Covenant House.

Marissa Miller Organizational Communication Technologies Quiz #1 www.covenanthouse.org Communication environments for non-profit orgs have changed dramatically since the Internet became widely used. Covenant House is a privately funded childcare agency that provides shelter and services to homeless and runaway youth. They do work in the US, Canada, and Latin America to help stop child labor and prostitution and to pass legislation that protects itinerant and fleeing youth. Luckily, Covenant House has enough financial resources to establish an effective Internet presence. According to Covenant House's website "the Internet has tremendous potential to benefit children and these innovative projects show just what can be achieved, often with limited resources." The target audiences for Covenant House are homeless and runaway youth as well as people who are willing to donate time and money to the cause. To aid communication with donors, volunteers, and people in need of help and/or information their website offers a variety of e-mail addresses, mailing addresses, fax numbers, and phone numbers (including the "NINELINE", a 24-hour help hotline). There are several links on every page directing viewers how to contact the organization and it is very clear that any communication is helpful and welcome. According to www.affinityresources.com a virtual community refers to

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S.W.O.T Analysis of an Internet caf (Mecca) on Melton Road

S.W.O.T Analysis of an Internet café (Mecca) on Melton Road Strengths: * Belgrave area in which disposable incomes are moderate to high. * Situates near the "Golden Mile" which is the heart of the Belgrave community. There are also a primary and a secondary school near by. * Proposed premises are situated near bus stops and a busy shopping area throughout the week which will mean easy access to the general public in the area. * The premises have many large windows and an open plan, located near the town centre, providing much opportunity to entice custom via interior design. * The premises have easy access routes as there are number of ways to get to the location via buses and roads. Weaknesses: * The exterior design of there location is not breath taking and therefore does not attract many customers throughout the day. * Limited parking space available (parking has to be done in the side streets which could become a problem such as congestion). * It offers limited amounts of internet access as other space is used for national/international calls. * They do not offer facilities that are offered by competitors such as scanning or gaming experience. Opportunities: * There is an opportunity to completely dominate the market of internet cafes and the small surrounding towns as the main service provided is modern, fashionable and the closest replicating service is in

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I been asked to design a web-site for the IT department showing all parts of ICT.

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 2 Using a browser and book marking 2 HTML Code 15 STRUCTURED DIAGRAMS 19 Hierarchical Structured Diagram 20 Mesh Structured Diagram 21 TCP/IP SET-UP 22 Registering for web space 23 Home Page set-up 24 Defining Site using Dream Weaver 25 Evidence of set up of the web site 25 STORY BOARD 26 ACTION PLAN 27 WEB PAGE TEMPLATE 29 Introduction I been asked to design a web-site for the IT department showing all parts of ICT. I have searched the Internet for ideas and have come up with a few web-sites. Which have the effects, which I quite like. The effects are the format and the entrance to the web-site. I will use google to search for different school web-sites. Using a browser and book marking The browser I will be using is Microsoft Internet Explorer. The search engine I am using is google.co.uk. To start my search I searched for schools web-sites and got 664000 results so I defined my search. When I defined my search to Schools web-sites in Ni I got 5400 results and as you can see on the screen dump I clicked on one of them To bookmark a web-site I went to my favourites and clicked on add to favourites and create in the unit 7 folder. After that I clicked ok, and it brought me to the web-site so I clicked my favourites and went to AVCE, unit 7 and when I scrolled across there was my web-site saved. Table of likes and dislikes of

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Networks LAN = Local Area Network.

Networks LAN = Local Area Network. When PCs close to one another in a single office or building are joined by a cable, a network is formed known as a Local Area Network (LAN). Once the computers are connected together into a LAN, many people (users) can share and use the same resources at the same time. They can share files, software, hard disks and peripherals such as a printer or CD-ROM. Users can also use the LAN to communicate with each other by e-mail. Data can be transmitted very quickly between networked computers. Advantages of Networks * Programs can be shared- software packages can be installed onto the file server and accessed by all individual workstations at the same time. This reduces cost, maintenance and makes upgrades easier. * A user can access any software from any station. * Data can be shared by all users at the same time. Many people can access or update the information held on a database at the same time. Thus information is up to date and accurate. * Users can communicate with others on the network by sending messages and sharing files. * Individual workstations do not need a printer; one high quality printer can now be shared by everyone, thus cutting costs. * Networks provide security. A user must have the correct Password and User ID in order to be able to access the information on the network. * Private areas on the network can

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AS A TEENAGER WHO USES THE INTERNET YOU HAVE BEEN INVITED TO CONTRIBUTE TO AN ARTICLE 'IS THE INTERNET GOOD OR BAD FOR KDS?' IN NEXT MONTH'S 'GOOD PARENTING MAGAZINE'

AS A TEENAGER WHO USES THE INTERNET YOU HAVE BEEN INVITED TO CONTRIBUTE TO AN ARTICLE 'IS THE INTERNET GOOD OR BAD FOR KDS?' IN NEXT MONTH'S 'GOOD PARENTING MAGAZINE' Are your children spending too much time online? Worried about what your children has access to on the internet? Read on to find out if it is suitable for them. I disagree with the point that the internet is bad for children as I am a user; however lets look at the 'dark' side of the internet which makes parents worried. Many parents are concerned about what their children go on, on the internet. For eg. pornography or other websites which are not suitable for children, as most of the content is for 18 years or older. One of the main and most occurring problems of the internet is that children go on pornography websites. As more young people go on pornography websites and other websites then they are more worried about their personal life with their girlfriend/boyfriend instead of schoolwork and homework. Another problem which parents are worried about is of kidnapping perverts who talk to our children on chat websites, eg. MSN etc. You never know who they are talking to a pervert and asking our children to meet them? They might be kidnapped or raped by the pervert. One of the key nuisance are viruses which come onto our computer by our children downloading illegal contents of music and videos from

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Electronics has played a major part in communication and the developments of it

Communication Essay Electronics has played a major part in communication and the developments of it. The first ways of communication not by just talking were the uses of cans and a piece of string. This worked by the vibrations of the voice vibrating down the string and into the other person's can. The next major development was the invention of telephones. The first telephones were large and ugly with large numbers and were difficult to hear, and the switchboards were done manually by women and children. The next part of communication was the internet. This was first brought into use by the armies who wanted to move data from one computer to the other without the use of disks etc. Next was the mobile computer, or the laptop. The first model of these has a small screen which was black and white and was very slow and also expensive. They were only really used by businessmen and rich people. Now they have changed and have large colour screens and are of comparison in speed to that of desktop computers. The next development was that of mobile phones. It was at first thought never to take off with the large models, which needed a long charge for not much talk time. This changed when the phones which looked good and were small were introduced. Also the idea of text messaging took off with many people using it. Recent developments in electronics in communication have been that of

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A report into my use of ICT at school and at home in my personal and social life

A report into my use of ICT at school and at home in my personal and social life School I use ICT at school for various things, for example researching in history lessons or to easily write something up without worrying about spelling or punctuation thanks to spell checker. I am using ICT at school for this report which is an important piece towards my final grade. The technology that this involves is. Internet mainly used for things like research. Access is used at school not entirely used by the students, mostly by teachers with things like interactive boards and touch pens. The third thing that I use ICT for within school is reprographics. These three things meet my need within school for various reasons, for example Internet is often mostly used for research within the lesson for bigger things like essay writing, internet often proves more useful then text books. Access is used mostly be teachers but with the benefit of students. The interactive boards and pens prove more sufficient than board pens, with costs and potential. Reprographics I use for things like scanning, printing any other equipment that help me in doing my work with IT. There are few disadvantages involve with using this technology. The only possible disadvantages involved with the internet is the speed it runs at, often it can take long to load up a website, also the possible chance of being

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Report of six documents from organisations invoice and leaflets comparing, describing, and evaluating presentation styles.

REPORT OF SIX DOCUMENTS FROM ORAGANISATIONSINVOICE & LEAFLETS COMPARING, DESCRIBING EVALUATING PRESENTATION STYLES DOCUMENT ONE NTL INVOICE/STATEMENT PURPOSE Is to inform the client how much of ntl phone services they have used and also to state the exact amount of money the client has to pay the company by a certain deadline. To establish a contractual relationship between the client and the company this is because the client has to be informed about the amount of money that is due for the services that the client has used. TARGET AUDIENCE The target audience is the customer this is because the company has sent a letter to the client notifying them about the amount of money they own to the company about the services they have used. CONTENT The content is formal, unambiguous and nearly all factual information. The writer has created a direct writing style to keep the invoice simple as possible to understand. The following items of details have been presented in the ntl invoice that are: sender's name, address, telephone number registration number, the date, the reference for billing period from and to, the logo, the recipient's name and account number. Details that have actually been stated are in the call log report which is part of the invoice are the customer reference number, date, recipients name and address, telephone number, Number of calls, billable duration

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Report on the impact of information technology on social structures.

REPORT ON THE IMPACT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ON SOCIAL STRUCTURES ABSTRACT This report describes the development of the Internet and its technology, and its implications for our social structures, with a particular focus on family life and education. Use of the Internet in the home environment has given rise to concerns regarding social isolation of families, exposure to inappropriate material and invasion of privacy through undisclosed use of personal data. In contrast, the Internet has been recognized for fostering new dynamics within the family structure by introducing a more even distribution of authority within the family and increased whole family learning. The report highlights that the introduction of the Internet, as a teaching implement, will change the classroom environment, as well as the teacher-pupil relationship. However, the presence of the Internet in schools is still being researched and evaluated. INTRODUCTION The Internet and its technology such as email and the WWW, are fast entering the mainstream of society. Key to understanding the impact of the Internet on social structures is the rapidity with which the technology is both diffusing and simultaneously, changing. The Internet has moved very recently from being confined to the workplaces of professionals to take its place beside the television as a family resource in the homes of the

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Cisco Threaded Case Study Report

Network Design & Modelling V Washington School District Wide Area Network Cisco Threaded Case Study Report Khayam Asghar Michael Clarke Contents Project Overview............................................................3 Requirements Analysis......................................................3 Design Considerations......................................................5 Two-Layer Hierarchical Model.............................................5 Hardware Specifications for Regional Hubs..............................6 Extra Redundancy.............................................................7 Internet Connection Specifications.........................................7 WAN Connection Specifications for Individual School locations.... 7 Physical Security.............................................................8 Logical Security...............................................................8 Summary.......................................................................9 Appendix A - Washington School District WAN Logical Plan... ..10 Appendix B - Detail View of Data Centre Hub.........................11 Appendix C - Detail View of Shaw Butte Hub.........................12 Appendix D - Detail View of Service Centre Hub.....................13 Appendix E - LAN/WAN Integration Logical Plan ..................14 Appendix F - Washington School

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