1. FROM SMOKE SIGNALS …. to the….. ….INTERNET

2. Session Outline n Introduction n hands on (chat, bulletin board) n discussion

3. from smoke signals to the Internet Man - the compulsive communicator (David Attenborough)

4. Revolutions in Communication n print n telephone n fax n video conferencing n cmc (computer mediated communication)

5. Suspicion (the Luddite view) n telephones would never work n role of women - initial resistance n majority of Internet users are now female (55%)

6. Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) n email –text based –voice n forums/bulletin boards n chat –‘typing talking’ –voice chat –video

7. Why should I bother? 2004 - only 14% of jobs WILL NOT require some degree of technological fluency. (networking 99 conference)

8. WHY ONLINE DELIVERY ? n approx 1M Australian households now with Internet access (1998) n Australia has 4M Internet users = 20% of the population! n QLD TAFE Study: 18 - 20% have the capacity, and want online delivery option

9. SA TAFE - POTENTIAL DEMAND(1998) n if 18 - 20% of TAFE SA students want online option….. n currently 90,000 TAFE SA students n 18% of 90,000 = 16,200 students!

10. What does it mean to be online? It can be done in the classroom: n Think to a future when all classrooms have computers (like this one) n use the Internet’s communication tools as an adjunct to classroom delivery

11. CF5 DMI server TAFE server (city) Uni of Adelaide Sydney satellite (over the Pacific) USA destination the journey of an Internet message

12. Today: n ESL Talk (SA TAFE ESL Homepage) –chat –bulletin board n Group Email List (ESL_SA)

13. THE PALACE

14. The Palace #2