Friday 10 December 2010
The digital reading revolution
Guardian: The digital reading revolutionBooks have come late to the digital party, but change is now happening at such a furious pace that even conservative members of the trade are starting to realise that their industry is being snatched away from them before their eyes. The undisputed leader in the race to sell digital books is Amazon. Its Kindle e-reader was a late entry into the race but it used its redoubtable marketing muscle to gain a 76% share of all digital books sold. It could have been much more but for the arrival of the iPad, which now has a 5% market share, though rising fast.
ecommerce example
Monday 6 December 2010
Sunday 5 December 2010
Research activity
In your groups, you're going to be researching an online service area, as given to your group in class. Search for useful links and blog them when you find them.
Online services:
- communication, eg email, instant messaging, newsgroups, online conferencing, blogs, social networking
- real time information, eg train timetables, news services, traffic reports, weather
- commerce, eg shopping, banking, auctions
- government, eg online tax returns, e-voting, applications for services/grants, revenue collection
- education, eg online learning/training, VLEs
- business, eg videoconferencing, collaborative working, business networks
- entertainment, eg multi-user games, radio players
- download services, eg music, film, upgrades, software web storage
- online mapping and route planning (not Sat Nav)
There are lots of types of sources of information:
- extracts from websites
- screenshots
- journal articles
- sound clips
- discussion groups
- blog posts
- reference sites, like wikipedia
- online video
Set up a blog
Each group needs a blog. It's dead easy: one of you needs to go to blogger.com and follow the destructions! Then, invite everyone else in the group to join the blog. (Getting everyone to type in their own email address at this point is probably easiest.)
The getting started guide is useful, as is the help section on setting up a team blog.
The getting started guide is useful, as is the help section on setting up a team blog.
Virtual Revolution - More
Because the BBC is ace, they've put a load of stuff related to the TV programme on their Virtual Revolution website. You can explore the programme in various ways, and the make your own documentary clips will be useful for your ebook.
Virtual Revolution Episode 1, Part 1
The first part of the first episode of BBC series Virtual Revolution.
Create a Google account
You need to set up a Google account. This will enable you to comment here and, later, to create your own blog.
If you already have a Google account, you can use that, or create a new one just for this. It's your choice.
Remember to stay safe, and think carefully about what you reveal and do and say.
If you already have a Google account, you can use that, or create a new one just for this. It's your choice.
Remember to stay safe, and think carefully about what you reveal and do and say.
The Virtual Revolution
We're going to watch some of a BBC series, called Virtual Revolution, which shows some of the impacts of the web, and also shows where it all began. But first, you need to join the virtual revolution...
Unit 1
Unit 1 is all about online services. What they do, how they change our lives and what happens to the people without access.
You're going to research these services and their effects, using a range of sources, and then create an ebook, with embedded multimedia.
You're going to research these services and their effects, using a range of sources, and then create an ebook, with embedded multimedia.
Welcome
Welcome to my ICT blog. I'm going to use this to help you start your first research task. And then maybe for other stuff.
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