WEEK 9

TUTORIAL

TASK:
1)What term did you enter and what group did you find.
I entered into the google group the word "Mobiles" and the group I found was anything related to mobile phones such as; types of phones, plans and other things that relate to this topic.

2)What was found once searching the word "Mobiles" in google group, was messages and bulletins that had information from people wanting to purchase or get respsonses on what type of phones are good to use within reasonable prices. Also their is information on what certain phines can provide people with and so forth.

3) Below is a screenshot of the website; http://podcasts.yahoo.com/. After visiting this website I entered the topic of my choice which was "Mobile Phones" after this what was displayed was the below screenshot:





LECTURE

In today's lecture, the main topic was "Communications". We were introduced to the propiety of emailing and sending text messages, as well as anything relating to these two issues.
In some cases this form of communication has taken over from phoning and in most cases it has taken over from letters.
Within the lecture a fact which was indicated to us was that emailing has taken over from telephoning in the current years. This is due to the informality of messages sent via sms and email. With this their is always a possibility of a message being sent, misinterpreted by the reciever. Which brings poeple to eb aware of that point which is that we as users need to follow a certain protocol whilst using particuklar types of communication such as emailing an via sms.

READINGS

Reading one which is “Guide to using e-mail” is all about emails and how to use what they can offer. People have been educated on how to write to other people in a correct format whether it is through a letter, email or journal. Emails that are received in current times can be the subject of abbreviations and people being slack. When people use emails services they tend to use abbreviations which can sometimes be misinterpreted by the receiver/viewer as they might not notify what the sender is implying. When sending something such as an email or letter the subject of your email is absolutely essential because it is the first thing the reader/viewer acknowledges. If people notify it and believe it isn’t important they tend to not even open it but instead delete it as soon as possible. The tone of your writing is also important; don’t use capital letters because it indicates you are aggressive towards the recipient. Address the reader formally if you do not have a close relationship with them, this shows courtesy.

The second reading is all about problems with spam. The website; http://www.caube.org.au/problem.htm discusses the issues relating to spam, and encourages the reader to deem this issue to be more important than society would normally think it as. Within the site you can acknowledge there are many perspectives provided from which spam e-mails are an issue and that they affect the internet society. Overall, the website is structured in order to notify the importance of spam emails and provides a comprehensive argument on the disadvantages of spam.

WEEK 8

TUTORIAL

In relation to this weeks workshop on power point presentations the following displayed below is the top five constructive hints on how to make a good presentation:

1) Make sure that your presentation contains persuasive information so that you will keep your audience focused on the information you are providing them with and so they won't get bored easily or side tracked.

2) Make sure that you are prepared and ready to present early or before due date just in case. If you are ready earlier you are able to practice your completed presentation several times. Also by being prepared early you can practice not only your speech but you can also ensure that any extra presentation bits such as your actual powerpoint is ready to go and that your USB is functioning properly.

3) Make sure you provide tyour audience with appropriate information depending on your topic.

4) A good presenter is one who:
-stands upright and projects their body language appropriatly
-doesn't move around
-sounds confident
-someone who knows their topic well, you can notify this in an individual by seeing how they project the information to an audience
- gives themselves enough time to complete the task and effectively research the topic

5) Encourage the audience to participate in some manner, whether it be by getting the audience to ask questions, answer questions. (it is known that audience members who remember 60% of what they see interacIively are ones who are full involved in your presentation in a good way)

2) BELOW ARE SCREENSHOTS OF THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION THAT HAD TO BE CONSTRUCTED FOR THIS TASK;














LECTURE
The several issues which were discussed during this weeks lecture was all things related to "Presentation Strategies". there are many presentations that can be made to be presented such as PowerPoint, essays, papers, web-pages videos and so forth.

The structure of a presentation is:
-introduction
-body
-conclusion (summary)
INTRODUCTION:
-attention getters (key words)
-thesis statement
-audience interactions
-statement leading to my body
BODY:
-main ideas
-organisation patterns
-references as to outside information contained within the presentation
CONCLUSION:
-Reinforce thesis statement (elaborate)
-review what what discussed briefly throughout body
-close with an effective ending sentence

When doing a presentation aids in your assessment are always a plus. These aids should be related to your presentation topic and should have a purpose. Another positive effect in a presentation is getting the audience involved somehow, asking questions always help. In order to keep your audience focused always use eye contact, palm cards that way your not reading off them and speak clearly and at a suitable volume level.

WEEK 7

TUTORIAL

In today’s tutorial we reviewed the online referencing guide and had to include five examples of electronic format material that are referenced. Then we had to complete the endnotev11 Exercises for vista. Then we completed the Cite while also writing the Endnote activity once this was done we had to save the Cite while we were writing the exercise and captured several screenshots of it and included it in our week 11 blog entry.

We then configured and installed endnote, and learnt how to add information into endnote to make references. We added information from a book, a web page and a journal article and we made a reference for each in endnote and saved it into our endnote library that we made.





LECTURE

Today's lecture was based on the program Endnote. Endnote is a program to manage your references that you obtain through your research. There is a reference manager that is scalable and search able. You can also create bibliography's in Endnote which references your information for you. With Endnote you can complete the required fields and then it will automatically place these references onto your document where you need them.
Endnote can be a resourceful tool for students who may have problems referencing in the correct manner.
This program can be used in two ways, first you can use it as a reference manager for a research project or a specific assessment. The other way in which it can be used is to us it into MS word which is a bibliography manager for one particular assignment.
Also mentioned during the lecture as well as the tutorial was information on referencing and how extremely important it is for a university student.

READINGS