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Unit 1 - The Online World
How do websites work? How do emails reach your computer? How does the use of computer applications affect your daily life? This unit provides an introduction to the modern online world. Starting with my own experiences, I have extended my knowledge of online services and investigate the technology and software that supports them. I have also learned more about a range of services including email, online data storage, collaborative software, search engines and blogging.
This unit has helped me understand the main technologies and processes behind the internet and investigate how they come together to let me view websites and send information across the world. The internet and web of tomorrow will be even more powerful, more connected, more intuitive and a more important part of our lives. This will result in an internet of services, objects and infrastructure (ubiquitous computing) which will radically change our lives. For example, smart appliances will be able to talk to each other, clothes will monitor our health and retailers will access social media to gain insight into shoppers’ preferences.
I have explored a range of digital devices, such as smart phones and digital music players and consider the technology that enables these devices to share and exchange information. This technology has created new concerns regarding security and privacy. I have also investigated these concerns and consider how users should behave online to safeguard themselves and respect others.
Below are the learning aims which I have met:
A. Investigate online services and online communication
B. Investigate components of the internet and how digital devices exchange and store information
C. Investigate issues with operating online.
How do websites work? How do emails reach your computer? How does the use of computer applications affect your daily life? This unit provides an introduction to the modern online world. Starting with my own experiences, I have extended my knowledge of online services and investigate the technology and software that supports them. I have also learned more about a range of services including email, online data storage, collaborative software, search engines and blogging.
This unit has helped me understand the main technologies and processes behind the internet and investigate how they come together to let me view websites and send information across the world. The internet and web of tomorrow will be even more powerful, more connected, more intuitive and a more important part of our lives. This will result in an internet of services, objects and infrastructure (ubiquitous computing) which will radically change our lives. For example, smart appliances will be able to talk to each other, clothes will monitor our health and retailers will access social media to gain insight into shoppers’ preferences.
I have explored a range of digital devices, such as smart phones and digital music players and consider the technology that enables these devices to share and exchange information. This technology has created new concerns regarding security and privacy. I have also investigated these concerns and consider how users should behave online to safeguard themselves and respect others.
Below are the learning aims which I have met:
A. Investigate online services and online communication
B. Investigate components of the internet and how digital devices exchange and store information
C. Investigate issues with operating online.