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Yesterday during class, we finally conducted our presentation. There were two groups that were presenting and my group were the first ones up. At the beginnning of the class, we wanted everyone to engage in the presentation so my group asked if the participants would also log in to the the webinar which was supported by WebEx. Most of everybody in the classroom had participated and joined in the webinar which was a success in our part but a bit time consuming as it took almost 30 minutes to set up because there were a few that needed a bit of assistance.

Prior to the presentation, my group were confident that we would do well. When it came to doing the presentation, we managed to feel relaxed and this became an advantage because it allowed us to speak clearly whilst also being engaging at the same time. I think that the meetings my group had prior to the presentation day had helped a lot as it gave us more practice in our public speaking skills and presenting witout reading out that we wanted to convey. However, there were a few things during the presentation that were difficult to remember such as the different types of resources. Though we used some notes during our presentation, I feel that it was also to facilitate the learning amongst the participants within the classroom and the DoCS people whom which we had to communicate with them on loud speaker via mobile phone whilst conducting the presentation.

 Overall, I am satisfied that we did a great job on our presentation. Even though we had five members initially but later became four due to one person dropping out of the subject because they found it difficult and they didn’t do the pre-requisite of this subject last year; I still think we managed it well. I want to thank everyone that was in my group and it was pleasure to work with them. That’s 15% done.

Now all there is is the wikis, which is the other 15% of the first assignment. It’s almost done (I think). I just hope that the amount of effort we as a group put in refects the marks we get out from it.

At the moment, I have been thinking about how technology has played a major role in organisations. After browsing on a few web sites and researching on the various educational technologies, it became apparent how they incorporate these tools in order to enhance the process and flow of communication. This has also shown that technology has become the future and recently found a web site that demonstrates this on www.allbusiness.com.

In some of the pages of the web site, especially in focus with the technical side, it emphasises that businesses all around the world are making investments in technology and doing things such as purchasing software, computers, networking tools and other components necessary to stay current and sustain a competitive advantage.

Whilst many people may have heard about some organisations using technology to their advantage, it seems that they do not know in particular the reason as to ‘why’ they would implement such a strategy. Well, the answer is simple after further investigation. In a fiercely competitive market, businesses need not to look at technologies as luxury and nessesity items to give that corporate image but meet the prerequisites of enabling the organisation to work smarter, faster and better. There is no doubt that making efficient and effective technology purchases requires a long term outlook, an awareness of the investment objectives and the expected return.

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