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Monday, May 25, 2009
Friday, May 22, 2009
Tutorial Seven: Assistive Technology
Assistive Technology:
Assistive technology (AT) is a generic term that includes assistive, adaptive, and rehabilitative devices for people with disabilities and includes the process used in selecting, locating, and using them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assistive_device
Cook and Hussey (2000) define Assistive Technology as 1. the science or study of the practical or industrial arts. 2. applied science. 3. amethod, process etc. for handling a specific technical problem.
#1 Equipment:
Tracker Pro: this device enables people with little or no hand movement to perform all mouse functions by moving their head. The tracker pro is like a web cam which attaches tothe op of a laptop/computer which pics up a signal from the reflective dot which can be worn by the individual on their forehead or on a pair of glasses. To have dwell click an added software needs to be installed such as MagicCursor2000.
The Tracker Pro ost approx. $1000.
How does this piece of equipment enhance functional capacity:
It allows the individual to control things within their own environment to make using a means to communicate assessible.
#2 Equipment:
Talking Photo Album:
Assistive technology (AT) is a generic term that includes assistive, adaptive, and rehabilitative devices for people with disabilities and includes the process used in selecting, locating, and using them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assistive_device
Cook and Hussey (2000) define Assistive Technology as 1. the science or study of the practical or industrial arts. 2. applied science. 3. amethod, process etc. for handling a specific technical problem.
#1 Equipment:
Tracker Pro: this device enables people with little or no hand movement to perform all mouse functions by moving their head. The tracker pro is like a web cam which attaches tothe op of a laptop/computer which pics up a signal from the reflective dot which can be worn by the individual on their forehead or on a pair of glasses. To have dwell click an added software needs to be installed such as MagicCursor2000.
The Tracker Pro ost approx. $1000.
How does this piece of equipment enhance functional capacity:
It allows the individual to control things within their own environment to make using a means to communicate assessible.
#2 Equipment:
Talking Photo Album:
- Combine literacy and ICT with this Talking Photo Album.
Leading on from the popular A5 Talking Photo Album, TTS bring you a bigger A3 sized album with all the same recording features, plus a loud speaker and larger visual area for children to display their stories and work. - The Talking Photo Album supports speaking and listening on the new Literacy framework especially focusing on photo sequences, presentations, hiding and revealing pictures and word recognition.
- Record your stories, timetables or messages with the Talking Photo Album. Simply insert drawings or photographs into the plastic wallets and record up to a 10 second message on every page.
- Each individual voice message can be played back at any time, simply with a push of a button.
- Approx. $65-88
This piece of equipment, allows an individual to control their environment. If they have memory difficulties then they can load up instructions when they think of them and have something to refer back to when they cannot remember what it is that they need to do next. It allows the individual to have independence within their own environment and helps provide safety for the individual.
Tutorial Six: Online Communities
www.facebook.com
Focus of this online community:
Facebook is an online community where friends and family can keep in touch with one another via online blogs, comments, playing games agaisnt one another, online chat and through many more applications. Facebook is a free-access social networking website that is operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. Users can join networks organized by city, workplace, school, and region to connect and interact with other people. People can also add friends and send them messages, and update their personal profiles to notify friends about themselves.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook
Services provided? How do people contribute? How interactive?
Facebook users may choose to join one or more networks, organized by city, workplace, school, and region. These networks help users connect with members of the same network. Users can also connect with friends, giving them access to their friends' profiles.
The website is free to users and generates revenue from advertising including banner ads. Users can create profiles including photos and lists of personal interests, exchange private or public messages, and join groups of friends. By default, the viewing of detailed profile data is restricted to users from the same network and "reasonable community limitations".
People are able to chose who it is that they allow to be their 'friends' and thereby control who can see their own profile this helps to limit and control the kind of people who you do not want accessing your profile.
It is a very interactive site with many more applicationsbeing added to it all the time by the users themselves, it has online chat where you can chose to talk to your friends that are online at the same time as you. It gives the user immediate connection with their friends.
Why do people contribute to Facebook?
Facebook is a source where we can feel connected to family and friends who may live just down the road or on the other side of the world, not only this but it allows the opportunity to connect with fellow professionals in different parts of the world and can join groups of interess and share thoughts with people you have never meet.
Focus of this online community:
Facebook is an online community where friends and family can keep in touch with one another via online blogs, comments, playing games agaisnt one another, online chat and through many more applications. Facebook is a free-access social networking website that is operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. Users can join networks organized by city, workplace, school, and region to connect and interact with other people. People can also add friends and send them messages, and update their personal profiles to notify friends about themselves.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook
Services provided? How do people contribute? How interactive?
Facebook users may choose to join one or more networks, organized by city, workplace, school, and region. These networks help users connect with members of the same network. Users can also connect with friends, giving them access to their friends' profiles.
The website is free to users and generates revenue from advertising including banner ads. Users can create profiles including photos and lists of personal interests, exchange private or public messages, and join groups of friends. By default, the viewing of detailed profile data is restricted to users from the same network and "reasonable community limitations".
People are able to chose who it is that they allow to be their 'friends' and thereby control who can see their own profile this helps to limit and control the kind of people who you do not want accessing your profile.
It is a very interactive site with many more applicationsbeing added to it all the time by the users themselves, it has online chat where you can chose to talk to your friends that are online at the same time as you. It gives the user immediate connection with their friends.
Why do people contribute to Facebook?
Facebook is a source where we can feel connected to family and friends who may live just down the road or on the other side of the world, not only this but it allows the opportunity to connect with fellow professionals in different parts of the world and can join groups of interess and share thoughts with people you have never meet.
Peter Kollock (1999)
- Anticipated reciprocity
- Increased Recognition
- Sense of Efficacy
- Sense of Community
Example from my page: hey! haha maybe, still tho! um im not 2 sure yet, almost exams ahhhh freakin bg so may have 2 b next semester im afraid cos wil b in Perth soon 2 :) wen u next up? yes we do need 2 get OTP big tym
Potential Ethical Issues:
When signing up to Facebook, you generally use your own name so therefore you are not anonymous. You are able to send privite messages where only the receiver can see who sent it and what was said. Also you have the option of blocking people from your profile, only allowing friends to see your profile and uploaded pictures which helps to obtain security within your profile and its happenings.
Benefits this Community Holds over Traditional Notions of Community:
- Can compliment real life communities
- Can provide large amounts of information
- Can provide connections over great distances instantly
- Ability to connect with people of similar interests/needs/ concerns
- Can foster understanding and unity
- Can allow silent observation prior to participation
- Often without monetary cost
- Individual generally have an equality of voice. A move away from mass media.
- Speed of information sharing
- Ability to monitor and regulate users
What this Community Lacks or can not Provide Which Traditional Communities Can:
- Delusional reliance on virtual communities
- Rapid growth may result in unwanted or unperceived changes
- Limited communication tools
- Validity of the information being shared
- Digital divide - access
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook
www.fullcirc.com/community/communitymanual.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_community
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Tutorial Four & Five: Video Sessions
Services provided by YouTube:
Founded in February 2005, YouTube is the leader in online video, and the premier destination to watch and share original videos worldwide through a Web experience. YouTube allows people to easily upload and share video clips on http://www.youtube.com/ and across the Internet through websites, mobile devices, blogs, and email.
Everyone can watch videos on YouTube. People can see first-hand accounts of current events, find videos about their hobbies and interests, and discover the quirky and unusual. As more people capture special moments on video, YouTube is empowering them to become the broadcasters of tomorrow.
(www.youtube.com/home)
How storyboarding and scripting aided my groups short film:
Storyboarding enabled us as a group to have a visual to base our film on. We were able to create an idea and put it into story form which made it simple for us to use and relate back to. It enabled us to convey the shots, angles and transitions we wanted and with a rough sketch we were able to see how this look and if it would work. Storyboarding is essentially a plan of the end product and it allowed us to have directing when filming.
Scripting (thoughts and ideas of the author are transmitted to the audience) helped us to provide extra detail into our plan, which highlighted key emotions, facial expression and demeanour of the actress and gave cues throughout the filming to her as to how the shot was supposed to be expressed.
Founded in February 2005, YouTube is the leader in online video, and the premier destination to watch and share original videos worldwide through a Web experience. YouTube allows people to easily upload and share video clips on http://www.youtube.com/ and across the Internet through websites, mobile devices, blogs, and email.
Everyone can watch videos on YouTube. People can see first-hand accounts of current events, find videos about their hobbies and interests, and discover the quirky and unusual. As more people capture special moments on video, YouTube is empowering them to become the broadcasters of tomorrow.
(www.youtube.com/home)
How storyboarding and scripting aided my groups short film:
Storyboarding enabled us as a group to have a visual to base our film on. We were able to create an idea and put it into story form which made it simple for us to use and relate back to. It enabled us to convey the shots, angles and transitions we wanted and with a rough sketch we were able to see how this look and if it would work. Storyboarding is essentially a plan of the end product and it allowed us to have directing when filming.
Scripting (thoughts and ideas of the author are transmitted to the audience) helped us to provide extra detail into our plan, which highlighted key emotions, facial expression and demeanour of the actress and gave cues throughout the filming to her as to how the shot was supposed to be expressed.
Tutorial Three: Blog Creation
Blogger is a blog publishing system (also known as blog software or blogware):
This offers things such as:
- simplify the creation and maintenance of weblogs
- specialized content management systems
- weblog applications support the authoring, editing, and publishing of blog posts and comments
- special functions for image management
- web syndication
- moderation of posts and comments
Retrieved May 17th 09 from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog_publishing_system
Monday, May 11, 2009
Class Movie - Occupational Therapy
Short Video, playing round with cameras and having a bit of fun =)
Tutorial Two: Digital Camera Use and Application
Here is a site to check out:
http://www.expertvillage.com/video/7609_photo-techniques-digital-camera-basics.htm
Check out how much you already know about digital cameras, you may be surprised :)
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/digital-camera-quiz.htm
http://www.expertvillage.com/video/7609_photo-techniques-digital-camera-basics.htm
Check out how much you already know about digital cameras, you may be surprised :)
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/digital-camera-quiz.htm
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Tutorial One: Information Technology and Ethical Issues
1. Definition of Information Technology/Information Communications Technology:
Information technology (IT), also known as Information and Communication(s) Technology (ICT) and Infocomm in Asia, is concerned with the use of technology in managing and processing information, especially in large organizations.
Retrieved February 14, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_Technology
Information technology n. The production, storage and communication of information using computers and microelectronics.
Hanks, P. (ed). (1989) Collins Concise Dictionary. Glasgow: Bath Press.
Technology… information technology: technology that deals with the storage, processing and dessemination of information esp. using computers
Shorter oxford english dictionary: On historical principles. (2002). Auckland: Oxford Press
Information Technology noun the use of computers, telecomunications, etc in electronic processing, storing, retreiving, and sending information
Allen, R. (consultant editor). (2004). The penguin english dictionary. London: Penguin Books
2. How is this prevalant in our society? How common place has it become?
We can access technology easily within our society through emails, internet, phones, faxes etc. We are the age in which technology have become very well accessed through people connecting with each on facebook and bebo, we dont have to ring someone we can talk to them through the internet at no cost. These are all things we do which have become everyday things and very common place.
3.Its devices or systems I use:
Internet banking, emails, facebook, computers, digital cameras, cellphones, ipods. The list goes on. I feel I am of an age which we were brought up using these devices so have become very competent using them.
4. How would IT be used in Occupational Therapy practice?
It is used through electric wheelchairs, video conferences, laptops, cellphones, using things such as WII for rehabilitation.
5. Ethical Implications:
Who governs it, who owns it and who has access to it. Monitioring of chat room and content posted onto sites, is this controlled? Many issues around ownership rights.
6. Definition of Computer Ethics:
Computer ethics is a branch of practical philosophy which deals with how computing professionals should make decisions regarding professional and social conduct.
Retrieved February 14, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_ethics
7. Definition of Intellectual Property:
In law, intellectual property (IP) is an umbrella term for various legal entitlements which attach to certain types of information, ideas, or other intangibles in their expressed form. The holder of this legal entitlement is generally entitled to exercise various exclusive rights in relation to the subject matter of the IP. The term intellectual property reflects the idea that this subject matter is the product of the mind or the intellect, and that IP rights may be protected at law in the same way as any other form of property. However, the use of the term and the concepts it is said to embody are the subject of some controversy
Retrieved February 14, 2007, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property
8. Definition of Social Justice:
Social justice mostly refers to an ideal of society, where "justice" refers to economic status rather than to the administration of laws. It is based on the idea of a society which gives individuals and groups fair treatment and a just share of the benefits of society, although what is "fair treatment" and a "just share" must remain unclear or subject to interpretation.
Retreived Februry 14, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_justice
9. Definition of Informed Consent:
Informed consent is a legal condition whereby a person can be said to have given consent based upon an appreciation and understanding of the facts and implications of an action.
Retrieved February 14, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informed_consent
10. How will this help in our practice and daily lives?
IT has huge implications on our lives it is how we connect with others and friends around the world, or even in our own country. It is easy and accessible and very quick to use. In practice we are able to make use of the new age equipment such as WII to help with rebabilitation in the elderly and it makes it easy to interact with other staff members wherever they may be through a simple phone call. We can even talk to practitioners overseas via video links the benefits are endless.
Information technology (IT), also known as Information and Communication(s) Technology (ICT) and Infocomm in Asia, is concerned with the use of technology in managing and processing information, especially in large organizations.
Retrieved February 14, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_Technology
Information technology n. The production, storage and communication of information using computers and microelectronics.
Hanks, P. (ed). (1989) Collins Concise Dictionary. Glasgow: Bath Press.
Technology… information technology: technology that deals with the storage, processing and dessemination of information esp. using computers
Shorter oxford english dictionary: On historical principles. (2002). Auckland: Oxford Press
Information Technology noun the use of computers, telecomunications, etc in electronic processing, storing, retreiving, and sending information
Allen, R. (consultant editor). (2004). The penguin english dictionary. London: Penguin Books
2. How is this prevalant in our society? How common place has it become?
We can access technology easily within our society through emails, internet, phones, faxes etc. We are the age in which technology have become very well accessed through people connecting with each on facebook and bebo, we dont have to ring someone we can talk to them through the internet at no cost. These are all things we do which have become everyday things and very common place.
3.Its devices or systems I use:
Internet banking, emails, facebook, computers, digital cameras, cellphones, ipods. The list goes on. I feel I am of an age which we were brought up using these devices so have become very competent using them.
4. How would IT be used in Occupational Therapy practice?
It is used through electric wheelchairs, video conferences, laptops, cellphones, using things such as WII for rehabilitation.
5. Ethical Implications:
Who governs it, who owns it and who has access to it. Monitioring of chat room and content posted onto sites, is this controlled? Many issues around ownership rights.
6. Definition of Computer Ethics:
Computer ethics is a branch of practical philosophy which deals with how computing professionals should make decisions regarding professional and social conduct.
Retrieved February 14, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_ethics
7. Definition of Intellectual Property:
In law, intellectual property (IP) is an umbrella term for various legal entitlements which attach to certain types of information, ideas, or other intangibles in their expressed form. The holder of this legal entitlement is generally entitled to exercise various exclusive rights in relation to the subject matter of the IP. The term intellectual property reflects the idea that this subject matter is the product of the mind or the intellect, and that IP rights may be protected at law in the same way as any other form of property. However, the use of the term and the concepts it is said to embody are the subject of some controversy
Retrieved February 14, 2007, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property
8. Definition of Social Justice:
Social justice mostly refers to an ideal of society, where "justice" refers to economic status rather than to the administration of laws. It is based on the idea of a society which gives individuals and groups fair treatment and a just share of the benefits of society, although what is "fair treatment" and a "just share" must remain unclear or subject to interpretation.
Retreived Februry 14, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_justice
9. Definition of Informed Consent:
Informed consent is a legal condition whereby a person can be said to have given consent based upon an appreciation and understanding of the facts and implications of an action.
Retrieved February 14, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informed_consent
10. How will this help in our practice and daily lives?
IT has huge implications on our lives it is how we connect with others and friends around the world, or even in our own country. It is easy and accessible and very quick to use. In practice we are able to make use of the new age equipment such as WII to help with rebabilitation in the elderly and it makes it easy to interact with other staff members wherever they may be through a simple phone call. We can even talk to practitioners overseas via video links the benefits are endless.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Welcome all,
I'm not very good at this time of day and I think looking at a computer screen just makes it worse! I am very much looking forward to cookathon tomra and if anyone has any suggestions of what I should dress up as feel free to tell me :)
Hope you all are having a fantastic Tuesday!
Talk later,
Peace x
I'm not very good at this time of day and I think looking at a computer screen just makes it worse! I am very much looking forward to cookathon tomra and if anyone has any suggestions of what I should dress up as feel free to tell me :)
Hope you all are having a fantastic Tuesday!
Talk later,
Peace x
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