online data base!
In the tutorial we found out how to actually access a database. First we went on the ECU home page, then to the library link, then to the journal articles (databases) link. It was easier than I thought it would be. I found one of my journal articles in the tutorial, for UPC0002, which took a little while to find but at least I got it done.There is a sample screen dump of a meta quest search below. Also in the tutorial we updated our blogger accounts. We did two readings in the tutorial "Finding What You want on the web" and "Bare Bones Lesson 7: Basic Search Tips". The first article, Finding What You Want on web, was about a man who's new years resolution was to break his addiction of using Google. He instead has chosen to use Yahoo!, HotBot, Kartoo, Fazzle and Vivisimo. The second article I found particularly helpful and interesting as it had tips that can maximise the return of hits on search engines.
In the tutorial we found out how to actually access a database. First we went on the ECU home page, then to the library link, then to the journal articles (databases) link. It was easier than I thought it would be. I found one of my journal articles in the tutorial, for UPC0002, which took a little while to find but at least I got it done.There is a sample screen dump of a meta quest search below. Also in the tutorial we updated our blogger accounts. We did two readings in the tutorial "Finding What You want on the web" and "Bare Bones Lesson 7: Basic Search Tips". The first article, Finding What You Want on web, was about a man who's new years resolution was to break his addiction of using Google. He instead has chosen to use Yahoo!, HotBot, Kartoo, Fazzle and Vivisimo. The second article I found particularly helpful and interesting as it had tips that can maximise the return of hits on search engines.
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Week 2
Today is the 7th of March 2008, and it is my second week at university and my second lecture and tutorial in UPC0004. In the lecture today Dr. Helen's lap top wouldn't connect to the projector so she asked us a task to discuss with the people who we were sitting next to.
1. List all of the Microsoft Office programs you know.
2.Name all of the Internet browsers you know.
3. Name some new websites you have visited in your first week at university.
Microsoft office programs include-
Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, Front page, Publisher, Outlook etc
Internet Browsers include-
FireFox, Yahoo, Safari, Oprah etc
New websites I have visited include-
Black board, Blogger.com, my ecu
In the tutorial we worked in Excel making a pie graph on how we spend out time. We also had a demonstration of how to insert a contents page on Word and how to make a header and footer. Some time was also spent on adjusting and fixing up our blogger.com profiles.
We also did a reading about using microsoft word for APA tasks, the reading was very complicated and I didnt like the way it was set out, it was very confusing.
1. List all of the Microsoft Office programs you know.
2.Name all of the Internet browsers you know.
3. Name some new websites you have visited in your first week at university.
Microsoft office programs include-
Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, Front page, Publisher, Outlook etc
Internet Browsers include-
FireFox, Yahoo, Safari, Oprah etc
New websites I have visited include-
Black board, Blogger.com, my ecu
In the tutorial we worked in Excel making a pie graph on how we spend out time. We also had a demonstration of how to insert a contents page on Word and how to make a header and footer. Some time was also spent on adjusting and fixing up our blogger.com profiles.
We also did a reading about using microsoft word for APA tasks, the reading was very complicated and I didnt like the way it was set out, it was very confusing.
Week 1
Today, the 29th of February 2008, is our first lecture and tutorial for UPC0004, Accessing Knowledge. The lecturer is Dr. Helen, she told us about her university experiences, how she has travelled and worked overseas and how she has overcome dyslexia. Dr. Helen said that if she could complete her PHD without being overcome by dyslexia that all of the students in the UPC could and should do just fine. It was inspiring to hear that Dr. Helen didn't let Dyslexia stop her from going to university and obtaining her PHD.
Today was basically an introduction to the unit, there was a week by week planner that showed what topic we would be learning about in each week of the UPC. For example today's topic was an Introduction to University Computing. The lecture was interesting and Dr. Helen had so much to say that we ended up running out of time.
The tutorial was next, with Rachel who is my tutor for UPC0002 as well. First we playing around on Black Board, which is where students can obtain information and unit resources for any of the units they are enrolled in. Next we all made sure we knew how to log into our student email accounts as they are a vital part of communication around the university. Finally we made our blogs on blogger.com, which was a fun way to end the tutorial because we could make it any way we wanted and each of the blogs reflected all of the student's different personalities. Each week we are to post an entry on our blog about our experiences at university and particularly in this unit. We also learnt how to do a screen dump, there is an example below.
We also did a reading called, PC Lube and Tune, which provides usable instructions, tutorials and education on technical subjects for all computer users. I didnt really like the style of the website and the way it was set out. It was quite bland and nothing special.
Today was basically an introduction to the unit, there was a week by week planner that showed what topic we would be learning about in each week of the UPC. For example today's topic was an Introduction to University Computing. The lecture was interesting and Dr. Helen had so much to say that we ended up running out of time.
The tutorial was next, with Rachel who is my tutor for UPC0002 as well. First we playing around on Black Board, which is where students can obtain information and unit resources for any of the units they are enrolled in. Next we all made sure we knew how to log into our student email accounts as they are a vital part of communication around the university. Finally we made our blogs on blogger.com, which was a fun way to end the tutorial because we could make it any way we wanted and each of the blogs reflected all of the student's different personalities. Each week we are to post an entry on our blog about our experiences at university and particularly in this unit. We also learnt how to do a screen dump, there is an example below.
We also did a reading called, PC Lube and Tune, which provides usable instructions, tutorials and education on technical subjects for all computer users. I didnt really like the style of the website and the way it was set out. It was quite bland and nothing special.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Welcome
Welcome to my blog! I have made this blog for an assignment for UPC0004- Accessing Knowledge. Every week I will post an entry about my experiences in this unit. After completing this course I hope to study Communications, I'd really like to study journalism and possibly advertising.
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