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.