Week Twelve - 19th May

Social and Ethical Issues

Tutorial
During the tutorial this week we were asked to visit the following website for the Australian copyright council. (http://www.copyright.org.au/) and look under 'copyright information' and then we were then asked to choose five information sheets that are relevant to ourselves as an undergraduate, then read them and then record your findings. The five information sheets I chose were as follow:

1. Education and teaching
This information sheet detailed education and teaching copyright information it explained the different types of copyright infringement and the following: music, notices and training materials.


2. Art, photography & design
This information sheet detailed the copyright when it comes to art, photography and design such as logos, maps and charts, photographs, indigenous artists and much more. It explained what to do and what not to do when you are dealing with certain aspects. It went into alot of detail about the legal protection of art, photography and design.

3. Websites, Internet, software, databases
This information sheet explained the different types of legal protection and copyright when it comes to websites, the internet, software and datbases. It included broadband content, computer software, Databases, compilations, tables & forms and copying and downloading.


4. Film, video, multimedia and TV
When it came to the film, video, multimedia and TV legal protection and copyright information sheet it explained the different problems that can arise with broadband, film and copyright, videos and dvd (copying and downloading) and screening in public.

5. Businesses
The final information sheet I chose to look at was the businesses legal protection and copyright information as it explained about protecting ideas, names, titles, slogans, importing, renting, logos and playing music.

We were then asked to go to the APRA site (http://www.apra.com.au/music-users/online_mobile/online_mobile.asp) and explain what you need to know about music and web.

ONLINE MUSIC, DOWNLOADING and MUSIC COPYRIGHT
When it comes the web and music you need to know the following important points:

• It may be 'free' but the problem however is that ‘free’ music means songwriters and artists don’t get paid.
• New distribution avenues for songwriters
• Including digital downloads as full length songs; mobile phone ringtones; webcasting (i.e. online radio stations); and on-demand streaming
• the reproduction of a musical work; and
• the communication to the public of a musical work.
• There are online licences offered by apra and amcos

How to Protect Yourself - Plan
Against threats of viruses, trojans and how you can protect your own personal information
Firstly you need to make sure that you have basic security for your personal information on your computer. Make sure of the following:

• That you reset your Password Often
• That you have an up-to-date virus protection service and anti-virus tools
• Make sure you have a firewall to protect your information
• Don't disclose personal information over the internet
• Beware of attachments and spyway services
• You have software against spyware

Lecture
The lecture this week we learnt about protecting yourself and your PC on the World-wide Web and the following main points:

• Risk of identity theft
• Characteristics of the Internet, information and users
• The associated problems
  • Intellectual Property
  • Copyright
  • Plagiarism
  • Security
  • Privacy
  • Freedom of Speech

Reading 1 ‘EFF's Top 12 Ways to Protect Your Online Privacy’
This reading explained 12 ways in which to protect your online privacy, It said not to reveal any personal information online, to use cookie management, to keep a "clean" email address, don't reveal information to "friends" you meet online, realise that you may be monitored at work, beware of sites that offer rewards, do not reply to spammers, be conscious of web security and home security, examine privacy policies, remember that you decide who you give personal information to and to use encryption.

Reading 2 ‘Ethics in Computing - Social Justice Issues: Electronic Monitoring’
This reading explained electronic monitoring - workplace privacy and employee monitoring. It explained the types of electronic monitoring, privacy issues, suggested policies and privacy resources. It also explained monitoring abuse, basics, commerce, intellectual, privacy, risks, social and speech.

Reading 3 ‘Brown & Michael's - Overview of Intellectual Property’
The final reading for this week explained how to protect your intellectual property, the three main kinds of patents and trademarks and copyrights to do with interllectual property. It explained the use of computer software and domain names in ssociation with intellectual property.

Week Eleven - 12th May

Building Knowledge

Tutorial
During the tutorial this week we were asked to browse the following web page http://www.success.co.il/is/dik.html and use the Internet to find some dictionaries that you can look up the terms data, information, knowledge and wisdom.

These are some of the websites that I found:

• yourdictionary.com
• thefreedictionary.com
• dictionary.reference.com/

We were then instructed to compile definitions for the terms - data, information, knowledge and wisdom.

Data
(yourdictionary)
Information in a form suitable for storing and processing by a computer

(thefreedictionary)
Factual information, especially information organised for analysis or used to reason or make decisions.

Information
(yourdictionary)
Any data that can be stored in and retrieved from a computer

(thefreedictionary)
The act of informing or the condition of being informed; communication of knowledge

Knowledge
(yourdictionary)

• The act, fact, or state of knowing; specif.,
  Acquaintance or familiarity (with a fact, place, etc.)
  Awareness
  Understanding

(thefreedictionary)
Familiarity, awareness, or understanding gained through experience or study.

Wisdom
(yourdictionary)
The quality of being wise; power of judging rightly and following the soundest course of action, based on knowledge, experience, understanding, etc.; good judgment; sagacity

(thefreedictionary)
Common sense; good judgment

Graphical Representation of the search terms:


The relationship between data, information and knowledge can assist your university study because you learn about each different one and then their relationships between each other and that they are all linked and once you learn how to understand each of them then it makes university study a lot easier to connect and understand the big picture.

5 organisations
That collect information from their clients or the public

• Telstra
• HBF
• ANZ Bank
• Alinta Gas
• Synergy

The collect this information from their clients or the public to find out better ways in which they can operate the company and some of them need to collect the information in order to run their operation and business as it relies on their clients and the community to give them their information in order to - run a bank or even a communications company such as Telstra.

Lecture
During the lecture we learnt the following-

• Definitions and characteristics of the search terms
• Importance and examples of the search terms
• The relationships in a business situation
• Strategies for assignment work

Reading 1 'Data, Information, Knowledge and Wisdom'
This reading explained the different meanings of the search terms 'data, information, knowledge and wisdom' according to Russell Ackoff and then elaborated on his definitions.

Reading 2 'Information Literacy Tutorial'
Reading 2 was about a tutorial on information literacy skills and had lessons and quiz's to do on the web page to help you out with research strategies and evaluating.

Week Ten - 5th May

Information Management

Tutorial
We had to complete the the tutorial on using bookmarks and favourites on the following website: http://www.inette.com/aibtinette/favoritesI.html. We were then asked to use the information in the tutorial to set up a favourites list that has 3 folders in it, each with at least two websites marked as favourites and then take a screen shot of it.

Screen Shot of Favourites:


We were then asked to read Negroponte's famous "Being Digital" archive online and pay particular attention to the first part "The DNA of Information".

150 Word Review On:
Considering "Being Digital" was published 13 years ago do you think Negroponte's ideas are still relevant and why.

What Negroponte wrote was published 13 years ago making it less relevant to the current day as alot has happened over the past 13 years to make the information unreliable as it isn't current, he goes on to say that he thought that his laptop computer was worth "Roughly, between one and two million dollars" and it was really only worth $2000 as it's estimated value. The prices of laptops have gone down in the past years as technology has been advanced and they are making new top of the range equipment so it’s not as pricey in the current day. Negroponte doesn’t know as much now as he claimed to have known back then about ‘being digital’ as in 1995 the world wasn’t as digital as it is now days. The use of atoms were used in 13 years ago more than the use of bits as digital wasn’t as advanced as it is in the year 2008.

PROS of using Atoms

• Exists in space, we can see it
• We can know where it is
• Easily concealed
• Easy to protect
• Difficult to change
• Difficult to copy

CONS of using Atoms

• Bulky
• Costly
• Difficult to edit
• Difficult to distribute
• Inflexible
  

PROS of using Bits

• Very flexible
• Cheap
• Easy to edit
• Easy to mass produce and broadcast

CONS of using Bits

• Privacy - Easy to copy and steal
• Authenticity – easy to fake, alter and edit information
• Unsolicited broadcast such as SPAM

Lecture
During the lecture we learnt the following :

• How to manage information
• Different ways of organising
• PROS and CONS of using Bits and Atoms
• Organising bits

Reading 1 'Grazing the Net'
The reading, 'Grazing the Net' explained the value of raising young people to think, explore and make meaning for themselves. Grazing the internet is associated with - speaking one's mind, asking for directions, asking for help and collecting on the run.