Sunday, March 6, 2011
Summary of Media Technologies
In Week 2 of our studies in communication we are asked to discuss the findings of different kinds of media used on the web and how that enhances communication. My current web page has a nice graphic design layout and because of my title life long learner; I see that this perspective is the best title to have when wanting to master anything. With anything there is always something new to learn. Learning the basic functions of communication and the studies learned thus far throughout this year has greatly helped my skills in relationships and professionally in my work environment.
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There are several forms of media technology on the web that help individuals find their audience. Finding a way to connect with others is communication. Researching is the first step in finding your audience and purpose.
The four technologies used from my discussion are: www.forbes.com, George Siemens multimedia of learning, www.techcrunch.com, and video media technology.
Forbes is a great media blog site that advertises many leaders who are in the business world. This is a great site for reliable business news and financial information. By researching and staying up to date on world affairs, this will help prepare you on current events and also help in creating ideas for ones’ on blog page. How other sites create their feeds and video forums presents many good ideas about design layout, analytical reports, and validity. When trying to reach an audience and being a journalist and bringing news that is current and something that others want to know about, is a good way to find a large audience. That is why this website does so well.
Secondly, is the article called, “Evaluating Media Characteristics” from www.elearnspace.org/Articles/mediacharacteristics.htm. George Siemens and Stephen Yurkiw in the article, ‘Using multimedia to achieve learning outcomes” is a great article blog that gives detail levels of bloom’s taxonomy. The process of achieving outcomes and being effective is learning what outcomes will be desirable. By analyzing and researching different websites such as, web blogs and multimedia sites; one needs to find out what brings an enriching learning experience and what positive solutions are offered. Depending on the customer or audience who is doing research; will depend on the evaluating and generalization one must do. To learn about what makes a website desirable and what makes it persuasive will be how well one can connect with an audience. Video integration is very important for sharing the value of the author and to integrate visual learning.
Thirdly, is the website, www.techcrunch.com This site is very popular and is ranked the third most popular blog in the world. There are a lot of audio and videos added to forums on this site. This gives a lot of credibility and persuasive technique as to layout, style, and graphics. As a form of communication this site offers up to date news and a persuasive reasoning.
Lastly, video media technology as a form of communication. Sites such as wordpress, typepad, squarespace, ebay, and napster have many different resources depending on what audience you want to network with. In this week’s discussion, media technology is a powerful tool in communication. It also is a great way to business your self in an enterprise. The website LinkedIn is a good site to upload your profile and start contacting those that will help further your career. LinkedIn is a more interactive site that helps to build credibility and social networks with others. People can post recommendations on your profile, you can e-mail others of different company’s enquiring about what they do, and it is a way to find clients if you have your own business that you are promoting. It is like a free way to send out classified adds and make contacts. Anyone can create a profile with credentials and post it on their site. LinkedIn and blogging is a great way to help advance one’s career opportunities.