Definitions
www: this stands for world wide web
Blog: this is a web blog where people can post whatever they want about themselves or hobbies
Internet: a computer networking consisted of a worldwide network of computer networks
Website: a collection of pages, images etc linked together by a common url
URL: standing for Uniform Resource Locater this is the adress of a website on the world wide web
Modem: an electronic device device that connects computers to the phone line
Image: a visual representation of an object produced on an object
GIF: meaning Graphics Interchange Format it is a bitmap image format widely used on the internet
PDF: Portable Document Format is used to represent 2 dimensional images on the computer
Embed: adding a widget etc into a website for extra functioning
Applications: these are pieces of computer software used for a specific purpose
Gadget: a device or control that is very useful for a specific purpose
Cybersafety: refers to the safe use of the internet
HTML: Hypertext market language is the predominant language for construction of web pages
Bitmap image: these type of images are composed of individual bits
Vector image: these are pictures using points, lines, curves etc instead of individual bits
Flash:
Google define used for information
Why, when and who invented the internet?
The internet was invented by DARPA as a way to share information on defense research between the universeties involved and defence research facilities, it was invented in 1989
Questions:
1.What different types of websites are there e.g. informative.....
2.What are the benefits of having a website?
3.What are 'documents' online?
4.What purpose does a 'web map' serve?
5.What are 'links'?
6.Discuss why it is important to identify the potential users of a website.
7.What are the 8 golden rules of good web design?
8.What are the principles of good web design?
9.Discuss why it is important to test, evaluate and update your website?
1. Search engine, informative, personal, blogs, company, forums, online shops, social networking and file sharing
2. far cheaper than print advertising, allows for a market expansion, its up all the time, easy communication, easy research and provides faster information
3. everything online
4. these allow you to see geo referenced map images over the internet
5. a option that allows you access to another page
6. to find out whether the web site you are going to is safe
7. planning, content, design, involvement, production, follow up, promotion and maintenance
8. dont make users think, design the page to focus the users attention, be simple but effective
9. because if you dont people will never come back to your page because it will always be the same.
sharepoint
http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/en-us/Pages/default.aspx
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpwEUA9IGdY
