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A photo posted by Heather Kerrigan (@heatherkyah) on Mar 20, 2016 at 12:55am PDT

 

Heres a selfie of me and a Koala!

Hypertext/hypermedia has unlimited possibilities to link your readers and send them anywhere opening up the creative conversations.

 

Reading 1

(found this in my drafts I thought I posted this 3 weeks ago!!)

Reading one was about using blogs in education it covered What a blog is, why use one, and the advantages of using a blog in the classroom. A blog is a web based publication much like a journal or diary but different in the sence that it is written with the intent of being read. It can have categories what are useful especially for a blog like this where I can have a category for “Networked Media” and a less formal more personal category called “living in Melbourne”.

But one of my favorite key points made was the benefit of collaborative learning. Giving students the chance to share notes, gain peer support, ask/answer questions, reflect on our work and have the teacher understand. We can link to each others blog using a Blogroll 

Top blog writing tips I gained from this reading!

• Write so the subject makes sence to everyone
• Tag & categories smart
• Use a Blog roll
• Be active. Comment, share, ask, answer, be part of the larger community
• Take care in your writing its public!

 

overall this can let teachers see students honest opinions and understandings, let students see others understandings

Miles, Adrian. Blogs in Media Education: A Beginning [online]. Screen Education, No. 43, 2006: 66-69.

Great ocean road

I went on another trip with Rmit recreation this week and again it was only $60 so super cheap!

I wasn’t sure what to expect I’ve done a little bit of the great ocean road when I was younger with family and I thought it was a big boring beach. Essentially it is a very long beach but it is abasloutly gorgeous! And when you have a proper tour guide it just makes the whole experience so much more with a little bit of history and trivia.

So here we go! the first stop:

 

Then we drove on hoping to see some koalas 🐨

We saw some of these lovley guys and if you bought bird seed from the little shop they would eat right out of your hand! So Obvsisly that calls for animal selfies

And we where lucky enough to see some koalas this one was super close.

There’s was a nice beach here too but I’m not posting all the beach photos I have because there is a lot.

I’m going to talk about the best ice team I’ve ever had in my life from our next stop

(It was a lot bigger) Dooleys ice cream Apollo bay was honestly hevan. I got honeycomb chocolate but there was a whole load of flavours including vegimite which I heard is quite good. I’ve had marmite chocolate in the past so it might be similar.

Next up we went on a little rainforest walk and learned about some trees Austraila is fascinating with the amount of different climates in one area. 

Sorry not the greatest photos the lighting was not the best in the rain forest who knew?

This stop was the 12 appostils (there’s only 8)  but these where my favourite views of the day just look at the fantastic colours
  
It was so beautiful my iPhone dose not do it justice at all

Then we went down to Loch ard gorge where there was a famous shipwreck in 1878 the ship was called Loch ard funnily enough

But this was just again a beautifull beach the colour of the water was fantastic

Last stop of the day was our tour guides secret spot where you have to walk up steps for about 5 miniotes to get to a view of the whole 12 apostles and other sights we passed

Because of the time of day and my old iPhone you can’t see much but it would be a great spot to come up to at sunset with a glass of wine 😊

And a perfect way to end the trip I had a fab time with some great people! If you want to go on any trips with RMIT REC click here! I really recommend them! #explormit

CC what is it?

 

Firstly what is copyright? and what is the difference between that and  creative commons?  When work is produced it automatically has a copyright that gives ownership to the person who made the work this can be anything from a song to a painting to a writing. No one can use or publish this work without permission from the creator first otherwise they are stealing especially if someone is making money from someone else work.

CC or creative commons is different. It gives the creator more control on what can be done with there work because while publishing on the internet you might well want your work to be shared to get your music, artwork or photographs out to more people and give your work a wider audience. Creative commons lets this happen without having to give permission to everyone who wants to share it. The only thing that needs to be done is the person sharing it has to give appropriate acknowledgement and or credit for the work.

Putting it simply its a licence that lets the owner have more control and flexibility. The different types of CC licences are:

• A Attribution – where work can be shared freely along as acknowledgement is given
• NC Non commercial – No one can make money from the work.
• ND No derivatives – Work cannot be changed, no adaptions or remixes.
• SA Share Alike – Work can be changed but it must be shared under the same licence as it was originally under.

These licences can be used simultaneously, you can choose how your work is shared or re-piublished.

When it comes to my blog at the moment I only have a CC licence but I will change it to a NC and SA. I like to take a lot of photos I don’t consider my photos very well done but I spend a lot of time editing them to make them look great and I would hate for someone to be making money off my hard work. I could say the same when I comes to my writings, I don’t feel I am a fantastic writer but I wouldn’t like someone to be making money from my stories and experiences. In the future I might change my licence and make my work more open.  This will change the way i blog, before I had no knowledge of CC  now I will actively look for the symbols and know what they mean. I will respect other peoples work and not break the law also people might change their mind like me and I have to look out for that when sharing work.

If you want to learn more or choose your own licence click here.

 

Wilsons prom

I visited Wilsons promontory this weekend and it was amazing! RMIT recreation had a trip planned and it was only $60 to attend. I met some great people, saw some amazing sights went on a couple of hikes, climbed Mt. Bishop and walked along the squeaky beach!! There is no words for the beauty of this place! even though it wasn’t a very clear day it was still so gorgeous we saw some wild kangaroos and emu but sadly no wallabies.

My advice is wear proper shoes! I wore cheap flats and totally destroyed my feet also I got my first mossy bites ouch and super bad sunburn even though it wasn’t sunny! Be more prepared than me please.

  

Wilsons Promontory is one of Victoria’s national parks. We got a tour guide that took us on walks to see the granite headlands, mountains, forests, the squeaky beach and bushwalking! Its amazing that the park has so many different landscapes in one place.

 Here’s some photos I really recommend a visit yourself. Its only a 2.5hr drive outside of Melbourne and Ive heard that its a great spot to camp. I would definitely go back, camping here sounds amazing! I can’t imagine what the sunsets would look like. If your a RMIT student here is the trips and tours website to go on some adventures yourself but even if your not with the uni the trips open up to non RMIT students sometimes so keep your eye out. #explormit

So Far…

…had two lectures and two workshops. The fundamentals of blogging have been covered and i’ve been trying to get my head around setting my blog layout the way I want it (WordPress is reminding me of my BeBo in 2010).

I’ve to write blog posts about this class, the readings, lectures and reflect on my learning etc. But I have a chance to also use this as an opportunity to have a personal side to my blog and I’ve been pounding on what that can be. I think using it as a travel journal and write about my as an exchange student. Hopefully other exchange students can read it and have some insight on what its like.

 

 

 

RMIT Student Charter

The RMIT Student Charter states 4 key values for staff and students.

This is how I will include these values in my blog writings;

• Creative;  I will be creative and original not plagiarising any work and working to my best efforts to creative original content. I will respect everyone equaly including those who also work and study at RMIT while accepting responsibility to all my decisions in regards to my studies.
• Connected; I will write my honest feedback about my time here at RMIT paticularry Networked media, including assessment and reflection of my own works to improve in my work and be the best that I can be. I will be up to date and accurate at time of writing.
• Fair; I will always treat people fairly and equally. I will not harass or discriminate anybody for any reason. I will not copy others works. Aknowlage the university in all the efforts and resources it provides.
• Passionate; Speaking for itself I will always put 100% into all my writings including those for assessments and lunge myself into all opportunity.

 

Heather Kerrigan.