Online Entertainments I have used in the last 3 months:
1) Online games sites.
2) Browser based web games.
3) Downloading music.
4) Downloading games from websites.
5) Online games brought from shops.
6) Youtube.
7) Blogger.
8) FaceBook.
9) Swoopo - Watching people spend money for something that they won't get! :P
10) E-bay
The purpose of this technology is to give people something to do. Some of the websites however have things that you can buy to "improve the site" or to "unlock hidden features". Some websites are done on a no gain basis but most have to make money in some way otherwise it would cost to much to run them.
The technology is targeted at all types of people. All you need is to understand the basics of computers, so you can get onto the interenet and type in something to go to the place you wish to get. Things such as e-bay and swoopo are aimed at people with money.
It makes it easy for people to do and so will be able to sit there for hours and play or place bids instead of having to be somewhere and then go home again after you have finished. Most have reached their full potential.
Monday, 29 September 2008
IT Work - Downloading goods and services.
Things I have downloaded from the interent recently:
1) Games for my Ipod Touch.
2) Updates for my computer.
3) Updates for my software.
4) Software to make a program run like should do.
5) Music.
Reasons why I did this through the internet, rather than buying the physical goods?
1) You can only download some things, for example, the updates.
2) In most cases it is quicker than going to the shops.
3) You do not waste money getting to places.
4) It can be cheaper online than else where.
5) Easier to find what you are looking for than going into a shop and looking around if you do not know what it looks like.
Problems I found:
1) The internet crashed or was cut off and I had to start downloading again.
2) If the connection is bad but not broken then it takes a long time.
3) You can download viruses instead of the products you want.
4) You might have to sign up to something and then they will send you junk e-mail.
5) Your e-mail can be given to other people, i.e. scammers who try and sell you things.
1) Games for my Ipod Touch.
2) Updates for my computer.
3) Updates for my software.
4) Software to make a program run like should do.
5) Music.
Reasons why I did this through the internet, rather than buying the physical goods?
1) You can only download some things, for example, the updates.
2) In most cases it is quicker than going to the shops.
3) You do not waste money getting to places.
4) It can be cheaper online than else where.
5) Easier to find what you are looking for than going into a shop and looking around if you do not know what it looks like.
Problems I found:
1) The internet crashed or was cut off and I had to start downloading again.
2) If the connection is bad but not broken then it takes a long time.
3) You can download viruses instead of the products you want.
4) You might have to sign up to something and then they will send you junk e-mail.
5) Your e-mail can be given to other people, i.e. scammers who try and sell you things.
Friday, 26 September 2008
More IT Work - Evaluation of a website
Website Name: Science Museum - Making the Moderen World - Personal Computers and information networks
Website Address: http://www.makingthemodernworld.org.uk/stories/the_age_of_ambivalence/02.ST.04/
Task 1: Evaluate the site against its purpose.
The site outlines what the information age was like to start with. For example it goes through some of the main computers that were first made. Then it outlines some of the earliest most sold personal computers such as the Apple I, Apple II or the BBC Micro to name just a few.
It takes you through all the stages in the making of computers, from "Personal computer and information networks" to the "Dot com Goldrush".
It is very informative on all of the catagories and explains in both a child and adult friendly way.
Task 2: What lessons does it teach about "online education".
The sites content gives no lessons about online education but the actual site shows that using computers and the internet to teach is a good way of making people learn. Understandable and enjoyable for all ages who might wish to learn about the information age.
The small "rich media scenes" are very good and show some of the information given in an easier to digest way while giving pictures and other things that make the learning better for children.
Website Address: http://www.makingthemodernworld.org.uk/stories/the_age_of_ambivalence/02.ST.04/
Task 1: Evaluate the site against its purpose.
The site outlines what the information age was like to start with. For example it goes through some of the main computers that were first made. Then it outlines some of the earliest most sold personal computers such as the Apple I, Apple II or the BBC Micro to name just a few.
It takes you through all the stages in the making of computers, from "Personal computer and information networks" to the "Dot com Goldrush".
It is very informative on all of the catagories and explains in both a child and adult friendly way.
Task 2: What lessons does it teach about "online education".
The sites content gives no lessons about online education but the actual site shows that using computers and the internet to teach is a good way of making people learn. Understandable and enjoyable for all ages who might wish to learn about the information age.
The small "rich media scenes" are very good and show some of the information given in an easier to digest way while giving pictures and other things that make the learning better for children.
Wednesday, 24 September 2008
IT Work - Ebay
What I have to do:
Visit eBay (you may have to use ebay.ie - when in school)
Then write a short document in your blog on what are its major purposes, who is the target audience, how the auction process works, how well it fulfils these purposes, and what are the benefits and limitations of the service. Explain why it is so successful as a shopping model.
Answer:
Ebays main purpose is to get people to sell things in online auctions. You must bid for things that you want against other people.
The target audience are people who want to buy things that they want for less than the recommended retail price.
First someone adds a product that they wish to sell. There is then a set time until the highest bidder wins the item, this depends on the item that is being sold. People will then search for products that they want and if they want your product then they will start to bid on it, they choose an amount to go up to and then they will wait for someone else to bid. After the time runs out the person who has bid the most will win the product. They will then have to agree on a payment method, either by going to the person’s house and giving them cash, through online payment such as paypal or another method like that. They will then also have to agree on how the product will be acquired, usually it is sent to you and there is a little cost of postage and packaging but you can also collect it yourself.
Ebay fulfils these purposes perfectly because it does exactly what it is supposed to do. You can buy and sells things in an online auction and then the rest is up to you, ebay is just a platform on which you can sell things.
The benefits of this service are that you can sell things to anyone across the world who has the internet and is willing to sign up to ebay and place a bid. You don’t have to pay anything to bid unless you win the product, the only thing that you have to pay is to ebay if you are selling the product, usually it is just a small sum that you pay to for them to host the item while you collect all the winnings made from selling the items.
The limitations to the service are that for larger items you must go and get them. Other things include the fact that you do not know the person that is selling the items and they could be scam artists who are selling you non-existent items, they are usually big items too that sell for lots of money, they only accept online payment to so you cannot get your money back.
It is so successful because thousands of people are able to set up small shops without having a huge knowledge of e-commerce as someone else has already made the base to which you are working on. Also people see it as an easy and sometimes fun way to buy things for less than their retail prices. You can also get second hand items that otherwise you wouldn’t be able to find elsewhere. Thousands of people everyday buy things that they might not use but think they need because it is going cheap and there is a limited time to get them and you are competing against other people who want it. It brings a small amount of excitement but enough to make you get carried away and sometimes lose out on a large sum of money.
Visit eBay (you may have to use ebay.ie - when in school)
Then write a short document in your blog on what are its major purposes, who is the target audience, how the auction process works, how well it fulfils these purposes, and what are the benefits and limitations of the service. Explain why it is so successful as a shopping model.
Answer:
Ebays main purpose is to get people to sell things in online auctions. You must bid for things that you want against other people.
The target audience are people who want to buy things that they want for less than the recommended retail price.
First someone adds a product that they wish to sell. There is then a set time until the highest bidder wins the item, this depends on the item that is being sold. People will then search for products that they want and if they want your product then they will start to bid on it, they choose an amount to go up to and then they will wait for someone else to bid. After the time runs out the person who has bid the most will win the product. They will then have to agree on a payment method, either by going to the person’s house and giving them cash, through online payment such as paypal or another method like that. They will then also have to agree on how the product will be acquired, usually it is sent to you and there is a little cost of postage and packaging but you can also collect it yourself.
Ebay fulfils these purposes perfectly because it does exactly what it is supposed to do. You can buy and sells things in an online auction and then the rest is up to you, ebay is just a platform on which you can sell things.
The benefits of this service are that you can sell things to anyone across the world who has the internet and is willing to sign up to ebay and place a bid. You don’t have to pay anything to bid unless you win the product, the only thing that you have to pay is to ebay if you are selling the product, usually it is just a small sum that you pay to for them to host the item while you collect all the winnings made from selling the items.
The limitations to the service are that for larger items you must go and get them. Other things include the fact that you do not know the person that is selling the items and they could be scam artists who are selling you non-existent items, they are usually big items too that sell for lots of money, they only accept online payment to so you cannot get your money back.
It is so successful because thousands of people are able to set up small shops without having a huge knowledge of e-commerce as someone else has already made the base to which you are working on. Also people see it as an easy and sometimes fun way to buy things for less than their retail prices. You can also get second hand items that otherwise you wouldn’t be able to find elsewhere. Thousands of people everyday buy things that they might not use but think they need because it is going cheap and there is a limited time to get them and you are competing against other people who want it. It brings a small amount of excitement but enough to make you get carried away and sometimes lose out on a large sum of money.
Friday, 19 September 2008
IT Work - Route Journey from Gosport to Tottenham Court Road, London
Routes from Gosport to Tottenham Court Road in London.
(From the South Coast of England to London, Tottenham Court Road.)
Instructions by Car:
Start out at **** ***, Gosport (Classified)
Total Miles: 0.00
Turn left onto Burney Road.
Total Miles: 0.07
Turn left onto Bay Road.
Total Miles: 0.21
Continue forward onto Bury Hall Lane.
Total Miles: 0.26
Turn left onto Oval Gardens.
Total Miles: 0.27
Turn right onto Privett Road - B3333.
Total Miles: 0.49
Turn left onto Ann's Hill Road.
Total Miles: 0.75
Turn left onto the A32.
Total Miles 1.50
At the roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A32 (signposted Fareham)
Total Miles: 2.20
At the roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A32 (signposted Fareham)
Total Miles: 2.28
Bear right onto the A32 (one way)
Total Miles: 4.74
Keep in the right hand lane then continue forward onto the A32
Total Miles: 4.85
At the roundabout take the 1st exit onto the A32
Total Miles: 5.11
At Quay Street roundabout take the 4th exit onto the A27 (signposted Portsmouth, M27)
Total Miles: 5.37
Continue forward onto the A27
Total Miles: 5.72
At Wallington Roundabout take the 1st exit, then join the M27 motorway (signposted The West)
Total Miles: 6.53
Turn left onto the M3
Total Miles: 20.12
Holiday Inn (Southampton - Eastleigh M3, Jct.13)
Total Miles: 22.25
Shell Winnall (Junction 9)
Total Miles: 30.23
Leave the M3 at Junction 2, then join the M25 motorway (signposted Heathrow Airport)
Total Miles: 72.64
Leave the M25 at junction 15, then join the M4 motorway (signposted London (WandC), Heathrow Terminals 1,2 and 3)
Total Miles: 79.53
Continue forward onto the A4
Total Miles: 89.82
At Hogarth Roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A4 (signposted Central London, Hammersmith)
Total Miles: 90.94
At Hammersmith Flyover Junction continue forward onto the A4 (signposted Central London, Olympia)
Total Miles: 91.93
At traffic signals continue forward onto the A4
Total Miles:93.33
At traffic signals continue forward onto the A4 (signposted Central London (West End), Knightsbridge) Central London Congestion Charges Applys Mon-Fri 7am-6pm
Total Miles: 93.58
At Brompton Oratory continue forward onto the A4
Total Miles: 94.73
At Scotch House Junction continue forward onto the A4 (signposted Central London)
Total Miles: 95.26
At Hyde Park Corner Junction, continue forward through underpass (signposted The City, West End, Piccadilly Circus)
Total Miles: 95.46
At Piccadilly Circus turn left then right and continue forward onto Shaftesbury Avenue
Total Miles : 96.54
At Cambridge Circus turn left onto the A400
Total Miles: 96.88
Arrive at Tottenham Court Road Underground Station,London
Total Miles: 97.10
Total time 2 hours, 13 minutes
Total Miles Travelled: 97.10
Train Journey - Portsmouth - London:
Times:
Shortest Time: 1 hour 36 minutes (From: PMH To: WAT Leaves: 14.51)
Longest Time: 2 hours 14 minutes (From: PMH To : WAT Leaves: 15.08)
(From the South Coast of England to London, Tottenham Court Road.)
Instructions by Car:
Start out at **** ***, Gosport (Classified)
Total Miles: 0.00
Turn left onto Burney Road.
Total Miles: 0.07
Turn left onto Bay Road.
Total Miles: 0.21
Continue forward onto Bury Hall Lane.
Total Miles: 0.26
Turn left onto Oval Gardens.
Total Miles: 0.27
Turn right onto Privett Road - B3333.
Total Miles: 0.49
Turn left onto Ann's Hill Road.
Total Miles: 0.75
Turn left onto the A32.
Total Miles 1.50
At the roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A32 (signposted Fareham)
Total Miles: 2.20
At the roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A32 (signposted Fareham)
Total Miles: 2.28
Bear right onto the A32 (one way)
Total Miles: 4.74
Keep in the right hand lane then continue forward onto the A32
Total Miles: 4.85
At the roundabout take the 1st exit onto the A32
Total Miles: 5.11
At Quay Street roundabout take the 4th exit onto the A27 (signposted Portsmouth, M27)
Total Miles: 5.37
Continue forward onto the A27
Total Miles: 5.72
At Wallington Roundabout take the 1st exit, then join the M27 motorway (signposted The West)
Total Miles: 6.53
Turn left onto the M3
Total Miles: 20.12
Holiday Inn (Southampton - Eastleigh M3, Jct.13)
Total Miles: 22.25
Shell Winnall (Junction 9)
Total Miles: 30.23
Leave the M3 at Junction 2, then join the M25 motorway (signposted Heathrow Airport)
Total Miles: 72.64
Leave the M25 at junction 15, then join the M4 motorway (signposted London (WandC), Heathrow Terminals 1,2 and 3)
Total Miles: 79.53
Continue forward onto the A4
Total Miles: 89.82
At Hogarth Roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A4 (signposted Central London, Hammersmith)
Total Miles: 90.94
At Hammersmith Flyover Junction continue forward onto the A4 (signposted Central London, Olympia)
Total Miles: 91.93
At traffic signals continue forward onto the A4
Total Miles:93.33
At traffic signals continue forward onto the A4 (signposted Central London (West End), Knightsbridge) Central London Congestion Charges Applys Mon-Fri 7am-6pm
Total Miles: 93.58
At Brompton Oratory continue forward onto the A4
Total Miles: 94.73
At Scotch House Junction continue forward onto the A4 (signposted Central London)
Total Miles: 95.26
At Hyde Park Corner Junction, continue forward through underpass (signposted The City, West End, Piccadilly Circus)
Total Miles: 95.46
At Piccadilly Circus turn left then right and continue forward onto Shaftesbury Avenue
Total Miles : 96.54
At Cambridge Circus turn left onto the A400
Total Miles: 96.88
Arrive at Tottenham Court Road Underground Station,London
Total Miles: 97.10
Total time 2 hours, 13 minutes
Total Miles Travelled: 97.10
Train Journey - Portsmouth - London:
Times:
Shortest Time: 1 hour 36 minutes (From: PMH To: WAT Leaves: 14.51)
Longest Time: 2 hours 14 minutes (From: PMH To : WAT Leaves: 15.08)
Tuesday, 16 September 2008
Friday, 12 September 2008
IT Homework
E-mail or Electronic mail or originally eMail, is a store-and-forward method of writing, sending, reviewing and saving messages over electronic communication systems, i.e. the internet. The term “e-mail” (as a noun or verb) applies to the Internet e-mail system based on the “Simple Mail Transfer Protocol” or “SMTP” to network systems based on other protocols and to mainframes, personal computer or again the internet by a particular systems maker/provider, or on the same protocols used on public networks. E-mail can be used to send “bulk unsolicited messages” or “spam” but filter programs now exist that can automatically block, quarantine or delete most of these.
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