Monday, January 21, 2013

Personal and Public Communication

Prepare a one page poster that captures the following with brief short notes or points on the assigned tasks; The poster should emailed to me for printing.
Aarfa & Solitei
a) Hand held devices
  • Name and describe some hand held computer devices
  • What are some functions of these devices? 
  • Obtain the different images of the hand held devices.
Sohail & George
b) GPS system
  • Define GPS
  • Describe how GPS works. (use a suitable diagram)
  • Describe the different applications or uses of GPS system
  • List some common problems of GPS system.
Caleb & Jamil
c) Navigation system
  • Describe any IT navigation systems you know
  • How do navigation systems work?
  • Outline some common problems or issues associated with Navigation systems.
Sadu & Emmanu
 d) Cell/Mobile phones
  • Define a smartphone;
  • What are some common features and applications of smartphones
  • Distinguish between 4G and 3G technologies as used by mobile companies.
  • Distinguish between the following types of mobile phone networks; GSM, GPRS, CDMA, Mobitex and EDGE
 Jamal & Fatema 
 e) Digital Radio/TV
  • Define Digital Radio/TV.
  • Describe how digital Radio and Digital TV works. (use diagrams where possible)
  • What are some of their benefits
  • What are some of the commons problems associated with digital Radio/TV. 
 William & Sheehan
 f) Embedded Systems
  • Define what an embedded system is
  • Describe different IT embedded systems
  • What are the benefits of using embedded systems.
 Mayur & Barry
g) Geotagging
  • What is geotagging
  • Describe how geotagging works
  • Name applications that use geotagging
  • What are some commons issues arising from using geotags?

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Case Study Sample Examination Question

Using past samples of Case Study question, Design your own examination questions for the 2013 case study. Post the questions in this blog.


Monday, November 19, 2012

Paper 2 Class Activity

Read the news article below.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tech/news/a432446/apples-siri-breaking-chinese-law-by-listing-escorts.html

What is the main issue or concern raised?

Who are the main stakeholders?

Describe how the technology works.

Give two examples of  how the technology causes the issue identified to exist

State two advantages of the using the technology

State two problems resulting form using the technology

Describe one solution to the one problem stated above.