Where did the Week Go?

This week was taken up with tasks that limited my time on this course. The tasks included making an application for position review. It was time consuming the application had to be made online. Although that makes a lot of sense at first glance, it showed that much use of technology is limited because there is a one size fits all mentality. In this case the application form did not provide for roles which were outside the standard of what is perceived as normal teaching. In contrast, one of the frustrations I have with my development of online resources for academic literacy is the need to cobble together a number of different applications to get the effect I want to best convey the content to the students. Given our heavy workload there is often not the time to learn and apply new applications. In this case I would really like that magic one fits all application!!

On the positive side I have had the opportunity to use an aspect of my knowledge to benefit a not-for-profit organisation I am involved with. I opened a Google Group so that the secretary, treasurer and manager can upload and access standard documents. We also opened a facebook page which is attracting considerable attention and has brought some offers of assistance for the group. I had doubts about this as a means of promoting the organisation but it seems to work at promoting awareness. OF2010 is giving me the confidence to try these things. My questions for this week are - What purpose do other not-for-profit organisations ICT for? What particular applications do they find useful? Are the outcomes from the use of ICT any different than the more traditional methods?