1. Lecture Summary
2. Tutorial Summary
a. Review 5 information sheets from the Australian copyright council website (http://www.copyright.org.au/) and record your findings.
b. Using the APRA website (http://www.apra.com.au/music-users/online_mobile/online_mobile.asp), explain what you need to know about music and the web.
c. Write a plan to protect yourself from attacks on your privacy and security. This plan should cover the threats of viruses, trojans and how you can protect your own personal information. Use the following sites for reference:
http://netsecurity.about.com/http://computer.howstuffworks.com/virus6.htmhttp://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,2100282,00.asp
3. Reading 1 Summary: ‘EFF's Top 12 Ways to Protect Your Online Privacy’
4. Reading 2 Summary: ‘Ethics in Computing - Social Justice Issues: Electronic Monitoring’
5. Reading 3 Summary: ‘Brown & Michaels - Overview of Intellectual Property’
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
week11 - Conceptulising the gap between cognative space and cyber space
1. Lecture Summary
Today in the lecture we were asked to complete a pop quiz before we started talking about conceptulising the gap between cognative space and cyber space. The questions were as follows:
1.What is a Boolean search?
2.What strategies can you use to give a great presentation?
3.What criteria can be used for evaluation of websites?
4.What are the advantages of atom based information?
5.What was the original purpose of the web?
6.What are the 5 top things you have learnt about the use of technology at University?
After answering the questions we were given some definitions of datum which is the singular word for data. A datum is known as a fact or propersition. Information is a collection of facts or data that relate to each other and knowledge is the sum or range of what has been percieved, discovered or learned.
The rest of the lecture was based around these three words, Data, Knowledge and Information and how we use it in everyday lives and how it is the basis of businesses and assignments.
In a business setting Data is the foundation of all research and presentations and makes up a large proportion of the research and presentations next is information followed by knowledge. It could be said that the reason behind businesses wanting to use more data and information in research and presentations could be because they would prefer to have all the facts and know its right rather than go off of personal knowing and not be sure if they were right.
2. Tutorial Summary
a. Based on your research, define data, information, knowledge and wisdom.
b. How can the understanding of the relationship between data, information and knowledge assist your university study?
c. List 5 organizations that collect information from their clients or the public. Why do they collect this information?
3. Screen Shots
a. Graphical representation of data, information, knowledge and wisdom (Using MS Word)
4. Reading 1 Summary: http://www.systems-thinking.org/dikw/dikw.htm
5. Reading 2 Summary: http://camellia.shc.edu/literacy/index.html
Today in the lecture we were asked to complete a pop quiz before we started talking about conceptulising the gap between cognative space and cyber space. The questions were as follows:
1.What is a Boolean search?
2.What strategies can you use to give a great presentation?
3.What criteria can be used for evaluation of websites?
4.What are the advantages of atom based information?
5.What was the original purpose of the web?
6.What are the 5 top things you have learnt about the use of technology at University?
After answering the questions we were given some definitions of datum which is the singular word for data. A datum is known as a fact or propersition. Information is a collection of facts or data that relate to each other and knowledge is the sum or range of what has been percieved, discovered or learned.
The rest of the lecture was based around these three words, Data, Knowledge and Information and how we use it in everyday lives and how it is the basis of businesses and assignments.
In a business setting Data is the foundation of all research and presentations and makes up a large proportion of the research and presentations next is information followed by knowledge. It could be said that the reason behind businesses wanting to use more data and information in research and presentations could be because they would prefer to have all the facts and know its right rather than go off of personal knowing and not be sure if they were right.
2. Tutorial Summary
a. Based on your research, define data, information, knowledge and wisdom.
b. How can the understanding of the relationship between data, information and knowledge assist your university study?
c. List 5 organizations that collect information from their clients or the public. Why do they collect this information?
3. Screen Shots
a. Graphical representation of data, information, knowledge and wisdom (Using MS Word)
4. Reading 1 Summary: http://www.systems-thinking.org/dikw/dikw.htm
5. Reading 2 Summary: http://camellia.shc.edu/literacy/index.html
week 10 - Information Management
1. Lecture Summary
This weeks lecture is all about information management in this current day and age when everyone requires their stored information to be easily accessable and reliable.
2. Tutorial Summary
a. Do you think Negroponte’s ideas are still relevant? Why? (150 words approx.)
b. What are the pros and cons of using ‘atoms’ and ‘bits’?
3. Screen Shots
a. Favorites list (showing 3 folders, each with at least 2 websites)
4. Reading 1 Summary: ‘Grazing the Net’
This weeks lecture is all about information management in this current day and age when everyone requires their stored information to be easily accessable and reliable.
2. Tutorial Summary
a. Do you think Negroponte’s ideas are still relevant? Why? (150 words approx.)
b. What are the pros and cons of using ‘atoms’ and ‘bits’?
3. Screen Shots
a. Favorites list (showing 3 folders, each with at least 2 websites)
4. Reading 1 Summary: ‘Grazing the Net’
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Week 9 - Communications
1. Lecture Summary
2. Tutorial Summary
a. What term did you enter and what did you find?
b. Investigate the messages posted on the topic and record your findings.
c. What are the benefits of podcasts for university students?
3. Screen Shots
a. Podcasts search results page
4. Reading Summary 1: Guide to using e-mail
5. Reading Summary 2: The problem with SPAM
2. Tutorial Summary
a. What term did you enter and what did you find?
b. Investigate the messages posted on the topic and record your findings.
c. What are the benefits of podcasts for university students?
3. Screen Shots
a. Podcasts search results page
4. Reading Summary 1: Guide to using e-mail
5. Reading Summary 2: The problem with SPAM
week 8 - presentation strategies
1. Lecture Summary
2. Tutorial Summary
a. List 5 strategies that will help you deliver a top-notch presentation.
3. Screen Shots
a. 6 PowerPoint slides on how to give a low impact presentation. Include a title slide, introductory slide, 3 main body slides, a summary slide and graphics.
4. Resource Summary
Today in the lecture we watched a video on the myspace videos page titled life after death by power point (http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=1529637984) The video was a stand up comedy about the multiple mistakes you can make when presenting with PowerPoint. After watching the video we were asked to compile a list of 10 things that we took from the video that would help yourself in creating a better presentation my list was as follows:
1. Change the font from the default to make it look like you paid attention to every detail when putting together the power point. As mentioned in the video what font you use says lots about what sort of person you are.
2. Use colours that are not distracting to an audience and that don't clash. Using bright colours in power points may draw peoples attention to the power point but they wont look at the content they will spend their time looking at the colours.
3. Don't put every single word on your PowerPoint that you intend to say in your presentation because not only is it distracting but it becomes boring for the audience and easier for them to 'tune out' because they already know what your going to say and chances are they arnt going to listen to you because they can read faster than you can talk.
4. Spell check all your work thoroughly before presenting it because you can have stupid spelling mistakes in there that can lead to your mispronunciation of the word which can make you seriously embarrassed in the middle of your speech.
5. Don't over do the bullet points. Bullet points are used for key words only that act as a memory jogger for you to know what you're talking about and it also acts as a header for those that are writing notes in your presentation.
6. When using graphs don't clutter the graphs with multiple labels and overlays because not only is it distracting but no one can understand what the graph is actually there for in the first place.
7. Data should be kept to a minimum and be kept specific to the topic that you are discussing. Too much data indicates that your not really sure what your talking about so you've put lots of data in to try and prove to the audience that you know what your talking about.
8. Use minimal amounts of slides too many slides just drags out a presentation and can become boring and tedious for audiences.
9. Animation should also be kept to a minimum. Some animation does help visual learners to learn more and remember more but it becomes distracting after a while and looks tacky if there is too much. Also putting in animation is time consuming and it takes more time away from the content of the presentation.
10. Your choice of wording should be decided based on your audience. Who is your audience? Teenagers or Elderly people. Obviously these are two distinct age groups which use different terminology in every day life you couldn't talk to teenagers like their grand parents would you would not get their attention and would probably get laughed at.
After noting my 10 points for a great presentation from the myspace video we went on to discuss what should be contained in presentations to make them successful and the diffrent types of presentations you can have it also discusses points for audience involvement so they don't fall asleep half way through and tips on the structure of your presentation.
Content
The content of your presentation should be well balanced between interactivity with the audience, audio, and visual aids becase it has been said that 60% of audience remeber more of what they see hear and learn by writing rather than the 10 % that learn from just listening.
Types of Presentations
There are three diffrent types of presentations there is the self contained presentation which is presented through a cd, web page or video. Then theres the written presentation which comes in the form of essays and papers. And lastely theres the standing oral which is a presentation done oral in front of an audience.
Audience Involvement
Some strategies for audience involement are:
- Know your audience and change your presentation with diffrent audiences
- Use relevant examples and Annecdotes throughout your presentation that are relevant to the audience to help them make a personal connection
- Ask questions. It keeps them awake and helps them learn better.
- Make eye contact because it makes the audience feel more connected with your presentation.
- Dont be afraid to stray a little from the palm cards you have prepared it makes you seem more humainsed and less robotic.
Structure
2. Tutorial Summary
a. List 5 strategies that will help you deliver a top-notch presentation.
3. Screen Shots
a. 6 PowerPoint slides on how to give a low impact presentation. Include a title slide, introductory slide, 3 main body slides, a summary slide and graphics.
4. Resource Summary
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Week 7 - End Note
Lecture Summary
Today we discussed the group assignment at the start of the lecture and then we moved onto the basic tutorial on end note. During the tutorial we answered 3 basic questions.
1. What is end note?
2. How does end note work?
3. Why use end note?
What is end note
End note is an online archive of references that can be accessed at any time. It is searchable through author name, abstracts of text, year of publish and much more.
How does end note work?
End note works as both a stand alone program and an integrarated program through microsoft word on both vista and xp. End note is able to create the perfect refrence and changes for diffrent styles.
Why use end note?
You should use end note to keep all your references orgainsed. It is much easier to find the reference to go with that quote stuck in your head through end note than it is to look through pages and pages of references. It is also useful to change styles of referencing quickly and aquratly.
Tutorial Summary
Today in the tutorial we discussed further the program called end note. We were given references to put into end note and then we had to use those references to create the cite while you write document. By using end note it made the cite while you write document alot easier to edit because with just a click of a button you could insert the correct citation and an automatic end text references would be put at the bottom of the page to go with the in text reference.
Screen Shots
Here are the screen shots of todays work. Please click on the words to go to the screen shots.
~ End Note
~ Cite While You Write 1
~ Cite While You Write 2
Today we discussed the group assignment at the start of the lecture and then we moved onto the basic tutorial on end note. During the tutorial we answered 3 basic questions.
1. What is end note?
2. How does end note work?
3. Why use end note?
What is end note
End note is an online archive of references that can be accessed at any time. It is searchable through author name, abstracts of text, year of publish and much more.
How does end note work?
End note works as both a stand alone program and an integrarated program through microsoft word on both vista and xp. End note is able to create the perfect refrence and changes for diffrent styles.
Why use end note?
You should use end note to keep all your references orgainsed. It is much easier to find the reference to go with that quote stuck in your head through end note than it is to look through pages and pages of references. It is also useful to change styles of referencing quickly and aquratly.
Tutorial Summary
Today in the tutorial we discussed further the program called end note. We were given references to put into end note and then we had to use those references to create the cite while you write document. By using end note it made the cite while you write document alot easier to edit because with just a click of a button you could insert the correct citation and an automatic end text references would be put at the bottom of the page to go with the in text reference.
Screen Shots
Here are the screen shots of todays work. Please click on the words to go to the screen shots.
~ End Note
~ Cite While You Write 1
~ Cite While You Write 2
Week 6 - Evaluation and Authentication
Lecture Summary
Today in the lecutre we discussed ways that we could evaluate and authenticate the content of webpages. It is important to look at the content of webpages before deciding if it is useful in your research. In order to evaluate and authenticate a webpage it is nessisary to put together a framework that you can follow. A framework may consist of multiple questions you may ask yourself in order to decide on the reliability of a source.
Readings summary
readings 1: chucking the checklist - a contextual approach to teaching undergraduates website evaluation.
This article is all about not using a checklist to evaluate the usefulness of a website. It argues that librarians have been saying for years that students should be taught to use a more contextual method of website evaluation. The librarians believe that teaching correct website evaluation is nessisary because anyone can publish on the world wide web and they dont have to go through a filter to make sure that what they are posting is authentic. The entire argument is basically the debate between the librarians and the general public over wether or not the internet should have so called 'gate keepers' to make sure all information posted is of an authentic and reliable nature. It also provides a look into the 27 questions created by Jim Kapoun under the headings of accuracy, authority, objectivity, currency and coverage.
readings 2: Thinking critically about world wide web recourses.
this article provides more evaluation questions that you should ask yourself
Today in the lecutre we discussed ways that we could evaluate and authenticate the content of webpages. It is important to look at the content of webpages before deciding if it is useful in your research. In order to evaluate and authenticate a webpage it is nessisary to put together a framework that you can follow. A framework may consist of multiple questions you may ask yourself in order to decide on the reliability of a source.
Tutorial Summary
Readings summary
readings 1: chucking the checklist - a contextual approach to teaching undergraduates website evaluation.
This article is all about not using a checklist to evaluate the usefulness of a website. It argues that librarians have been saying for years that students should be taught to use a more contextual method of website evaluation. The librarians believe that teaching correct website evaluation is nessisary because anyone can publish on the world wide web and they dont have to go through a filter to make sure that what they are posting is authentic. The entire argument is basically the debate between the librarians and the general public over wether or not the internet should have so called 'gate keepers' to make sure all information posted is of an authentic and reliable nature. It also provides a look into the 27 questions created by Jim Kapoun under the headings of accuracy, authority, objectivity, currency and coverage.
readings 2: Thinking critically about world wide web recourses.
this article provides more evaluation questions that you should ask yourself
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