London Twitter Map

Here is an interesting use of technology to show the different languages used on twitter.

Link to Metro Article online

Preparing for the Worst - Hurricane Sandy

Another example of how warning measures can help save lives?

Look back at the Weather Information work you did what does this article tell you about what you wrote.  Was it correct or does it need adding too?

http://www.weather.com/news/weather-hurricanes/hurricane-sandy-winter-storm-20121025
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at3+shtml/144711.shtml?swath#contents
Two links worth looking at? 

Winter Weather Warnings?

Here are a few weather predictions: I wonder how these will pan out once the winter is over?

Kindle - the Genius Book Killer

The invention of Kindle and other e-book readers may make books outdated.  What will Libraries do if most people stop reading books and go over to reading books of Kindle and other e-book reading systems.   

 

Using Mobile Phones in Public

What are the social norms of using phones in public places, including shops, trains, buses, schools, colleges, pubs, or while driving or crossing roads as a pedestrian. Should we?

Make a list of the pros and cons of using mobile phones in public places.

Communication & Social Networking

Social Networking has grown massively in a very short space of time.

• The first site were set up in 1995 like www.classmate.com
• One of the first social networks was friend reunited in UK in 2000.

This area has grow with the development of Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, MySpace, Google Plus+ etc,.

Facebook has grown massively: since it launch in 2004.

One major issue that has grown along side the growth of social network sites is the issue of false users. Internet users who pretend to be someone or something they are not.

Twitter: has also grown beyond all figures.

4G - What affect will it have on Mobile Phone Usage

What is 4G? Basically it is the replacement for 3G, which repaced 2G and 1G networks in some parts of the world: see map below

Consider what effect 4G will have on what we can do with our mobile phones?

Gaming & the Internet - Female Perspective

Here is a thought provocing article about gaming from a female persective:

 

This article should be linked in with your work on Gaming as part of the Entertainment Section of work as part of Online Services.

Office of National Statistics - Useful Link

Blog Links
Thank you to everyone who has sent me their link to their blog.  Most have worked so I have been able to see your blog and will be able to add helpful comments when needed. 

Helpful links http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/index.html

Gabon: the French Connection

Article from Independent Newspaper Tuesday 9th October 2012

The Digital Divide - International Picture

Read through pages 38-41 on the Digital Divide from the Edexcel Applied ICT Book AS Single Award

I would expect you to explain all the issues that are discussed on these pages.

Look at the websites and detail all the information that is of interest in explaining the digital divide and how the gap is being bridge.  Ask yourself is the gap growing, or is it closing?  How do we power the world to have Internet access?
Check out these websites:
International Telecommunication Union
CIA World Factbook

 

Women and information technology in Sub-Saharan Africa

Blog your answers!  Remember the more detail you include the better.

Entertainment Through the Year

The World, we live in is a Digital Paradise of Multimedia delights.  With digital radio and television, digital entertainment of video games and cinema. 

How has the world of entertainment changed over the years?

Please explain how the world we live in has developed and when did all the technology we take as normal first begin. 

Create a time line of the technological advances.
Include TV, Radio, Games, Music, Books, Video, Computers, Music Players etc

Digital Divide Internet Usage in 2011

Internet Usage in England 2011

Internet Usage by English Regions





Internet Usage in Europe

 



Online Education

We have seen that Education Online is a massive business, at all levels from websites that offer course materials, like our very own Moodle:

 

To online resources that course use to support students in Mathematics:

 

My Maths Website

Or in languages:

Linguascope Website

Tasks:
  Science Museum Website

   NET FROG Website

   Macromedia Tutorial Website

   Lynda.com

 

 

E-Government & the Digital Divide

The Labour Government under Tony Blair set targets for the development of E-Government in the UK.  These are dependent on reducing the Digital Divide (which is defined as the divide between different parts of UK and their access to ICT, as well as different members of society who have different levels of access).  This divide also effects the way other services are provided, like Police and the National Health Sevice. 

Weblinks you need to look at and review:
Look at on-line petion: http://www.number10.gov.uk/
Access to government services: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/index.htm
Car tax website: http://www.dft.gov.uk/dvla/
Income tax and other tax issues: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/
Local Council: http://www.bedford.gov.uk/
National Health Sevice:http://www.nhs.uk/Pages/HomePage.aspx
On the Police Website look at the Local Policing Section: http://www.bedfordshire.police.uk/