Open Access Journal Articles

Year 12 budding authors, you shall find some good journal articles here which you can use in your research for your ebooks!

I found articles on the topics we are studying in the social sciences section...see how you go...

http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=subject&cpid=130

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...