Impact Of ICT On My Local Commnunity

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The impact of ICT on my local community

In this piece of ICT coursework I will write about the different ways in which ICT can help my local community. I will be writing about the impact of ICT in Ladbroke Grove. I am going to talk about Video Conferencing in the City Learning Centre (CLC), the Internet in an Internet Café in Ladbroke Grove and CCTV cameras in Ladbroke Grove train station.

City Learning Centre (CLC)- Video conferencing

The CLC is the City Learning Centre which has been situated in Ladbroke Grove and is mainly used for Video Conferencing. Video Conferencing is used for universities, primary schools, young centres etc.  The community needs the CLC to use the video conferencing for schools and universities. This meets the community’s needs as is saves people from travelling long distances to give lessons etc.

Inside the CLC is a teaching centre which has a big whiteboard and a graphic tablet. Then there is a small room in which there is a plasma screen which is used for training for the European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) which is a qualification.

The Digital Editing Pod is another room in the CLC where students from other schools go to use for music graphics. This room is also used for making and editing films with imovie which is a digital editing package. Students can also go to the digital editing pod to write songs and edit music using digital music software. Students can also get the help from professional producers and technicians in the CLC where they use video cameras and graphic tablets.

Video conferencing is used in an upstairs room in the CLC. This room contains 24 computers which are all connected to webcams, scanners and colour printers. Video conferencing is simple a more advanced type of video conferencing that people use at home on chat sites such as MSN Messenger. On these chat sites all you do is plug in your webcam and use it. With video conferencing at the CLC it is slightly different. At the CLC they used to use ISDN and then would use a remote control to type in the phone number.  They got rid of ISDN because it was costing them too much, at least £300 a month. With video conferencing you can connect more than two people at the same time, each from a different part of the world. They now use an IP address to connect via the Internet.  The equipment used at the CLC costs around £5000.

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In video conferencing each ISDN line has an Internet speed of 128kps, four lines would then have 512kps. Using internet would also have an internet speed of 512kps, but this can be bottlenecks which can cause piscilation which means the image goes fuzzy and you cant see the picture.  Bottleneck can be quite common to happen in schools. When using video conferencing in schools, all calls need to be checked for security reasons. A public IP address is used therefore it can easily leave access for hackers.

Video conferencing is based for giving talks to schools. Also an example ...

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