Week ten's lecture is all about managing the information you aqquire and sources you have referenced. Managing your information is easy but knowing where to find it again and where to store it can beomce a problem. When trying to locate a file on your computer using the search files function in the start menu is once of the easiest ways. It enables you to narrow your search down to which drive you saved it on or what name you saved it under. Having a desktop saerch engine such as Google is also another helpful way in which you can locate files.
Tutorial Summary:
Do you think Negroponte’s ideas are still relevant? Why?
I believe that Negroponte’s ideas are still relevant today because we still have sources of information such as newspaper’s, books and reports which are classified by Negroponte as Atom based information formats. A few pros about these types of information formats are:
- They are easily concealed, easy to hide from others
- Easily protected
- Difficult to change and copy
On the other hand there are some cons about atom based information formats, for example:
- Bulky, books pile up
- Costly, could include shipping
- Difficult to edit
Negroponte also talks about Bit based information formats such as information that has digital/electronic content and digital reproductions. Some products that are now updated were once Atom based information formats like snail mail and music which have now become e-mails and Mp3’s. Pros for Bit based formats are:
- Flexibility, can move between formats
- Cheap
- Easily eidted
A few cons for bit based information formats are:
- Privacy issues, can be stolen quite easily
- Authenticity of the document
- SPAM
Negroponte’s ideas stay relevant because every type of information or source of information can still be classified as either atom based or bit based information formats.
Reading 1 Summary: ‘Grazing the Net’
This reading is about getting students or young people ready to use the internet and them being able to distinguish between articles that are a credible source to take noted from and others that are not. The reading talks about raising "free range students" meaning this is a student that has adapted to the internet by finding the "grains" of information needed or by using the library to gather information.
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