Zusammenfassung der Ressource
online services 1
- communication
- Email,messaging,news groups,social networks,conferencing,blogs,vlogs
- Talking to friends on skype.
using social networking
applications like facebook or google+ to exchange information
- instant responses to someone who is remote from you, at
no additional cost to your broadband fees
- real time information
- time tables,news,sports update,weather reports,travel news
- checking an airport website for estimated arrival times of flights
- provides up to date infomation when picking people up from airport. companies
can use real time information about customers reactions to an advertisement to
improve the effectiveness of the advert
- commerce
- banking,auctions,online sales and purcheses,publishing
- selling something through a service such as ebay or amazon
- allows users to carry out transactions
seamlessly(without the need to use physical
money) and globally
- government
- tax returns,e-voting,applications for grants or benefits
- applying for your first provisional driving licence
- saves time and is more convenient -saves you a vusit to the post
office and means can take your time filling in the form and can
easily amend any errors
- education
- online learning,online training,manufacturers online tutorial
- Using the Microsoft ® training package for Windows
® 7 Allows you to do training from the comfort of
your own computer
- Virtual learning
environment (VLe)
- VLEs such
as Moodle
- Your school or college may use a VLE
for you to access lecture notes and
assignments, and for you to submit
assignment work
- Cost effective for the school/college and allows the
school/college to track the submission of learners’ work.
- Business
(different types
of organisations)
- Business networks,
collaborative
working, video
conferencing
- Using a price comparison
website is an example
where you touch on
business usage
- Allows you to get the best price
on purchases
- entertainment
- Multi-user games,
radio and TV
players, video
streaming
- Playing a game with
other people over the
internet
- Enhances the gaming
experience by allowing you to
play against people you may
not know.
- download
services
- music,films,new
softwear,games
- downloading music from a service such as
itunes or amazon
- Makes purchasing easier and
more affordable.
- The uses and
benefi ts of
different types of
online services is
an important
topic. Make sure
you read Table 1.1
carefully and
include it in your
revision.