Week 9: Communications

Lecture Summary
We learned about different kinds of online communication, such as social networking groups/sites, chat rooms, discussion boards and the benefits of using these services.

Tutorial summary
In the tutorial we visited a variety of sites such as yahoo podcast video and audio, google groups to see what kind of groups there are. We also visited the ecu library podcast website.


Workshop Task
1. Go to google then groups

I typed in architecture, here are the group results:
Here I found the groups "alt.archietcture", and "comp.arch".

2. In the alt.architecture group i found the message: "What is architecture?"
This message is about what architecture is and what it means to each society. Saying that London won't be London without Big Ben or Paris won't be Paris without the Eiffel Tower.

3. I wentto http://podcasts.yahoo.com/.

Then i typed in "Modern Archietcture"


I opened the first page "Fibonacci Numbers and The Golden Section in Art, Architecture and Music"

Then I went to http://www.ecu.edu.au/library/services/podcasts.html
4. What are the potential benefits of podcasts for university students?

Podcasts can provide students with a tour of the campus, they can listen to lectures on the go. You can even make your own podcasts to help you remember certain subjects. Also can be used for studying for tests or exams or just to revise.

Readings
14 Email Do's and Don'ts (http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/internet/page6175.cfm)
is site is just about things you should not write or do when writing emails, may it be informal or formal. Follow the rules you can write better emails. Such as make sure your spelling and grammar is correct. When asking for something, get to the point.

Essential Email Etiquette (http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/internet/page4815.cfm)

Address recipitants properly.I formal, use Dear Sir/Madam or if you are not sure of the recipitant use To whom it may concern. Use an appropriate tone, don't make it too emotional.

The Problem with SPAM (http://www.caube.org.au/problem.htm)

This site is about the negatives of SPAM. "Unsolicited Bulk Email (UBE), commonly known as email spam, is a unique form of advertising which has no incremental cost to the sender, imposes real and measurable costs on the recipients, and has the potential to destroy the value of electronic mail." This site also features solutions that don't work and solutions that do.