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Tutorial eight

Tutorial Eight: Assistive technology

Provide a definition of Assistive technology (your Cook and Hussey reading may be helpful with this). Assistive technology is a generic term that includes assistive, adaptive, and rehabilitative devices and the process used in selecting, locating, and using them. AT promotes greater independence for people with disabilities by enabling them to perform tasks that they were formerly unable to accomplish, or had great difficulty accomplishing, by providing enhancements to or changed methods of interacting with the technology needed to accomplish such tasks. Although, Cook & Hussey (2001)[1] report this term is usually not used for rehabilitative devices and for devices that able-bodied find useful. According to disability advocates, technology is often created without regard to people with disabilities, creating unnecessary barriers to hundreds of millions of people.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assistive_technology)

Describe one piece of equipment introduced in the assistive technology tutorial. Provide information on size, cost and functions. Motorized glitter roll switch (Music box). It costs $99.95. It requires capability switch and 2 batteries. It works with an external capability switch. When switch is activated, the potpourri of sparkling shapes will tumble as the sweet sounding music plays.

How does your chosen piece of equipment increased functional capacity for the user? Provide examples here from the tutorial and lecture. This switch makes them motivated. It operates as a switch to turn things on and off. This switch can be hooked up to the radio and turn the radio on and off. It can also be hooked up to the tv or light switches to turn them on and off as well!

Tutorial seven

Tutorial Seven: Posting You Tube Videos and Flickr Badges to Blogs: Explaining the process

Task One: Explain the step by step process required to embed You Tube videos into your Blog . Consider using screen captures to provide a visual representation of these steps. Step 1- Start an account with You Tube Step 2- Log on to You Tube Step 3- Search for the video you want to add to your Blog Step 4- The video will have a URL which you need to copy Step 5- Log on to your blog and go into new posting Step 6- Paste the URL into the posting box Step 7- Save it and then view your blog

Task Two: Explain the step by step process required to embed a Flickr Badge into your Blog . Consider using screen captures to provide a visual representation of these steps. Step 1- Make a flikr account Step 2- Log onto your flikr account Step 3- Up load photos onto your account Step 4 - Make photos public Step 5 - Go to tools at the bottom of the page Step 6 - Go down to create your own flikr badge Step 7- Go to choose which layout you want Step 8 - Choose all your public photos then go to next colour Step 9- Go to preview and get code Step 10 - Copy the URL code Step 11- Sign into your Blog Step 12 - Go to customize Step 13- Go to add elements Step 14- Go to script Step 15- Paste the URL into the box and name it Step 16- Save it and go to view blog

Tutorial six

Tutorial Six: The internet and online communities

Either search online for a community which interest you or choose one of the provided online communities to investigate. Make sure your selected a community that comprises some form of online forum, discussion page or chat room. You may also wish to see if your community has a Wikipedia entry.

Provide the web address and the name of the community you are investigating Bebo - www.bebo.com

What is the brief or focus of this community The focus of this web site is to stay connected with long lost friends and people you wouldn't usually keep in contact with.

What services are provided? How interactive is this site? How can people contribute? Services provided: Sharing videos and photos for friends to view, adding face book and other types of communities. This site is very interactive, people can contribute by adding whatever they want to their own personal profiles whenever they want. They can also add all their friends to view what they add. Everyone can add their own blogs, groups, comments, photos, music and videos for teenagers and adults. Plus loads of other stuff (internationally Retrieved 30th May 2008). There are also alot of new stuff being added that you can do all the time. People contribute by making there own page then writing to their friends or addeding new things.

Consider material presented during the lecture and make comment on why people choose to contribute to this community. What is it they are seeking? Alot of people choose to contribute to this community(website) so they can keep in contact with family and friends. People can also meet new people. This can be great for people that arn't able to physically catch up with friends, it gives them another way to communicate with them. People on bebo are seeking social contact and the ability to keep in contact with others that could be half way around the world.

Cut and paste an example of the type of topics being discussed (you may have to provide a context to your excerpt). "Chunky hey not much ae you? 3 days ago | Reply"

Considering material presented during the course and make comment on the potential ethical issues that may arise in this community e.g. lack of identity and accountability. People can send abusive comments to other people. Some people can lie on it and pretend to be other people and there can be alot of problems with this as people can be in danger if they met up with them

Consider material presented during the lecture and make comment on the benefits this community holds over traditional notions of community e.g. communities reliant on geographic proximity Meeting someone face to face can be alot harder then meeting someone online! Also with this community you can talk to people all around the world and you dont have to be in the same graphic proximity. This makes it way easier to keep in touch with people that you dont usually talk to and all friends and family.

Consider material presented during the lecture and make comment what this community lacks or can not provide which traditional communities can. Talking to people on the internet through this community can be alot less personal then talking to them face to face. People may lie about their ages on the internet saying they are 20 when they are really 35, this therefore lacks security.People who dont have a computer cannot access this community so therefore they probbly do not know about it.

Tutorial four and five

Tutorial Four and Five: Video Production Sessions

Task One: Follow instructions and work in a small group to plan and produce and edit a 30 second short.

Task Two: Set up a U Tube account

Task Three: Follow instructions to posting your video on U Tube.

Task Four (Blog Posting): Provide a brief summary of the services offered by U Tube. Information can be drawn from the week five tutorial hand out. You Tube offers short movies that any one worldwide can put up for everyone to see. Individuals can then use these movie to express their feelings, share their knowledge and skills or to show the world they funny things that they may get up to.

Task Five (Blog Posting): Provide a brief account (1-2 paragraphs) on how the use of planning (storyboarding and scripting aided your groups short film. We were given a task to make a short movie.By planning and using a design template of 6 slides, Our group could show our ideas that we wanted to show in our short story. Our group used the 6 slides to prompt us as we were filming.