Slide 1 Electronic Communication 2.01: Recall components of electronic communication.

2.01 Recall components of electronic communication.Slide 2 Types of Electronic Communication Chatting Blogs Podcasting Discussion Boards Text Messaging

2.01 Recall components of electronic communication.Slide 3 Chat Talking in real-time to other network users from all parts of the world. –What are the pros and cons of chatting? –What are the types of chats? –What are the examples of various chat programs?

2.01 Recall components of electronic communication.Slide 4 Web logs or blogs are web-based journals. Often used by individuals or groups to maintain a record of thoughts, pictures, and interests.

2.01 Recall components of electronic communication.Slide 5 Blogs Have you ever responded to a blog? If so what was the topic? Was it easy? How did it work?

2.01 Recall components of electronic communication.Slide 6 Podcasting A method of publishing files to the Internet, allowing users to subscribe to a feed and receive new files automatically by subscription, usually at no cost. Used largely for audio files. Podcasts can be audio or video. Podcasting does not require a media player.

2.01 Recall components of electronic communication.Slide 7 Podcasting Examples of podcasts available on iTunes

2.01 Recall components of electronic communication.Slide 8 Discussion Boards or Forums An online bulletin board where users can receive feedback from posted messages Two types of discussion boards: –Moderated An administrator or moderator ensure the discussion stays on topic and conforms to netiquette rules –Unmoderated No administrator or moderator, which may allow discussion to degenerate

2.01 Recall components of electronic communication.Slide 9 Discussion Boards/Forums Who has used a discussion board? What topic were you discussing? Did you find out what you were looking for or what you wanted from the discussion?

2.01 Recall components of electronic communication.Slide 10 Text Messaging Sending short text messages to a device such as a cell phone or pager Used for messages that are no longer than a few hundred characters Usually applied to messaging that takes place between two or more mobile devices Listen to the Podcast by Grammar Girl about text messaging t-messaging-grammar.aspx t-messaging-grammar.aspx

2.01 Recall components of electronic communication.Slide 11 The electronic exchange of messages and computer files between computers that are connected to the Internet or some other computer network.