I need a way of arranging my files for the weekend.
It is good for my personal needs because I can arrange any file I need for the next day and carry them with me the next day. It is bad for my personal needs because unlike the internet it has a limit to its memory capacity so I can only store a set amount of files/programmes
How/why do I use it and how good is it at fulfilling my SOCIAL needs.
I need a way of transporting very important files to my friends without using the internet, in case a hacker gets into my account and vandalises it. A USB can do this job as it can be given to my friend and they simply can take it home and copy it onto their computer. It is good for my social needs because it can not be tampered with while it is being transported. It is bad for my social needs because there is still a chance of something being wrong with the file for example it not being copied properly, etc.
How/why do I use it and how good is it at fulfilling my WORK RELATED needs.
I need a way of taking my school work home and back to school, without leaving multiple files everywhere. To do this, I use a USB because it allows me to simply plug it into a computer and work off the USB therefore only needing one file. It is good for my work needs because I don’t have to go through the trouble of sorting out multiple files and merging them. It is bad for my work needs because if that file gets deleted that is all of that work gone
Description of the technology (TECHNOLOGY 2).
Email is a web service that allows me to send and receive messages; including pictures, reports and video via a telephone signal. One good feature of e-mail is the ability to send documents as an attachment to your friends, family and teachers. An addition to e-mail is MSN Messenger. MSN Messenger is an instant messaging service which gives me the advantage to chat to my friends who are logged in, another advantage is that it is free. A disadvantage is that I can only talk to them if they are logged in other wise I have to send an email to them which can be slow as they first have to log and find the email in their messages folder.
How/why do I use it and how good is it at fulfilling my PERSONAL needs.
I need a way of being contacted but at the same time, keep a low phone bill. Email meets my need as I don’t have to pay for it. I can also send and receive them 24 hours a day. However, I do need to have access to a computer and the Internet if I am to do this. It also allows me to access internet groups and other web services for example Google groups and Facebook. It is good for my personal needs because like I said before it is free, another thing is that it is quite user friendly because millions of people use it so it gets updated quite often. It is bad for my personal needs because if I only have one out of a computer and an internet connection I can’t use it so it is useless to me then.
How/why do I use it and how good is it at fulfilling my SOCIAL needs.
I use the e-mail to communicate on a regular basis with my friends and family, especially those who are in another school and don’t see each other as much. I also use it to arrange things for the weekend with my friends. E-mail is available free on the Internet. E-mail is very useful because it allows me keep in close contact and with my family abroad. I am kept informed of everything that is happening to them. Making phone calls to them would be very expensive and I will not be able to phone them on a regular basis. It is good for my social needs because my friends are nearly always online talking and sending files to each other so their nearly always there to talk to mainly about where will meet and what we would do over the weekend. Using the MSN meet also meets my needs socially because my parents do not like me using the phone because whenever I am talking with my friends. By using MSN, I can chat to my fiends for as long as I like.
How/why do I use it and how good is it at fulfilling my WORK RELATED needs.
I have a Sunday job as a paperboy, every Saturday my boss emails me my schedule for the week e.g. which roads need which papers etc. This is useful so I know to plan my journey effectively. It is good for my work needs because I use e-mail to send my school work in and out of school. As I am in year 11 and need to complete all my coursework by 15th April, it is very important I meet all coursework deadlines. I use e-mail to send my coursework home so that I can finish it off, in order to meet deadlines set. I could save my work on floppy to take home; most of the floppy drives in my school do not work. It saves me time and trouble by sending my work home as an e-mail attachment rather than walking round the classroom to find a floppy drive that works. It is bad for my work needs because it leaves multiple files on my internet account and consumes space.
Description of the technology (TECHNOLOGY 3).
The Internet is a network of computer networks which operates world-wide using a common set of communications protocols. The main feature of the Internet is World Wide Web. WWW is part of the Internet where graphics sound, video, text and animation are used. So WWW allows me to find information that is stored on the networked computers so I can then use this information for my school work, social or personal use as necessary which is great. Unfortunately the World Wide Web does require a special software called web browser in order to take full advantage of the Web.
How/why do I use it and how good is it at fulfilling my PERSONAL needs.
On of the reasons I use it personally is to communicate as the internet opens up many different possible ways to communicate with others. For example; Email, Blogs, Social networking sites e.g. Facebook, Myspace, Bebo, Chat rooms, Forums and Voip - internet telephone. Another reason I use it is for leisure and entertainment because there are many different ways that you can choose to spend your time online and amuse yourself like; playing online games, listening to music, reading online books, watching online videos e.g. YouTube, looking for holidays or concert tickets, reading about your hobbies or keeping up-to-date with the news and sporting events. It is good for my personal needs because it is amazing how fast things can get updated. When a news story breaks, the BBC website can have that news on its pages within a couple of minutes. They can keep adding more information as it becomes available.
If that were a newspaper, you would have to wait up to a day to read about the news. Even news on the television takes longer to get to you than the Internet. It is bad for my personal needs because information can be biased or in accurate one is because no one owns the Internet and there is nothing to stop people posting their opinions and points of view on web pages, forums, and Blogs, and because many people believe what they read on the Internet. You need to be careful and think about what you are reading. An awful lot of material and web sites are biased and only give you one point of view.
How/why do I use it and how good is it at fulfilling my SOCIAL needs.
I use it socially because The Internet is always available for you to use, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. You don't have to wait for it to open or wait for someone to make it available. It is just there, when you need it and for whatever you need. So when I use it for social stuff I normally use it for contacting people because the internet provides many ways to enable you to keep in contact with people at all hours of the day and night. From email, forums, chat rooms, telephone calls and video conferencing. You are almost spoilt for choice.
This ability has helped many companies grow from a small local company into a large, multi-national organisation. It is good for my social needs because like I said before it’s always available. It is bad for my social needs because when you use these programs there is always a chance of cyber bulling because more people use these programs bullying has been moving from the traditional playground to emails, chat rooms, texts and social websites. This type of bullying is every bit as harmful and hurtful as if done in person but it is much harder to tackle and stop.
How/why do I use it and how good is it at fulfilling my WORK RELATED needs?
I use it for work because the internet is a fantastic place to research information for a project or piece of homework. It doesn't matter what topic you have been set, you can guarantee that you will find something on the subject. It is also good for my work needs because of the vast range information think about it type in any search term and type it into a search engine. We can pretty much guarantee that you will find web sites with information on that term.
It doesn't matter what you want to know about, you will find something on the Internet that can provide the information you need. Yet it is bad for my work needs because there is almost too much information on the Internet. It is easy to feel overwhelmed by the amount of information that is out there. When you type a search term into a search engine, you won't just get a few results, you will get millions! Search engines do a good job at prioritising which are the most relevant sites for your search term. However that one piece of information that you are after might be on page 345 of results. There is very little chance that you are going to find it.
Christopher St.phorose 11R