Week 9

Lecture
In today's lecture we learnt about communication. Compared to twenty years ago communication is very different due to information and communication technology (ICT).

Communication can be between individuals, individuals and organisations, between business and an external organisation. There are for types of communications such as:
Place Dependent
Place Independent
Synchronous
Asynchronous

Synchronous is when all parties have to be engages in communication during the same time.

Asynchronous are where parties take their turn in their own time.

Place Dependent is when all parties have to be in the same place.

Place Independent is when parties can be "anywhere" in cyberspace.

Here are a few example of ICT
Mobile telephone
Video and tele-conferencing
Ipods, Pm3, Lap-tops
Electronic Mail
Multi-media communications

Issues with using emails use is it is difficult to convey feeling, easy to confuse or send wrong signal, and is considered to be informal. Emails can be easily forwarded to other people and can be read by others.

Benefits of using ICT is it provides a means of communications for people with common interest, can provide a great source of information, communication tool to suit many purposes and a variety of contexts.

Workshop
In today's workshop i had to go onto the Google.com web page and click on groups and choose a topic of my choice. I chose the topic of dogs as it was the first thing that i thought of. The groups that came up were:
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By going through these groups i saw that they were conversations between people, like blogs but for connections with other resulting to the subject. I read the opinions of people who thought if you have a puppy and a old dog that when the puppy grows up it will want to fight the older dog. People replied with either agreeing with the writer or disagreeing. Many people shared their opinions giving me much information.

PODCAST
By going through this web site http://music.yahoo.com/track/16188810 i found that you can listen to many transcripts, talk shows and anything that is available of talks being recorded. This could be helpful for others as they can download their favourite talk shows or radio. I found that there is a fee for some and you have to subscribe.
This could be helpful to people who are in university because if they miss a lecture at university then they are able to go back, listen to the speech and are able to keep up to date with their studies. As the lecture will always be on site they can keep going back to it so they can remember more of the speech.


Reading One
In today's reading i had to read an article about a guide to using E-mail, http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/internet/page6175.cfm. When you are the person sending an email here are some tips to make it readable so that you get the reply you desire. Make sure you ask your question during the first few sentences of your message. Doing this first will make sure that you don't loose the attention of the reader. When asking a question you must let the reader know you are looking for a response. Be clear about when you want a response as you could be waiting a while. Proof read all your messages with correct punctuation and grammar, this will make sure that your reader knows exactly what you are talking about and what you are asking for. Don't switch topics, this can cause your questions to get overlooked. Once you have finished the email provide a summary.
When you are the recipient don't make assumptions about the senders emotional state at the time. If they sound like they are angry at you they may not be, go away for a bit and come back and try to read the email in a different perspective. If one does decide that the email was an attack at you, don't reply with an attack back to that person, it will be easier to call the person or set up an in-person meeting, this will stop further conflict during emails. If you have received an email with bad grammar and punctuation then ask the sender to clarify what they meant or ask others for their opinions.


Reading two
In the next reading i have to read an article called 'The problem with SPAM'. http://www.caube.org.au/problem.htm. This site defines spamming as unsolicited bulk email (UBE). It is known to be a unique form of advertising. The problems involved with spamming is that the spammer can transmit one million messages for no more cost then to transmit one. This can increase the the processing and storage requirements of Internet Service Providers (ISPs). UBE can drown out legitimate communications making mail useless for its purpose. UBE cost nothing to send but when they send it, it cost you money. If the spammer is not paying for their advertising to be transmitted then someone else is. There are ways it can cost money. ISPs in Australia mostly charge for the amount of time that you connect or by the amount of data downloaded. UBE can increase the time you spend downloading mail and will make a change in your ISP bill. UBE is capable to exceed the bolume of legitimate mail once this is done it becomes difficult to find legitimate email amongst the junk mail. Some alternatives to avoid this to have a filter installed in your email this means that it automatically sends the spammers mail to your junk mail so you don't have to keep deleting the spam or get confused between your mail and the spammers.