BTEC 2012

Unit 1 The Online World

Name: Ben Hadley

Lesson 3 - Online Communication

(Student Book A Pg. 10 - 13)

Starter What is an online community?

A group of people who share a common interest, who use the internet to communicate and talk about
topics
1. Match the following information exchanges to their correct descriptions.
Web logs
(blogs)
Microblogging
sites

Wikis

Chatrooms

These are sites which allows users to create and

exchange really short text entries. A popular example
of this type of site is Twitter.
These are websites that provide information that
visitors to the site can extend and edit. They allow
users to share information and are useful for
research. The best-known example of a wiki is
Wikipedia, the online encyclopaedia that can be
updated by contributors.
These are frequently updated online journals with
diary-like entries which allow people to express their
thoughts and feelings and give details of their daily
activities. Typically, a blog includes text, photos and
sometimes video.
Online communication within communities is
sometimes referred to as chat. Some of the large
interactive communities where people take part in the
same conversation or type of chat at the same time
are known as chatrooms.

2. Research and write a short description for each of the following key terms:
Electronic mail (e-mail)
A message which uses the internet to send itself from one person to the other
Instant messaging (chat)
A message sent by one person and as soon as it is transmitted it is received by the other
person

Newsgroup
A forum on a service to discuss a topic
Social networking
Messaging friends/sharing images etc. using the internet to keep in touch.

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Unit 1 The Online World

Name: Ben Hadley

Conferencing
A live video connection across the world using the internet
Blogs
Written pieces of work on the internet about some ones life
Vlogs / Podcast
A video log, videos that people make about what they do

3. From discovering various online communications that are used online, what do you use?
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Facebook. Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram (Social Networking)

4. What are the implications of online communication? Think about the positive and negative
aspects.
Positive: Keeping in touch with friends
Negative: Personal information can be hacked
5. What does VoIP stand for? Voice over Internet Protocol
6. What does VoIP do? Transmit analogue signals into data that is sent across the internet then
converted back to analogue

7. What are the limitations of VoIP?

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It needs internet connection to work

Video Quality depends on strength of connection
It is not always secure
Your account can be hacked

8. What are the benefits of VoIP?

- You can talk across the world
- It is free to use
- Can be used anywhere with an internet connection

Plenary
1. Give 3 example of social media used online?
2. What does netiquette mean?
1. Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr
2. The etiquette you use, being nice to other users

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