Creating a blog

Creating a blog

The first thing you need to do is decide what blogging provider you would like to use. There are a wide range of free providers, we are going to use Blogger as it is automatically connected to our Gmail accounts.

Secondly you need to come up with a name you would like to call your blog. This is important because its what people first see when looking at your blog  and how people will find your blog when using a search engine such as ‘Google’ or ‘Yahoo’.

We will be using our names for our class blogs as we did with our email accounts.

In your address bar type blogger.com and hit the ‘Enter’ key

A login page will be displayed. Enter your Gmail account information and click login.

A page like the one below will appear, this is where you’ll enter your preferred display name.

Select continue, once you have entered a display name.

On the following page select ‘new blog’You now need to choose a title of your page and the address of your blog, for class we will use the same as our email addresses ‘your name’sm12@blogspot.com. Then ‘click’ create blog!

Creating an email account

Creating your own electronic letter system, or 'email'

To create an email account is a relatively straightforward process.  We will use a free email service called 'gmail' as our example of provider that allows you to make your own email account.  Before you begin this process, have your username and password ready.

The first thing to do is to access the 'login - or 'sign in page' via google.  Type 'gmail login' in the search box and the gmail login page will appear.

When this page is 'live' (you will see a blinking cursor in one of the boxes), in the top right corner of the page is a box with 'Create an account'.  Click once on the left side of the mouse.

A new page will appear.  It is headed 'Create a new Google account'.  Enter the requested information (ie, personal details, username, etc), moving from one box to the next by a single tap on the 'Tab' key.  One the requested pieces of information is your mobile phone number: Google (the owner of gmail) says this is for security purposes.

When you have finished entering all the required information, click on 'next step'.

A new page will tell you that your gmail account has been created.  Click on 'continue' to enter your new email account and now you can start sending and receiving email.

Ergonomics

Ergonomics is all about designing things to suit their users.
The design could be on a physical level, like making sure a chair, knife or shovel is easy to use for the task intended, or it could be on a psychological level, like making sure a computer program or instrument panel is easy to understand.
Ergonomics plays a particularly important role in making sure that safety critical industries like nuclear power stations can be controlled by their users, and in everyday life by making sure that workstations, checkouts, factory machinery can be used comfortably on a day to day basis.
Ergonomics is concerned with the 'fit' between people and their work. It takes account of the worker's capabilities and limitations in seeking to ensure that tasks, equipment, information and the environment suit each worker. What are the four areas of concern regarding computer egonomics?
How often should we have a break?
What angle should your elbows and knees be at when you are sitting at the computer?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbV5dGvJWyo&feature=relmfu
http://www.ergonomics.com.au/pages/400_useful_info/420_how_to_sit.htm