The lecture
Week ten's lecture was all about how to manage information, and all the different types of information management that we could use, that was quick, effective and easy.
A few different ways of organising information included, text, documents, images, web pages, bookmarks presentations, assignments, citations and references.
The lecture then went on to describe the atom based types of information management and the pro's and cons that came with them, after reading the pro's and cons of books, reports etc, i found that there are easier ways than these forms to manage your information.
The lecturer described a few steps we could undertake for organising your 'bits', which i found very useful as some of the points i never even knew existed before.
The lecture was very good and very informative, i really liked the way that examples were shown on the PowerPoint of exactly what steps to take on your computer when you are organising your 'bits', and done in a way that was very straight forward, and non confusing, which helps me to retain the information being shown, as i am a visual learner, and only really absorb information if it is shown to me through the use of diagrams, pictures, or any form of imagery.
The tutorial
This weeks tutorial was a great example of how bookmarking can be used to its full potential, and how to use all different types of information management.
I found the workshop a great way for me to really understand this topic, because it wasn't completely clear to me in the lecture, or even reading about it, but when I can actually have first hand experience and carry out information management for myself, the topic not only becomes clearer and more understandable, but it becomes easier to use and gives me the confidence to use it whenever i need.
The Workshop
1. example of bookmark & favourites.
2. example two
The website was quite easy to follow and very straight forward, with diagrams that aided the learning progress. After practising over and over how to create favourites and bookmark websites, i have got the hang of it, and am able to do it all the time, with ease.
3. The website, 'Being Digital' was a website split into roughly 3 main parts, with information about topics to do with bits, interface, and digital life.
At the bottom of a page was timeline of archives and articles which are linked to the epilogue, 'an age of optimism', what i noticed about these dates, are that the most recent one is from 1997, and the latest one is from 1995, which leads me to ask whether these articles, archives, and reports are still legitimate in 2008.
4.After properly reading the articles dated from around 13 years ago, i realise that they are still relevant in today's society, as they discuss all about technology and information about bits and atoms, which are still appropriate and relevant in 2008. The article named, "The DNA of Information" reflects on the pro's and con's between bits and atoms, how they relate to the entertainment industry, and the information superhighway.
The main difference between bits and atoms is that one is more reliable than the other, but one is more efficient quick and easier than the other, personally i would rather use bits for researching information, and managing information because it is quick and easy, and also because i am from a society where quick and easy is regarded as being better than bulkier, and more reliable, IE a book, however if i was really interested in a subject and wanted to get as much reliable safe, and well authorised information as possible i would use atoms in my information management.
Reading: Phi Delta Kappan article September - 1998
The article presented in this weeks reading answering questions, the everything in the workshop and tutorial covers, which is all in relation to bits, atoms, the pro's and con's of both of these, and also the issues of reliability and adequacy. What I found helpful about this article was the diagram used that shows the following skills in order to have success in cyberspace. This information was useful to me, because I already knew all about bits, atoms, information superhighway, the pro's and con's etc, but what i really needed to learn, was how to use bits to their full potential and how to be able to to make sure what i am reading on the Internet is accountable information.
Reading/video: BBC program clicks - On knowledge management and the web
I found this website to be very informative and made gain a better grasp on what the topic was all about. Having the video as a source of reading was a refreshing change from just reading words on a screen, and when there are images and speaking with any form of information, i am able to retain the information much more efficiently.
The video basically summed up everything in the Tut, workshop, and the following reading, but with the use of a video, as i mentioned before, the topic was made a whole lot clearer, and i was able to understand all about web management so that in future i know exactly what sort of information management i should be using, and how to use it to its full potential.
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