WEEK 12

Lecture summary

During this lecture we learnt more about social and ethical issues of the internet. We also discussed issues like people giving wrong details on the internet, privacy and identity thieves. Identity theft and viruses is a major problem and a major threat to internet users and to be secured from this threats action most be taken like installing a ani viruses and ani spyware and firewalls which will protect the computer and minimise chances from such harms that can be caused. Another way to protect ourselves from such harms is to avoid giving our address, phone number, pin or password. It is also important to have internet security.


Tutorial summary

During the tutorial this week we looked at issues concerning privacy and security over the internet. We looked at different sites and gained an understanding of the protection rights and people when they use the net. We also reviewed 5 information sheets from Australian copyright council website (http://www.copyright.org.au/).

1.) TV and Radio: home taping: The television and radio can be a source of information when researching a particular topic and the information sheet explains the regulations needed when recording either program’s at home. “In some cases, people can record TV and radio programs for other purposes such as research or study” (Australian Copyright Council, December 2006). The regulations are based depending on how much content/ timing the programs have been recorded for.

2.) Video’s, DVDs and Films: screening in class: The use of videos and DVDs may be essential to support and provide evidence for an opinion. The information sheet states that “you do not generally need permission to screen and film, DVD and video in class for non-profit educational instruction” (Australian Copyright Council, December 2007). The laws are more based towards screening the films in public.

3.) Photographers: The information says that the copyright on a photograph lasts the life of the photographer and for 70 years after they die. The photography copyright act protects photo's, other artistic work, written and film. Copyright of a photograph belongs to the first owner, unless if taken when working for an employer and then the company owns the photo. Photos taken for the government belong to the government. Action is able to be taken if a copyrighted photo is altered and published without permission from the original owner.

4.) Research and study: If using copyright material for research and study, you will not be infringing copyright providing you use it with fair use. The act allows you copy 10% of pages in a book or one whole chapter, providing it is more than ten pages. For electronic articles, 10% of the words or one chapter is aloud to be copied. Whole articles from a newspaper or magazine are aloud to be copied. Pictures are aloud to be copied for study and you are able to copy and use a whole book if it is no longer published.

5.) Online Library: They are protected the same as books are. You are aloud to make one back up copy of the software for personal use only. The owners of the software can reproduce it as much as they want, publish the program and show it in public. If some one wants to show the software in public and is not the owner, permission must be obtained before doing so. If the program is made by someone within a company, the company owns the software, the person who made it.


Task 2
The second task was to go on the following website http://www.apra.com.au/musicusers/online_mobile/online_mobiler.asp.

We also had to know about the music on the web. We are under the impression that downloading music is ok. This is not a case because when music is downloaded from these applications no money is paid to the artist and this is infringing the copyright they have on the music track. There are more website avalivble for artist to get their music out such as myspace, itunes, and online radio stations. So when the music is dawnloaded for free on the internet the artist loses money. The person dawnloaidng the song also has free reign to reproduce the song and show it in public, becouse there are no copyright on it. (ARPA, 2008)

Reading 1

The first reading covered top 12 ways to protect your online security.Do not reveal personal information; Properly configure your Web browser. In the browser's, use a fictitious name instead of your real name, and not enter an e-mail address or provide other personal information that you don't want to share. Turn on cookie notices in your Web browser or use cookie management software’s. They can track which pages you load, which ads you click on, etc .Keep a "clean" e-mail address by using a side account, with some fictitious or alternate address, don't reveal personal details to strangers or just-met "friends", never submit a credit card number or other personal information without first making sure your connection is secure, be conscious of home computer security, examine privacy policies and seals. You only decide what information about yourself to reveal, easy-to-use e-mail and file encryption software is available. It would be a good idea to download it.

Reading 2

The second reading was a page about electric monitoring. There were several hyperlinks on the types of monitoring followed by privacy and legal issues, in defence of employees, suggested policies and privacy resources. There are a number of hyperlinks under each subheading and there are also stories and articles included under each topic.

Reading 3

was an overview on intellectual property and how to protect it.Basic kinds of intellectual property protection include Patents, Trademark, Copyrighs and Trade Secrets. Patents are appropriate for "useful things" or methods of doing something.

WEEK 11

Week 11

Lecture Summary

As usual from the beginning the lecture started with a quiz and e had to answer a few questions.
During this week lecture we got more familiar with the term data, information and knowledge we acknowledged the importance of these terms in relation to University studies. This lecture allowed students to learn more about each tem and the aspects of their relativity to university. We also got told how studies come in different stages and to progress it is necessary to study.

Tutorial Summary
In this week tutorial we had to complete some exercises which gave us a better understanding of Data, information, knowledge and wisdom.

Dictionary definition

Data: is a fact or proposition which has no intrinsic meaning or value
Information: information is a collection of facts or data that are informative
Knowledge: is provable through what have been learned, discovered, or perceived.
Wisdom: the quality or stage of being wise

My own definition
Data: piece of recorded information
Information: understanding of a topic or a subject through research and study of information which is informative.
Knowledge: is gained through going experiences and or learning a topic or discovering something new.
Wisdom: is developed through knowledge and experience and having a strong common sense, to be wise about something you need to know a lot of information about it.

Summary of readings

In this reading we read an article which talked about data, information, knowledge and wisdom. The first article talks about and gives us definitions of the terms data, information, knowledge and wisdom. According to Russell Ackoff the first four terms relates to the past where’s the fifth, wisdom relates to the future examples are given by the way of a compounded sentence involving rain and another descriptive listing of a refrigerator.

The second Article discussed the relationship to the following term which are data, information, knowledge and wisdom to an IT/ICT context. The article explains how computers have gone from data processors to information managers and knowledge managers. It also talks about relationship from a business point of view which help understanding more about the terms and how they are relatively connect through each other.

WEEK 10

Week 10

Lecture Summary

During this week lecture Helen asked some questions on an article which she brought along. The article was about information overload, occurring on the internet, and how the internet may collapse under increased usage. Atom information is in the form of books, papers and reports and it is hard to change or copy and it is easily protected. Bits are in the form of digital and electronic content and are cheap and flexible: however finding good source of information is difficult. During the lecture we also found out some important ways of accessing the right information and doing a right research using different search engines and we also found out about file extension, search function and some search engines.

Tutorial Summary

During this week’s tutorial we were required to complete four tasks to help us more about information management.

1)Our first task was to read through the internet explorer favourites tutorials http://www.inette.com/aibtinette/favoritesI.html

2) The second task was to set up our own favourites list with at least three folders each with at least two favourite websites.

3) The third task required us to read N. Negropontes report entitled “Being Digital”, with particular attention being paid to the beginning of part one. The DNA information

4) The four task we was required to generate a 150 word response to the question of if we think Negropontes ideas still relevant and why my response is that i do think negroponte's ideas are still relevent do a point but have a "Bit" approach to information managment as opposed to an "atom" approach. Information is certainly easier for us to take whever you wish. however what negroponte failed to mention was that an approach is flaught with flaws of its own making most importantly security and privacy.

Summary of readings
In this reading they were an article entitled “grazed the net “. This article is about student s ability to analyse the information in which suitable or not. The reading focused on how introducing internet to schools today is allowing students to have a look at large amounts of suitable and none suitable information and having to find out what is suitable or not.

BBC Click, this video displays people discussing whether the information on the internet is even worth reviewing, because a lot of it is junk and there is so much advertising however some of it has actual educational academic value, the internet will continue to grow and its information needs to be considered.

WEEK 9

Week 9

Lecture Summary

In this lecture we learnt more about communications, and mainly ICT, it explained the different type of communication that take place in the world and also a few examples of ICT communication: mobile video conferencing, ipods, MP3, computers, email and multi media communication. During this lecture we also found out some of the problems that are associated with e-mail, such as its one dimensional and not good for complaints. It also showed emotions that you can use while communicating on the internet. Usually there is a lot of communication for university students in today’s society. This good because these way students are more involved and kept up to date with their studies. I feel that communication in ICT is essential to everyday living in this century, ICT is important to my education and i have learnt that without it would be very hard at university.

Summary of Tutorial

This week in the tutorial we were able to complete 4 tasks that were based on web-base ICT they were:

1) The first task was to search through Google groups and reporting some of the groups that the engine returned. I choose to search about soccer.

2) The second task was also related to the first task which we had to look through the groups returned by the search term that we used and we had to investigate messes contains within. The group option that I chose was about what whether woman’s are better soccer players then men?, and there was a lot of arguments against it and many had strong belief that men are a lot more superior with soccer.

3) The third task we were required to visit some podcast site and listen to one or two podcasts.

4) The fourth and the last task was to answer questions about the potential benefits of podcast for university students. A benefits that instantly come to mind is that lectures could be delivered via podcasts given that visual aids are not required.

Readings 1 Summary
This reading was about 14 do’s and don’ts, and this also explained things which are suitable and unsuitable when emailing, i think when writing an email it is good to get straight to the point and make it simple for the reader and not so long like an essay. This reading showed and helped us with writing appropriate emails, using headings, a title, and correctly addressing the recipient. The email should make appoint and be effective as possible because sometime people tend to write to much information and not give a clear idea therefore it is also important to be clear and use correct grammar and spellings.

Reading 2
The second reading talked about Spam. Spam is unwanted e-mail advertisements, over 60% of emails are spam. This problem personally annoys me because I receive a lot of unwanted emails daily. People also can get a lot of spam and unwanted emails through UBE and this reading also came to identify ways of avoiding the spam and also said something should be done about it

WEEK 8

Week 8

Lecture Summary

In this week’s lecture we discussed oral presentations. This was a very important and useful topic. Helen also talked about what we will get assessed on while making a power point presentation. During the lecture we also watched a video that gave us some very good tips for a successful presentation. After looking at the video we ranked good presentation tips. However, we discussed how we can create an effective presentation.

Self contained presentation

• Webpage
  
• CD-Rom and


• Video
  

Writing presentation

• Essay
  
• Paper
  

Stand and deliver

• Oral presentation
  
  
  Tutorial Summary
  
  After look at Laura Guerin’s “online resource for how to prepare and deliver a presentation” At : www.personal.psu.edu/uxg3/blogs/undergraduateresearch/2008/02/online-resources-for-howpr.html
  I used this method and some other methods that is presented in our UPC lecture notes to make a top five strategies to help and get some tips on doing a presentation:
  
  1) Do not over load the slides with notes
  2) check the spelling and grammar
  3) use kiss: keep it simple
  4) use facts and figures appropriately
  5) Practice and prepare
  
  
  Task 2
  In the second task we had to complete a power Point presentation of six slides showing how to make a power point presentation. It was to contain a title slide and introductory slide, at least three “body” Slides and finally graphics and at least one animation effect that improve the presentation.

WEEK 7

Week 7

Lecture Summary

During this lecture Helen talked about the Endnote. She told us what it is and how it works and why we use it. Endnote is program which helps us manage any references we use in our assignments. In other words Endnote is a database that allows users to manage their references in any style as for us ECU students we use the APA ECU referencing style. Endnote can also be used as integration into Microsoft word. This means it can insert citations in correct format in your assignment and will automatically place the citation in your reference list at the end of your documents. Endnote is a good way to reference because it keeps track of all your references and it can be searched easily.

Tutorial Summary

In today’s Tutorial we were able to use endnote and practise using it. We also got the hang of integrating from the internet to endnote. In begging of the tutorial for the first task we had to create a new endnote library and add a few references. We also had to complete a exercise which was to include 5 references using endnote. This exercise helped me identifying the types of different electronic media that can be referenced and how exactly need to be referenced. The five references are:

1) Pearson, I. (2005, April-june). The future of fashion. The journal of the communications
Network, 4(2), 68
2) English. (n.d.) Retrieved April 7,200, from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/english-language

3) Brain,M.B. (2008). “how blogs work’, from http://computer.howstuffworks.com/

4) E Book. Wilkinson, r., & Marmot, M. (eds). (2003). Social determinants of health: The solid facts (2nd ed). Retrived December 2, 2007, from Http://www.euro.who.int/document/e81384.pdf

5) Gall, P., (2008). UPC0001 Lecture Notes. Retrieved march 14, 2008, from Edith Cowan University, Blackboard web site: http://myecu.ecu.edu.au/.






Resource 1
This resource is basically a website with information about endnote and about issues people have with endnote. This website also gives us some tips on how to use this program efficiently.

Resource 2
This resource basically is a guide which shows how to use the endnote. It also shows you the special features and gives a clear idea about what is endnote and what it can be used for. One of the things it outlines is combining the endnote program and the Microsoft word to do in text citation which they call “cite while you write”. This is a very important and useful tool.

WEEK 6

Lecture Summary

This week Helen talked about how anyone can put any information on the web which can be right or wrong. Most people have their personal and professional reasons for creating their own webpage but not all the information on the World Wide Web validating for instance Wikipedia. One of the first things we looked at was the open protocols context of the world wide web and open protocol is a simple way to exchange information on the web anyone can do it. Therefore it is very important to search for quality information.

During the lecture we also found out how to find and look for quality information and the precise websites. It is essential to know the author or publisher and find out when was the last time it was updated. This way we can tell the reliability of the website and how accurate the information is. There are four important factors which should be considered when researching and there are:

Accuracy
Authority
Currency
Coverage

Tut Summary
During the tutorial we had to do some exercises where we had to visit a few websites and evaluate them based on the following steps Accuracy, Authority, Currency and Coverage.

Workshop tasks
We were required to complete three tasks which helped us with valuating websites to find quality information.

Reviewing the ICUYousee Critical thinking page.

1) Make sure you are in the right place: knowing where to look and having the right information is important.
2) When in doubt, doubt: anyone can publish anything on the web therefore it would be a good idea to compare it to another website for reliability.
3) Consider the Source: Find out who is the publisher and try to see if u can find anything about him.
4) Know what’s happening: look to see if the website trys to persuade, inform, educate or advertise something. A site should have documentation.
5) Look at details: check if the site uses the correct grammar and spelling for accuracy.
6) Distinguish web pages from pages found on the web: distinguish between quality documents published on the web and general WebPages.

After comparing the ICUYousee website to INCO 48 web I realized that the INCO 48 webpage was a lot easier to follow and better structured. It had better explanations of what to look for and it was set out much more clearer and contained more information.
Task 2 was to complete a reliving the sixties: we had to look through the five websites and choose two of the five to evaluate more closely. I chose American Cultural History: 1960-1969 and a trip through the sixties.

1) American Cultural History: 1960-1969
Accuracy : the information appears to be reasonably correct and the key points was referenced.
Authorship: the webpage was created by peggy whitley of the Lonestar college, taxes.
Purpose: The purpose of the website is to help the users gain a wide understanding and appreciate the culture and history of the 1960s.
Detail and design: key points and facts and figures are mentioned so the web page is rather long but it’s contains a broad overview of the culture at that time period.
Overall worth: the overall worth of the website is reasonable based on the biased referenced links and the wide range of information. if a broad overview of the subject is all that is required believe this can be a relatively valuable resource.

2) A Trip Through The Sixties
Accuracy: there was no author to each of the links however there was an email address which couldn’t be accessed.
Purpose: I think the purpose of this was to give the viewer information only to entertain but also had some relevant info about the sixties.
Details and design: The design wasn’t so efficient. The headings was hard to read about the of font. And there was many links on the page.
Overall worth: I think this website isn’t a very good source of information to use about the sixties however it is more of a entertainment website and the information’s on there isn’t all accurate. Therefore I wouldn’t recommend this website as a great source of information.