Provide a definition of Assistive technology (your Cook and Hussey reading may be helpful with this).
"The term assistive technology is a term used to refer to a broad range of devices, services, stratigies and practices that are conceived and applied to ameliorate the problems faced by individuals who have dissibilities" ( Cook & Hussey, 2000).
Basically an assistive device is something that assist you to achieve the goal the individual wants to achieve.
Describe one piece of equipment introduced in the assistive technology tutorial. Provide information on size, cost and functions.
The Gooshy step talking sequencer
$153.73 NZ dollas
Size- 10¼” x 7¼” x 3” (in inches)
4 AA batteries are required for it to operate
It can be used for no-speaking children or adults.
Sequencing, sing a longs, directions, testing, pre recorded messages, multiplications, memorization,story telling, and medical instructions.
The Gooshy Step Talking Sequencer is a switch device. It has a yellow plastic shell, that has a gel pad on top that you press. There are red lights on the shell that light up when the gel pad is pressed. The gel pad also vibrates and plays music when it is pressed.
How does your chosen piece of equipment increased functional capacity for the user? Provide examples here from the tutorial and lecture.
The Gooshy Step Talking Sequencer is used for people to get them starting to switch. It is good to use to get them interested because of the color, texture, and sound. Individuals can start using this and then move on to a plane switch. For example when it is hooked up to a blender the individual will first be interested in the Gooshy Step Talking Sequencer because of how it looks and then they will learn by pushing it it makes the blender go. This will lead to them switching with a normal switch that has no stimuli to it like the Gooshy.
Monday, June 9, 2008
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Tutorial 7 Posting You Tube Videos and Flickr Badges to Blogs: Explaining the Process
Step by step process required to embed You Tube videos into your Blog
Step 1- Start an account with You Tube
Step 2- Log on to You Tube
Step 3- Search for the video you want to add to your Blog
Step 4- The video will have a URL which you need to copy
Step 5- Log on to your blog and go into new posting
Step 6- Paste the URL into the posting box
Step 7- Save it and then view your blog
Step by Step process required to embed a Flickr Badge into your Blog
Step 1- Make a flikr account
Step 2- Log onto your flikr account
Step 3- Up load photos onto your account
Step 4 - Make photos public
Step 5 - Go to tools at the bottom of the page
Step 6 - Go down to create your own flikr badge
Step 7- Go to choose which layout you want
Step 8 - Choose all your public photos then go to next colour
Step 9- Go to preview and get code
Step 10 - Copy the URL code
Step 11- Sign into your Blog
Step 12 - Go to customize
Step 13- Go to add elements
Step 14- Go to script
Step 15- Paste the URL into the box and name it
Step 16- Save it and go to view blog
Step 1- Start an account with You Tube
Step 2- Log on to You Tube
Step 3- Search for the video you want to add to your Blog
Step 4- The video will have a URL which you need to copy
Step 5- Log on to your blog and go into new posting
Step 6- Paste the URL into the posting box
Step 7- Save it and then view your blog
Step by Step process required to embed a Flickr Badge into your Blog
Step 1- Make a flikr account
Step 2- Log onto your flikr account
Step 3- Up load photos onto your account
Step 4 - Make photos public
Step 5 - Go to tools at the bottom of the page
Step 6 - Go down to create your own flikr badge
Step 7- Go to choose which layout you want
Step 8 - Choose all your public photos then go to next colour
Step 9- Go to preview and get code
Step 10 - Copy the URL code
Step 11- Sign into your Blog
Step 12 - Go to customize
Step 13- Go to add elements
Step 14- Go to script
Step 15- Paste the URL into the box and name it
Step 16- Save it and go to view blog
Tutorial 6 The Internet and Online Community sites
Provide the web address and name of the community you are investigating.
My Space www.myspace.com
What is the brief or focus of this community?
The My Space community focouses on connecting people with their friends and family and allowing them to communicate via the net.
What services are provided? How interactive is this site? How can people contribute?
MySpace is a popular social networking website offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music and videos for teenagers and adults internationally Retrieved 28th May 2008. This site is very interactive as there are so many things to do as you have you own webpage with may different things you can add on it like a blog, comments, personal profile, music, videos, photos,groups and lots of other stuff. There are also alot of new stuff being added that you can do all the time. People contribute by making there own page then writing to their friends or addeding new thing
Consider material presented during the lecture and make comment on why people choose to contribute to this community. What is it they are seeking?
Many people choose to contribute to this community so they can keep in contact with family and friends. People can also meet new people. This can be great for people that arnt able to physicaly catch up with friends it gives them another way to communicate with them. People on my space are seeking social contact and the ability to keep in contact with others that could be half way around the world.
Cut and paste an example of the type of topics being discussed (you may have to provide a context to your excerpt).
I cant cut and paste from this site. But because you have your own page most people are talking to each other just about their everyday life. There are also groups that you can add to your page though for example there was one for people who had left kavanagh college and the ex pupils would talk about things that happend at there school and the memories they had.
Considering material presented during the course and make comment on the potential ethical issues that may arise in this community e.g. lack of identity and accountability.
People can send abusive comments to other people. Some people can lie on it and pretend to be other people and there can be alot of problems with this as people can be in danger if they met up with them.
Consider material presented during the lecture and make comment on the benefits this community holds over traditional notions of community e.g. communities reliant on geographic proximity
It can be alot easier meeting someone online then it would be when you met someone face to face. Also with this community you are able to communicate with anyone in the world you dont just have to be in the geographic proximity. This makes it easier for people to keep in conntact with family and friends and even catch up with old friends that you my find on My Space.
Consider material presented during the lecture and make comment what this community lacks or can not provide which traditional communities can.
Communicating with people though the net can sometimes not be alot less personal then meeting with someone face to face. Also people who dont have a computer or cant use a computer are not able to access this community. It can lack safety as someone could be lying about who they are they could say there 15 when really there 30 but if you see them face to face its alot safer.
My Space www.myspace.com
What is the brief or focus of this community?
The My Space community focouses on connecting people with their friends and family and allowing them to communicate via the net.
What services are provided? How interactive is this site? How can people contribute?
MySpace is a popular social networking website offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music and videos for teenagers and adults internationally Retrieved 28th May 2008. This site is very interactive as there are so many things to do as you have you own webpage with may different things you can add on it like a blog, comments, personal profile, music, videos, photos,groups and lots of other stuff. There are also alot of new stuff being added that you can do all the time. People contribute by making there own page then writing to their friends or addeding new thing
Consider material presented during the lecture and make comment on why people choose to contribute to this community. What is it they are seeking?
Many people choose to contribute to this community so they can keep in contact with family and friends. People can also meet new people. This can be great for people that arnt able to physicaly catch up with friends it gives them another way to communicate with them. People on my space are seeking social contact and the ability to keep in contact with others that could be half way around the world.
Cut and paste an example of the type of topics being discussed (you may have to provide a context to your excerpt).
I cant cut and paste from this site. But because you have your own page most people are talking to each other just about their everyday life. There are also groups that you can add to your page though for example there was one for people who had left kavanagh college and the ex pupils would talk about things that happend at there school and the memories they had.
Considering material presented during the course and make comment on the potential ethical issues that may arise in this community e.g. lack of identity and accountability.
People can send abusive comments to other people. Some people can lie on it and pretend to be other people and there can be alot of problems with this as people can be in danger if they met up with them.
Consider material presented during the lecture and make comment on the benefits this community holds over traditional notions of community e.g. communities reliant on geographic proximity
It can be alot easier meeting someone online then it would be when you met someone face to face. Also with this community you are able to communicate with anyone in the world you dont just have to be in the geographic proximity. This makes it easier for people to keep in conntact with family and friends and even catch up with old friends that you my find on My Space.
Consider material presented during the lecture and make comment what this community lacks or can not provide which traditional communities can.
Communicating with people though the net can sometimes not be alot less personal then meeting with someone face to face. Also people who dont have a computer or cant use a computer are not able to access this community. It can lack safety as someone could be lying about who they are they could say there 15 when really there 30 but if you see them face to face its alot safer.
Tutorial 4 & 5 Video Production Sessions
Provide a brief summary of the services offered by You Tube.
You Tube is a video sharing website where users can upload, view and share video clips. You Tube has become very popular as it allows anyone to make their own short video and share it with the world. The videos you upload to You Tube can be made privite or public. There are many different types of videos that are put on ranging from educational ones to entertaining ones. You Tube allows you to share videos with family and friends. It can also help to connect people and let them share there ideas. It also allows amiteur videographers get there work out there for people to see.
Retrieved 28th May 2008 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_tube
Provide a brief account on how the use of planning aided your groups short film.
We were given the task to make a short video on student life in Dunedin. We got into groups of four and drew a story board so we new roughly what we would film. Pictues were drawn so we wouldnt miss out on any pic we wanted. We chose to base ours around the polytech area and look at one of the flats. Using the story board to plan firrst helped alot as it allowed us to get all our ideas out there because it was better to have to many as we could always delete them.
Once we had filmed everyting we wanted we then had to edit the video. The story board was helpful as when we had drawn it we had also planned the order to but the things we filmed in so this made the process go alot quiker.
You Tube is a video sharing website where users can upload, view and share video clips. You Tube has become very popular as it allows anyone to make their own short video and share it with the world. The videos you upload to You Tube can be made privite or public. There are many different types of videos that are put on ranging from educational ones to entertaining ones. You Tube allows you to share videos with family and friends. It can also help to connect people and let them share there ideas. It also allows amiteur videographers get there work out there for people to see.
Retrieved 28th May 2008 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_tube
Provide a brief account on how the use of planning aided your groups short film.
We were given the task to make a short video on student life in Dunedin. We got into groups of four and drew a story board so we new roughly what we would film. Pictues were drawn so we wouldnt miss out on any pic we wanted. We chose to base ours around the polytech area and look at one of the flats. Using the story board to plan firrst helped alot as it allowed us to get all our ideas out there because it was better to have to many as we could always delete them.
Once we had filmed everyting we wanted we then had to edit the video. The story board was helpful as when we had drawn it we had also planned the order to but the things we filmed in so this made the process go alot quiker.
Tutorial 3 Blog Creation Tasks
Brief summery of the services offered by Blogger and one other Blog host.
Blogger offers a completly free service to people all over the world who want to put their thoughts, info, photos or videos on the net for others to look at. You can make your blog private so only your friends can acess it Your Blog can be about what ever you want.You will be responsible for all activities occurring under your username and for keeping your password secure. You understand and agree that the Service is provided to you on an AS IS and AS AVAILABLE basis. Google disclaims all responsibility and liability for the availability, timeliness, security or reliability of the Service or any other client software. Google also reserves the right to modify, suspend or discontinue the Service with or without notice at any time and without any liability to you.You must be at least thirteen (13) years of age to use the Service. Google reserves the right to refuse service to anyone at any time without notice for any reason.”Retrieved from www.blogger.com on the 27th May 2008
Blogger offers a completly free service to people all over the world who want to put their thoughts, info, photos or videos on the net for others to look at. You can make your blog private so only your friends can acess it Your Blog can be about what ever you want.You will be responsible for all activities occurring under your username and for keeping your password secure. You understand and agree that the Service is provided to you on an AS IS and AS AVAILABLE basis. Google disclaims all responsibility and liability for the availability, timeliness, security or reliability of the Service or any other client software. Google also reserves the right to modify, suspend or discontinue the Service with or without notice at any time and without any liability to you.You must be at least thirteen (13) years of age to use the Service. Google reserves the right to refuse service to anyone at any time without notice for any reason.”Retrieved from www.blogger.com on the 27th May 2008
Tutorial 2 Digital Camaera use and applications
"A new technology is rarely superior to an old one in every feature". Briefly discuss this statement in relation to digital camera technology. What would you consider to be some of the pluses and minuses digital camera technology holds in relation to more traditional film based cameras?
Digital cameras are big know almost everyone has one, they are changing quickly and all new upgrades are coming out all the time.The postitives of digital cameras are that you can take a picture and look at it straight away and delet it if you wish. There are waterproof ones and ones that stop red eyes. You can take alot of photos at a time and store them on you camera and you can transfer photos from your camera onto your computer where you can then manipulate them. The negatives are that digital cameras are expensive and they can be quiet complicated. they are also quiet fragiel.
List some of the ways that digital images can be stored transferred and manipulated using other communications technology.
Photos can be transferd using memory sticks, usb cords, email, networking sites, CD os DVD. Photos can be put on to computers, cellphones or watched as a slide show on TV. They can also be manipulated with fun screens or photoshop where you can change how the photo looks.
Given the prvalence of image capturing devices, and thinking about the issues discussed in tutorial one, consider what sort of ethical issues may arise with their use.
People could take photos of people they dont know and then put them on the internet for everyone to acess with out the individuals consent. Privacy is the biggest issue as there is so much information about people that can be accessed over the net.
Briefly discuss some of the ways that digital images could, or are, being used in occupational therapy practise.
Digital cameras are used alot for home visits as it allows the therapist to remember what the house looks like. Photos can also be used when therapists need to know a persons movment.
Provide a brief summary of the services offered by Flickr.com
Flickr.com allows you to manipulate your photos e.g enhance them or change the colour.
It also allows people to share their photos with people all over the world.
Name one other photo storage website which offers a service similar to Flickr.com
Ringo
Explain what the difference is between a digital and an optical zoom.
Digital zoom causes the picture to lose quality as it crops the image and then enlarges it to fit in the frame.
Optical zoom lens changes focal length and magnification as it is zoomed.
Explain what is meant by the term mega pixel.
One of the most common terms used in digital photography is megapixel. It comes from the word pixel which in computer lingo, means, 'a dot.' These little dots, or pixels, store color information and their number per square inch determines the quality of the picture. The picture that has more pixels per square inch is much better than pictures that have less number of pixels.
Hopkins, Charels. What is a mega pixel. (Ezilon infobase 7th June 2006). Retrieved 27th May 2008. http://www.ezilon.com/articles/articles/2134/1/What-is-a-megapixel
Digital cameras are big know almost everyone has one, they are changing quickly and all new upgrades are coming out all the time.The postitives of digital cameras are that you can take a picture and look at it straight away and delet it if you wish. There are waterproof ones and ones that stop red eyes. You can take alot of photos at a time and store them on you camera and you can transfer photos from your camera onto your computer where you can then manipulate them. The negatives are that digital cameras are expensive and they can be quiet complicated. they are also quiet fragiel.
List some of the ways that digital images can be stored transferred and manipulated using other communications technology.
Photos can be transferd using memory sticks, usb cords, email, networking sites, CD os DVD. Photos can be put on to computers, cellphones or watched as a slide show on TV. They can also be manipulated with fun screens or photoshop where you can change how the photo looks.
Given the prvalence of image capturing devices, and thinking about the issues discussed in tutorial one, consider what sort of ethical issues may arise with their use.
People could take photos of people they dont know and then put them on the internet for everyone to acess with out the individuals consent. Privacy is the biggest issue as there is so much information about people that can be accessed over the net.
Briefly discuss some of the ways that digital images could, or are, being used in occupational therapy practise.
Digital cameras are used alot for home visits as it allows the therapist to remember what the house looks like. Photos can also be used when therapists need to know a persons movment.
Provide a brief summary of the services offered by Flickr.com
Flickr.com allows you to manipulate your photos e.g enhance them or change the colour.
It also allows people to share their photos with people all over the world.
Name one other photo storage website which offers a service similar to Flickr.com
Ringo
Explain what the difference is between a digital and an optical zoom.
Digital zoom causes the picture to lose quality as it crops the image and then enlarges it to fit in the frame.
Optical zoom lens changes focal length and magnification as it is zoomed.
Explain what is meant by the term mega pixel.
One of the most common terms used in digital photography is megapixel. It comes from the word pixel which in computer lingo, means, 'a dot.' These little dots, or pixels, store color information and their number per square inch determines the quality of the picture. The picture that has more pixels per square inch is much better than pictures that have less number of pixels.
Hopkins, Charels. What is a mega pixel. (Ezilon infobase 7th June 2006). Retrieved 27th May 2008. http://www.ezilon.com/articles/articles/2134/1/What-is-a-megapixel
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Tutorial 1: Informational Technology and Ethical Issues
Provide a definition of information tecnology.
"Information Technology can be defined as the study, design, development,implementation, support or management of computer based information systems, particularly software applications and computer hardware."
Retrieved 26th May 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_technology
Consider the definition of IT. How is this form technology prevalent in our socity? How common place has it become?
It is a huge part of our everyday life we use it in our homes, work and schools. Almost everyone has a computer in there home.
What IT devices or systems do you feel comfortable and competent using?
Internet, cellphone, digital camara,MP3 and laptop
Thinking about your own fieldwork experiences consider how IT is being used in Occupational Therapy practise?
Computers are used to connect people with emails , type up reports and retrieve new information so OTs can gain new knowledge. Cellphones and pagers are also used to communicate. Camaras are also used to take photes of clients home enviroments.
What ethical implications arise from the capturing, sharing and transferring of information via IT devices or systems?
Privacy issues have to be be tha biggest. It is important that information is sent to the right person and the individual has given their consent. Also with computers people could hack into databases and get private information.
Provide a definition of Computer Ethics.
"Computer ethics is a branch of practical philosophy should make decisions regarding professional and social situations."
Retrieved 26th May 2008 http://enwikipedia.org.wiki/?computer-ethics
Provide a definition of Intellectual Property.
Intellectual property refers to creations of the mind: inventions, literary and artistic works, and symbols, names, images, and designs used in commerce.
Intellectual property is divided into two categories: Industrial property, which includes inventions (patents), trademarks, industrial designs, and geographic indications of source; and Copyright, which includes literary and artistic works such as novels, poems and plays, films, musical works, artistic works such as drawings, paintings, photographs and sculptures, and architectural designs. Rights related to copyright include those of performing artists in their performances, producers of phonograms in their recordings, and those of broadcasters in their radio and television programs.
What is Intellectual Property. Retrieved 26th May 2008. http://www.wipo.int/about-ip/en/
Provide a definition of Social Justice.
Social justice refers to the concept of a society in which justice is achieved in every aspect of society, rather than merely the administration of law. The term can be amorphous and refer to sometimes self-contradictory values of justice. It is generally thought of as a world which affords individuals and groups fair treatment and an impartial share of the benefits of society. (Different proponents of social justice have developed different interpretations of what constitutes fair treatment and an impartial share.) It can also refer to the distribution of advantages and disadvantages within a society.
Social Justice.Retrieved 26th May 2008.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_justice
Provide a definition of Informed Consent.
Informed consent: A process in which a person learns key facts about a clinical trial, including potential risks and benefits, before deciding whether or not to participate in a study. Informed consent continues throughout the trial.
Definition of informed consent. Retrieved 26th May 2008.http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=22414
In your own words briefly summarise why/or why not a great understanding of ITC and the ethical issues it encompasses will help us in our practice and daily lives.
Technology is a wonderful thing as new things are made everyday to help us in our everyday lives. It is important for us to understand ITC so that when it comes to ethical issues we know what to do like with privacy.
"Information Technology can be defined as the study, design, development,implementation, support or management of computer based information systems, particularly software applications and computer hardware."
Retrieved 26th May 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_technology
Consider the definition of IT. How is this form technology prevalent in our socity? How common place has it become?
It is a huge part of our everyday life we use it in our homes, work and schools. Almost everyone has a computer in there home.
What IT devices or systems do you feel comfortable and competent using?
Internet, cellphone, digital camara,MP3 and laptop
Thinking about your own fieldwork experiences consider how IT is being used in Occupational Therapy practise?
Computers are used to connect people with emails , type up reports and retrieve new information so OTs can gain new knowledge. Cellphones and pagers are also used to communicate. Camaras are also used to take photes of clients home enviroments.
What ethical implications arise from the capturing, sharing and transferring of information via IT devices or systems?
Privacy issues have to be be tha biggest. It is important that information is sent to the right person and the individual has given their consent. Also with computers people could hack into databases and get private information.
Provide a definition of Computer Ethics.
"Computer ethics is a branch of practical philosophy should make decisions regarding professional and social situations."
Retrieved 26th May 2008 http://enwikipedia.org.wiki/?computer-ethics
Provide a definition of Intellectual Property.
Intellectual property refers to creations of the mind: inventions, literary and artistic works, and symbols, names, images, and designs used in commerce.
Intellectual property is divided into two categories: Industrial property, which includes inventions (patents), trademarks, industrial designs, and geographic indications of source; and Copyright, which includes literary and artistic works such as novels, poems and plays, films, musical works, artistic works such as drawings, paintings, photographs and sculptures, and architectural designs. Rights related to copyright include those of performing artists in their performances, producers of phonograms in their recordings, and those of broadcasters in their radio and television programs.
What is Intellectual Property. Retrieved 26th May 2008. http://www.wipo.int/about-ip/en/
Provide a definition of Social Justice.
Social justice refers to the concept of a society in which justice is achieved in every aspect of society, rather than merely the administration of law. The term can be amorphous and refer to sometimes self-contradictory values of justice. It is generally thought of as a world which affords individuals and groups fair treatment and an impartial share of the benefits of society. (Different proponents of social justice have developed different interpretations of what constitutes fair treatment and an impartial share.) It can also refer to the distribution of advantages and disadvantages within a society.
Social Justice.Retrieved 26th May 2008.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_justice
Provide a definition of Informed Consent.
Informed consent: A process in which a person learns key facts about a clinical trial, including potential risks and benefits, before deciding whether or not to participate in a study. Informed consent continues throughout the trial.
Definition of informed consent. Retrieved 26th May 2008.http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=22414
In your own words briefly summarise why/or why not a great understanding of ITC and the ethical issues it encompasses will help us in our practice and daily lives.
Technology is a wonderful thing as new things are made everyday to help us in our everyday lives. It is important for us to understand ITC so that when it comes to ethical issues we know what to do like with privacy.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
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hi my name is kim and i am startn this blog for one of my classes. I am doing Occupational therapy.
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