Communications (02/05/2008)

Lecture 9

The main points for this weeks lecture were,

• Communication problems
• Examples of ICT use
• Using ICT
• Benefits of using ICT

Tutorial 9

The main points from the tutorial were,

• Searching "groups" using Google
• Investigating topics and messages
  
• Podcast
• Benefits of Podcasts for university students

Week 9 Tasks

I searched the group "Fremantle Dockers" and came up with many different groups. They included aus.sport.aussie-rules, rec.sport.football.australian etc. Each group mainly contains solutions, self opinions etc on the specific group I searched.

This is a post recorded at aus.sport.aussie-rules, which contains information about the Fremantle Dockers. Basically the information contained within the post is about the Dockers and how they can improve their performances against rival teams. Individual people are posting their opinions on how Fremantle can change the way they play the game.

This post was retrieved from rec.sport.football.australian. Although it only contains one posting, it is quite informative. The person who posted this topic is informing people about his opinion towards the new Femantle Dockers team and how their uniform disgusts him .

This is a site given to us which is used to view podcasts. The site is http://podcasts.yahoo.com/
I searched a few terms which interested me, however I was unable to view them as my computer would not allow me to.

There are many potential benefits of podcasts for university students. Having looked through the library's website, there are many podcasts available to students. For example, there are podcasts on bibliographies, journals etc. This is quite useful for university students as they are able to gain information from these podcasts about how to perform a certain task. Without podcasts, university students would have less information available to them.

Reading Summary 1: Guide to using E-mail

When using email, there are many things you need to check before you send an email. These include,

• Making sure email is the right communication tool
• Specify who should respond
• Be clear
• Provide context

When you are receiving an email, the following should be taken into account,

• Don't make assumptions about the sender
• Clarification
• Organise messages
• Beware of viruses and spam
• Don't respond straight away

Reading Summary 2: The problem with SPAM

Spam is commonly known as Unsolicited Bulk Email (UBE). UBE is a form of advertising that has no cost and has the potential to destroy someones computer and email system. There is no limit on the amount of UBE's someone can send and millions can be sent at one time. The following problems can occur by UBE,

• Costs recipient money
• Time consuming
• Destroys email
• Other communication problems