Evernote

Evernote!

Evernote!

What you can use Evernote for!

Today, I had researched on Evernote. So here's what I understand about it so far.
Definition: Bascially Evernote is a web service as well as a software application that allows the user to actually collect notes and information. So in simplier terms its like your own online yellow sticky pad where you can write anything.
Accoring to evernote.com-
" Evernote allows you to easily capture information in any environment using whatever device or platform you find most convenient, and makes this information accessible and searchable at any time, from anywhere."
Some examples of what exactly can be your evernote include:
- A web clip
- A text clip
- To do clip
- Email clip
- Voice memo
- Swatches
- Excel
To be more specific, you can use enote for:
- take a photo of business cards with say your phone and thereby you now have an easy way to store your contacts.
- "capture" plane tickets, hotel invoices, confirmation numbers etc....
- can even keep a file of anything that you want to buy, it can be online or "out in the real world"
- for future reference of those important notes taken during the meeting, you can take a pciture of the whiteboard where all the notes are.
- you can plan your own trip, this can be done by clipping web pages, maps, itenaries, taking a photo of sights, sounds, tastes, absolutely anything!
- you can even research web sites and even clip pages from your browser.
- Keep your personal record of your favourite drinks, foods etc.. by taking a photo of the label, name etc....
- to remember to do things, create a to do list, this can include: actual jot downs, or even a voice memo.
- as for twitter, you can create notes from twitter and save those tweets you like by following " @myEN on twitter."
Evernote is available in a free version, but if users want some for features, the paid version is for them!
So that's a summary of what exactly Evernote is and what it can do! To view some of the examples listed above, there are pictures above.
Sanea :)

Windows 7

Windows 7

1.What versions is Windows 7 available in?
Windows 7 is available in six versions, these including:
- Starter
- Home Premium
- Professional
- Ultimate
- OEM
- Enterprise
2.Describe some of the features of the new task bar.
There are a number of features that the new task bar has. In saying this, it not only includes a translucent style of Aero but also now has pinned programs, which make it user friendly by having large, easy-to-see icons. Furthermore if the user places their mouse over one of the icons then all the programs related to that program appears as a preview. If the mouse is then placed on one of the previews then a "X" is revealed to enable the reader to close the preview. If the user"hovers" the mouse over the preview, then it enlarges itself. Another way is also by clicking on the window to bring it to the front.
Jump lists are also another clever feature of the taskbar. They enable the user to get to the documents easier. If the user right clicks or left clicks then drags on any program icon which is located on the taskbar , then they are able to see a list of files they have recently used which is associated with that program.
Its not an entirely new feature, but the Show Desktop icon is now located in the taskbar. So if the user "hovers" over the show desktop box, it reveals the desktop, then when the mouse is taken away it automatically closes.
3. What are jump lists and how will they be useful?
As described before, jump lists are a new feature of the taskbar. They bascially are like menus to the users file. It is useful in enabling them to view their recently opened documents.
4. How can one quickly size two windows to fill the desktop side by side?
In order to this, the user is able to drag a window's title bar. So they drag a program window to the top of the monitor to expand it to full screen. Therefore if the user wants to work in two windows at the same time, then they simply drag one window to the left side, and one to the right, and they automatically resize themselves to the half the size of your monitor.
5. Research and describe the 9 multi touch gestures that Windows 7 uses (note: this site does not describe the gestures you will need to run a search).
The 9 multi-touch gestures include"
- Tap and Double Tap: Its quite basic, its what the user does when they click and double click.
- Panning with Inertia: This is basically for scrolling. This is when the user drags the page up and down with their fingers. So when the user tosses the page, there is a little bounce when the end of the page is reached.
- Selection/ Drag: So when the user touches and slides their finger on the screen, it moves icons around the desktop, moves the windows as well as selects text.
- Press and Tap with second finger: This is basically like using right click on the mouse, so the user presses on the target, and taps it using the second finger.
- Zoom: Its the same as when the user uses the CTRL key and scroll wheel on the mouse. The user pinches two fingers together or apart and can zoom in or out of the chosen document.
- Rotate: The user touches two spots on a digital photo, they twist, so it rotates just as in the case of a real photo. In order to "pivot" around another, the user simply uses two fingers in opposite directions or just one finger.
- Two finger tap: If the user taps with two fingers, then this zooms in on the center of the spot or brings it back to default zoom. In saying this it is handy for hyperlinks.
- Press and Hold: Its bascially the same as right click. The user holds their finger on a screen for a short time, then releases it after the "animation" in order to get a right click.
- Flicks: If the user flicks left or right, it navigates back and forward in a browser as well as other chosen applications.
6.What is XP mode. What users would find this feature most useful would it be useful?
It is a free ad on. It basically creates a "virtual XP environment" in which the user can run older programs.
Well, even though the user has successfully downloaded the XP installer, its not a easy to set up. In saying this the user will have to check that they have the right hardware, as well as have the right software.
7. What feature related to removable drives has Windows 7 removed in a bid to increase security?
Windows 7 does not anymore run "Autorun" external hard drives and USB keys when they are connected.
8.What are the minimum hardware requirements for windows 7.
This includes:
- Processor: 1GHz
- RAM: 1GB (32bits) , 2GB (64bits)
- A Direct X 9 Graphics with 128MB of memory.
- HD: 16GB (32bits) , 20GB ( 64bits)
9.What observations does the article offer regarding performance for Windows 7?
Observations include:
- Microsoft Office Performance ( in seconds)
- iTunes encoding (in seconds)
- Boot time ( in seconds)
- Shutdown time ( in seconds)
- Cinebench

Flowchart Symbols and Logic (Supposed to be before these posts)

Flowchart Basics
1. A Flowchart is a visual representation of the flow of data through " an information processing system, operations performed within the system and the sequence in which they are performed."
2.

Flowchart Symbols
3.With the decision making symbol (diamond) and the process symbol (rectangle), what are the rules for how many lines may enter and leave the symbol.
a) Only one line can enter the decision making symbol (diamond) and two or three lines, (one for each answer) should come out from the symbol.
b) Only one line can come out as well as come out from a "process symbol" (rectangle).
4.Study the sample flowcharts then create a flowchart for a coin toss where heads means Mary pays for the pizza and Tales means Bill pays.

Flowchart

Happy or Sad

Happy or Sad- Blank


Happy or Sad- Appears

Heads and Tails

Radio Button and Heads


Radio Button and Tails


Heads-Win


Tails- Lose

Hide and Seek

Hide and Seek, The Shoes Picture :)

Starting Visual Basic

On Friday, our teacher explained and went through with us step by step how to get started on Visual Basic.
It was luckily already installed.
So this is the process to make a new project:
1. File
2.New Project
3.Windows Forms Application
4.Name the Project
Then came:
- object
-property
-events
Explain in each detail:
OBJECT
So once the project opens, it displays a medium sized box and this is named Form 1.
When talking about Objects, it means everything in the toolbox.
Firstly I created two buttons.
* Button 1
* Buttone 2
Then I added a label
* Lable 1

PROPERTIES
When talking about properties, it means the properties of the buttons, the label and the form. So I am able to rename the button and the label as well as the Form. So now my buttons are named:
*Mr Button 1
*Mr Button 2
*Mr Label
As for the background of each object. For my buttons, I went to Forecolour, there were quite boring colours, but if you go to Custom there are much more "colorful" colors.
The for my label, I did the same thing as I did for my button. Another property I cahnged was the font, font style as well as font size.
As for my form, you could change the colour of the background or could insert a background color, I decided to insert a picture of the sunset.

EVENTS
When it came doing this, well the whole thing just, how could you say it? - Stuffed Up. Basically you had a code, for button 1, button 2 as well as Label 1. So when you clicked on say for example Button 1, Label 1 would disappear and if you pressed Button 2 it would reappear. Quite cool!
We also have to add a radio button, but I havent got to do that, so when I do I obviously will blog all about it.
Anyways, since mine didnt work, as when you clicked the "play" button, some error message would come out. I closed my whole project, saved it and then tried to make a new one. Then since I had so many projects saved, I went to the file Of Visual Basic and deleted these files. Then when I went back to open a new project,my solution explorer didnt open. Then the bell went so I would have to re-install Visual Basic on that. So yeah I learnt many things but unfortunately was unable to make mine work.

So today (Monday) I tried again and now I just have to add the code, and it should work, it will work.
Note: I must get a blank CD and put Visual Basic onto that so I am able to work on it at home.
So yeah that was my first go on Visual Basic.
Sanea.

Selection and Repitition

Algorithm
-sequence
-selection
-repetition
Sometimes solving a problem involves making a decision between two or more options and this process is called
- Selection

In "plain English"
1. MOVING THROUGH A SET OF TRAFFIC LIGHTS

1. When u see traffic lights approaching
a) if its green, continue moving along, either going straight, left or right.
b) if its orange, [and you think its safe and you can make it, just speed up a little, * dont take any chances*]
c) if its red, slow down and stop before the line and wait until it turns green.
NOTE: Even if its green and orange and you are going, make sure to look out for any cars turning, left or right.

2. Deciding whether to take an umbrella to school

1. In the morning or the day before check the weather report for the next day.
a) if it says its going to rain, then pack your umbrella
b) if it says its going to be cloudy all day, then still pack your umbrella ( weather reports aren't always right)
c) if it says its going to be sunny in the morning and cloudy in the afternoon (or vice versa), still take your umbrella.
d) if it says its going to be a beautiful, sunny day then leave your umbrella at home, but make sure to check in the morning that it looks like a nice clear blue sky.

3. Giving a student an A, B or C in their test

1.
a)Look at your marking criteria, if you have one and go according to that.
b)If it is a test like math
- 80%-90% ( A), [if their mark is like 78 or 79% be generous and give them an A, if they have done well in their other tests as well.]
- 60%-80% (B)
- 40%-50% (C)


Often an algorithm will often require you to repeat a task in order to solve a problem; when this is done in an algorithm the structure is called repetition.

In "plain English"
1.Adding the correct amount of cordial to water to make a drink

1. Get desired flavor cordial out.
2. Fill a glass ( or more) of cool water from the tap.
3. Get lid off the cordial
4. Place amount of cordial, about half a cup/more/less, whatever amount you desire.
Repeat all over, for how many cordial drinks you want.

2. Filling a bucket with water

1. Get bucket
2. Go into an area with a tap.
3. Place bucket underneath tap
4. On tap, not too high.
5. Stop until you are happy with amount of water
6. If too much water, tip water out.
7. If by mistake you have tipped too much water out refill water.
[Steps 6 and 7 repeat, until you are satisfied with the amount of water]

3. Blowing up a balloon.

1. Get balloon ( whatever color you want)
2. Blow into balloon, until you can't blow anymore.
3. If you want balloon bigger, keep blowing.
4. Until to you are happy with size of balloon, stop
Note: Dont make balloon to big, may just pop.
5. Tie up the end of balloon or let the air out.
[Repeat steps 2 and 3]

Term 3- New Term New Work- What is an algorithm

What is an Algorithm?
An unambiguous set of steps, which when performed correctly by a processor, will result in a process being carried out in a finite time.

1. What two properties of the algorithm enable it to correctly describe the solution to the problem of making a cup of coffee? What is it that makes an algorithm correct?(Hint: what would happen if you swapped step "6" and step "2"?)

Two properties are:
- the listing of steps
- the order in which the steps are in.
An algorithm is correct simply if the order of the steps get the result you want in the end.
Hint: If you swapped step 6 and step 2- there is nothing really wrong with it, it just wouldn't make sense stirring boiling water and if you place coffee at the end, while your sugar, boiling water and milk are already added, then when you add coffee, if not stirred it wouldn't taste very "normal"(of course some people like it this way..maybe)!

2. Define Algorithms for the following processes.
POSTING A LETTER
1. Get letter
2. Place it in an envelope
3. Go to the post office and get a stamp
4. Place stamp on top right corner of envelope with letter in it.
5. Find the appropriate post box (local mailing, national or international)
6. Open the handle of the box and slip the envelope into the slot of the post office box.

MAKING TOAST
1. Get bread out with butter, jam etc... ( if wanted) as well as a plate and a butter knife.
2. Place how many slices wanted onto plate
3. Place 2 slices at a time in toaster, adjust settings.
4. Wait a few minutes
5. Once toast pops up be careful that it is not hot and place it on plate.
6. Apply spread of your choice
7. Eat Up

Calling a friend on the phone
1. If you dont remember their number get your phone book or ask someone else.
2. Dial phone number into phone.
3. Wait...listen to the dial tone...
4. Whoever picks up ( if its not your friend, ask to speak to your friend, if it is your friend, start talking about whatever you called them about.
5. [Another situation: If your friend is not at home, leave a message or call back]
6. Gossip away!

Finished Assignment

Unable To Load Page


Downloadable Songs


My Family Page


IST Careers Page


Celebrities Page


My Flowchart


On Friday in class, I continued to work on my assignment. My videos,that was my main problem, what I had done is that I wanted trailers, on my Celebrities page, but I wanted them to be down loadable,so I recorded with camera the trailer, put it on my computer and saved it to my USB, when I got to school and placed it,
a) the quality wasn't that great
b) it wasn't downloadable.
I asked my teacher, and he said I dont necessarily need a downloadable video, but I wasn't ready to give up!

On Saturday, a problem occurred which really scared me. Before I decided to place all my files into folders, example, Music into one, pictures into another etc....
Now when I opened it up on Frontage, some of the pictures I placed were showing crosses, and for a few of my pages my background wasn't showing. That scared the hell out of me. but I calmed down and just took all the files and made it into one big folder, saved it as My Website 2, and opened it up in Frontage and just added, the pictures that weren't showing, luckily I had them saved and my background. Took sometime and was unnecessary but I managed. Anyways.... so I also scanned some photos from my photo album so I can put it on my About Me page. I also went onto Itunes and found free trailers to download, I was soo happy, and it was in such great quality, so I downloaded 4 trailers and saved them. This time though I sent them to zipped folders, copied and pasted into my main Website folder, hyperlinked it and it worked, so that was great!!!

Then on Saturday, I continued on my IST Careers, finished it, added pictures, and I also decided to place some downloadable songs, so I zipped the chosen songs and hyperlinked them. Now every page had a menu, accept for some reason, my family page, when I put a menu, it didn't work. I was even decided to put a different type of menu, but noticed it wouldn't look that nice. Then then I noticed something, I changed my background color to white and then it started working, VERY WEIRD..... I wanted a colored background,but it still looks nice. So all my menus are there. Also on Sunday, I added something to my storyboard, I added a little description about each page. So then I saved my website on my USB. Then when I placed the CD in my laptop, it didn't work, it said something about function, so I tried it on another laptop and it worked there, so I placed my USB and burned it onto the CD. Now I tried it on my browser, and guess what? The menu's weren't working, because I had copied and pasted the link to each page when it was on my USB, when I should have wrote the link as (page name.html), so I decided to do that school.

On Monday at IST, I changed each link, it worked, so that was great. BUT my downloadable videos, wouldn't show that Open or Save box and those downloadable songs, wouldn't open because I hadn't saved the music file into my Website folder. Now this website had been saved onto my S drive, so I decided to save it as My Website 3 on my USB but when I was copying and pasting it, my USB ran out of memory, So I had to place some files onto my S Drive and then the bell went, luckily I had lunch. At lunch I saved my website on my USB so I can work on it at home.
On Monday night I added my music files to my Website folder.
Tuesday Lunchtime, my downloadable files weren't displaying their usual open or save box, I dont know why, but then again I decided to mention on my page to the user, that if they want to download they have to right click and click "Save target as" so that still makes it downloadable. I also added a background to my Unable to Load Page. Everything else was working Yay. Luckily our teacher let us hand it in on Wednesday. I definitely would have it by then

Tuesday night, I added some pictures and a new background, added a new application to my IST page, its called "Spin the wheel" so the user can click and like out of the list of website I have given , it would choose one and the user will be directed to it. I just added some finishing touches, saved it, burned it onto my disk, checked it everything was working Yay except for my two downloadable word documents, when I clicked save some message came, that it couldn't save, but I decided to try it on my school computer.

Wednesday IST lesson, when I placed my CD in the computer, my website wasn't there, I was shocked, luckily I had it on my USB. Now on this CD I had my first saved website which I had written onto the CD, but when I tried deleting it, it wouldn't delete and when I placed my finished website onto the CD, it had no memory, so I got a new CD, copied and pasted my website onto it and checked everything and IT WORKED.
I was soooooo glad, so I was finished after a term of hard work, I was very happy with my end result. :)
Finished IST Assignment number 2 :):)
Sanea.

Nearly Finished Assignment

I have nearly finished my assignment. Yay!
Yesterday ( Thursday 30th July I finished my storyboard. As mentioned in my previous post I had done my storyboard but then had to go back and include within each box, what each page included. So I finished, I may include little screen shots of each my actual pages and add it next to the designated page in my storyboard. I may not be able to since my storyboard has taken the whole page, since I wrote quite a lot about the description of each page. Anyways....
I also learnt how to insert background music. I knew I had to convert the music file into a wav format but whenever I tried renaming the file and attached wav at the end it never worked, so that probably was the problem. So instead I opened Audacity Portable, opened my song from my Itunes list. The I played the song, and whichever section I wanted a highlighted. Then I went to trim and saved that file. I then went back to frontage and on my designated pages I went to page properties and found my saved file and added my background music, IT WORKED YAY! it automatically saved into my folder.
So yeah I am nearly finished, due date is tomorrow, but Monday is acceptable! I have done half of my IST Careers.
Nearly Finished!!!!!!!

Assignment - Continued

Log In Extra


Unable to Load Page


Downloadable Files


Music Page
It's been quite a long time since I blogged but I have done work between that time.
To Note: Our due date has been postponed to next term so Yay! Luckily I have FrontPage at home and get to work on it :)
So as mentioned before I have 9 pages.
My Log in Page, I have a box for the User name and Password where the visitor has to type the designated user name and password to enter my site. Using the javascript I successfully did that. So if the user name and password are correct,in the script I have copied and pasted the designated location, which is my homepage. At first I did not know how to do this but figured out that I had to first open my homepage in the web browser and then copy and paste the 'URL' into the script.
Now lets say for instance the visitor has incorrectly typed in the user name and password,it will directly go to the Failure Page which I made. On this failure Page I have also put a 'Back' Button( quite easy to make, just use the interactive button tool). So the visitor can go back to the log in page to try again!
I have also added in something extra. When the visitor first enters the Log in Page they will be asked for their name and when they have typed it and clicked 'Ok', on the top of the page it will say, Good morning or Good afternoon ( according to time of day) and their name inserted. So I'm happy with that :)
So far my Homepage, About Me, My Dream Job, Music and Celebrities I Heart Pages all have a menu and they successfully work! So that's great. I have positioned the menu's at the different places. I prefer to put menu's on each page rather than 'Back to Homepage' Buttons so it was interactive for the visitor.
'My Family, whenever I try to put a menu on, it always says error and some parts of the menu don't work, so that is something I have to figure out why.
'My Dream Job' Page I have recently placed hyperlinks. So the user clicks on it and are able to download the file. Its easy to make a hyperlink when it comes to Word documents but I am trying to figure out how to make a hyperlink for a website, video and music files. So the hyperlinks on 'My Dream Job' page are both Microsoft Documents and contain information on astronomy related issues.
I am yet to do my IST Careers Page, only page I need to do! But I have decided that I am going to put an extra feature called ' Spin the Wheel' , this is where I list a number of IST related website in which the visitor can go to. Now the button at the bottom is 'Spin the Wheel' so when the visitor clicks this button it chooses which website and the visitor is able to go it. It's something fun and where the visitor can learn more about IST related issues.
My Music page have videos (6) and pictures and I also have an extra feature. I have installed a search engine box for the user to search You tube. So all they have to do is type in name of artist, song etc..Click Search and it directs them to Google,where the Youtube videos are and they choose which video they want and they're on the Youtube site watching whatever video clip.
My 'Celebrities I Heart' Page I have like a slideshow of pictures. Some of the pictures are not proportional to each other, something I have to work on and when I view them on the browser they always seem to be on the side, when I want them to be in the middle, it is probably because the page extends up and down, but I dont want that, so I have to work on that!
So far, So good.
I plan to add other compressed zip folders and down loadable files to other pages, such as
-About Me
-IST Careers
-Music
-Celebrities I Heart
One more thing, BACKGROUND MUSIC, I have tried so many times that it is not funny. I unfortunately cannot put background music onto my homepage page and I dont know why. I know that you have to go to page properties etc....but it just doesn't work, whatever song I put. I will get it eventually.
[All my pages have pictures and different designs and backgrounds which I am extremely happy about.]
*Still have to do my storyboard!!!
Pictures are above :)
Sanea

Getting Started

Log In Code


Log in Page


Main page ( Homepage)


Main Page ( Homepage) Code


Folders

We had 3 lessons of IST this week. The first lesson I got to use Front page for the very fist time. I started off by making pages and then saving them onto my USB! These are the final pages that I will be listing onto my Menu.
1.About Sanea
2.Family
3.My Dream Job
4.Celebrities
5.I LOVE IST
I Also have a homepage and an Index..which I will explain about below.
So this lesson I also learnt how to make a menu and also found out that you can have this login in page, where the user logs in to enter the site... It's sooo cool really. So I just got to learn how to do various things. I decided that lesson, that I really will need to buy Front page to use at home because, its due next week, and these 2 lesson is not going to be enough at least for me.
The next lesson I started to collect pictures, plan out each page and all, I have this really nice background picture for my log in page, which is of chocolates, this picture was actually going to be for my main homepage page but then on the weekend I changed it and made it my log in page. There was a problem trying to put my background picture, my teacher was away so I couldn't ask him, but luckily the other IST teacher was around and he helped me. The case was that the picture wasn't coming as like the whole background but then when you went to Page properties there was button where you could browse for that particular picture and set it as your background. What I was doing in the first place was just copying and pasting the picture but then as my teacher told me, I had to first save it in the "Web Site" file and then add it. So yeah in the end I got my background picture :)
The third lesson, I continued to plan and just get used to the whole front page format. I have put my layouts for each page. There is a lot of things to do, so I have the whole weekend to work on it.
On the weekend I bought Front Page. Yay! and started work right away. I have added my menu and the user name and password javascript. Its looking really cool and have added background pictures to my Index, homepage, Family, Music and My Job pages. So i have done little, little on each page. I have done half my pages, just need to do
-My Job
-IST Careers
-Celebrities
and I have to ask my teacher about the log in thing and my menu, like when you click on a category how to actually get it to the designated page and also how to add background music to a page and if I need a menu on each page.
In terms of my Music Page, I have added videos, its sooo awesome. I did some research on how to. What I did was went onto You tube, typed in whatever clip I wanted and then on the video clip page, I copied and pasted the embed code onto my Music page code page and I had to change the width and height to fit accordingly, so for all my videos its 250 by 250. Then I saved it and previewed it and it Worked . Yay!!!! So like I have these line of video clips going down my page, its really cool.
So far so good. So I dont know the exact due date, our teacher said it "negotiable", so hopefully he'll make it this Friday, enough time.
Can't wait to see the end result!!!!
Above are some images of my work so far:)
Sanea.

Sketch Site Structure

I have just drawn on a piece of paper all the different pages,I am going to have. Its just a rough, I am going to double check my teacher and see if I am heading in the right direction. It's not a storyboard but I am going to draw it up on Word Document OR I just came up with an idea, of scanning my drawing and putting it up, either one of them and then I'll put it on my blog!
These are the pages that I am going to have, its just a rough, when actually making my website I'll see if I am going to have all of them or cut some out.
- Homepage
- About Me
- Family
- My Dream Job
- IST Careers
- Celebrities
- Movies
So I'll be getting started soon :)
Sanea.

Assignment Time- Term 2 - Internet and Website Development

We have got a new assignment. It's to do with making a website, our own personal website, sounds really cool! I have read over the assignment thoroughly. I was away for two lessons of IST as I was sick and so before I even read the assignment, I found out from my class mates that its due in like 2 weeks, which is literally not this Monday but the Monday after that. I was like, that's too short but we may get a day or two extension, but anyways I better get started. I understand the assignment I just have to organize the way I am going to do it, like what is going to be on each page, backgrounds, images, sounds etc....(that's where my storyboard is going to come in- the organizing stage!). Its going to be a lot of work and quite a challenge and I better get started, 1 week to go!!!!
Sanea.

Computing Anywhere

Some of the internet browsers which provide cloud computing services.
Computing anywhere, anytime!
1. ZdNet
What is meant by a netbook?
A netbook is a small portable, laptop computer. It enables you to access the internet through wireless communication. It is mostly used web-browsing and emailing.
- A sub notebook computer which costs less than $400(US) and has an Intel Atom Microprocessor.[Zdnet]
What is the "cloud" in cloud computing?
Firstly cloud computing is where you "perform scientific calculations in hundreds or thousands of idle machines within an enterprise or it can also be worldwide.
The cloud in cloud computing is a metaphor for the internet. It is based on how the internet is portrayed in 'computer network diagrams'. It is also an 'abstraction' for the 'complex infrastructure' it disguises.

2. Google Tour 1
What applications does Google docs offer online?
Applications include:
-Documents
-Spreadsheets
-Presentations
Why would you want you documents stored in the “cloud” (online)?
This is so that if say for example you don't have access from your own computer/laptop, you are still able to access those documents you want since they are stored online ( Google docs are online).

3. Google Tour 5
What advantages do students and teachers find in Google docs?
Teachers:
- Helps teachers and their students to prepare weekly/monthly assignments and schedules( say for example the students forget what assignments and readings they have- they can create a schedule.)
-Creating spreadsheets help to share deadlines and assignment details( e.g. group i individual task, does it require write-ups or presentation etc....)
-Spreadsheet can be updated by anyone at anytime, anywhere.[Updates done in one place]
Student:
- Use it to post to blogs
-Write assignments
-Type notes for reading assignments
-If you are without your computer, you can still take notes on a computer, since Google docs is online!

4.cnet
Which netbook, if any would suit your needs? Explain.
I would pick the Sony Vaio P-series Lifestyle PC.
In terms of design and usability....
The main thing which caught my attention was the look of it. It's small and therefore portable and not heavy(it weighs 618kg). Its ideal because if sometimes I have to go out I am able to just pop it in my bag and use it whenever I want!.
Even though it has one of those circular mouse and a small keyboard, I think I will
be able to cope. As well as that it is said to display small icons and text but that shouldn't be a problem either, the screen is quite wide anyways and as long it can accommodate most Web pages, I'm happy with it.
In terms of connectivity....
It has two USB ports, that is really good, because I can save the work I have done by
just placing in my USB and even print using the other USB port. It also has Wi-fi, Blutooth and integrate 3G Modem and so I can just purchase a 3G Sim Card and can surf the Web anywhere, anytime! It also has a GPS which can be really useful at times, if I ever have to find a place.
In terms of performance and battery life....
It is available with 1.33 G Hz, 1.6GHz Intel Atom CPU's and 2 GB RAM-1 GB which is said to be more than other notebooks. The battery life on the 1.33 G Hz model is 3 hours 8 minutes which is good enough!
It's a cute little netbook and if I ever needed one, I wouldn't mind buying it!

Bandwidth Mini Project

I was with Keerthana for this mini project.
In the beginning when choosing the topics, our original choice was going to be URL, but other people had already taken it. The second option was Hypermedia. I conducted research on hypermedia but couldn't find that much information on it and I didn't quite understand what it was. Finally the choosen topic was- Bandwidth. We were the only ones doing it!
There were four questions to be done and a worksheet to be made. Here is who did what
1. What is it?- Keerthana
2. What function does it perform in the context of th internet?- Sanea
3. Are there any variations or types- Sanea
4. Commonly used for....?- Keerthana
So Keerthana emailed me her answers to her choosen questions and then I made the powerpoint and put each of our questions on 1 or more slide each. Overall we had 11 slides. Some with extra information, like websites to go to to understand more about bandwidth, and some images of different bandwidth test and also the formula to calculate bandwidth. I found two videos on Youtube, they were both short, one was a video explaining bandwidth using an analogy and the other was this foreign ad( Chinese or Japenese)about Bandwidth.
The worksheet consisted of a Close passage and a findaword. I made the findaword on a website and then the next day we printed it out and handed it to the class, hopefully they completed it!
I uploaded it onto slide share( already had an account) and then put it on to my blog. It can be viewed below! (The worksheet can be viewed on the last slide, it may be small). Have fuN!
Sanea.

Bandwidth Mini Project

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Internet Addresses Activity

(Speed Test 2)

( Speed Test 1)
1. What is a URL
A URL is basically an internet address consisting of the folllowing things:
-the protocol (http)
-the server name("www.blogger.com")
-the file name ("post-create.g?blogID")
2.What is an IP Address and how is it related to a URL?
Wkipidea Definition: An IP Address (Internet Protocol) is a numerical identification and a logical address that is assigned to device participating in a computer network utilizing the Interenet Protocol for communications between its nodes.

3. Given our school website ....what is our domain name and what protocol do you need to use to access the site?
Domain Name: www.mcauley.nsw.edu.au.
Protocol: IP
4.In the context of an IP address, what is an octets?
The four numbers in an IP address are called octets(which means 8) and each have eight positions when viewed in binary form. Examples:
- 216.27.61.137
-Binary Form:
11011000(octet).00011011.00111101.10001001

Broadband Speed Test
Speed of internet connection using site: http://www.speedtest.net/
Download Speed:
MP3 File ( 5MB)- 1 min
Video Clip (35 MB)- 9 min
Movie (800MB)- 202 min

Upload Speed:
E-mail attachment (1MB)- 15sec
Photo Gallery (8MB)- 2min
Video Clip (35MB)- 8mins
1. What is meant by upload and download speeds
Upload Speed- Refers to the speed per second at which you can upload to the Web. Its the speed at which data is sent from your computer to the internet.
Download speed- Its the speed at which data is sent from the internet to the computer.
2.What are the units used to measure download speeds?
The units are Mb/s
3.Why do different locations offer different download speeds? Hint: “bottleneck”

IP Addresses

My Computer's IP Address, (Click to viewer larger).
1. What is an octet?
An octet are four numbers in an IP address, they each have eight positions when viewed in binary form.
Note: IP addresses are actually 32 bit numbers because when you add all the positions it = 32.
The purpose of an octet is to:
-separate the numbers
-create classes of IP addresses which are able to then be assigned to either a
*business
*government or another "entity"
The class they are put under are based on the size and need.
Octets are also split into two sections:
-Net
-Host or Node
Net Section
* Contains octet and it is used to identify a type of network that that particular computer belongs to.
Host Sections
*Contains last octet and it identifies the actual network on the computer.

2. What class of IP address are we using?
Firstly here is a brief outline of each class.
Class A- For very large networks, E.G.- Major international company.
Class B- For medium sized networks, E.G.- Large college campus.
Class C-For small to mid-size businesses.
Class D- Used for multicast.
Class E- Used for experimental purposes only.
We are using Class C.

Some Key Terms- The Internet and Web Design

1. Define the term- Protocol
Protocol is an agreed upon format for transmitting data between two devices. There are 4 things the protocol "determines", such as :
- what type of error which is checking to be used.
- the data compression method, if there is such.
-how the sending device gives an indication that it has already finished sending a message.
-how the receiving device will indicate that it has already recieved a message.
What are the following protocols used for?
-TCP/IP,http,smtp,FTP
*TCP- Is a protocol used for communication between computers.
*http- This is a protocol used for receiving as well as transmitting files,
*smtp- Stands for simple mail transmit protocol, its a protocol used for sending email messages.
*FTP- File Transfer Protocol, This is a communication protocol which commands the transfer of files from one computer to another via a network.
3. GUI stands for graphical user interface.. Before the GUI, the PARC User Interface was used.
4. Two methods of data transmission- serial and parallel.
Serial transmissions only use 2 wires for transmitting and receiving data, 1 wire for sending or receiving and even though data is going in one direction, the data is sent bit-by-bit.
As for...
A Parallel transmission uses a number of wires for data transmission. It is also much faster than serial and therefore 8 or even more wires are carrying data (which are parallel to each other)to its destination. The data is moved 'multi-bits' at a time.
5. Define the term “URL”. Explain the components that make up the URL.
URL is an internet address.It stands for Uniform Resource Locator
The components which make it up are:
-access protocol(http)
-domain name(www.blogger.com)
-(if wanted)path to a file or resource "residing" on that particular server(trade)
6.In the context of data transmission, what is “error detection”?
An error detection refers to a "class of techniques" which are able to detect garbles messages.
7.Name and explain one common method of error detection.
One of the methods of error detection is:
Checksum
It is one of the easiest error detections schemes where each message that gets transmitted is accompanied by a numerical value which is based on the number of 'set bits' in the message. The so called 'receiving station uses the same formula and applies it to the message to see whether or not the numerical value matches. If the numerical value does not, then the receiver can say that it is a garbled message.
8.What is HTML and explain why it is important
HTML is a markup language which is used to structure text as well as multimedia documents and it is also used to set up hypertext links between documents. It is used a lot on the Web.
HTML is important because it is literally the "backbone" of a web design and every webpage has an HTML. It defines the structure and layout of a 'Web document' . This is done by using a number of tags and attributes.

How did the internet originate

How did the internet originate?



Who were the people most responsible for creating it?
* 1962,Rand Paul Baran, of the RAND corporation- Proposal of a packet-switched network.
* 1969,BBN constructed physical network
* 1972,Ray Tomlinson of BBN- created first email program
* 1973,Vincton Cerf from Stanford and Bob Kahn from DARPA( head of group) who developed a new protocol which would allow diverse computer networks to 'interconnect' and 'communicate' with each other. 1974, used the term Internet for the first time.
* 1976, Dr. Robert M. Metcalfe developed Ethernet.
* 1979, -Steve Bellovin, graduate student at University of North Carolina
-Programmers Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis created USENET (decentralized news group network).
* 1981, National Science Foundation created 'backbone' to CSNET.
* 1983, The University of Wisconsin created Domain Name System (DNS).
* 1986, Contractors for Darpa working on ARPANET, created, The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
* 1987, National Science Foundation, BITNET and CSNET came to together to form: Corporation for Research and Educational Networking( CREN).
* 1990, Tim Berners- Lee and CERN implements a hypertext system.
* 1991, NSF established a new newtork called The National Research and Education Network, (NREN).
* 1992, CERN released World- Wide Web.
* 1993, NSF, created InterNIC to ' provide specific Internet services'.
* 1993, Marc Andreessen, NCSA and the University of Illinois develops ' graphical user interface to the www, called " Mosaic for X"

What System immediately preceeded the internet
ARPANET

Activities!

(Relating to Mail Merging a Database to Create and Print Form Letters- Part 2 of Mail Merge Recipients)

(Relating to Mail Merging a Database to Create and Print Form Letters- Part 1 Of Mail Merge Recipients)

(Relating to Mail Merging a Database to Create and Print Form Letters- The letter used)

(Relating to inserting sound and image files into database- The Address Book Form)

(relating to inserting sound and image files into database- The Address Book Table)

( Relating to sound recording activity- Sample rate and Maximum frequency)

(Relating to sound recording activity- Recording sound)

(Relating to sound recording activity- Properties, choosing which quality)

(relating to bits and bytes activity)

(relating to Bits and Bytes activity).

(Relating to Data Types activity- Table)
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The current term 1 activities will be uploaded:
-Data types (4)
-Bits and Bytes (6)
-Sound Recording/ Practical Activity (7)
-Inserting Sound and image files into a database (8)
-Mail Merging a Database to Create and Print Form Letters (14)

Data Types
This activity was simply understanding what each field means. In order to this, I had to go to the help section of Micrsoft Access and type in "Data types available in Access" and all the information was there. In my table i had three fields, the data type, the description of that DT and the storage size of each. I then summarized the information. Done!

Bits and Bytes
This activity is useful in understanding about what and how bits and bytes work.
1. DIGIT
A Digit is a "single space" which is able to hold numerical number which are between 0 to 9. In order for larger numbers to be formed, digits are combined together in a pack. As learnt in Maths, each digit in a whole number has its own place where it stands in terms of the 1's, tens, hundreds,thousands, ten thousands, hundredths, thousandths etc....So to further understand, E.G. 4,325
5- 1
2- 10
3- 100
4- 1000
And so further space it out it could be written like this
(4+1000)+ (3+100)+ (2+10)+ (5+1)= 4000+300+20+5= 4,325
Four Thousand, three hundred and twenty five, simple!!
2. BASE 10
Base 10 or also referred to as denary, is a decimal, numeral system ( Base 10 system) which has 10 as its base. With ten being the base, there is a little number on the top, which is commonly referred to 10 to " the power of (insert number)." So for example:
10 to the power of 2 (10 squared)Or....
10 to the power of 3 (10 cubed) ETC..In the following table the base 10 system can be seen.
-The Base 2 System, also known as the 'binary system". Computers operate using this system.
- There are a number of "base- anything systems"
3. WHERE DOES THE WORK BIT ORIGINATE FROM?
The word bit is short from for: Binary Digit. It takes a "logical value" of either 1 or 0. Binary digits are units of information storage as well as communication in "digital computing" and "digital information theory"(branch of maths and engineering).
The bit is also a unit of measurement, its simply the information capacity of one binary digit. To identify it the symbol is: bit or b!
This word was first used by Claude e. Shannon in his 1948 paper: The Mathematical Theory of Communication.
4. Examine this table:
a) You can write 4,321 as
(4*1000)+(3*100)+(2*10)+(1*1)= 4000+300+20+1
5. Examine this table:
Binary Base (2)
a)21
(1*16)+(1*4)+(1*1)= 21(base 2)
b)24
(1*16)+(1*4)+(1*4)= 24(base 2)
c)30
(1*16)+(1*4)+(1*4)+(1*4)+(1*2)= 30(base 2)
6. WHAT IS A BYTE?
- Bits form bytes.
Since a bit is never alone in a computer, it is a sequence of 8 bits which are processed as one unit of information.
7. HOW MANY BYTES IN A KILO, MEGA, GIGA AND TERA BYTES?
Kilo- 1024 bytes (2*10).
Mega- 1,048,576 bytes (2*20).
Giga-1,073,741,824 bytes (2*30).
Tera- 1,099,511,627,776 bytes (2*40).

Sound Recording, Practical Activity
In this activity, I used the sound recording tool in programs>accessories& entertainment. With my microphone, I recorded my voice three times. The first time ( by going to properties and convert now option) I picked the telephone quality, recorded and saved. I did the same for the radio and CD quality.
Here is the sampling rate and bit size for each:
Telephone-11.025kHz, 16bit
Radio-22.050kHz, 16bit
CD-44.100kHz, 16bit
Definitions
Sampling Rate-It determines the sound frequency(corresponding to pitch),which is able to be represented in the digital waveform.
Sample size- The sample size of of a statistical sample is the number of observations that constitutes it. Denoted by: n(+number).In short its just the size of the sample.
How does the sampling rate(kHz) and the sample size(bits) affect the quality of the recording?
The sample rate affects the quality of the recording by:
To remember:- Different sample rates determine different frequencies
So for the lowest sample rate (11kHZ- telephone)-gives out very poor sound quality. Next the Radio sample rate of 22 kHz, the quality is 'significantly' affected. (The higher frequency information missing).
For the CD sample rate of 44kHz, there is not that much quality loss.
So overall the higher the sample rate the better quality you get of that recording.
The sample size affects the quality of the recording by: 8 bit can be good for recording low and medium quality but not high quality.
16, 24 and 32 bit gives out high quality of audio.
So once again the higher the bit the higher quality, but the a lot more work of recording( E.G. 32 bit takes more work recording as compared to 16bits.)

Inserting Sound and image files into a database
My address book that I had made before, I now have a field called voice message and photos. So recorded 10 voice messages for each person( using the sound recorder), just saying their name and there are 12 pictures for each person as well as. Then I made a form, which shows the picture as well as the the other details, including a little icon for the voice message.
*A problem which occurred while I was putting inserting the picture in the field, was that it wouldn't load, so what I did was went to paint, opened the saved picture, saved it as a 24bitmap image and it luckily worked!

Mail Merging a Database to Create and Print Form Letters
In this activity, using the Mail merging step by step wizard in Microsoft Word 2007, I successfully mail merged a letter. The recipients which I used were from my address book(database). Just the company name, email address and work phone I had to make up!

Assignment-Part D

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Hi Journal,
BIG, BIG, BIG Problem had occurred while I was making my buttons.
Okay.... On Friday I had finished everything and just had to make my buttons and decorate. Our assignment was extended to being due on Monday. So I went home and tried to make my buttons. I was doing this on Access 2007. It was so different from 2003(obviously) and a little complicated but it was easy making a button but it didn't work at all. I was getting worried, it was due Monday, what was i going to do???? I tried going on Microsoft's website to download the 2003 version but they didn't have any at all. They weren't giving any 60 day trials obviously because it was an old version. So I kept trying and trying, still didn't work. I also couldn' t add any music on, but my buttons were more important. So I decided to finish off Part A : The Word Document. I saved the database on my USB and made sure to pick the option: that the default format would be 2000-2003 Access.
Now today, Monday the 6th I tried it at school, on Access 2003, but still it wouldn't work. I also discovered that to make a button, instead of picking the Miscellaneous option then query, I had to pick form operations and then open form. So it wouldn't work still, unfortunately I was stuck, so I went to my teacher, told him my situation and I told him I would try again at home and Yeah I have to upload as soon as possible. I already uploaded Part A onto the W drive.
Now for the good part, I have found a solution, what I did was make a *Macro and attached a form to it then I made my Button, clicked on properties and then events and formatted it to that specific macro and IT WORKED YAY!
So I am done everything, its all good my music has been added as well, my main form, queries, forms , tables everything... I have finished!!!!!!!!!
Took hard work and in the end it was great:)
Sanea.

* Information on a MACRO-
A Macro is a rule or pattern that specifies how a particular input sequence should be mapped to an output sequence, this being according to a defined procedure.(Specific definition).
The mapping process is known as :-macro expansion
In short it is basically a set of computer instructions that are able to be recorded and associated with a shortcut key combination or macro name. When the shortcut key combination or macro name is clicked, the computer(program) then carries out the specific instructions to the macro. Using the macro function also saves time by instead of using, a frequent, lengthy series of actions just use a shorter action.
With Microsoft Access 2007, the use of the macro enabled me to make one macro for each of my queries and then this was linked to my buttons.
So overall using a macro in this assignment, didn't only solve my problem of making a button but I also learnt about what macros are, what they do and how effective they are!

Assignment- Part C

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Hi Journal,
Creating the forms were quite straightforward, since the were linked with the queries. So for each query there was a form.
Something which needed more work, was that when I typed in, for example an artist name, the form would come out, but the actual album cover would look either:
-squashed
OR
-only half was appearing
So I had to just had to rearrange the the headings(when in design view) , made the picture space, bigger and spaced out and it worked, the album art came out perfectly fine.

Assignment- Part B

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Hi Journal,
Query time,
At first, I thought we had to make just 1 query and so I included All the four things, song, artist, album, genre, but instead of coming separately they would come all together on after another, and also what I put in the 'criteria box', wasn't exactly right. Then I remembered the activity I had done on Parameter query and did it all over again. The steps I took was that I clicked on making a query and then when it opened , I clicked all the fields needed and under that particular field which was going to be my main query I typed in:
LIKE "*" & [Enter any character to search by: ] & "*"
Then saved it and there my first query was done. So step by step I did this for Song, artist, album and genre and I finished!
Sanea.

Assingnment- Part A completed

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Hi Journal,
This is my current table, with 9 fields and data types.
-Artist
-Song
-Album
-Album Cover
-Genre
-Duration
-Year
-Price
-Sample of music
* I have 10 records.
A problem I encountered was that while I was pasting my Album art under the "Album Cover" field, instead of the actual picture coming, only the name of the album would come in large letters. I tried it with the other pictures, and only 1 worked. I realized this was because of the particular format of the picture, so I tried converting each picture, but that didn't work, so I decided to go online Google and search the album covers again and save them. This time I also made sure that each picture was 400 times 400! It did work fortunately!

The Summary

Hi Journal,
Here is the summary of the different aspects of the assignment(given by our teacher):

A) Table

-Fields

-Types

B)

-Query

1. Song Title

2. Artist

3. Album

4. Genre

(Parameter)

B) Create one form for each query

C) Main Menu Forms

D) Buttons on M.M

Load Forms

Tools Startup Display Formal page- main menu, OK

Make main page bigger.

Save

DONEEEEEEEEEEE!

So as I go through

So as I go through my assignment, I will be ticking each section.
Sanea