Real Time Information- Weather

For my final piece of real time information, i have chosen to write about weather forcasts. I chose to get my weather forcast from the ITV website.

The Website is very colourful, and shows you a rief picture of the forcast on the front of the page. If you want a more detailed forcast, you simply select your region from the list below, and it tells you what the weather is going to be like in your area!

A great feature to the weather page, is that it allows to to see what the weather is like all over the country, so that is really useful if you are planning a holiday, and want to know what the weather is like before you go away to that place on holiday.

I wouldnt really suggest using this website, unless you want to know about holiday weather, becuase i think that the weather forcast on the TV is much better!

Real Time Information- News

I have chosen BBC News as my second piece of real time information, because it has so many different important and not so important stories. This website tells you about the world wide news, and tells you the local news around your area.

I have used BBC News before, and i think it is really usful! It is so quick at loading up the new stories, with in a few minuted of a ground breaking story, the whole picture of the story is already on the interent.

Not only does BBC News tell you about the news, the also have video clips and voice clips, so it is easy for anyone to understand. The website also has links to other BBC websites, such as Sport, Radio and CBBC.

Real Time Information- Traffic Information

My first section on real time information is traffic information. I decided to go for local traffic information from Lincolnshire. I don't think this information is very clear, and they don't have lots of information! There maybe other streets or roads that are blocked, and they haven't mentioned them. However, one good point, is that they do update the information quite regulary!

I have never used this website before for traffic information, and i don't think i'll use it again, as it has no interest to me yet, as I am not driving yet! I wouldn't advise my parents or other drivers to use this, I would tell them to stick to the radio, as it is far more useful if you are on the go!

The website itself isn't interesting, and would not appeal to people of our age. It has quite a bit of information about local news and local things happening around Lincolnshire.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/lincolnshire/travel/travel_live_roads_feature.shtml

1.2 Information Ages:Working Style- Employment Opportunties

Summarise:

1. Computers are used in all areas of work
2. If people can't use computers, there is a shortage of work

Advantages:

• Work is a lot easier, as machines do it for you
• The job is more professional

Disadvantages:

• People are being replaced by machines
• It makes people lazy, as they just make the machines do it

1.2 Information Ages: Working Style- Changes

Summarise:

1. ICT allows flexible working hours
2. Wide range of activities to do
3. Can be more creative e.g. with presentations

Advantages:

• It takes less time to do the work
• Work looks neater and more professional
• News/Information can be sent and recieved quicker

Disadvantages:

• If you don't have computer skills, it is hard to find a job
• It can be complicated
• If you forget to save your work, you may loose it!

Spiral Frog

Spiral frog is the new and up-coming download service, offering legal downloads, both audio and video content. spiral frog will be secure site where music lovers can satisfy their needs for music, entertainment and information set do put i tunes out of business with its low download prices!

The Spiral Frog website is currently in Beta, and will debut in Q1 2007.

Yahoo Chat

I have Choosen Yahoo Chat as my final Communication piece.

Yahoo is rather like MSN, you send instant messages to your friends, play music in the background, and send moving pictures.

I think MSN is better than Yahoo Chat, becuase there are more things to do and choose from, and it is more up to date.

Disney Store

My 3rd and final commerce online service is the Disney store! the Disney Store is a great online service for any disney fans out there! They sell all disney products from Winnie the Pooh to Cars and Pirates Of The Caribbean! Disney Store sell all types of products, such as Baby and adult clothes, home ware products, school equipment, and Toys! The website is very colourful, and i would really advice anybody to check out the disney site!

I use the Disney Store quite alot, because they often have good deals, i am a rabid Pirates of the Caribbean fan, so i order all my stuff off this site! I never experience any problems with this! In my opinion, the best time to shop on-line, is during the christmas period, and when the sales are on, you can find some really interesting things! :D

www.disneystore.co.uk

CITV Games

My 3rd an final entertainment site is the CITV Gaming site! It is very appealing for childrean as it has lots of different games to choose from, such as finders keepers, Tennage Mutant Ninga Turtles, and all the other classic CITV programs. The website is very colourful, and has lots of pictures. I would say this website was for the more younger kids, as some of the games are too easy for advanced gamers!

www.citv.co.uk/games

ITV

The second entertainment online service i am using is ITV! ITV, like BBC has different things to go on such as weather, news etc. However, i do find the ITV website much more interesting than the BBC one, because it is much more colourful, and it has more interesting topics like what us happening in the world of celebrities, and Film reviews, so i suggest using ITV to gain the most entertainment from a website!

I have to say, i don't really use the ITV website very much! :O, However, for the few times i have been on, it was ok! Normally i would go and read about Soap Operas, or TV Programs like X-Factor or I'm a Celebrity!

www.itv.co.uk

I-Tunes

I am going to use I-Tunes as my Download section on online services. I-Tunes is really good, becasue it stores thousands of songs and albums, a download costs around 70p! There are lots of pictures and it is very colourful, so it appeals to teenagers!

I have an I-Pod, but i rarely ever download any songs! I did have quite a few problems when i was trying to set up I-Tunes, i took months for it to load! Once it did load, everytime i went on it, it crashed! But now after nearly a year of trying to set it up, it does work quite well now, and have managed to put hundreds of songs onto my I-Pod! YAY :D

http://www.apple.com/uk/itunes/

Online Banking

I decided to choose nationwide as my on-line bank. The web pages loads up really fast, and there are plenty of links to take you to what you want to know! One problem i found with the web site was that, it looks boring, there are no colours in it, white is the background, and it would look more appealing if it was a different colour!

www.nationwide.co.uk

BBC

I chose the BBC website for my entertainment section, because it is a good website, and offers you a wide range of things to look at, such as:

• Weather
• Sport
• TV
• News
• Music
• Health
• Radio, and many more

The site comes up quickly, and it is and easy to understand. It has lots of links to other pages, so anyone can use it!

www.bbc.co.uk

Using MSN

I chose MSN as my communication section, because it is a great way to stay in touch with your friends! It is quick and easy! There are so many different fonts and colours to choosr from which appeals to youngsters! MSN is also free, so it works out better for teeneagers as it is cheaper than texting and phoning! I would suggest to get MSN because its fun and a good way to stay in touch with lost friends!

I use MSN all the time to chat to friends and family, i think it's really good! When i first downloaded MSN, i did have a few problems, like the computer would frequenly crash or freeze, but if you only have MSN up, (no internet or email on!) then it should be fine!

Next Online Shopping

I decided to choose next directory as my main online shopping website, it was very quick to load up, but the home page wasn't very interesting! There was only a tiny screen showing what links there were to go on, and the background colour was very plain and it didn't match the rest of the page! Next shows a wide range of clothes, but there are more products in the catalogue! I would only suggest using the online next service if you didn't have a shop near- by or a catalogue!

i use the next online shopping quite a bit, as does my mum, because there are some things on the website, that you cannot buy in the store. I can honestly say that i have had no problems with it, its works fine, but on odd occasions, it can be a bit slow!

www.next.co.uk

Comments

Some of the comments i have recieved are that i need to include more capital letters, so i will do my best to make my blog suit everyones needs! :D

Recieving Comments

To make my blog better, i think i should ask people about what they think of it, tell me the good features and what could be improved!

Sending My New Blog Account

I sent my new blog account by e mail to 4 different people they are:

• Laura-Jayne Whitehead
• Rebecca Rippin
• Rosie Stone
• My ICT Teacher Mrs Roberts

Online Services

This is my A.S Courswork. This post will allow you to see how i use different online services such as:

• MSN Messenger for Chatting
• I-Tunes for Downloading Music
• Online Shopping
• Nationwide for Online Banking
• BBC for Entertainment