Transcript Team 2 Techies phase example

TECHIES
Team #2
Phase II
Toolkits: 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15
Tech 302
Dr. John W. Sinn
Increasing
Technology and
the Use of Web
Conferencing
Technology encompasses many
aspects that humans relate to daily
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Cultural Tools
– Activities are systematically delegated out
– Activities are coordinated into and entire
program
– People at all levels must participate in order to
succeed in production
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Web Conferencing Can Be A Very
Helpful Technological Tool If:
– Individuals strive to accept it
– Learn how to use it
– Utilize it to its maximum efficiency
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Web Conferencing Can Be Useful If:
– We, as a culture, succumb to it
– Learn how to work with it
– Break ourselves of old habits
– Adapt to new ways of doing things
WEB CONFERENCING AS A NEW
MEANS OF COMMUNICATION
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New And Specific Requirements For Its
Operation To Be Productive:
– Individuals must be willing to come together
– Individuals must be disciplined, respectful, and
determined
– Standards must be set
– Individuals must be organized
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Group Members Must Always Be
Prepared For Presentation
This Includes:
– Good listening skills
– Asking questions
– Repeating and rehashing information
– Being knowledgeable of previews
– Targeting messages
– Using positive gestures
– Applying personal effort
TECHNOLOGY AND WEB
CONFERENCING REQUIRES
CONTINUOUS ADAPTATION
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Individuals Must Learn How To
Understand New Technology (Web
Conferencing) As They Use It
This Requires:
– Willingness to delve into a new means of
communication
– Learning how to improve their own skills with
it
– Not let on one’s self become alienated by it
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As A Group Of Individuals
Continuously Experiences With
Communicating Via Web
Conferencing, They Will Notice:
– Signs of steady improvement
– Increase in its benefits
– Maximum teamwork ability
– Less frustration
WEB CONFERENCING’S ADVANTAGES
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If Individuals Embrace Web
Conferencing, Its Success Will Provide:
– Efficient means of communication
– Maintenance of excellent productivity
– Comfort of communicating from your own
home
– Avoidance of having to travel great distances to
intricately communicate
OBJECTIVES OF A TEAM
RESEARCHING TECHNOLOGICAL
ADVANCEMENTS
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RESEARCHING WEB CONFERENCING:
– Utilizing research of a specific technological topic to
relate its characteristics to the broader realms of
technology and how it affects our world, society, and
culture
– Goals were to study how technology has affected us in
the past, how it affects us now, and how it will affect us
in the future
– Focusing on the advantages and disadvantages of web
conferencing allowed us to apply expansive realizations
to the world that has become dependent on technology
PROCEDURE
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INVOLVEMENT IN A COURSE THAT REQUIRED US TO
ENCOUNTER A NEW TECHNOLOGICAL MEANS OF
COMPLETING A TASK:
– A hands-on approach that thrived solely on communicating and
accomplishing goals via technological methods
– We as individuals and as a team had to dive into a new system of
doing things that is entirely foreign
– It was necessary to work individually and work with each other to
discover how new technology works and how to get through it.
– This required us to become determined to be receptive of new
ways of doing things and accepting change
REQUIREMENTS
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IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL WITH
THIS COURSE WE HAD TO ADAPT TO
NEW METHODS SUCH AS:
– Becoming familiar with an organized forum to
communicate with teammates and a teacher whom we
have never physically met
– Email became a necessary tool instead of just a
privilege
– Physical meetings never took place
EFFECTS OF TECHNOLOGICAL
INNOVATIONS
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ADAPTING TO A NEW
TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT:
– Confusing and troublesome at first without
physical meetings and traditional means of
communication
– With each day, things became more structured
and less foreign
– Changed us all in some way regarding the
future
CONCLUSIVE RESULTS
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AS THE COURSE PROGRESSED IT WENT FROM
HIGHER DEPENDENCY TO LESS DEPENDENCY:
– At first, because of disarray and confusion, the team was
very dependent on the forum and chat room to communicate
and figure out the process
– As the course continued, the quantity of information
decreased and the quality of information was emphasized
– By the end of the course, each individual became
comfortable with a new means of communication and had
adjusted to a new way of doing things
– The course had evolved from being less convenient to very
convenient
PROJECT FOCUS RESULTS
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A COLLECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF HOW WEB
CONFERENCING IS A NEW MEANS OF
COMMUNICATION THAT ULTIMATELY
AFFECTS US:
– Culturally, we systematically delegate activities and
coordinate them into an entire program
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All individuals must participate equally to gain success
Without such participation, a fallout with competition will
occur
Remaining dynamic is essential to constantly improve
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WE DETERMINE HOW ADVANTAGEOUS
WEB CONFERENCING CAN BE FOR US:
– In order for such a technological innovation to be of
most convenience to us, we as a people must work with
its requirements
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Emphasizing our listening skills
Asking questions
Repeating key information
Exertion of personal effort
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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT:
– How will such a technological evolution as web
conferencing affect our physical environment and its
resources?
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New technological tools like web conferencing will utilize
natural resources just like anything else
Simultaneously, it will alleviate many of the resources we are
currently using with existing tools of living and
communicating
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MORAL AND ETHICAL VALUES:
– What new ethical and moral values will we as a society
be faced with when embracing technology?
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It is necessary for our society to be aware that everyone will
not have the full privileges of experiencing and learning
technological methods as others do
In response, we must be sure that as we grow, we are not
leaving other groups behind
DIRECTION OF DISCOVERING THE
IMPACTS OF WEB CONFERENCING
AND TECHNOLOGY
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COURSEWORK CONSISTED OF:
– Communication tools that we were required to learn
and use
– A structured system of toolkits containing tables
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Required Critique Assessments (RCA’s) allowed for
opportunity of continual team improvement
Standard Dedicated Applications (SDA’s) allowed for the
application of specific content and theories in each toolkit
Each toolkit broadened our final portfolio based around web
conferencing and general technological advancements
Resulted in a final compilation of research and conclusions we
achieved over the entire course
OVERALL CONCLUSION
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WHAT WAS GAINED FROM A COURSE
CENTERED AROUND THE STUDY OF
TECHNOLOGY IN A SOCIETY?
– How to use new technological advancements to
accomplish a goal
– How to relate to new technology on a more direct level
instead of what we are used to
– We encounter new technology on an everyday basis and
use it, live it, and depend upon its conveniences