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)
The links could be examples of the online service, people describing their experiences of using the services, reviews, news articles, etc.

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
  • Twitter

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