The Wii has a distinguishing feature of the console is its wireless controller, the Wii Remote, which can be used as a handheld pointing device and detects movement in three dimensions. Another distinctive feature of the console is WiiConnect24, which enables it to receive messages and updates over the Internet while in standby mode.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii#History Retrieved Wednesday, 23rd June 2010)
When a client faces a stroke they are felt feeling weak in several areas of the body such as the face, arm, or leg, especially on one side of the body. The client is also felt confused and their speech having been affected to the point the client is slurring their words. The clients Vision often deteriorate; difficulty in walking, dizziness, and loss of balance or coordination and affecting sensory function. As well as experiencing severe headache with no known cause. Although the Wii- Habilitation cab not help improve all these symptoms. However Wii Habilitation which composes of several wii games that can help improves client Movement and memory. Many Wii games require generalized movements such as,
• Arm movements, The Wii cater for rehabilitation of the upper limbs. Both arms can be used, however this is depending on the client’s ability. Dexterity a much more specific upper limb movement of the hands. The controllers of the Wii are designed ergonomically to be gripped and held. Therefore improving the client’s fine motor skills.
• Co ordination, Depending on what game the client is going to be working with, determines the amount of co ordination that is needed. However the client co ordination improves as the use of upper and lower limbs are required. However it all depends on the client’s ability.
• Leg exercises and Balance, some Wii games come with a balancing board, however this depends on the client’s ability, to whether they can stand on the board or not. Though the client can be standing, with standing movements such as step ups, running motions and squats. For clients that don’t have the ability to step ups, running motion and squat, the activities can be modified to just having the clients feet rest on the balancing board.
• Memory can also be improved as the Wii games as many of the games require the ability to remember sequences of button presses as well as movements. Other games are more in depth and detailed perhaps for higher cognitive functioning clients, they might try something like a memory puzzle or remembering sequences and objects.
(http://www.my-wiihabilitation.co.uk/howtouse.shtml, Retrieved Wednesday 23rd, June 2010)
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Tutorial Eight: Posting You Tube Videos and Flickr Badges to Blogs
Task One: Explain the step by step process required to embed You Tube videos into your Blog. Consider using Youtube help or a tutorial from Youtube or Slideshare.
* Find the video of interest
* Under video there is an embed botton, Click that botton.
* Copy the HTML script that will come up.
* Then Paste the HTML script to desired link. Facebook !! :D
Its as simply as that!!
Task Two: Explain the step by step process required to embed a Flickr Badge into your Blog . Consider using flickr help or a tutorial from Youtube or Slideshare.
* Upload desired pitures to flicr.com
* Open up both your blog and your flicr account
* Then you have to find "create a badge" botton
It is difficult to find, soo set aside at least 10mins to find.
* Once you have found it, click on it.
* A wizard looking man will come up, follow his intructions.
Good Luck!!
* Find the video of interest
* Under video there is an embed botton, Click that botton.
* Copy the HTML script that will come up.
* Then Paste the HTML script to desired link. Facebook !! :D
Its as simply as that!!
Task Two: Explain the step by step process required to embed a Flickr Badge into your Blog . Consider using flickr help or a tutorial from Youtube or Slideshare.
* Upload desired pitures to flicr.com
* Open up both your blog and your flicr account
* Then you have to find "create a badge" botton
It is difficult to find, soo set aside at least 10mins to find.
* Once you have found it, click on it.
* A wizard looking man will come up, follow his intructions.
Good Luck!!
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Tutorial Seven:Assistive Technology
Provide a definition of Assistive technology (your Cook and Hussey reading may be helpful with this .
Any item,Piece of equipment or product system whether acquired commercially off the shelf, modified, or customized that is used to increase or improve functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities.
Cook,Albert M. Hussey,Susan M: Assistive technologies,Principals and Practise (1st ed). 1995. United States of America. Mosby Publishing.
Describe one piece of equipment introduced in the assistive technology tutorial. Provide information on size, cost and functions.
Equipment: Talking Photo Album
Size: Approx Length 20cm by Width 15cm
Cost: 85 - 100 Dollars
Functions: The talking photo album is exactly like a normal photo album that we see in shops. However the only difference is that we are allowed record a ten second message on each of the 24 pages that the photo album contains. There are also pockets that allow for pictures that work as a visual aid to promot the client with whatever task it is they are doing.
How does your chosen piece of equipment increased functional capacity for the user? Provide examples here from the tutorial and lecture.
This tool is apporiate for sequencing, This can assist a client who may have problems with sequecing. For example a client may have difficulty with getting dressed, and have dont know the order or sequcence in which they are to put their clothing on. The talking photo album is a great tool that will assite the client. Clear well recorded messages in each page with pictures can help with this form of impairment.
Any item,Piece of equipment or product system whether acquired commercially off the shelf, modified, or customized that is used to increase or improve functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities.
Cook,Albert M. Hussey,Susan M: Assistive technologies,Principals and Practise (1st ed). 1995. United States of America. Mosby Publishing.
Describe one piece of equipment introduced in the assistive technology tutorial. Provide information on size, cost and functions.
Equipment: Talking Photo Album
Size: Approx Length 20cm by Width 15cm
Cost: 85 - 100 Dollars
Functions: The talking photo album is exactly like a normal photo album that we see in shops. However the only difference is that we are allowed record a ten second message on each of the 24 pages that the photo album contains. There are also pockets that allow for pictures that work as a visual aid to promot the client with whatever task it is they are doing.
How does your chosen piece of equipment increased functional capacity for the user? Provide examples here from the tutorial and lecture.
This tool is apporiate for sequencing, This can assist a client who may have problems with sequecing. For example a client may have difficulty with getting dressed, and have dont know the order or sequcence in which they are to put their clothing on. The talking photo album is a great tool that will assite the client. Clear well recorded messages in each page with pictures can help with this form of impairment.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Tutorial Six: The internet and Online communites
Provide the web adress and the name of the community you are investigating.
www.facebook.com
What is the brief or focus of this community?
* Focus of facebook is to connect people from all over the world. Individuals engage in instant chat, gaming , photo uploading and commenting on friends and families profiles.
What services are provided? How interactive is this site, How can people contribute?
* Instant chat, photo uploading, gaming and much more are provided by facebook.
* In my opinion facebook can be very interactive, as it has serveral gaming facilities that engage individuals different cogitive abilities.
Consider material presented during the lecture and make comment on why people choose to contribute to this community. What is it they are seeking??
* People contribute to this community because they are able to find friends and family. Groups can be made therefore opinions can be expressed. People can contribute by creating an account with facebook. If already a member contrbution can be achieved by commenting on another persons page as well as creating a groip or link.
Cut and paste an example of a type of topic being discussed to provide context to your excerpt.
* HideSimplyBhangra.com NeoDesi superstar, Raghav Mathur is back with a new track that is going to rock the music industry with his latest track, ‘So Much’ which is out now on iTunes.
This topic is about bhangra. The group is HidesimplyBhangra.com.
Source: http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/SimplyBhangra.FanPage
Consier material presented during the course and make comment on the potential ethical issues that may arise in this community e.g. lack of identity and accountability.
* Peoples indentity may not be safe and a thrid part maybe able to access personal details such as someone's date of birth.
Consider material presented during the lecture and make comment on the benefits this community holds over traditional notions of community.
* The biggest benefit here is that people from all over the world can be apart of community, Geographic proxmity is no longer a factor in reagrds to joining a community. a traditional community would be seen as indivduals come together at a specific venue and discuss their related topics. Nowadays people can sit in front of a computer and be apart of a community regardless of there residence.
Consider material presented during the lecture and make comment what this community lacks or can not provide which traditional communities can.
* Online communities can not provide the social environment that traditional communities can. There is no social contact amoung any of the community members.
www.facebook.com
What is the brief or focus of this community?
* Focus of facebook is to connect people from all over the world. Individuals engage in instant chat, gaming , photo uploading and commenting on friends and families profiles.
What services are provided? How interactive is this site, How can people contribute?
* Instant chat, photo uploading, gaming and much more are provided by facebook.
* In my opinion facebook can be very interactive, as it has serveral gaming facilities that engage individuals different cogitive abilities.
Consider material presented during the lecture and make comment on why people choose to contribute to this community. What is it they are seeking??
* People contribute to this community because they are able to find friends and family. Groups can be made therefore opinions can be expressed. People can contribute by creating an account with facebook. If already a member contrbution can be achieved by commenting on another persons page as well as creating a groip or link.
Cut and paste an example of a type of topic being discussed to provide context to your excerpt.
* HideSimplyBhangra.com NeoDesi superstar, Raghav Mathur is back with a new track that is going to rock the music industry with his latest track, ‘So Much’ which is out now on iTunes.
This topic is about bhangra. The group is HidesimplyBhangra.com.
Source: http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/SimplyBhangra.FanPage
Consier material presented during the course and make comment on the potential ethical issues that may arise in this community e.g. lack of identity and accountability.
* Peoples indentity may not be safe and a thrid part maybe able to access personal details such as someone's date of birth.
Consider material presented during the lecture and make comment on the benefits this community holds over traditional notions of community.
* The biggest benefit here is that people from all over the world can be apart of community, Geographic proxmity is no longer a factor in reagrds to joining a community. a traditional community would be seen as indivduals come together at a specific venue and discuss their related topics. Nowadays people can sit in front of a computer and be apart of a community regardless of there residence.
Consider material presented during the lecture and make comment what this community lacks or can not provide which traditional communities can.
* Online communities can not provide the social environment that traditional communities can. There is no social contact amoung any of the community members.
Tutorial Four and Five: Video Production Sessions
Task one, two and three were followed as required.
Task four: Provide a brief summary of the services offered by youtube
* Youtube allows people to upload videos that have been made at home or professional. Anyone can leave comments on video's on youtube.
Task Five: Blog planning:
* My group got together and brainstormed serval ideas that were related to overcoming adversity. we then put our ideas all together and came up with an idea.
We then made a storyboard to the best idea that was interpreted in out minds. Once this was done, we proceeded with the production of the video .
Task four: Provide a brief summary of the services offered by youtube
* Youtube allows people to upload videos that have been made at home or professional. Anyone can leave comments on video's on youtube.
Task Five: Blog planning:
* My group got together and brainstormed serval ideas that were related to overcoming adversity. we then put our ideas all together and came up with an idea.
We then made a storyboard to the best idea that was interpreted in out minds. Once this was done, we proceeded with the production of the video .
Tutorial Three: Blog Creation Task
Task One: Blog Created
Task Two: Set up of blog followed
Task Three: Started posting content on blog
Task Four: Provide a brief summary of the services offered by blogger.
* Blogger.com provides users with the following:
* Posting comments
* Uploading pictures and photos
* Connect with friends via google
* Allows people to follow other peoples blogs
Task Five: Upload 5 photos from tutorials 5 onto your flickr account
* I have uploaded five photos that have been taken at Avalon drive wintec campus grounds of both flowers and trees.
Task Two: Set up of blog followed
Task Three: Started posting content on blog
Task Four: Provide a brief summary of the services offered by blogger.
* Blogger.com provides users with the following:
* Posting comments
* Uploading pictures and photos
* Connect with friends via google
* Allows people to follow other peoples blogs
Task Five: Upload 5 photos from tutorials 5 onto your flickr account
* I have uploaded five photos that have been taken at Avalon drive wintec campus grounds of both flowers and trees.
Tutorial Two: Digital Camera use and applications
Briefly discuss this statement in relation to digital camera technology.
What would you consider to be asome of the pluses and minues digital camera technolgy holds in relation to more traditional film based camera's.
* Cheaper to operate then normal film, beause it is digital data and can be permantly stored and deleted whenever an indivdual wants.
* If sunlight comes in contact with a normal film, all data will be lost, However the same can happen with digital devices. A digital device can be damaged therefore all data can be lost, even from the hard drive.
List some of the ways that digital images can be stored transferred and manipulated using other communications technology.
* Photoshop is the perfect software for manipulate digital images. Photoshop has several tools that enables indivduals to change photos to their liking.
Given the prevalence of image capturing devices, and thinking about the issues discussed in tutorial one, condider what sort of ethical issues may arise with thenir use.
* Peoples images maybe manipulated without their permission.
* Someones image maybe manipulated and uploaded to internet sites without permission.
Briefly discuss some of the ways that digital images could, or are, being used in occupational therapy practice.
* Taking photos of clients homes for adaptaion, perhaps for funding reasons.
* Photos areb historical.
* Can be used as a training tool.
* Can also be used for storage purposes.
Provide a brief summary of the services offered by flickr.com
* Flickr.com is a webesite that allows individuals to store their treasured photos for friends and family to view all over the world.
Name one other photo storage website which offer a service similar to flickr.com
* Online communities such as facebook allow individuals to store their photos to share with friends and family.
Explain what the difference is between a digital and an optical zoom
* Optical zoom works just like zoom lens on a film camera, whereas digital zoom simply crops the image to a smaller size enlargens the cropped smaller pictured to fill frame again.
Explain what is meant by the term megapixel
* A megapixel(MP) is 1 million pixels and is a term used not only for the number of pixels in an image. But also to express the number of image sensor elements of digital camera's or the number of digital diplay.
En.wikipedia.org/wikipedia.org/wikimegapixel
What would you consider to be asome of the pluses and minues digital camera technolgy holds in relation to more traditional film based camera's.
* Cheaper to operate then normal film, beause it is digital data and can be permantly stored and deleted whenever an indivdual wants.
* If sunlight comes in contact with a normal film, all data will be lost, However the same can happen with digital devices. A digital device can be damaged therefore all data can be lost, even from the hard drive.
List some of the ways that digital images can be stored transferred and manipulated using other communications technology.
* Photoshop is the perfect software for manipulate digital images. Photoshop has several tools that enables indivduals to change photos to their liking.
Given the prevalence of image capturing devices, and thinking about the issues discussed in tutorial one, condider what sort of ethical issues may arise with thenir use.
* Peoples images maybe manipulated without their permission.
* Someones image maybe manipulated and uploaded to internet sites without permission.
Briefly discuss some of the ways that digital images could, or are, being used in occupational therapy practice.
* Taking photos of clients homes for adaptaion, perhaps for funding reasons.
* Photos areb historical.
* Can be used as a training tool.
* Can also be used for storage purposes.
Provide a brief summary of the services offered by flickr.com
* Flickr.com is a webesite that allows individuals to store their treasured photos for friends and family to view all over the world.
Name one other photo storage website which offer a service similar to flickr.com
* Online communities such as facebook allow individuals to store their photos to share with friends and family.
Explain what the difference is between a digital and an optical zoom
* Optical zoom works just like zoom lens on a film camera, whereas digital zoom simply crops the image to a smaller size enlargens the cropped smaller pictured to fill frame again.
Explain what is meant by the term megapixel
* A megapixel(MP) is 1 million pixels and is a term used not only for the number of pixels in an image. But also to express the number of image sensor elements of digital camera's or the number of digital diplay.
En.wikipedia.org/wikipedia.org/wikimegapixel
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