Tute 8 pt1

Peter Walsh

1/124 Surf Parade

Broadbeach, Qld 4128

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To whom it may concern,

I am writing to apply for a position within your workplace.

I have recently completed a

·        Journalism and Communications degree at

·        Griffith University  and believe that I have the suitable skills and experience to be a

·        valuable asset to the future of your company. During this degree I have completed subjects in: New Communications Technologies, Cyber Studies, Digital Production, News and Politics, Culture, Media and Society, and Creative Writing

Please find attached a copy of my resume.

Should you need any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Sincerely,

Mr. Peter Walsh

 

 

I experienced no major difficulties completing the exercises. I have previous experience with word programs, which is probably why I found it so easy. Word is the best program for me to use with university. It’s a simple and effective way of processing assessment tasks (essays, etc).

Tute 8 pt2

MSN as opposed to Second Life or Active Worlds (these are the two applications I tried out).

 

For me the major difference was that a 3D environment with Avatars as your physical representation delivers a more personal way of communicating on line. Mail seems as impersonal as a phone text message to me. The virtual world experience is a whole new way of either meeting people or just keeping in touch with friends. Seen as these virtual worlds are designed to mimic real life, it isn’t really a chat-based method of communication. I say this in the sense that you can still speak to friends on line, but there is the option of exploring the world together by maybe going to one of the nightclubs, or for the girls (at risk of sounding ‘gender biased’ lets call it) you could go shopping at one of the virtual shopping districts, where you can use real life money to purchase items for your avatar or for yourself.

 

Virtual worlds may have been suggested as the new wave of on line communication, but they do have a major drawback for me- they are too tiresome to bother with. This is my personal opinion I must say, and many people may disagree, but I would much prefer to login to Face book than go through, I say again, the tiresome effort involved with navigating a whole virtual world just to find my friends yet alone finding some place to ‘hang out’so to speak. Not wanting to contradict my opening statement about 3D worlds being a more personal method of communication, but I just didn’t enjoy them enough to use them in the future. With Face book you have a personal profile with pictures I can upload in place of an avatar, and speaking to friends is as simple as clicking chat if they are on line, or leaving a message on their wall, which they can reply to at a later date. Simple and trouble free- this is for meJ