Online Services interesting evaluation

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/24/AR2009022401706.html

Thought you might like to draw on some of these journalists' thoughts on a discussion about social networking being devoid of a cohesive narrative and having no long-term significance.

Sarah Lacy speaks of the change between Web 1 and Web 2 technologies and focuses on

• real identity
• support and empathy
• its benefits in communications, education and collaboration

Coursework Upload Deadlines

The following eportfolios should be uploaded for marking. Should your work not be uploaded your work shall not be submitted to Edexcel. No late entries can be accepted.

Year 13 Unit 1 Eportfolio (fully completed)

Year 13 Unit 2 Eportfolio (fully completed)
Year 13 Unit 8 Eportfolio (partially completed)

Year 13 Unit 10 Eportfolio (partially completed)

Year 12 Unit 2 Eportfolio (fully completed)

Year 11 Out and About (partially completed)

Year 11 Graphics (partially completed)

Year 11 Multimedia (partially completed)

Year 10 Think Click (partially completed)

How to upload your eportfolio :)

1) Open your eportfolio so you can see index.htm and other folders.
2) Select index and all other folders right click and send to compressed zip folder.
3) By default it will save to the location where your index file is located.
4) Go to www.ictdome.com
5) Go to login. Your username is your first name. Your password is your surname.
6) Select the academic year. It will take you to your homepage.
7) Under the course unit you are taking click on upload icon.
8) Select your zipped folder and upload.
To view your work, go to eportfolios on navmenu. :D

Browser readers and screen readers

Check out Firevox, an extension of Forefox which provides the visually impaired access to the Internet to allow the contents of a browser screen be read back to the user. http://firevox.clcworld.net/

Narrator is a basic screen reader that is built into Windows Vista you might like to try out!

http://www.microsoft.com/enable/training/windowsvista/narrator.aspx

Making sure links work every time

If your links aren’t working, it is highly likely that you have changed your folder structures and the placement of files. You will have fewer problems with your links if you use document-relative paths and not site root-relative paths.

The best way to ensure all links are working is to do the following:

Different types of transactions

A number of students are asking me about transaction types and what different types of transactions there are.

I thought I might start by giving you a definition in answer to your questions .

A transaction is an exchange of trade (goods and services), ideas or money between a website owner and a customer.

There are no hard and fast rules that will apply to all websites and you will need to study your chosen website in detail to see what types of transactions are on offer.The following is a brainstorm of the different types, but be careful …make sure the website under study includes them before you start writing about them!

* Sale/purchase of goods and / or services
* Return / exchange of goods and refunds
* Online methods of payment - EFT with credit card, debit card, Paypal
* Offline methods of payment (sending a cheque or bank draft or making a bank to bank funds transfer via web)
* Voucher processing e.g. Amazons (cashing in a gift)
* Loyalty card transaction (points in exchange for spending a certain amount)
* Terms of Service( seller supplies goods and services, buyer agrees to terms and conditions)
* Placing an order (intent to purchase)

We therefore need to ask ourselves a question, if placing a product in a wishlist is indeed a transaction since no exchange of commitment is made by either buyer or seller...

Perhaps you can think of more...

Coursework deadlines 2009-2010

Year 10 - AiDA
Eporfolio – 17 September
Initial Plan September 27
Questionnaire + Review – October 11
Spreadsheet + Review – November 9
Database + Review – December 13
Eportfolio – January 3
Leaflet + Review - January 24
Screensaver+ Review – February 21
Webpage + Review –March 28
Final Review – March 31

Year 11 - CiDA
Eportfolio – 17 September
Initial Plan - September 27
Proposal + Design Log – October 11
Gathering Graphics Elements / MM Assets – November 9
Product 1 + Review – December 13
Product 2 + Review - January 24
Product 3 + Review – February 21
Product 4 + Final Review –March 14


AS APPLIED ICT

WINTER TERM 2009 – Unit 2
Thursday 17 September: E-portfolio structure
Sunday 25 October: Transaction Website Evaluation
Sunday 1 November: Information and Data Flow Diagrams
Sunday 15 November: Data Protection
Sunday 6 December: Database
Sunday 13 December: Evaluation
Thursday 17 December: Unit 2 Final Deadline

SPRING TERM 2010 – Unit 1
Sunday 3 January: E-portfolio structure
Sunday 10 January: Online Services – Type 1
Sunday 17 January: Online Services – Type 2
Sunday 24 January: Online Services – Type 3
Sunday 30 January: Online Services – Type 4
Sunday 7 February: Online Services – Type 5
Sunday 21 February: Impact on Life
Sunday 28 March: Digital Divide
Sunday 18 April: Unit 1 Final Deadline

A2 APPLIED ICT

WINTER TERM 2009
Thursday 17 September: E-portfolio structures (Unit 8 & 10)
Sunday 27 September: Proposal for a multimedia product or a website (Unit 8)
Sunday 11 October: Functional Specification (Unit 10)
Sunday 9 November: Initial Design and Prototype (Unit 10)
Sunday 15 November: Detailed Project Plan (Unit 8)

SPRING TERM 2010
Sunday 3 January: Multimedia product or a website for an organisation (Unit 10)
Sunday 10 January: Instructions for Users (Unit 10)
Sunday 24 January: Formative and Summative Testing (Unit 10)
Sunday 7 February: Evaluations (Unit 8 & 10)
Sunday 21 February: Final Deadline for 2 e-portfolios and a multimedia product.

How to attach a css template to an html page?

Html pages hold content. CSS defines the design and the layout of elements on your html page.

Why use external CSS?

• 
  It keeps your website design and content separate.
  You attach the single CSS file using the "link" tag.
  You can make changes to all your web pages with just a few changes in a single CSS file.

Consider the following paths…

//ec-server/sikora/91540_0000_SI_A/index.html
//ec-server/sikora/91540_0000_SI_A/html/leaflet.html

Which file is at the deepest level?
Which file is closest to the root of directory?

How to attach a CSS template to index.html

Where is index.html located? In the root directory.
Which folders does the browser have to go into to get to style.css? CSS
What is the path from index.html to get to the stylesheet? css/style.css

In the header of index.html enter the following:-



How to attach a CSS template to leaflet.html

Where is leaflet.html located? In the html folder which is in the root directory.
Which folders does the browser have to go into to get to style.css? Up a directory to get to the root of directory then to the css folder then the file.
What is the path from leaflet.html to get to the stylesheet?
91540_0000_SI_A/css/style.css

../ Can be used instead of the root directory
And we get
../css/style.css

In the header of leaflet.html enter the following:-

And Voila! You can view your web page now!

Eportfolio Structure

Set up your folders for your eportfolio as per digram below...

Welcome to all ICT DiDA and Applied ICT students

Hi all! I shall be using this blog to post teaching resources to support your ICT eportfolio work. I shall start by providing you with a list of application software that would be a good idea to have installed on your computers at home.

Open Source software (freely downloadable)

Freemind (Mind mapping software)
Open Workbench (Project management software)
Kompozer (Web page editor)
GIMP (image manipulation and graphics editing software)
Blender (animation software)

Proprietary software

Adobe Master Collection CS4
especially
Photoshop (image manipulation)
Illustrator (vector graphics editing software)
Dreamweaver (web page editor)
Flash (animation software)
Fireworks (graphics editing software)

Don't forget to keep your anti-virus software up-to-date!
Project work is always prone to getting lost. Make sure the most recent versions are saved in at least 3 locations all the time e.g. at home, at school and on an external HDD or memory stick.