Direct Gov

What you can do on this website?

• Gives you good links to other websites for help,
• Travel advise and journey planning,
• Tax your car online,
• Apply for a passport,
• Weather warnings near your house,
• School dates and term dates,
• Health checks,
• Appling for a blue disabled badge,
• Health Insurance for going abroad,
• Student finance,
• Home,
• Brits moving abroad,
• Driving test help. E.g. signs and markings,

Information Services?

·        The High way code - http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/index.htm

·        Motoring –

           http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/index.htm

• Crime and Justice – http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/CrimeJusticeAndTheLaw/index.htm
• Caring for someone - http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/CaringForSomeone/index.htm

Online reporting and advice?

·        Britons aboard –

     http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/BritonsLivingAbroad/index.htm

·        Money Abroad –

      http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/BritonsLivingAbroad/Moneyabroad/index.htm

·        Caring for disable children – http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/CaringForSomeone/CaringForADisabledChild/DG_10027203

·        Work and Careers –

    http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/YoungPeople/Workandcareers/index.htm

Online payments?

• Car Tax – http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/OwningAVehicle/HowToTaxYourVehicle/index.htm?PRO=hp&CRE=pop
• Claiming Benefits –http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTaxAndBenefits/BenefitsTaxCreditsAndOtherSupport/index.htm
• Passport –http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Passports/index.htm?PRO=hp&CRE=pop

This web site is very helpful too people as it store a lot of information that is very useful. It is easy too use because it’s all set out into categories there people can find what they are looking for. Also it helps if you can not get around to different places very easily you can pay bills and claim benefits quick ands easy. This web site is very useful and I would recommended it.

Downloading Online!

I would rather download then buy from a physical shop because it’s quicker also you don’t have to pay for the petrol money. You don’t have to wait a few days for the delivery too come it happens automatically. Finally, the CD wont break or get scratched so you don’t have too worry about looking after it.

When downloading products it can take time because maybe your internet connection isn’t very good therefore, it makes it slow and could take a while. If you are downloading music which is from a website you could get virus which will come onto your computer and will eventually break it therefore making it a better reason too buy from a store. If your computer breaks or there is a problem with your computer then you will probably loose the song or movie and will not be able to get it back.

By downloading off the internet it fulfils its purpose as you can have the product then and there without any problems. Also it’s a less hassle way of having too gone out of the house or having too wait around as you can get it right there and then.

Online Banking

HSBC, uses banking online is a easy way too check your account from home without going to a atm. People use this more regualr now a days compared to going to atm as its a quicker way. Also some people have things going out of there account all the time like rent, bills ect.. So they can check that the right amount of money is going out. The target audience for online bankings is aimd at a huge range of people over the age of 16 people in work or who own houses. The advantages of this are you can check your account anywhere if you have some sort of internet connection. The main disadventages are that the site is not very secure, if you are using wi fi then people who know what they are doing can hack into your account and use your details thats why you have to be very careful not to use online banking in places such as 'starbucks' because you can easily get peoples details. HSBC have found a safer easier way of doing this buy sending you a small plastic pin code iteam which you can put your details into and activates yours account online here is a image of what it looks like:



Here is a link to the HSBC online banking:

http://goo.gl/yRfSi

Ebay!

The majour purpose of Ebay, are that the public can go online and buy it now or aurction to buyu second hand or brand new things that other people are selling. The target aurdience is aimed at every age range it fits around what everyone likes and has a bit of something for everyone. this web site is great as they maybe things that used to be sold in stores years ago and you cant get them anymore but people maybe selling them on Ebay. The auction process is a way it bid for the thing you are wanting the seller will ask for a certain amount of money and you can match that or improve it. Other people will fight against you and rise the money up just so they can win this it is not always the best way of buying something on ebay alot of people prefer to use the 'buy it now' button because they dont have to fight to get it and keep rising the price. Ebay fulfils purposes for finding iteams that are older and not usally new this is great as people my need things such as a dress from a shop that was in last season you could look on ebay and see if they have it and they will mostly likely will. The bad things about this web site are they the people who are selling can scam you buy selling something and not really having the iteam to sell or saying that the iteam is in fuully working condition when really it could be faulty and you wont no the truth till it actually arrives and most of the time you cant send it back unless your buying it froom a actually store which has set up a account on eaby.

Here is a link to the Ebay website:

http://goo.gl/969mJ

Weather in Armthorpe!

I have a task for the next 5 days to check the weather forecast on the IPhoneweather and see how accurate it actually is I will be checking these Today,Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I will check it morning and night and collet my results onto my blog so other people can see what imfornation i found out.

Wednesday 19th September 2012-
morning -
I have checked the weather forecast on my iphone and found out that the weather is estimated at 9 degrees this morning and sunny. I can clearly comfirm that i would say it is 9 degrees but the is a slight wind.

Thursday 20th September 2012-
morning-
This morning when i woke up i checked the weather on my iphone and it says it was 10 degrees and rain.
When i went out side it was raining but i beilive it was warmer than 10 degrees.

Friday 21st September 2012-
Morning-
This morning when I was walking to school I checked the weather forecast on my iPhone. It said it was 10 degrees and raining and that was correct the weather was exactly right meaning a very reliable source.

Saturday 22nd September 2012-
Morning-
So this morning when I looked out the window I saw that it look abit warmer so I checked the weather on my app and it said sunny and 15 degrees. When I then went out that day I found that the weather forecast I had been told was accurate and that it was exactly what it said.

Sunday 23rd September 2012-
Evening-
So tonight I wanted to check if it was gonna rain it rained until about 9pm.but on the app it said that it was gonna be raining all night therefore I found that the app got it wrong this one time.

How E-mail works

Email is very popular among a massive range of people, some people send emails without even knowing these days.

In 1971 the first ever email was sent, by a man called Ray Tomlinson at this time the emails could only be sent from one computer to another which limited it. Later on Tomlinson then discovered how to send emails using the sign ‘@’this means you can access these e-mails at anytime. E-mail clients are what people use everyday to send and receive messages everyday. The most common clients that people use are Microsoft Outlook, and Pegasus. Other people may sign up to different ones online such as Hotmail, Gmail and Yahoo.

When sending a e-mail to a address with the same web address the email will get sent straight there. When you send it to a different client it has to go through the serves to be approved by the company. Here is a diagram below to show how it works:

Planning my journey to London

Today, I planned a journey too the Oylmpic park in London. When I planned my journey by rail it took me a while to realise what i have todo because i didnt quite understand how but i finsihed it by using a progrom on the offical Olympic Stadium webiste.

This is my journey by rail:

I started my journey at 11:20am, I am at the Doncaster Railway Station and I am about to take my journey too London Kings Cross. My train arrives at 12:15pm from platform 6 to King Cross’s this will cost me £78.80.

when I arrive at kings cross station I had to take a 11 minute wake to St Pancras international when I arrive here I have to catch a train which will take 6 minutes I will catch this train. When I arrive at Stratford international I have a 9 minute walk from the station to the Olympic park.

I also had to plan the same route by going my car, i found this much easier as i found out the directions and how much the petrol would cost on googles maps and the AA to find out how long it took.

This is my journey by car:

i took the journey from my house DN3 3TT to the Olympic stadium. This will cost me £35.21 in petrol money and will take around 3 hours and 10 minutes.

Website Links:

http://goo.gl/KVnVw - Olympic Statidum
http://goo.gl/Fqvfb - Google Maps
http://goo.gl/frfKy - AA
http://goo.gl/1hpNV - National Raill

Instant Messaging

    ·        Facebook

·        Instagram

·        Instadm

·        BBM

·        YouTube

·        Skype

·        MSN

·        Yahoo

·        Blogger

·        Twitter

·        Imessage

Ways in which you can use these are on the computer, mobile phones, iPods, IPads. Computers and IPads are more reliably and I would use these more often as there clear and handier. All the instant messaging sighs above are simple and easy to use, when I am out and about I would use my mobile because its on hand and easy to access these areas. The ones I use the most are Facebook, twitter, Instagram and Imessage as these are the most popular instant messaging sites.

Email!

Last night I was at work and I had to sort some deliveries out. So instead of writing them all I used email, I made a spread sheet and emailed it to other company's. I choose to use email over writing a letter as the email would get there straight away without having to wait a few days also email is a quick and easy way of connecting with people and I can attach my spread sheet as well.

Play.com

Today I ordered a new movie on play.com "the hunger games". I bought this on this website because it's quick and easy as I can get it delivered straight to my house as I can not get to a shop. Therefore this Is the most suitable option as I can order and access the website on my iPhone and can receive the conformation details that I have ordered on my phone too. This is why I choose to use this website than any other.

Facebook Mail!

This morning, I used my facebook mail to contact one of the other students at school to ask about homework. I choose this method because it was quick and simple and I know the person I mailed who receive it straight that's why I choose Facebook mail a a communication method.

Twitter/Facebook communication

I use Facebook and Twitter more than once a day. They are very similar social network sites that I use to contact and discuss things and topics with my friends and family. When checking my twitter or facebook i can use my laptop or my phone which i do very often, I connect my friends or people who I may not be as close too but need to get in connect with on facebook. Twitter is what I used today to discusses a certain topic with a few people where they give there own opinions on what they think. 

First day of being a blogger!

Today! I created a account on blogger to use in my A-Level ICT. I made this too keep track of coumminications. I have followed my friends to see what they are blogging when following them we used e-mail and sent out blogs to each other so we can follow.

Online Services

This is my personal audit of all your communications, reshearch, invertigations ect. About online services and the information age.

The areas that i will be covering include:

                     

• Communication,
• Real time information,
• E-Commerce,
• E-Government,
• Education,
• Business,
• Entertainment.