Week 9 Tutorial Activity

Today we had to look into different software programs in order to create some form of art...
This could be quite challenging considering I am deficient when it comes to anything art related.

I decided to just take a photo of the beach, this was as far as my art abilities go...

Week 9 Lecture

Jason Nelson talked us through different software packages and the best ways to access and use them. He also showed us how to access different forums in order to gain help for using software. As usual Jason's lecture was interesting to say the least.

Week 8 tutorial activity

Today we had to again find things on the internet.

• Sign an e-petition.
http://www.rtbu.com.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=223

• Respond to a professional blogger at a major news site.
http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/janetalbrechtsen/index.php/theaustralian/comments/feminists_screwing_it_up_for_sisters/
I responded to this blog under the screen name of Jessie-Ann Henson.

• What is Barak Obama up to today?
He is sleeping in his bed.

• Find out who your local, state and federal representatives are.
Local: Jann Stuckey
State: Margret May
Federal: Kevin Rudd

• Look up the Queensland or Australian hansard to find the last time your local member spoke in parliament.
Jann Stuckey last spoke in Parliament on Thursday, 28th August 2008.

• Let your local member know what you think about their last speech.
http://www.jannstuckey.com.au/index.php?option=com_contact&Itemid=3
From this website i left Jann Stuckey a message.

Week 8 Lecutre

Today we had Stephen Stockwell again as our lecturer.
He talked us through Cyber Politics and eDemocracy.

Week 7 lecture and Tutorial

This week the Jason discussed "Free Software and the Creative Commons" during the lecture.
For the tutorial task we were to access portableapps.com and download a free application.

I downloaded the:

• Virtual Keyboard
• Portable Notepad
• Task Coach Portable
  

Although interesting I found most of the apps to be just 'time wasters'.
They weren't necessarily things that I would ever use again.

iReport video

This week we were to upload a fictitious video to iReport (a website where the public can instantaneously upload their news feeds from around the world). This website has the potential to turn anyone from the public into a journalist.

Sketch Cast

This website allows you to make a sketch (similar to paint) and it records you while you sketch.
http://www.sketchcast.com/create/

Here is mine:

Google Maps

I made a google map of my trip to Melbourne.

We fly out to Melbourne on 04th September then we drive to Echuca and stay for 5 nights. The we drive to Swan Hill to visit family, staying for 3 nights. Then we drive back to Melbourne city to catch our flight home.

http://maps.google.com.au/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&ll=-35.56798,144.997559&spn=6.307655,14.27124&z=7&msid=106474154147910966161.000472a12f8c8948b698d

Enjoy :)

INTERESTING WEBSITES

This is a follow on from Jason's lecture in week 5 about different websites.

This website has an interesting section called the WayBackMachine. You type in any website such as, www.google.com and the website brings up a list of still shot images from that same website throughout history.
http://www.archive.org/index.php

This is a Wikipedia page listing dozens of different social networking sites. social networking groups from "CafeMum" to "Vampirefreaks"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites

This is yet again another website listing social networking websites, yet this site categorizes the sites into groups.
http://mashable.com/2007/10/23/social-networking-god/

This is an interesting website which takes a top 25 of the current most popular social networking sites.
http://blog.compete.com/2009/02/09/facebook-myspace-twitter-social-network/

This website features a map which displays current disasters and emergencies around the world.
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php

Week 6 Lecture

Today Josh took us through consumerism and production forms of entertainment.

Consumerism

Big Screen:

• cinema (shared)
• television (shared/private)
• personal computer (private/shared)

Small Screen:

• personal media player (ipod)
• mobile phone (smart phones, 3G)

Production

• Fan Film (http://www.thetrailermash.com/)
  
• Mash Ups
• Fan Edits
• Phantom Edit
• mobile production (www.ireport.com)