Due to the information and communication technology (ICT), communication in the world has become different today compared to two decade years ago. According to the role of ICT, communication can be between individuals, individuals and organisations, with a business and so on. Also communication takes place within net works; it can be chain, circle, and wheel or all-channel network. There are four types of communication; these are Synchronous, Asynchronous, place Dependent and place
Independent. Examples of ICT use are mobile telephone (3G network), ipod, MP3, Lap-tops, electronic mail (e-mail) and multi-media communications. Also Blogs, pod casts, Internet Relay Chat (IRC) wiki webs and social networking are considered as examples of ICT use.
Benefits of using ICT
-ICT covers awide range subjects.
-Often available for free.
-The articles are rapidly and cheaply distributed.
-Subscription allows new pod casts be automatically delivered.
-Provide a means of communication for people with a common interest.
-Discussion boards enable the users to exchange views and ideas, furthermore, it help
People to solve problems.
-Provide lots of different types of blogs which covered huge range of topics.
TUTORIAL
What term did you enter and what did you find?
"euthanasia" is the topic.
. What term did you enter "euthanasia and effect on the healthcare"and what group(s) did you find? such as Group: Group: alt.revisionismrec.pets.cats ,Group: talk.euthanasia,Group: can.general,and so on.
Investigate the messages posted on the topic and record your findings.
what i find is the arguments formed on the topic,point of views from different people with differents ideas and background.
Screen Shots
a. Podcasts search results page
Quickpost this image to Myspace, Digg, Facebook, and others!What are the benefits of podcasts for university students?
the benefits are that,podcast help student to create their ideas on what they read.
also give the a chance to challenge other people's opionou and argument.
Reading Summary 1: Guide to using e-mail
When sending an email, always remember the following.
• Make sure that email is the right communication tool for the job. Understand that email is not synchronous and does not response quicker or immediate, and so not for emergency message.
• Get to the point right away
• When asking a question, be specific
• Be specific on who should response
• Be clear about when you need an answer, pay attention to time
• Provide context to frame your message
• Don’t forget the rule of grammar and punctuation
• Don’t mix up, one message,one topic
• Provide a summary when you forward an “FVI” email
And when you are the recipient make sure the following are put into consideration
- Don’t make any assumptions about the sender’s emotional state.
- Don’t escalate a conflict by sending an emotionally charged response.
- Ask for clarification of the email sent to you
- Use your email software’s built in tools to help organize messages
- Remember you don’t have to respond to every message right away
Also avoiding common pitfalls when composing your message is very important learning proper email etiquette can help individual to be persuasive and in offensive. This can be increase by sticking to basic rule.
http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/internet/page4815.cfrm
Reading Summary 2: The problem with SPAM
Unsolicited Bulk email (UBE) is known as email spam. It has no incremental cost to the sender and has measurable costs on recipients and destroys the value of electronic mail. The problems are, spammer transmit a lot of message for less cost than transmitting one. This is due to lack of natural limit on amount of UBE that will be transmitted. “UBE increase the processing and storage requirements of internet service providers (ISPS) and business
http://www.caube.org.au/problem.htm
