BTEC 2012

Unit 1 The Online World

Name: Alex. Georgiou

Lesson 3 - Online Communication

(Student Book A Pg. 10 - 13)

Starter What is an online community? An online community is a group of people who play
online or talk online e.g. a group of friends play online together in a game like battlefield
1. Match the following information exchanges to their correct descriptions.
Web logs
(blogs)
Microblogging
sites

Wikis

Chatrooms

These are sites which allow 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 encyclopedia 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)

Allows people to send each other messages via the internet

.......................

Instant messaging (chat)

A form of communication online that can be used to talk to other people locally or across
the world.

Newsgroup
A news group is an online discussion with a group of people

Social networking

the use of websites and applications to interact with other users

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Conferencing
An online conference is used to host trainings, meetings, or presentations over the Internet. Online
conferencing involves each participant sitting at their own computer while being connected to other
participants, via desktop sharing software, instant messaging and audio conferencing

Blogs

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 actives; typically, a blog
includes text, photos and sometimes video

Vlogs / Podcast
Video logs posted online about what a person is or has been doing.

A digital audio file made available on the Internet for downloading, typically available as a
series, new instalments of which can be received by subscribers automatically.

3. From discovering various online communications that are used online, what do you use?
I use online communication such as Facebook I also use VoIP on PlayStation.
4. What are the implications of online communication? Think about the positive and negative
aspects.
Positive: You can exchange text messages instead of phoning and it is much cheaper
Negative: Viruses can spread through instant message
5. What does VoIP stand for?
Voice over Internet Protocol
6. What does VoIP do?
Voice over Internet Protocol allows people who are online to communicate with each other by using their
voice instead of chat online games support VoIP e.g. battlefield allows players on to use their headsets
to communicate with each other over the game instead of using a 3rd party software like skype to talk.
7. What are the limitations of VoIP?

Reliability VoIP service is dependent on the quality and reliability of your broadband
service and may not work if there is a power cut or low signal.

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8. What are the benefits of VoIP?

VoIP services are often used by businesses for online conferences and meetings
Reduces travel costs, travel time cost of hiring avenue.

Plenary
1. Give 3 example of social media used online?
2. What does netiquette mean?
1. Facebook, YouTube and twitter.
2. Netiquette is something that governs what is socially acceptable online.

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