Sunday, September 15, 2013

Internet Revision Activities

Activity 1 (15 minutes)
Attempt the puzzle activity and the online study guide
http://wps.prenhall.com/bp_beekman_tomtech_10/183/46880/12001502.cw/index.html

Activity 2 (20 minutes) Internet applications in the specified scenarios
Research for any internet applications in the assigned application scenarios. Use current articles with authors
  • Describing the technology
  • the benefits of internet/technology in the situation
  • Outlining the key stakeholders
  • Stating one major social/ethical significance in the said situation
Presentation of findings (10 mins)
Huda & Mohammed : Health
Parthvi & Abizer : Politics and Government
Leslie & Vrinda: Education
Srishti &Nikita : Business and Employment

Sunday, September 8, 2013

Internet Tools

Search Engine Techniques
http://www.slideshare.net/chaumanduc/google-search-techniques-1240734

http://www.searchingspot.com/techniques.htm

Page Ranking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9p1ji4EFLc

SEO -Search engine optimization
Search engine optimization is a methodology of strategies, techniques and tactics used to increase the amount of visitors to a website by obtaining a high-ranking placement in the search results page of a search engine

Web 1.0, Web 2.0, web 3.0 and Web 4.0 and web 5.0
 - Distinguish between each of the about briefly.

http://www.slideshare.net/mstrickland/the-evolution-of-web-30

http://flatworldbusiness.wordpress.com/flat-education/previously/web-1-0-vs-web-2-0-vs-web-3-0-a-bird-eye-on-the-definition/

http://www.slideshare.net/joh5700/web-40-and-beyond-18806151

Write short notes on the following;
 -Define each term listed here: wikis, blogs, micro-blogs, RDF(resource description framework), RSS (really simple syndication) feeds, mashups, forums, social bookmarking, online collaborative applications, podcasts, photocasts, vidcasts, social networking sites, templates, tagging, viral marketing, webcasts, widgets, virtual worlds and learning environments.


Internet Services

Further notes writing
- What are web database? Give examples of web database you know.
- Describe the different online marketing technologies available
- Describe what a content management system is. an examples is Moodle
- Distinguish with examples between push and pull technologies
- Describe the following E-commerce technologies; B2B, B2C and C2C
- Describe the different online payment services; e.g Paypall

Internet Security
 - Outline the different internet threats and the different security measures/solutions that can be used

Monday, September 2, 2013

Internet Activities

Write brief notes on the following; Use only the links provided.
Briefly describe what Domain Naming System (DNS) is.
http://www.howtogeek.com/122845/htg-explains-what-is-dns/
http://compnetworking.about.com/od/dns_domainnamesystem/a/introduction-to-dns_domain-name-system.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBi8GCxk7NQ

Describe the following website features; tags, meta tags, hyperlinks, navigation, tags forms
http://echoecho.com/htmlmetatags.htm
http://www.techterms.com/definition/tag
http://bmisitgs.wikispaces.com/Features+of+a+website+for+example,+hyperlinks,+navigation,+metatags,+tags+forms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpAnTdIuApw

Features of  web browsers: Read the articles in the links below and make any useful notes;
https://sites.google.com/site/assignmentssolved/mca/semester1/mc0064/8
http://www.infoworld.com/d/applications/13-features-make-each-web-browser-unique-119?page=0,0
http://www.sprymedia.co.uk/article/Next+generation+web-browsers
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/five-apps/five-feature-rich-web-browsers-for-the-android-platform/

Web based languages
http://desource.uvu.edu/dgm/2120/IN/steinja/lessons/01/01_07.html

Site management
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQnjlTCBcao
Hosting websites
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSoj86mXfNU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrOnrephOlE

What is Bounce rate  and click through rate? http://www.opentracker.net/article/bounce-rate-and-click-through-rate , http://www.primomedia.com.au/click-through-rate/

Avatars showing up in my profile widget? what  are avatars and how can they be shown in your profile widget? and what are widgets? https://dev.twitter.com/discussions/2889?page=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRAmQ_m2asg
Your avatar is the visual 'handle' or display appearance you use to represent yourself.
A "widget" is an application that sits on top of a Web site and offers users additional interactive features

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Internet Notes

Definitions of internet; http://www.brighthub.com/computing/enterprise-security/articles/63387.aspx#
 
Internet, extranet and intranet distinguished

http://www.slideshare.net/dyerah/internet-intranet-and-extranet


Internet protocols: 
What  protocol is ?
A standard set of regulations and requirements that allow two electronic items to connect to and exchange information with one another.
or 
When two or more computers communicate in Internet , they must have a common way in which to communicate. They use protocol to do it. Simply, protocol is an agreement by which two or more computers can communicate.

Types of protocols http://www.w3schools.com/tcpip/tcpip_protocols.asp


http://www3.ntu.edu.sg/home/ehchua/programming/webprogramming/http_basics.html

Write brief notes on the terms below giving practical examples where possible.
Modem,  browser,  internet service provider (ISP), bandwidth, download, upload, streaming audio/
video, compression, decompression, cache
.

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Understanding the ITGS Triangle

Task 1
Read the article assigned to you and draw the ITGS triangle to show the following
  • Possible social / ethical issues from the article
  • Possible stakeholders in the article
  • Possible application or area of specified scenario
  • Some of the I.T concepts that are evident or can be linked to the article.
Shivam

Edwin

Task 2