Week four blog entry

Workshop Four

Lecture Summary

This weeks lecture was based on the types of applications for university students. The types of communications were explained and who the communications are between i.e individuals or individuals and organisations. All communications are between networks whether it is through chain network or even an all-channel network. The four types of communication were Synchronous, Asynchronous, Place dependent and place independent. A grid was shown to demonstrate the link between them. Examples of the use of ICT was explained.
Some of the examples were:

E-mail clients
-Microsoft outlook and outlook express
-Netscape e-mail client
- email alternatives

Instant message clients
- MSN Messenger
- AOL instant messenger
- Podcasts
- Blogs

The article also explained the use of ICT and the benefits of it.
Some of the benefits were:

Discussion boards

Podcast

Chat

Electric journals, newsletters and broadcasts


Workshop entry

The workshop had information on what was expected for this weeks blog entry. We were told about the Google research and about going on and looking at podcasts and then writing about both of the Google and podcasts experiences. We were also told to write about the potential benefits of podcasts for university students.



Reading One

The first part of reading one was about email and how to send them correctly without sending the wrong message to the receiver. The article talked about how a email can be misread if the tone or the punctuation is incorrect. Some advice that the article gave when you are the sender was:
-Make sure that the email is the right communication tool for the job.

-Get to the point right away

- Don't forget the rules of grammar and punctuation.

The article also informed you of when you're the recipient not to make any assumptions on how the email is written and if you think there is a certain point of the email that you need to clear up with the sender ask them so there is no misunderstandings.

The second part of the reading was on email etiquette and how to write a email that is clear and concise the other reader. It advises to avoid sarcasm and irony as the reader may misinterpret the message and to always edit you r work before you send it.

Reading Two

This article was about IRC (Internet Relay Chat) and how it works. The article explains what some abbreviations were for when a email was sent i.e. lol-laugh out loud. The contents of this article were: What is IRC and how does it work
-Some details

-Talking and entering commands

-Where to go

-Some smilies and jargon

-Some advice

-IRC server problems and choosing a server

-More detailed help

-A word of warning


Reading Three

Article three was about Spam and what are the problems caused by spam and the causes, what it destroys and what to do when you receive spam. The technical name for spam is Unsolicited Bulk Email (UBE). UBE is free, destructive and intrusive. This article explains what spam is and why it is used and why it destroys emails when it enters them.

I find podacts very useful to university because not everybody can make it to their lecture or tutorial as there are complications in life. They are easily accessed and do not take very long to download, depending on how fast your computer is. It can be stored onto your computer so that if you didn't have enough time to look at the whole podcast the first time it is still there to go and look back on.