This lecture explains to us what kind of things that will be learn in this course. It should provide a project-based approach to accessing knowledge through library and information & communication technologies. We will learn how to use resources from a variety of sources to search for information on a topic and prepare a project on a given topic.
We were also told that on completion of this unit, students would be able to:
- Access and use ECU web enrolment, email and learning management systems.
- Produce a range of documents of university standard using common computer applications.
- Locate, access and evaluate data and information from a variety of sources.
- Work productively as a member of a team.
- Minimise the risks associated with writing, using and managing electronic documents.
Task
In this weeks lesson, we were given our first assessment.
This week we had to set up a weblog using http://www.blogger.com/
Also we had to set up an image storage account using http://www.imageshack.us/
After doing the above tasks, I had the chance to mess around with blackboard to get familiar with all its useful links.
Extra Reading
PC Lube & Tune: http://www.yale.edu/pclt/default.htm
- PC Lube and Tune is a Service Station and convenience store in business since Feb, 1994
- The PC Lube & Tune objective is to supply usable introductions, tutorials, and education on technical subjects to the large audience of computer users.
- The method is to supply system independent hypertext files through the Internet and World Wide Web.
How Stuff Works: http://www.howstuffworks.com/pc.htm
- Dicusses the main components of a PC (memory, a hard disk, a modem, etc).
- Centraol processing unit (CPU)- The "brain" of the computer system.
- Memory- Storage used to hold data.
- motherboard- Main circuit board that all the other internal components connect to.
- Hard disk- Permanent storage used to hold information such as programs and documents.
- Graphics card- Translates image data from computer into a monitor.
No comments:
Post a Comment