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Describing a Digital Portfolio

Blog

A website on which an individual or group of users record opinions, information etc. on a regular basis. Blogging is a way to record your ideas and thoughts during the learning process.  A blog is a personal diary. A daily pulpit. A collaborative space. A political soapbox. A breaking-news outlet. A collection of links.

Wiki

A web site developed collaboratively by a community of users, allowing any user to add and edit content. Wikis can be community websites for example. Ward Cunningham, is the developer of the first wiki software, WikiWikiWeb.

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What is the difference between them?

A wiki is a type of website that allows multiple users to collaboratively create and edit pages.

But a blog is an online journal that allows the owner to post entries and also it allow readers to comment on these posts.

What is an online Digital Portfolio?

A digital portfolio, is a collection of electronic evidence assembled and managed by a user, usually on the Web. Such electronic evidence may include inputted text, electronic files, images, multimedia, blog entries, and hyperlinks.

Advantages of a Digital Portfolio?

They are easily updated. They help students reflect on their work. 

Disadvantages of a Digital Portfolio?

For instance, if your version of Microsoft Word saves files as .docx files, the person you send them to may not be able to open the file.

http://digitalportfolio.wikispaces.com/What+is+a+digital+portfolio%3F

Communication And The Internet: Part 2

Communication is very important especially during emergencies. Different types of communications have been used in emergencies such as recent natural disasters. During these emergencies, people communicated with each other through the internet, online communication such as Skype and Facebook, telephones and the media. With communication, people were saved even though lots of people died. But, when you communicate during an emergency, you need some essential information like:

• ·        The type of emergency
• ·         What impact does it have on health
• ·         The amount of damage to other areas
• ·         The immediate impact on health services

When you communicate online, you use different types of hardwares and softwares. Here are some examples:

Hardware:

• ·         Monitor
• ·         Mouse
• ·         Keyboard

Software:

• ·         Internet
• ·         Web Browser
• ·         Skype
• ·         Safari
• ·         Firefox 

My Summer Holiday

MY SUMMER HOLIDAY!!!

For my summer holidays,
I am going back to my home country.
Russia and Iran.
I am going to see family and friends,
Also, I am going to visit some places in Russia and Iran.


My Summer Holiday 2012 ;)

Communication And The Internet

Communication is one of the most popular uses of the internet. We have different websites/ ways of communicating like:

• ·         Facebook
• ·         Twitter
• ·         Hotmail
• ·         Gmail
• ·         Messenger
• ·         Newspaper
• ·         iMessage
• ·         BBM (Black Berry Messenger)
• ·         Skype
• ·         Television

 Synchronous communication is direct communication where the communicators are time synchronized.

What does synchronized/synchronous/asynchronous mean?

• Ø  Synchronous: Occurring at the same time
• Ø  Synchronized: To occur at the same time or coincide or agree in time.
• Ø  Asynchronous: Not occurring at the same time.

 Chats like on Facebook can be an example of synchronous communication because both people are there at the same time and are talking.

Different communications need hardware and software.

For example:

• Ø  BBM for blackberries need the hardware of a phone and the software of the BBM
• Ø  Facebook Chats need the hardware of a computer, laptop or iPod and software of the internet or Facebook application.