The websites that i just visited all are incorrect and informal, useless information. they are more for peoples humour than anything interesting. people make false websites for a number of reason, one could be to scam you into signing up for something which just happens to make you give your bank details so they can scam you out of money and get hold of your account. others may be to give your PC a lot of viruses and make you spend money to replace it or fix it. one of the easiest ways to pick up on a scamming website is that the layout and design of the website will be very poor. if it doesnt look formal. or it looks to good to be true... then it probably is. dont sign up for anything if you arent entirely sure of it. most hoax websites will have spelling mistakes or limited evidence and backup information of what they are trying to support or sell. it will most likely be the first time you have heard of the product or company. if the images look fake or altered then that is another way to define hoax sites full of unvalid information.
if you havnt heard of the website before or the company then ask around before you sign up to anything. look on watch dog or other fraudster websites to see if anything similar has occured recently of in the past. a lot of fraud is happening at present and it is becoming easier and easier for people to access your account details or get you to sign up to something that you really arent interested in.
Tuesday, 20 October 2009
evaluate your communications.
i use communications for a number of things. mainly being for keeping in contact with my friends who have left school to go to different colleges from me, i do this via SMS text. email. Phone calls. IM and face to face.
when im using SMS i normally ask people how they are or if they would like to meet up with a group of our old friends. SMS is the most common communication method i use. this is because i find it quick and easy to do using the 'text talk'. its good because my friends understand it as well as myself so we are in no confringment about what the hell im saying to them!
i dont often send emails, however when i do they are normaly work based. for example i will attach work and send it to certain people who need to reference it. i will send unfinished work to myself so i can process it further at home on my laptop. i will then forward it to teachers so they know i have finished and can mark it. i sometimes use email to send funny pictures or private messages to people that i find confident and dont want the whole world knowing about. i do this because if you want something safe. then email is a lot more confident then talking to them about it in a group of people.
Phone calls i only use when i want something :D i use phone calls to speak to people when they are upset and i want to cheer them up. i will often ring people to arrange stuff if they dont reply to my SMS. i most commonly speak to family on the phone and SMS more my friends. i recieve more incoming calls than i do outgoing calls. this is because i find SMS easier and sometimes i dont want to actually speak to someone about something so i say text me instead.
IM is normally what i use in the evenings when im not doing work or out with my friends. i sometimes go on MSN MESSENGER to talk to my friends as you can add as many people as you want to a conversation. this means you can talk to all your friends when you arent actually with them. unlike SMS and phone calls. IM is free. this is also good because if your friends on holiday, it is still free to talk on MSN rather than having extra charges for texting them abroad.
finally face-to-face communication normally happens after all of the previous ones. the others i spoke about are used to arrange the meeting with your friends. therefore they all come first and then finaly you meet up face to face.
when im using SMS i normally ask people how they are or if they would like to meet up with a group of our old friends. SMS is the most common communication method i use. this is because i find it quick and easy to do using the 'text talk'. its good because my friends understand it as well as myself so we are in no confringment about what the hell im saying to them!
i dont often send emails, however when i do they are normaly work based. for example i will attach work and send it to certain people who need to reference it. i will send unfinished work to myself so i can process it further at home on my laptop. i will then forward it to teachers so they know i have finished and can mark it. i sometimes use email to send funny pictures or private messages to people that i find confident and dont want the whole world knowing about. i do this because if you want something safe. then email is a lot more confident then talking to them about it in a group of people.
Phone calls i only use when i want something :D i use phone calls to speak to people when they are upset and i want to cheer them up. i will often ring people to arrange stuff if they dont reply to my SMS. i most commonly speak to family on the phone and SMS more my friends. i recieve more incoming calls than i do outgoing calls. this is because i find SMS easier and sometimes i dont want to actually speak to someone about something so i say text me instead.
IM is normally what i use in the evenings when im not doing work or out with my friends. i sometimes go on MSN MESSENGER to talk to my friends as you can add as many people as you want to a conversation. this means you can talk to all your friends when you arent actually with them. unlike SMS and phone calls. IM is free. this is also good because if your friends on holiday, it is still free to talk on MSN rather than having extra charges for texting them abroad.
finally face-to-face communication normally happens after all of the previous ones. the others i spoke about are used to arrange the meeting with your friends. therefore they all come first and then finaly you meet up face to face.
when do i use mobile phones.
There are many different reasons why i use a mobile phone, some more important than others, and some. not important at all. simply for entertainment purposes.
1. my main use of a mobile phone is all about text SMS. my phone is on a contract sim card. this means i have a certain amount of texts and minutes a month, and i pay a fixed fee in the concluding week. my contract consists of 600free minutes and unlimited texts. i am always texting my girlfriend when im not with her. i text my dad a lot as i dont live with him anymore. and my friends when i want to arrange a event such as a party of s simple get together. overall i probably use about 3000 texts a month. because they are unlimited. i take advantage. i also use the free minutes i have with my contract. i only use about 20 phone calls a month, although most of them are about an hour long! However i can only do so when i have a greatful amount of signal. when i go away to lyme regus, my phone rairly has signal so it is hard to keep in contact with my relatives at home. luckily enough i have my girlfriend with me so my phone is not needed.
2. i also use my phone for simple reminders and as a memo. i use the alarm on my phone to wake me up for college every morning and the mornings i work at weekends. when setting an alarm i can put a message on to remind me i have something to do, this means when i wake up and look at my phone to turn it off. the message on the screen reminds me of an important task. i use the calander to mark dates that are important. for example i have reminders before birthdays so i dont forget presents and things. this is helpful because you always know whats coming, i have also got reminders on the day. so when i look at my calender on my phone, on specific dates it says so and so.
3. the great thing about a mobile phone is that i can use it anywhere. if you use it somewhere you arent suppose to. it has settings that allow you to turn your phone on silent so it doesnt go off and distract other people, or even worse. get you caught and in trouble.
the benefits of a mobile phone are that you can always be in contact with whom ever you need to. if you are out and somebody needs to talk to you, with the click of a button you can be talking to them. as long as you have signal there is nothing a phone cannot do really. they have all the perks that a standard phone wouldnt. LG make phones now. which is what i have, and it hasnt let me down once. touch screen with loads of built in apps. E.G. 5.0mega pixel camera, camcorder, games, mp3, internet - google, word processer. these are just a few of the apps available to you when you have posession of a mobile phone.
the major disadvantages of mobiles are that they are limited in three ways;
1 - you always have to have a signal to be able to be in contact with people, otherwise it doesnt connect any of your calls or texts to whom ever you wish to be in contact with.
2 - you need to have your phone fully charged because they have a battery life that doesnt last that long so you always need to make sure you either have fully battery of a phone charger on you if you go away for a long period of time. a lot of phones now have a longer battery life but still nothing spectacular.
3 - not all phones have these apps. a lot of the older phones only have a standard screen and connection application. a lot of the older phones dont even have a coloured screen meaning that they dont have cameras or camcorders. they wont have any stand out games. maybe the one, snake. which is actually amazing!
overall my phone meets its purpose and more. it has the signal i need, when i need it. it has a lot of apps that just make it more able to use. it has a lot of storage space and a camera and camcorder to catch them kodac moments!
1. my main use of a mobile phone is all about text SMS. my phone is on a contract sim card. this means i have a certain amount of texts and minutes a month, and i pay a fixed fee in the concluding week. my contract consists of 600free minutes and unlimited texts. i am always texting my girlfriend when im not with her. i text my dad a lot as i dont live with him anymore. and my friends when i want to arrange a event such as a party of s simple get together. overall i probably use about 3000 texts a month. because they are unlimited. i take advantage. i also use the free minutes i have with my contract. i only use about 20 phone calls a month, although most of them are about an hour long! However i can only do so when i have a greatful amount of signal. when i go away to lyme regus, my phone rairly has signal so it is hard to keep in contact with my relatives at home. luckily enough i have my girlfriend with me so my phone is not needed.
2. i also use my phone for simple reminders and as a memo. i use the alarm on my phone to wake me up for college every morning and the mornings i work at weekends. when setting an alarm i can put a message on to remind me i have something to do, this means when i wake up and look at my phone to turn it off. the message on the screen reminds me of an important task. i use the calander to mark dates that are important. for example i have reminders before birthdays so i dont forget presents and things. this is helpful because you always know whats coming, i have also got reminders on the day. so when i look at my calender on my phone, on specific dates it says so and so.
3. the great thing about a mobile phone is that i can use it anywhere. if you use it somewhere you arent suppose to. it has settings that allow you to turn your phone on silent so it doesnt go off and distract other people, or even worse. get you caught and in trouble.
the benefits of a mobile phone are that you can always be in contact with whom ever you need to. if you are out and somebody needs to talk to you, with the click of a button you can be talking to them. as long as you have signal there is nothing a phone cannot do really. they have all the perks that a standard phone wouldnt. LG make phones now. which is what i have, and it hasnt let me down once. touch screen with loads of built in apps. E.G. 5.0mega pixel camera, camcorder, games, mp3, internet - google, word processer. these are just a few of the apps available to you when you have posession of a mobile phone.
the major disadvantages of mobiles are that they are limited in three ways;
1 - you always have to have a signal to be able to be in contact with people, otherwise it doesnt connect any of your calls or texts to whom ever you wish to be in contact with.
2 - you need to have your phone fully charged because they have a battery life that doesnt last that long so you always need to make sure you either have fully battery of a phone charger on you if you go away for a long period of time. a lot of phones now have a longer battery life but still nothing spectacular.
3 - not all phones have these apps. a lot of the older phones only have a standard screen and connection application. a lot of the older phones dont even have a coloured screen meaning that they dont have cameras or camcorders. they wont have any stand out games. maybe the one, snake. which is actually amazing!
overall my phone meets its purpose and more. it has the signal i need, when i need it. it has a lot of apps that just make it more able to use. it has a lot of storage space and a camera and camcorder to catch them kodac moments!
when do i use email.
i use email for a lot of reasons. mainly for my college work.
1. i use email to send myself and other important files. for example if i am doing work at home on my PC then i will attach a file and send it to myself so i can access it on computer at college. similar to sending files to myself. i sometimes send files to my teachers so they can mark it and give me feedback on it. i will also send stuff to my friends and compare my work with theirs.
2. i also use email for a more personal bases. i send informal emails to friends and family asking how they are and what they have been up to. i sometimes send pictures of myself and family to relatives that live abroad. i will also use email to advertise upcoming events that i know off. for example i had a party a few weeks ago when my parents were on holiday! i send emails out to the people i wanted to invite. this keeps it more private and i dont have to publish it around college and out in my social life. emails are good to keep things private.
3. finally i use emails to make accounts on other sites. E.G. facebook. you need an email address for this which means i use my personal email address to activate my account on facebook which allows a wider range of communication. the reason that websites like facebook need your email account is that if anybody tries to contact you. aswell as displaying it on your home page. you recieve a varifaction email as well.
these are the main purpose i use emails for.
1. i use email to send myself and other important files. for example if i am doing work at home on my PC then i will attach a file and send it to myself so i can access it on computer at college. similar to sending files to myself. i sometimes send files to my teachers so they can mark it and give me feedback on it. i will also send stuff to my friends and compare my work with theirs.
2. i also use email for a more personal bases. i send informal emails to friends and family asking how they are and what they have been up to. i sometimes send pictures of myself and family to relatives that live abroad. i will also use email to advertise upcoming events that i know off. for example i had a party a few weeks ago when my parents were on holiday! i send emails out to the people i wanted to invite. this keeps it more private and i dont have to publish it around college and out in my social life. emails are good to keep things private.
3. finally i use emails to make accounts on other sites. E.G. facebook. you need an email address for this which means i use my personal email address to activate my account on facebook which allows a wider range of communication. the reason that websites like facebook need your email account is that if anybody tries to contact you. aswell as displaying it on your home page. you recieve a varifaction email as well.
these are the main purpose i use emails for.
Digital communication VS Voice communication.
When people communicate via SMS it is no way near as instructive as an actualy face to face conversation. using the SMS 'text talk', some people may not understand what it is exactly you are saying, for example if you were to text your mum saying "b bk l8r", she might not understand you, where as if you were to ring her and say "il be back later" she would know exactly what you mean straight away. Although using SMS does save time when you are in a hurry, it allows you to shorten messages so you havnt got to write full sentences and lets you communicate in secret with your friends. if your having a private conversation with your friends and your dont want your parents knowing, if they look through your phone they wont know what the hell your going on about!
Also when using SMS you cannot stress yourself. if you say something and your being serious. you dont put across the tone of your voice or anything. people just read it as they would the news paper. e.g if your being sarcastic with someone becauseyour just having a joke about, They wont realise that you are and they could take in the wrong way and get upset. it is very easy to misunderstand someone in text talk. if you say one thing, but you mean to say it a certain way. the reciever may not understand.
E-mails have a lot of bad pointers to them similar to SMS texting. if you send someone a short email and you are very emotional. they wont understand how you feel, but if you were to phone someone and have a voice conversation, they could tell from your tone of voice how you feel and then they would be able to interpret things better and help you out.
Also if you were to send someone an email. they may not reply to it for weeks because some people do not check their inbox which could cause problems if you send somebody and important job to do. this is where voice communication would benefit you a lot.
Also when using SMS you cannot stress yourself. if you say something and your being serious. you dont put across the tone of your voice or anything. people just read it as they would the news paper. e.g if your being sarcastic with someone becauseyour just having a joke about, They wont realise that you are and they could take in the wrong way and get upset. it is very easy to misunderstand someone in text talk. if you say one thing, but you mean to say it a certain way. the reciever may not understand.
E-mails have a lot of bad pointers to them similar to SMS texting. if you send someone a short email and you are very emotional. they wont understand how you feel, but if you were to phone someone and have a voice conversation, they could tell from your tone of voice how you feel and then they would be able to interpret things better and help you out.
Also if you were to send someone an email. they may not reply to it for weeks because some people do not check their inbox which could cause problems if you send somebody and important job to do. this is where voice communication would benefit you a lot.
analysing the good old days
word would of been useful to them because they can type up all the information that was said at a meeting and forward it on to people who werent present at the time. word allows diagrams and speech to show your explanation so you could use in any way you like to make sure that the information is adequite. excel allows you to show diagrams and graphs. spreadsheets can be used to store information for instructive and make it easier to read.
word is a lot more efficient than a standard pen and paper writing because you can write a lot quicker and a lot more in that space of time. also it doesnt hurt you hand after a lot of pages. you can type more efficiently.
spreadsheets would be good to use because if you have a number scenario then the formulas will automatically be done for you. this saves time and doesnt need someone who is talented at maths.
tpyists in court would not be needed as much because somebody could just type it up later that day if they record the procedure. this would mean that spell check and everything would be covered.
new job opportunities will generate up for people that could use these programs so that they would enter the data correctly and make sure everything was working the right way so that the numbers would not be worked out wrong. these programs are very easy to use and navigate so even someone with bad GCSE's would be able to use them correctly.
word is a lot more efficient than a standard pen and paper writing because you can write a lot quicker and a lot more in that space of time. also it doesnt hurt you hand after a lot of pages. you can type more efficiently.
spreadsheets would be good to use because if you have a number scenario then the formulas will automatically be done for you. this saves time and doesnt need someone who is talented at maths.
tpyists in court would not be needed as much because somebody could just type it up later that day if they record the procedure. this would mean that spell check and everything would be covered.
new job opportunities will generate up for people that could use these programs so that they would enter the data correctly and make sure everything was working the right way so that the numbers would not be worked out wrong. these programs are very easy to use and navigate so even someone with bad GCSE's would be able to use them correctly.
Ambulance services
ambulance workers can either have easy days or very hard working days. before they get called out they can just sit around all day doing nothing.most workers prefer doing this rather than sitting in their ambulance waiting to get called out on a job description. a drawback of this is that there may be accidents in other places around the area that no on duty medic is as the time. this means they have to quickly get to where ever they are needed from the headquarters. this risks peoples lives as medics should be available very quickly, each on duty medic should be situated in a reliable place for service.
the benefits of this are that their will be a selection of medics available whenever an accident happens. if they get a phone call through at headquarters and 3 or 4 medics and needed. then they can drive a couple of ambulances to the designated site. it means the workers can be fully relaxed and focused when they are needed because the have been relaxing and resting from their previous job.
the benefits of this are that their will be a selection of medics available whenever an accident happens. if they get a phone call through at headquarters and 3 or 4 medics and needed. then they can drive a couple of ambulances to the designated site. it means the workers can be fully relaxed and focused when they are needed because the have been relaxing and resting from their previous job.
Tuesday, 13 October 2009
tool man
John can use PDA's to use it as an address book that is a lot smaller and also a lot easier to find contacts and their address's. Also the PDA will be a lot more organized and can be used to set dates, also the PDA can be used as a calculator so their is no need for John to carry an extra calculator.
GPS: GPS would be great for John. Gps means that you dont have fiddle around with maps and keep stopping and starting to look. he can listen to the gps and use shortcuts and miss out traffic jams.
Laptop: using a laptop means he will have an electronic data base of all the tools john selling, also the laptop can help and speed up the financial work he does on Fridays, also this means he can access his work anywhere and he hasnt got to be in a specific place.
Software: by using software, John will decrease the amount of time it takes him to complete his work. this also means that the communication he uses will be more formal, i.e email.
Mobile phone: using a mobile phone, a contract one. means that John wont have to keep track of his credit. he can ring and or text whoever he likes. whenever he likes.
Internet: internet means that john can use it to order his stock from the supplier instead of ringing. it also means he can send and receive his emails straight away
What possible disadvantages are there for him in employing a lot of ICT? the disadvantages of John using ICT a lot are that the internet could quite easily lose signal if he has a doogle connecting him from a signal. also he needs to make sure that his laptop is charged up enough for him to use it throughout the day. internet cannot be relied on all the time. PC's and Laptops can easily get viruses risking you to lose all your accounts and important work.
GPS: GPS would be great for John. Gps means that you dont have fiddle around with maps and keep stopping and starting to look. he can listen to the gps and use shortcuts and miss out traffic jams.
Laptop: using a laptop means he will have an electronic data base of all the tools john selling, also the laptop can help and speed up the financial work he does on Fridays, also this means he can access his work anywhere and he hasnt got to be in a specific place.
Software: by using software, John will decrease the amount of time it takes him to complete his work. this also means that the communication he uses will be more formal, i.e email.
Mobile phone: using a mobile phone, a contract one. means that John wont have to keep track of his credit. he can ring and or text whoever he likes. whenever he likes.
Internet: internet means that john can use it to order his stock from the supplier instead of ringing. it also means he can send and receive his emails straight away
What possible disadvantages are there for him in employing a lot of ICT? the disadvantages of John using ICT a lot are that the internet could quite easily lose signal if he has a doogle connecting him from a signal. also he needs to make sure that his laptop is charged up enough for him to use it throughout the day. internet cannot be relied on all the time. PC's and Laptops can easily get viruses risking you to lose all your accounts and important work.
Thursday, 1 October 2009
activity 13.
A transaction on www.NatWest.co.uk is very simple. It helps you through step by step showing you pictures and writing to inform you how it works. Before you can do an online transaction of checking your balance for example, you must already have an account with them, and you must have received you card, and pin number. NatWest has a very high security policy and to make a transaction you must know and give them your security code of your card, your card number, and many other security checks before you can access any important data. There is a lot of filling in that needs to be done, it is a fairly long process, it may take about 20 minutes to check your balance if it is your fist time using it because you need to be careful with what you fill in and how you do it. The online banking link is on the home page and you cant miss it. You have to click to blue link to start the process.
There are various sub-headings that you can click to find out more. They even have a short video clip to reassure you that you can be stress free using it and that your details wont go out to anyone other than the bank itself. It is free to use and doesn’t charge your card for using the online service.
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