Video Blog Due week 9

Week 9 Tutorial Task

Sign an e-petition- Support for whaling ban

Thank you Mr Menyweather

Your name has been added to the Support for whaling ban E-Petition as specified below

Respond to a professional blogger at a major news site -http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/mediadiary/index.php "The Sunday Telegraph launches ad campaign" - Comment- Good on them. For trying to gain and even wider Audience.

 

 What is Barak Obama up to today?- Today, at the U.N. General Assembly, President Obama addressed a meeting of international partners to show support for the new Libya and plan for a post-Qaddafi future: Source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/09/20/president-obama-un-libya-we-will-stand-you

   

What are the Australian Government's plans to censor the internet (the so-called "Clean Feed")?-  in 2008 the governing Australian Labor Party has proposed to extend Internet censorship to a system of mandatory filtering of overseas websites which are, or potentially would be, "refused classification" (RC) in Australia. This means that internet service providers would be required to block access to such content for all users.

Source: Wikipedia. Internet censorship in Australia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_Australia

When will the NBN get to your place? What are the benefits?-

.The NBN will involve the laying of fibre optic cabling to 93 per cent of Australian homes, schools and businesses, providing broadband speeds of up to a gigabits per second.

The FTTP rollout is planned to reach approximately 93 per cent of the population by June 2021. Construction of the fixed wireless network is planned to begin in 2011, delivering its first services in 2012 and to be completed by 2015. There is no proposed NBN to the Gold Coast area from information gathered.

    Source:National Broadband Network 2011. What is the NBN. Australian Government . http://www.nbn.gov.au/frequently-asked-questions/nbn/what-is-the-nbn/

Find out who your local, state and federal representatives are.

Local Representetive - Steven Ciobo

State Representative-  Anna Bligh

Federal Representative- Julia Gillard

  

Look up the Queensland or Australian hansard to find the last time your local member spoke in parliament.- House debates .Thursday, 3 March 2011. Constituency Statements Moncrieff Electorate Steven Ciobo: Allconnex Water: Source : http://www.openaustralia.org/debate/?id=2011-03-03.113.1

 

Week 9 Response to Content

Essay plan:

What is your topic?  The topic that was chosen was Does the extensive use of computer/video games have an adverse impact on the health of young people. 

Clarify what both sides of the argument claim and only then offer your reasoned opinion based on facts. 

 

Problems-

There is a wide range of reported negative effects of video games on health. Negative effects are usually due to prolonged excessive play of video games.  There is research that suggests that there is a link between violent games and increased aggression. Over usage of video games can cause numerous problems wfor children and adolescents addiction and real simulation are both two problems that need to be addressed in this growth of rapid technology.

Positives-

Video games have positive psychological effects as well. Certain games that are used as part of a comprehensive program can further help children and children with developmental disorders.

Studies have also shown that playing video games can improve mental faculties, such as hand-eye coordination. More intelligent games such as strategy and puzzle games can also improve problem solving, and provide intellectual stimulation as well.

What is your position? The impact that video games have on young people definantly varys from child to child, obviously violent and task master video games can have a more of a negative impact towards children than that of a sports or arcade style games.   

 What conclusion does that bring you to? 

Video games have both positive and negative effects on health. The effects however vary immensely depending on the types of games played and the frequency of play. Certain adverse effects can be caused by other factors in conjunction with excessive play of games, but can usually be corrected by living a healthier lifestyle. The positives of the effects of video games on health also vary depending on the type of game played and its frequency.

Week 8 tutorial task

The progress of our production is going along smoothly, we have written the script and also created the mock twitter accounts of both Facebook and Google +. Our group has also started screen recording the conversation between Facebook and Google, although this is a relatively simple recording concept we did find some bits difficult towards linking the conversation as we required two computers and a reliant internet connection which at times was unstable.  As long as we do not defemate either group and use the video in the correct context I believe we will not have any copyright issues.

Week 8 Response To content

Where does free software come from?
Free software is software that gives you the user the freedom to share, study and modify it. We call this free software because the user is free.  free software is to make a political and ethical choice asserting the right to learn, and share what we learn with others.  Free software has become the foundation of a learning society where we share our knowledge in a way that others can build upon and enjoy

Free software is a matter of the users' freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software. More precisely, it refers to four kinds of freedom, for the users of the software:

• The freedom to run the program, for any purpose (freedom 0).
• The freedom to study how the program works, and adapt it to your needs (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a precondition for this.
• The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor (freedom 2).
• The freedom to improve the program, and release your improvements to the public, so that the whole community benefits (freedom 3). Access to the source code is a precondition for this.

A program is free software if users have all of these freedoms. Thus, you should be free to redistribute copies, either with or without modifications, either gratis or charging a fee for distribution, to anyone anywhere. Being free to do these things means (among other things) that you do not have to ask or pay for permission.

The freedom to use a program means the freedom for any kind of person or organization to use it on any kind of computer system, for any kind of overall job, and without being required to communicate subsequently with the developer or any other specific entity.

 Source : Lee M 2011. What is free software and why is it so important for society? Free Software Foundation. http://www.fsf.org/about/what-is-free-software

Week 7 Tutorial Task

As I did not attend class this week due to illness, I will report on our concept for the production. Our video concept is to incorporate social media networks within eachother. As twitter is growing by the minute, our group decided to create a mock twitter coversation between social media giants Facebook and the new but ever growing google +. Our idea is to create human like conversation between facebook and google + about the development of each organisation and the percieved reaction both may have if they were human like. As twitter is one fastest growing chat rooms available we thought it would be a good idea to utilise this in our production. We are intending to use a program called screen shot available on an Apple Macbook that has the ability to screen record our mock twitter conversation between Facbook and Google +,  the production should not have any copyright or defamation issues as all of the content is recorded by ourselves and we did not use the direct names of Facebook and Google + nor did we defemate either organisation.

Week 7 Response to content

Why does Facebook work?
There are numerous reasons why facebook is so popular and unlike many other social networking and online chat sights has no signs of slowing down. The popularity of the Internet has exploded in recent years, and it is no coincidence that social media followed soon after.  Whether it be sharing photos and events with your friend, posting your opinions or advertising your brand, what makes Facebook  so powerful is that it has its finger in almost everything. You can keep in touch your favorite business and products, sporting teams, celebritys or just have a chat with your circle of friends. Facebook has tabs available on almost every internet browser and gives you the option to friend almost any company which assist in growing their brand. I believe the key to facebook survivng and leaving many behind is the product is still simple and anyfrom from 8 to 80 can use the product with a little practise.

Ty Baisden , 2011, Why is Facebook so Popular?Msi Mail.net. http://www.msimail.net/Blog/why-is-facebook-so-popular/

Week 6 Tutorial Task

eploring cheap AV production tools

This week do a short report on different production tools that you might use and explain your basic concept in one sentence.
1) how you can add elements that you have created (photos, music, video from your phone etc) into the production  - While watching a number of examples we have decided to use elements such as video and music to enhance our production. An example we watched gave us an idea to pursure, this was that of still video imaging that showed writing on the screen with a catchy song. We have decided to incorporate twitter as our video production and utilise apples screen video application to film the production.

2) Problems you may have with copyright over elements that you did not create- Problems that our group may have when doing our production, is dealing with copyright issues with both facebook and twitter. as our production is about the relationship with twitter, facebook and google+ we must "imitate the groups" without breaching copyright issues. Ways to evade an legal issuse what be to not defemate any of the organisations or use direct names of the companys involved.

3) the dangers of defamation (saying or implying something that harms another's reputation). As long as the production is undertake in the correct manner defamation should not be an issue. Our production is not aimed to harms any companys or anyones reputation it is merely to illustrate the relationship that may occur between google+ and Facebook if they were living content.

Week 6 Response to content

 The internet is not some fad that the Hollywood industry can beat, it is here to stay and has no signs of slowing down.The internet now controls most of our lives with banking, emails and now movies at a click of a button. Both the Music and Film Industry has taken a hit from the internet and it s streaming ability to access almost anything available on TV or in the cinemas. Initially many worried that illegal downloads and pirating could be a massive cost to the entertainment industry, although this is still a worry many companies have begun working within the internet to give its users acces to its products online. The likes of itunes and a number of video providing websites have allowed the interent users to buy single songs and movies online at a cheap enough price that they will purchase this prouduct online rather than download it illegally.

Video Source: The Broadband. Internet Killed the Video Star. eStudio.com. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiB0VgOKojg