In this task I will look at different mobile phones that are easy to use and that would be a good alternative for an elderly person. I will be looking at mobile phones that are easy to use but are also available at a reasonable price. There are lots of different choices on the market right now and choosing the right one might be a bit of a challenge. Here are some examples with their advantages and disadvantages pointed out.
Wednesday, 30 January 2013
Monday, 21 January 2013
Crime & Crime prevention - 08/01/2013
Spam Texting
Spam texting is when you receive countless number of messages from unknown numbers, advertising products or telling you that you have a claim you never heard about from an accident you've never been in. Also you can often get messages convincing you that you have won a ridiculous amount of money however you have to send them a few hundred quid before you can collect it. Of course those are just a few most popular examples and there are a lot more types of messages you can receive.
Years ago, spam texing wasn't as big of a problem as it is now. This is due to mobile phones and the internet becoming more popular. People order things over the internet more often and therefore give away their personal details. The companies then use that information to spam you with texts and messages advertising themselves and their products. There are also lots of pop up ads coming up when you surf the internet, allowing you to enter competitions to win all sorts of new technology but as usual they need all your contact details which are then used to spam you.
What You Can Do to Stop Unwanted Texts
How has technology changed how crime is committed and prevented
Crime Prevention
– CCTV
– street lighting
– citizen protection devices(e.g. mace, tasers)
– metal detectors,
– ignition interlock systems(drunk drivers)
– Threat assessment instruments
– risk assessment instruments
– Bullying ID protocol
– sex offender registration
– risk assessment prior to involuntary civil commitment
– profiling potential offenders
– facial recognition software used in conjunction with CCTV
Police
– Improved police protection devices(helmets, vests, cars, buildings)
– Improved/new weapons
– less than lethal force (mobile/ riot control)
– computers in squad cars
– hands free patrol car control (Project 54)
– offender and citizen ID’s via biometrics/fingerprints
– mobile data centers
– video in patrol cars
– Crime mapping (hot spots)
– Crime analysis (e.g. COMPSTAT)
– Criminal history data systems enhancement
– Info sharing w/in CJS and private sector
– New technologies to monitor communications(phone, mail, internet) to/from targeted individuals
– Amber alerts
– Creation of watch lists of potential violent offenders
– gunshot location devices
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/238011.pdf
Spam texting is when you receive countless number of messages from unknown numbers, advertising products or telling you that you have a claim you never heard about from an accident you've never been in. Also you can often get messages convincing you that you have won a ridiculous amount of money however you have to send them a few hundred quid before you can collect it. Of course those are just a few most popular examples and there are a lot more types of messages you can receive.
Years ago, spam texing wasn't as big of a problem as it is now. This is due to mobile phones and the internet becoming more popular. People order things over the internet more often and therefore give away their personal details. The companies then use that information to spam you with texts and messages advertising themselves and their products. There are also lots of pop up ads coming up when you surf the internet, allowing you to enter competitions to win all sorts of new technology but as usual they need all your contact details which are then used to spam you.
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What You Can Do to Stop Unwanted Texts
- Do not display your mobile phone number or email address in public.
- Be careful about giving out your mobile phone number, email address, or any other personal information. Make sure to read through and understand the entire transmitting form. Some websites allow you to opt out of receiving email from partners – but you may have to uncheck a preselected box if you want to do so. Make sure to check for a privacy policy when submitting your wireless phone number or email address to any website. Find out if the policy allows the company to sell your information.
- Check with your mobile service provider about options to block future text messages from specific senders.
How has technology changed how crime is committed and prevented
Types of technological crimes:
- Telemarketing fraud.
- Nigerian letter or "419" fraud.
- Identity theft.
- Credit card fraud.
- Counterfeit prescription drugs.
- Ponzi schemes.
- Investment schemes.
- Use of minors in sexually oriented material.
Crime Prevention
– CCTV
– street lighting
– citizen protection devices(e.g. mace, tasers)
– metal detectors,
– ignition interlock systems(drunk drivers)
– Threat assessment instruments
– risk assessment instruments
– Bullying ID protocol
– sex offender registration
– risk assessment prior to involuntary civil commitment
– profiling potential offenders
– facial recognition software used in conjunction with CCTV
Police
– Improved police protection devices(helmets, vests, cars, buildings)
– Improved/new weapons
– less than lethal force (mobile/ riot control)
– computers in squad cars
– hands free patrol car control (Project 54)
– offender and citizen ID’s via biometrics/fingerprints
– mobile data centers
– video in patrol cars
– Crime mapping (hot spots)
– Crime analysis (e.g. COMPSTAT)
– Criminal history data systems enhancement
– Info sharing w/in CJS and private sector
– New technologies to monitor communications(phone, mail, internet) to/from targeted individuals
– Amber alerts
– Creation of watch lists of potential violent offenders
– gunshot location devices
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/238011.pdf
Monday, 7 January 2013
Working styles tool man - 07/01/2013
John is a sales representative selling tools to garden centres and DIY stores. He travels over 1000 miles a week to see new and existing clients. For the past 20 years he has carried round a large diary, and address book, a large road atlas and numerous A-Zs, as well as numerous small coins for phones. He prides himself on his punctuality, but even so he is occasionally late as he struggles to find a new client or is delayed by traffic. He always takes along a calculator, and a bulky sales catalogue with the latest price lists and order forms. He is usually on the road four days a week, six hours a day and spends two further hours every day completing his administration. He spends every Friday in the office ensuring all his administration and sales are handled properly. He has always said he quite likes the time spent in his car between appointments, as it is his time when he can listen to CDs undisturbed.
There is a ton of ICT equipment which John can use, that would make his job a lot easier and save him a lot of time. First of all, he could buy a sat nav. This would make it a lot easier to find clients because it would tell exactly where to go until he arrives at his destination. A more advanced sat nav will also inform him about traffic, accidents and other things that could delay his trip. This will even further improve his punctuality.
He could also get a smart phone which could replace the sat nav seeing as almost every new has a GPS system. A mobile phone will also allow him to communicate with clients in case anything comes up or he has to reschedule. He can keep all the address on it to and he can look through the more easily. He can also kill some time playing angry birds and it has a calculator too.
A bulky catalogue can be replaced with a laptop which has access to internet and therefore you can look up the catalogue online instead. Having a laptop would also mean that he doesn't have to come back every friday because he can deal with all documents on the road using software like Microsoft Word or Excel.
Seeing as he spends so much time in his car, he might struggle to keep everything charged, and if anything does run out of battery, he might be in a bit of a pickle.
Technology is not always right. Especially sat navs. Sometimes a sat nav can lead you to a wrong location meaning he won't arrive on time. A laptop might get a virus and he could lose all his important documents.
Also if any of this equipment breaks, it's very expensive to fix it or replace it.
Advantages
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He could also get a smart phone which could replace the sat nav seeing as almost every new has a GPS system. A mobile phone will also allow him to communicate with clients in case anything comes up or he has to reschedule. He can keep all the address on it to and he can look through the more easily. He can also kill some time playing angry birds and it has a calculator too.
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Disadvantages
On the other side, all this ICT equipment has some advantages too. First of all it's all really expensive compared to what he is using now. A new smart phone will set him back a few hundred pounds and so will the laptop. The sat nav can be bought for under a hundred pounds so that's not bad.Seeing as he spends so much time in his car, he might struggle to keep everything charged, and if anything does run out of battery, he might be in a bit of a pickle.
Technology is not always right. Especially sat navs. Sometimes a sat nav can lead you to a wrong location meaning he won't arrive on time. A laptop might get a virus and he could lose all his important documents.
Also if any of this equipment breaks, it's very expensive to fix it or replace it.
Sunday, 6 January 2013
Argos, the death of the catalogue - 06/01/2013
In recent months, Argos made plans to get rid of their famous catalogue and replace it with an online edition. This is due to the financial problems they've been having over the last several years. They've been trying to cut down their expenses by also planning to shut down at least 10% of their stores.
Since internet is such big thing right now, and almost everyone has access to it through a number of different devices, it might not be such a bad idea to move their catalogue online.
Other might argue that the catalogue was their signature item, and it won't be the same without it. Also, despite internet having such an impact on everyone, lots of people still like to read newspapers, magazines and look through catalogues.
Many catalogues have gone the same way Argos did, however there are still a lot of them left.
This is a list of companies that still make their own catalogues:
IKEA
Tesco
Next
Debenhams
ASDA
WHSmith
List of catalogues that have been replaced with online versions:
Sports Direct
In my opinion, catalogues, despite being expensive to produce, are way better than online versions because it just feels better to have an actual catalogue in hand rather than some online version on your mobile. If a company is struggling then fair enough, but in my opinion, bigger companies like IKEA or Tesco, will keep making catalogues because it's not a big problem for them, and many customers enjoy looking through them.
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Other might argue that the catalogue was their signature item, and it won't be the same without it. Also, despite internet having such an impact on everyone, lots of people still like to read newspapers, magazines and look through catalogues.
Many catalogues have gone the same way Argos did, however there are still a lot of them left.
This is a list of companies that still make their own catalogues:
IKEA
Tesco
Next
Debenhams
ASDA
WHSmith
List of catalogues that have been replaced with online versions:
Sports Direct
In my opinion, catalogues, despite being expensive to produce, are way better than online versions because it just feels better to have an actual catalogue in hand rather than some online version on your mobile. If a company is struggling then fair enough, but in my opinion, bigger companies like IKEA or Tesco, will keep making catalogues because it's not a big problem for them, and many customers enjoy looking through them.
Saturday, 5 January 2013
Open University - how has it changed University Education - 05/01/2013
Why was it set up?
In an article for Where? Magazine (autumn 1962), Michael Young proposed 'an Open University' to prepare people for external degrees of London University. The BBC and the Ministry of Education were already discussing plans for a 'College of the Air', while in March 1963, a Labour Party study group under the chairmanship of Lord Taylor presented a report about the continuing exclusion from higher education of people from lower income groups. It proposed an experiment on radio and television: a 'University of the Air' for serious, planned, adult education.
- http://www.open.ac.uk/about/main/the-ou-explained/history-the-ou
When did it start?
In 1926, the educationalist and historian J C Stobart wrote a memo, while working for the infant BBC, advocating a 'wireless university'. However, it wasn’t until the early 1960s that the idea gathered steam and a number of proposals surfaced.
By May 1969 Professor Walter Perry had been appointed as The Open University's first Vice-Chancellor and he and a dozen staff were in office using the house in Belgrave Square where the Planning Committee had been meeting. Such was the urgency to get going that Perry’s small team had to write the first student prospectus before any work had begun on designing and creating the actual courses.
The OU opened to its first students – 25,000 of them - in January 1971 with a choice of four multi-disciplinary foundation courses in the arts, social sciences, science or maths.
- http://www.open.ac.uk/about/main/the-ou-explained/history-the-ou
How was it different from other universities?
The Open University is a very different university to others. The OU degrees are exactly the same as degrees done at traditional universities however you study at your own pace and at home.
- "For example, as the pioneer of supported 'Open Learning', the OU enables you to study from home, work or even on the bus, at a time that suits you. With a wide choice of part-time courses, at a variety of levels plus several start dates, the OU offers the choice and flexibility you need. What's more, with a range of financial support available, an OU course could cost less than you think."
Also nearly all students are studying part-time. About 70 per cent of Bachelor students are in full-time employment. More than 50,000 students are sponsored by their employers for their part time studies.
How many students have been taught by them?
With more than 250,000 students enrolled, including around 32,000 aged under 25 and more than 50,000 overseas students, it is the largest academic institution in the United Kingdom (and one of the largest in Europe) by student number, and qualifies as one of the world's largest universities. Since it was founded, more than 1.5 million students have studied its courses.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_University
In an article for Where? Magazine (autumn 1962), Michael Young proposed 'an Open University' to prepare people for external degrees of London University. The BBC and the Ministry of Education were already discussing plans for a 'College of the Air', while in March 1963, a Labour Party study group under the chairmanship of Lord Taylor presented a report about the continuing exclusion from higher education of people from lower income groups. It proposed an experiment on radio and television: a 'University of the Air' for serious, planned, adult education.
- http://www.open.ac.uk/about/main/the-ou-explained/history-the-ou
When did it start?
In 1926, the educationalist and historian J C Stobart wrote a memo, while working for the infant BBC, advocating a 'wireless university'. However, it wasn’t until the early 1960s that the idea gathered steam and a number of proposals surfaced.
By May 1969 Professor Walter Perry had been appointed as The Open University's first Vice-Chancellor and he and a dozen staff were in office using the house in Belgrave Square where the Planning Committee had been meeting. Such was the urgency to get going that Perry’s small team had to write the first student prospectus before any work had begun on designing and creating the actual courses.
The OU opened to its first students – 25,000 of them - in January 1971 with a choice of four multi-disciplinary foundation courses in the arts, social sciences, science or maths.
- http://www.open.ac.uk/about/main/the-ou-explained/history-the-ou
How was it different from other universities?
The Open University is a very different university to others. The OU degrees are exactly the same as degrees done at traditional universities however you study at your own pace and at home.
- "For example, as the pioneer of supported 'Open Learning', the OU enables you to study from home, work or even on the bus, at a time that suits you. With a wide choice of part-time courses, at a variety of levels plus several start dates, the OU offers the choice and flexibility you need. What's more, with a range of financial support available, an OU course could cost less than you think."
Also nearly all students are studying part-time. About 70 per cent of Bachelor students are in full-time employment. More than 50,000 students are sponsored by their employers for their part time studies.
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How many students have been taught by them?
With more than 250,000 students enrolled, including around 32,000 aged under 25 and more than 50,000 overseas students, it is the largest academic institution in the United Kingdom (and one of the largest in Europe) by student number, and qualifies as one of the world's largest universities. Since it was founded, more than 1.5 million students have studied its courses.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_University
Friday, 4 January 2013
Communication - Mobile Phones - 22/11/2012
Mobile phones have become a big part of our lives. Over the they have changed our lives in millions of ways. The first mobile phone was made in 1973 and the first were sold in the late 70's. They big and bulky but slowly started to get more and more convenient over the following years.
Before mobiles, the main way of communicating was mail and face to face but ever since mobiles were introduced, they have been slowly taking over until now where there is about 6 billion mobile phone subscribers in the world.
Before mobiles, people only communicated with people around them; close family members, neighbours, etc. If they wanted to communicate with someone further away, they would have to send a letter which could take weeks to arrive. As soon as mobile phones became popular they started a new way of communicating because you could talk to who ever you wanted to as long as you both had a mobile. Soon after phones were developed, messaging was also introduced which even further changed the way we communicate by giving us the ability to text others instantly, it was just like mail but instant therefore hand mail slowly started to vanish until now when mail is mainly used for documents or special occasions.
Mobiles have developed so much over the years that they only give us the option to ring and text others but also to play games, record and watch videos, take pictures, use e-mail, check time, surf the web, play music, and lots more. They have became so important to people that some of them spend several hours on their phone every day.
Before mobiles, the main way of communicating was mail and face to face but ever since mobiles were introduced, they have been slowly taking over until now where there is about 6 billion mobile phone subscribers in the world.
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Mobiles have developed so much over the years that they only give us the option to ring and text others but also to play games, record and watch videos, take pictures, use e-mail, check time, surf the web, play music, and lots more. They have became so important to people that some of them spend several hours on their phone every day.
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