[AGE5 00] PRELIM: Unit II Lesson 2 Communication Aids and Strategies Using Tools of Technology

Technological Tools for Communication

• Social media platforms

• Blogs

• Vlogs

• Live Video Stream

• Conferencing and Live Lecture Technology

• Group Wikis

• Group Forums

• Table Computers

• Podcasts

• Wearable Technology

• Smart speakers

• Web Chat
  

Social media platforms

• It allow people to create personal pages, post profile images and update on their lives, and create a friend list of people who can see your updates.

  • 6 Degrees – 1997

  • My Space – 2003

  • Facebook - 2004

  • Twitter - 2006

  • Instagram - 2010

Blogs

• These are personal websites where people can publish or “log” information for other with an internet connection to read – all around the globe

• It is usually a personal where someone shares regular long-form post about their lives or hobbies

• More professional or commercialized blogs are run my organizations, companies seeking publicity, or professional bloggers who monetize through advertising or affiliate marketing.

• The first blog was written in 1994 on the website links. net by Justin Hall

• The term “weblog” was invented in 1997 by Jorn Barger, the word was shortening of the phrase “logging the web”.

Vlogs

• These are “video logs”, emerged as an extension of blogging after
  increased bandwidths enabled regular people to post video online.

• The first vlog was published in 2000 when Adam Kontras posted a video on his blog for his family and friends to view.

Live Video Stream

• It is is an extension of vlogging that has responded to online content consumer’s needs for immediacy and authenticity.

• Live video was integrated onto the YouTube video sharing platform in April 2011; competitor network Facebook introduced Facebook Live in August 2015.

Conferencing and Live Lecture Technology

• It helps workplaces communicate across long distances.

• Today, live conferencing technology tends to use live video alongside complex speaker systems.

Group Wikis

• It allow collaborative crowdsourcing of information; this can help members of the wikis to amass a lot of information in a short period of time

• The collective knowledge that is stored on Wikis can be accessed at ease by all users, allowing the creation of a “hive mind”

Group Forums

• It allow people to post questions and answers for others to respond to; many forums are sorted by topics, such as Reddit, which allows people with shared interests to communicate with one another.

• These are also commonly used in education where online schools have students respond to a stimulus question each week.

• Another benefit of forums is that people can reply to each other’s comments to create a long-form conversation between individuals online.

• The full conversation is recorded in comments and replies, leaving a paper trail of conversations which can be great for tracking the process of the group’s thinking.

Table Computers

• The sleek, modern tablet computers that we enjoy today emerged as a new technological innovation around 2008-2010 with the emergence of big player like Android and Apple into the table computer market.

• The emergence of table computers was made possible by technological advances that saw the requisite technologies both compact and cheap enough for the mass market.

Podcasts

• These are packets of audio information that can be uploaded and stored on cloud technology ready for anyone to download and listen to at-will.

• It can be automatically downloaded onto a smartphone through RSS feeds so that fans of a podcast series can get the latest episodes at-will.

• These emerged out of radio technology.

• Whereas radio is transmitted through radio waves, podcasts are transmitted through the more agile and feature-rich internet.

• This has provided features such as downloads at-will rather than forcing people to tune in at a specific point in time.

Wearable Technology

• This helps make communication easier that ever.

• It is any information technology that is carried on the body to help u take a step toward transhumanism.

  • Smart watches

  • Exercise bracelets

  • Smart glasses

Smart watches

• Wearable Technology

• It allow people to use voice commands to control them.

• With internet connections, wearable technology can provide quick answers to questions that we ask them, make hand-free phone calls, and help you
  keep spoken-word memos and notes throughout the day

Exercise bracelets

• Wearable Technology

• These and other wearable health trackers tap into people’s bodies to measure vital signs and sleep rhythms.

• These bracelets can automatically send data to exercise trainers and medical professionals to provide quick and accurate dates on the health profile of the wearer.

Smart glasses

• Wearable Technology

• It can integrate augmented reality into a person’s everyday life.

• When a user is wearing smart glasses, they can have the glasses project data like their travel speed or internet search date directly onto their retina.

• They usually also allow people to make phone calls through voice commands.

• Most smart glasses technologies also allow users to communicate with them through eye movements, blinks or hand movements.

Smart speakers

• These are computerized personal assistants placed around offices and homes in order to help people complete tasks hands-free.

• They are usually activated using a hot word, like”Hey computer” or “OK Google”.

• It can hear people from distances, allowing people to use the speakers while still going about their business.

• Once activated by a hot word, the user asks the device questions or provides voice commands such as “turn out the light”, “add this to the shopping list” or “play a song”.

• It can be hooked into phone lines and internet lines t allow people to ask search engine questions via voice command or make phone calls while going about their daily lives.

Web Chat

• Early web chat software included MSN messenger which was embraced by adolescents and young adults as a way of chatting with friends during the early 2000s

• With the rise of Facebook and Facebook messenger, MSN messenger declined and was disbanded in 2012.

• Smartphone apps have made webchat an increasingly popular form of instant communication between friends.