Day One

As I mentioned, my background is civil engineering and I am doing the new communication technology subject as an elective subject of my course.  At the beginning, some terms like communication, journalists, writing and etc. sounds unfamiliar and hard, however, when I start to relate the information of first lecture to the real life it became more interesting and usefull for me, especially when if found out I can write my own web-log!.

The first lecture was more about introduction about Communication and Technology, the history of each of them, their relation and the role of them in our life.  The following paragraphs are the summery of the first lecture.

Technology is growing so fast. some thing which is a new technology today will be the old technology maybe in a couple of years. 

The interesting thing about technology the philosophy of technology suggested by Marshall McLuhan which argues that technologies are extensions of human body, like a tool is an extension of the hand and a wheel is an extension of the leg and a book is an extension of the eye.

In general the communication is the process of transferring data or information to someone.  simple example of communication is speaking.

By improving technology the type of communication between people is changed.  Using Internet, mobile phones and ect. makes the communication and transferring the information so easy and fast. 

I never forget my grandfather’s face when I was telling him that I send my homework to my teacher by E-mail.

 

Getting Start

On monday 19th of November 2007, at 4:20 pm I start to write on my web-log for first time!!!

At the beginning it seems too difficult for me to do it but it is getting more fun when I am getting comfortable with that. (especially when I have to do it as apart of my course!!!)

Anyway, first I would like to write a little bit about my self;  I Ali Soltani Born on 9th of July 1979 in Tehran and currently living in Gold Coast, one of the most beautiful coasts in Australia.  I am studying civil engineering in Griffith university.  In my free time I like to listen music and I love flight simulators.

The next following web-logs are about the topics which presented in each lecture of the new communication technology. This will be a part of assessments of this course, but more than that I would like to improve my writing skills and using the new technologies to writing in my own stile, not just writing a report.