BTEC 2012

Unit 1 The Online World

Name: Chloe Stone

Lesson 1 - Online Services

(Student Book A Pg 3, 4)

Starter - What is an online service?

When you connect to the internet, and are passing or exchanging information to/from other
people.
gaps in the table below.
Service

Types

Examples

Benefits

Communication Email, messaging, news

groups, social networks,
conferencing, blogs and
vlogs.

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.
Socialising.

Real-time
information

Timetables, news, sport

updates, weather reports,
travel news.

Checking at airport
website for estimated
arrival times of flights.

Provides up-to-date
information when picking
people up from an 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 purchases,
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
license.

Saves time and is more

convenient which means it
saves you a visit to the post
office and means you can
take your time filling in the
form and can amend any
errors.

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Unit 1 The Online World

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Education

Online learning, online

training, manufacturers,
online tutorials.

Using the Microsoft

training package for
Windows 7.

Allows you to do traininhg

from the confort of your own
computer and at your own
pace.

Virtual learning
environment
(VLE)

VLEs such as moodle

Your school or college

may use a moodle for
you to access lecture
nots 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,
Using a price
collaborative working, video comparison website is
conferencing
an example where you
touch on buissness
usage.

Allows you to get the best

price of your purchases.

Entertainment

Multi-user games, radio

and tv players, video
streaming.

Playing a game with

other people over the
internet

Enchances the gaming

experience by allowing you to
play against people you may
not not know.

Download
services

Music, films, new software,

software upgrades, games

Downloading music
from a service such as
Itunes or Amazon.

Makes purchasing easier and

more affordable.

Service
Types

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Unit 1 The Online World

Name: Chloe Stone

1. Complete the table below to think about and record some of the services that you may use on a daily
basis and what you use them for?
Service

Provider

How do you use it? /

What do you use it for?

Email

Yahoo mail

You use it to get in contact with people.

google mail
AOL
Hotmail
Chat

Facebook

You use then to talk to people and get in

touch with your old friends.

BBM
Snap chat
Whats app
KIK
Forum

Download
Services

Yahoo answers

People ask a question and anyone can reply

to them.

Real player

You use these to download your favourite

music.

ITunes
Tubidy

Search engine

Google

You use these to find things out.

Bing
Yahoo

Games

Flappy bird
Music Inc.

You use games to play on.

Copter
Hollister
Online shopping

You use this to buy the things that you want.

Top shop
Schuh

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Unit 1 The Online World

Name: Chloe Stone

2. Find out what the following key terms mean in relation to the online world.

Profile - A user profile is a collection of personal data about a specific person. This
may include biographical information, lists of interests and photographs.

Network of friends - A collection of people who jointly keep up-to date contact
online. Sometimes this may be a specific network, such as The National Youth Science
Forum, or it may be more general, like a group of friends keeping in touch through
Facebook.

Online community - A virtual community which exists only online. It may be open to
anyone (e.g. a bulletin board) or restricted by interest (e.g. various
scientific communities).

Virtual world - An online community which meets in a computer-generated

world; for example, the large multi-player
Chat - In this context, refers to any kind of online real-time communication
over the internet.
Chatroom - Large-scale interactive conferencing with many people
involved in the same conversation at the same time.
Netiquette - Short for internet etiquette or network etiquette. It is a set of
conventions covering the use of networks used to interact with other
people. The conventions are designed to prevent people causing
annoyance or offence to others.
Plenary In pairs decide and write down which services are most important for:
Businesses?
Suppliers
letters

Schools and
Colleges?
My maths
Linguascope
ITeach

People wanting
to communicate
with friends and
family?

Facebook
Skype
BBM
KIK
Text messages
Viber
Letters
email

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