Mod 3 - newsletters (Ass 1 topic?)

As I am constantly writing newsletters in my work, and using e-newsletters more and more I might use this as one of my topics for the resource assignment. Just reading the article on "Lower Literacy users"
This is interesting stuff - just how differently this audience reads websites and newsletters than do high literacy users. I'd like to research this more.

Asynchronous communication

The most important thing about communication is the same with blog and web as it is with written and direct verbal communication: keep it simple. With the internet this also means keeping the tech part of it simple as possible IF you want to reach a broad audience. However, I think that plenty of Internet users have a small equally fanatical audience and they all have the same major systems anyway - its called preaching to the converted.
I am much more interested in how the internet can be used to communicate with and between more disenfranchised sections of the population - such as older or isolated people and communities.

Thoughts on html and web design

I am not sure I will ever really get into actual creation of web pages - but it is very nice to now know how it sort of works. None of it really stumped me, and I am sure it is the sort of thing that becomes like a second language when you get the hang of it. I can see how much fun it must be to be able to design really wicked ones ... but ... it's not for me.

Mod 3 - tasks - Upload!

Finally, I have uploaded my Volcano web page to the presentation space. It is very very basic, but at least now I have something up there that has all the basic html I'll be likely to use. Perhaps as I learn more, I will fancy it up a little. Now ... how do i get my blog in there again????

Anchors aweigh!!!

Bit confused about the differences between linked and named anchors but will do a few more practices on my practice web page to clear i up. Otherwise my volcano web page is looking good - there is just no way I will ever remember all this. I will need html editors and reference sheets forever!

Mod 3 tasks - it's all relative

Going OK - to lesson 8 but I am not sure I understand what relative links means and why that is so powerful - think this may become clear later - will ask on DB if not. Just answered my own question by reading that lesson again - relative meaning in the same directory ... so I didn't have to change the addresses of the links on my volc work place.
Linking all the URLs is fine - all works OK, but my own web page is looking some what dysfunctional. The 'intriguing websites' I chose as part of Lesson 8 have NOTHING to do with my subject ... or do they????? Anyway more answers may come out of the DB - I have posted the question. I might have missed something.
Note: Cynthia sounded a little cross with us today. Perhaps we are not reading supporting notes closely enough.

Mod 3 tasks - lesson 8 and on!

Slowly building my volc test page - i guess this is what I will upload into student presentations. Lin's looks beautiful. Again, I ask myself - why are these people doing this course??? I guess they learn at a different level but they must have got pretty bored with this exercise... how on earth will I finish all this ...
Anchors now - great, I have always wondered how that works.