Activity 21

nintendo wii online services for games

websites that use flash based games

downloaded games that run through the internet

and also streaming websites

The purpose of this technology is to provide entertainment for the people that are using it, for this they need to make it simple to use and easy to manage so that people will not get annoyed using it and just give up. This technology is aimed for everyone at any age that would use it. Sometimes if you are playing a game or watching something it may have an age rating on which in these rare cases it is aimed at people normally over 18. the nintendo wii is enhanced by being online as it allows you to play against others that you would not normally play against if it was not online which makes it more fun also it lets you get new games off of the internet designed for the wii that you can only get from there which means it has advantages and also you can play games whichout having to leave your house to get them, the limitations are that it cannot run IM software and also that not all the games for it are available to play online. this means it is not at its full potential as it does not run all the online services people want it to.

Activity 20

things that me and my family have downloaded off the internet include:

music

games

movies

text documents

images

software

we got these off the internet instead of going out and getting them because it saves time and most of the time if you do it from the internet then you can get a discount or sometimes you can only get certain things like some software from the internet so you have to. also it is alot quicker than going out to buy them and you have them straight after download. this furfills its purposes as it gives you what you need quickly and easily without you haveing to go out and buy it, some people will also get things online as they do not know what shop would sell them or if the things are sold in this country.

problems with downloading these things is that if its not from a trusted source it could contain virus's, also someone may have put something else on the other end of the download so you would not be downloading what you think, sometimes it can be illegal, and also it can take a long time to download depending on the file size.

Activity 19

Information services: Directgov.co.uk website provides a lot of information for the user about the topic that they want to know about from a variety, it provides information like the benefits you can get which will help out people that are not to sure about something to do with it but do not want to phone up cause they are shy or would not know how to phrase what they want to find out in a way that the other person would be able to understand it. A lot of information is displayed on this website from education and learning to government, citizens and rights, all this information could be very useful for any user that uses this website as it would let them know all about what they wanted to find out in a good amount of detail.

Online reporting and advice: this website offers a lot on its reporting and advice as it tells you exactly what is happening right now in the world to do with what age you are so you will know whether or not it will affect you at this point in time or if you do not need to read it just yet which will save you time when you are on the website, also it will help you in what you can do if something does affect you and you are worried about it, it will give you contact numbers ect.

Online booking: this website has web pages that will allow you to do things like pay your tax, national insurance, find a job and book tests for a car or motorcycle straight from this website so you do not have to leave your house or spend ages trying to look for sites that will allow you to do these things online as they are all in one place which means that alot of your time will be saved and you will not get all the websites that pretend to do ti and then when you get on them you find out they are fake.

Online Payments: The website provides some information on how to pay online but has many different headings which lead onto other things to do with payment which may be irrelevant to what you are looking for but it does eventually when you find it allow you to do online payments which will make everything alot easier than going onto other websites.

Usefulness to customers:

1. online booking

2. online advice

3. information services

4. online payments

I think this statement is incorrect as it said that they hope to save £1.3 million not that they actually managed it but doing all of this would have saved people money as they would not need to go to them which would take time and petrol or phone them which would then increase peoples phone bills.

activity 18

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/16/ this would be at the top of my list because it has a lot of different things that you can do on the website, it lets you select an age category, and take test, and if you don't want to do that there is a space just for revising.

http://www.bayhouselearning.co.uk/ this would be second on my list as it has information relevant to the subjects that i am taking at the moment and also they contain a lot of information explaining what needs to be done and how to do it. this is only second as it lacks pictures and only has text document most of the time.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/ this one is third on my list as it has videos on the website allowing you to see what you need to do and also contains a lot of information but its limited and not always what you need it to be on.

http://www.londonexternal.ac.uk/ this is fourth on my list as it is good at explaining things would it only uses text on the website and completely lacks video and pictures out so you cannot understand it as easily as the others.

http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/Interactive.htm this is last on my list because although it is done with pictures and videos it is mostly aimed at gcse students and is not laid out very well making it hard to find out where you are on the website.

the best out of these was http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/16/ because it includes videos, audio and games to make it fun for the people on the website while still learning,and also if you wanted to know more then there is enough text to help you fully understand things.

Activity 17

online learning is good because it allows you to see a video of a certain topic and shows you how to do things and the steps involved in doing it, also alongside the video is a voice clip that gives step by step easy to follow instructions that allow you to hear what it happening at the same time as seeing it to help you understand, also this starts from the very beginning of the topic you are learning so if you do not know anything about the topic then you will see it all from the start and be able to understand it. also it will allow you to pause the video clip and try out the things that you have been taught so you will know if you can do them or not and then if you cannot do them you can put the video back a bit and rewatch it.
But the disadvantages of this are that since it starts from the beginning if you already know most of it but you only need to find out a certain piece of information you would have to watch nearly the whole video as they are usually quite long and hard to find the bit that you want. also it goes over points alot so if you dont know anything it is good but if you know most of it just not how to do something it will explain every step and usually takes a while until you can find out how something is done

Activity 16

This techonology is good because it allows people to learn things when they are not in school, for example if they are at home and wanted to learn something then they could load up the webpage and do it straight away, also if you have a laptop connected to the internet thn you could do it where ever. This is also good as it talks clearly so that you can understand what it says and also has a video so that you can watch as they do things and not get lost along the way.

The things that this techonology can offer that traditional learning cannot is that if you did not understand some of it after it explained it you can just replay it so that you can see it again and again untill you understand it where as in class you might be too shy to ask about it again and or you might have someone stood in the way so you cannot see things properly, but using this techonology you are the only person watching it from where you are so you will easily be able to see it. This also lets you learn things that you cannot learn at school and ask questions instantly to your teacher.

The disadvantages of this are that you might start watching it then get distracted by something else around the house and end up not paying attention. also you have to log into the classrooms at the right times to be able to take the lessons and you need the piece of softeare to be able to use it which means you need to download things to your computer. plus there is no alternative way of learning so you have to get it described to you the same way all the time so if you dont understand how they ae explaining it then it will be hard to do anything.

Activity 9

http://www.pronetworks.org/forums/can-flexible-broadband-pricing-fix-the-digital-divide-t110383.html

I find these discussions really useful as it lets you access information that you want to view and will let you have an input about a certain topic that you want to view and let you see other peoples opinions on it as well.

One limitation of this is you could be waiting for quite awhile for a response if the topic is not very viewed or if no one goes onto it in a little while so you may not get a response.

But on the other hand a benefit of using this is you can find people opinions on a topic without having to know them or talk to them directly through email or messenger so it lets you find out a variety of opinions from writing one thing.

Activity 15

http://frog.edschool.virginia.edu/

I think that the website is a good idea to look at before practising because it lets you see what you need to do so you can follow it to not mess up, also it shows all the different parts, labels them and tells you how to pin it and how to go about removing parts which will help the students to dissect, the frog correctly and learn more about it. also this means if the student is not actually dissecting the frog they will still see all of the steps on how to do it and also see what it is like from the website.

this teaches us that online simulations are good to use for educational purposes as well as for entertainment as it will help out students to know what they are doing even if they are not doing it themselves as they will see it through the video and pictures step by step. this is also different to how you would be taught at school as you see it done right infront of you instead of in a classroom so you can understand it easier and if you dont hear what they are saying you can read it in the text so you will always know what is happening.

Activity 14

http://www.makingthemodernworld.org.uk/stories/the_age_of_ambivalence/02.ST.04/

This site suits its purpose of teaching people the history of computers as it teaches people about how to computer came to be and how each stage of the computers we have now were made and why. this is good because it will let people know what really happened and in alot of detail. it also lets you know when the first home computers were around, why computers were used in the times of war and also why they were invented in the first place. This site also explains the important things like who invented the world wide web and how they came to do it (from using html). it also explains how the internet helped the world evolve and how it was a massive boom in that days society.

This teaches us that online education keeps getting better and new things come all the time that will make it better and help it to improve and these are made by normal people sitting at computers and just coming up with ideas, not people who devote their whole lives to it.

Activity 12

the major purpose of ebay is to let people buy and sell stuff over the internet without them being near the item to buy it, this increases the things the person can buy. the target audience is any adults as it sells almost anything but you mostly use a credit card to buy the items which you would need to be an adult to buy the items. the auction process works by the seller setting the starting price and what it has to increase by (minimum) every bid, then people bid against each other until the time runs out on the item and the highest bidder wins, on some items there is a buy now option from which you can buy the item straight away without bidding for an amount the seller sets. it furfills these purposes good as it allows someone to buy anything easily if the win the bid and has options to just buy if you dont want to bid. the benefits are you can get alot more choice than if you go to a shop as nearly everything is sold on there, the limitations are that you could get outbid at the last second alot of the time and then need to start all over again on another item.

ebay is so successful as a shopping model as it allows a variety of choice in an easy to manage system that anyone could buy things off of.

activity 5

Sam says:

*yep :)

*emails are used so that people from all across the world can keep in contact with other people

The Giant Petenis says:

*it also allows you to talk to people when they are not online but you are so you do not have to wait for them

Sam says:

*this is true...but, it's not all that good if you have a dial up connection as you have to spend loads of money accessing your emails and sending emails if you're with an online email client like hotmail

The Giant Petenis says:

*i agree and you can also say something on a email and not give expression so it can be taken the wrong way from which you meant it

Sam says:

*ah yes...oh and also, emails are instant - so you can't have a real time conversation with someone which can be quite inconvient

The Giant Petenis says:

*but it is good as you can add attachments and send them to someone which you would otherwise have to either give to them in person or wait for them to come online to send a file

Sam says:

*oh yeah, that is good...but then again, you can get viruses from the attatchments...

*unless you scan them with an antivirus

*but then that costs money and takes up time with scanning the files

Activity 11

Friday weather Sunny Intervals
Temp: 12°C 54°F

Last updated: Friday 18th September at 08:35 BST
Saturday day weather Heavy Rain Shower
Max: 21°C 70°F Sunrise: 06:46

Sunday day weather Sunny Intervals
Max: 20°C 68°F Sunrise: 06:48

Monday day weather Sunny Intervals
Max: 19°C 66°F Sunrise: 06:50

Tuesday day weather Sunny Intervals
Max: 20°C 68°F Sunrise: 06:51

I got this information from BBC weather, this shows that it will be raining on saturday most of the day, sunday it will be sunny, monday it will have parts of being sunny, and monday will also be sunny intervals.

this also shows that Friday will have sunnyintervals but it has not been sunny anywhen through the day but also not rained.

This said that saturday will have heavy rain/showers but has not rained where i am all day.

it shows that sunday it will have sunny intervals which it has had most of the day

this shows that monday was meant to have sunny intervals, and todays weather was sunny with clouds sometimes so this was correct

this says that tuesdays weather will have sunny intervals which it did all day

Friday Forecast Partly Cloudy
High 21°C Low 12°C Chance of Precip.10%

19 September
Forecast Partly Cloudy
High 21°C Low 12°C Chance of Precip.20%


20 September
Forecast Partly Cloudy
High 19°C Low 12°C Chance of Precip.10 %

21 September
Forecast Partly Cloudy
High 19°C Low 12°C Chance of Precip.0 %

22 September
Forecast Sunny
High 19°C Low 12°C Chance of Precip.0 %

I got this information from uk.weather.com which shows that today it will be cloudy, saturday it will also be cloudy and will stay like that till monday, then on tuesday it will be sunny

this shows that friday will be partially cloudy which was correct most of the day

This said that saturday will be partly cloudy as well which is wrong because it was sunny for nearly all the day.

this shows sunday will be partly cloudy which is has been most of the day

This says monday will be partly cloudy, which it was sunny most of the day so it is not as accurate as the other

this shows that tuesdays weather will be sunny which it was not all day but was some of the day.

from these results i found out that BBC weather was more correct as it got more that were nearer to the correct weather.

activity 10

From PMH PMH PMH PMH PMH
To TOM TOM TOM TOM TOM
Depart 10:12 10:15 10:45 11:12 11:15
Arrive 13:04 12:50 13:23 14:02 13:50
Changes 1 2 2 1 2
Duration 2:52 2:35 2:38 2:50 2:35
Details View View View View View

Super Off-peak Day Single
£32.00

Anytime Day Single
£32.20

First Anytime Day Single
£57.10

the information i got was from http://www.swt.trainsfares.co.uk/Buy_Tickets/Matrix/Display_Matrix.asp?T2ID=5707_200991891452 (yes this did work when i added it) this was for the 18th of september 2009.
the journey would take around about 2 hours and 50 mins with changes being either one or two.
this is going from the train station in portsmouth harbour to tottenham hale.
a single ticket would be £32.00 for a single trip.
Altho this would not let you get to exactly where you want to go so you would have to walk to the place or get a bus/taxi afterwards. i found this source useful as it gave a varity of tranis to choose from at different times and told you when they will go and stop and also how many changes you need to makes while you are on them. and it also displays the prices very clearly and you choose whether you have a return or not so you dont see every price and get confused.

To journey by car

From: Gosport, HampshireTo: Tottenham Court Road Underground Station, London
Distance: 82.5 miles (show in km)Time: 2 hr 7 min
Avoid motorwaysAvoid tolls/congestion charging
Print your route Show traffic

Start out on Walpole Road

Turn right onto unnamed road

A32
Turn left onto the A32


At roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A32
Signposted Fareham


At roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A32
Signposted Fareham



Bear right onto the A32 (one-way)

Keep in right hand lane then continue forward onto the A32

Warning: Speed Cameras along the A32


At roundabout take the 1st exit onto the A32

A27
At Quay Street roundabout take the 4th exit onto the A27
Signposted Portsmouth, M27



Continue forward onto the A27

M27
At Wallington Roundabout take the 3rd exit, then join the M27 motorway

A27
Continue forward onto the A27

A3(M)
Take left hand lane to branch left onto the A3(M)
Signposted London

A3
Continue forward onto the A3

At roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A3
Signposted London, Guildford


Liphook Service Area


At Hindhead, traffic signals continue forward onto the A3
Signposted London

Traffic blackspot: Call AA Roadwatch on 84322

At Hog's Back continue forward onto the A3

At Junction with M25 continue forward
Signposted London S.W.



At Painshill Junction continue forward


Warning: Speed Cameras along the A3

At Tolworth Junction continue forward

Travelodge (Chessington Tolworth - Jct with A240)

At Malden Junction continue forward


At Shannon Corner continue forward

At Coombe Lane Junction continue forward


At Robin Hood Junction turn right
Signposted Central London



At Stag Lane Junction continue forward


At Roehampton Lane Junction, traffic signals continue forward


Warning: Speed Cameras along the A3

A219
At Tibbets Corner branch left, then at Tibbets Corner roundabout take the 1st exit onto the A219
Signposted Hammersmith


Warning: Speed Cameras along the A219


At "The Railway", traffic signals continue forward
Signposted Hammersmith, Fulham


Putney Railway Station


At traffic signals continue forward to cross


Putney Bridge

Keep in left hand lanes then at traffic signals bear left
Signposted Hammersmith, Fulham, White City

A304
At roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A304
Signposted Earls Court, Fulham Broadway



At Fulham Broadway, traffic signals turn right onto Fulham Broadway


Fulham Broadway Underground Station

Chelsea FC

A308
Bear left onto the A308


Continue forward onto the A308
Central London Congestion Charges ApplyMon-Fri 7am-6pm

A4
At Brompton Oratory turn right onto the A4


Harrods Store

At Scotch House, traffic signals continue forward
Signposted Central London



At Hyde Park Corner Junction, continue forward through underpass
Signposted The City, West End, Piccadilly Circus



Green Park Underground Station

The Ritz Hotel

A401
At Piccadilly Circus turn left then right and continue forward onto Shaftesbury Avenue

A400
At Cambridge Circus turn left onto the A400

A40
Continue forward onto the A40

Arrive on Charing Cross Road


Section time 2:07, Total time 2:07
This informtion is from the AA route planner from gosport to tottenham court road
It is 82.5 miles to get there and would take a total of roughly 2 hours and 7 mins depending on th traffic. this goes directly there and goes through Guildford and Fulham to get there. i found this source really useful as it lets you choose anywhere to go and tells you how to get there and you can even choose to avoid motorways or tolls and it will give you n alternate route if there is one avaliable. it also gives you a map so you know where you are going along with the dirctions so you wont get lost.

activity 8

kind good heaven melts
clouds loosen perfect blossom
turning snow wakes stars

knd gd heven melts
clouds losen prfect blosom
trning snow w8kes stars.

sending this though sms would mean that you can read it fast and also put in all into one text and save money, if you done it through email you would type it in full but it would take till you finish to send it. if you done it through IM you could type it line by line but could get interupted half way through

Activity 7

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/index.htm

Activity 6

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Activity 4

E-mail is a online service that people use to exchange digital messages, e-mail messages are based on a store and forward model. Which is where e-mail computer systems accept the e-mail from the user, store it, and then forward it to the recipient. The only thing the user needs to do is connect to the e-mail infrastructure for the duration of writing and sending the message. E-mails are very rarely transferred from one persons computer directly to someone else’s.

An E-mail consists of two things, the header and the message body. The header contains all the information needed to send the e-mail (your email address and the recipients email address) also you can add the subject in here. The message body is what you are sending to the other person, these are either: text, an attachment or both.

Email can be used when you are online no matter if the other person is at the same time or not, they will receive the message next time that they log into their e-mail account.

Images from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mail

Activity 2

Book Format Ease of use Best feature Needs improving

The adventures PDF Easy to select can view more than no sound/audio can be

of Shelock Holmes page/chapter one page at a time put in

Story of my life HTML hyperlinks to simple to use made in .exe

different chapters file when download

Main Street Microsoft Simple can import audio large files

word /images

Romeo and juliet Reader harder to use can bookmark pages low limit to what

you can do

An ideal husband plain text very simple easy to use does not do anything

special

There are nearly 30,000 free books in the Project Gutenberg Online Book Catalog.

Activity 1

1. The purpose of this book is to let the reader know what has been done in the past for make digital inventions sell so good and change the world. And also to let them know what they can do to get there things to sell good as well.

2. It is in a HTML document which means that it is displayed on a webpage and you do not need to download the file to see it.

3. The structure is given in order from making the killer app from start to how to sell it effectively. this is done in a list in the correct order of what you would need to do.

4.The navigation avaliable is that you can scroll down with your mouse, also you can click to go to the next page at the top of the screen so you dont have to keep moving your hands, you can grab the page and move it up and down by moving the mouse, and you can choose which chpater to go to from a drop down list at the top of the page.

5. The strengths of it are that it is simple to use so you dont have to do much to read it, also you can get to where you want in the book quite fast as it has alot of different way of mavigation which you can choose the one which suits you best. Also you can change the zoom on it to allow you to zoom in if you cannot see it very well or zoom out to get more of the text on the screen at one time and since it is on a website you can add sound and images to it easily. Its weaknesses are if you wanted to download the book from a website then it would be quite a big file and also come in a .exe file which are commenly used to transfer viruses to your computer so your firewall may not let them through.

6. This Ebook does furfill its purpose as it lets you read a book on the internet with little effort and can allow for extra content to be put into it to make it even better for the reader.

what im using ICT for

at the moment im using ICT to listen to music, speak to people online and also get some homework done (including this actually). and later on i will use ICT to print off my work

Online Services

This is my personal audit about things to do with the information age and the online services, i will be putting all my research and information on here as i get it. Outside of schoool i am part of a swimming club and i use ICT alot at home, i use my mobile alot for texting and making phone calls, i also use the computer alot to play games, help with work, and to communicate with other people. (and i cant change the colour of the background because computer wont let me so i plan on doing it when i ge home)