Monday, June 4, 2018

Internet Notes and Activities;

Visit the the links below and write brief short notes on your OneNote Page.

Task 1.

Internet Notes

Definitions of internet; http://www.brighthub.com/computing/enterprise-security/articles/63387.aspx#

Internet, extranet and intranet distinguished

http://www.slideshare.net/dyerah/internet-intranet-and-extranet


Task 2
Go thro presentations and videos below;
Resources for Internet
TCP IP and the Internet ppt
Internet Notes Summary 1

Internet Notes Summary 2

Videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_LPdttKXPc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6881ZJElOM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtcGznML0h4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY7_S66BUIs

Task 3

Use your notebook page in OneNote to post all your notes below.
  • Distinguish between IP address and Mac address
  • What are domain names and DNS?
  • Most websites will have Hyperlinks, Metags, tags. Describe each one of them.

Internet Website Tools.
Distinguish between the following tools as used in websites
  • Search engines
  • Keyword density
  • Keyword prominence
  • Page ranking
Social Networking
What is a social networking site?
What are the most common and recent social networking site?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9p1ji4EFLc

SEO -Search engine optimization
Search engine optimization is a methodology of strategies, techniques and tactics used to increase the amount of visitors to a website by obtaining a high-ranking placement in the search results page of a search engine

Web 1.0, Web 2.0, web 3.0 and Web 4.0 and web 5.0
Distinguish between each of the about briefly.
http://www.slideshare.net/mstrickland/the-evolution-of-web-30

http://flatworldbusiness.wordpress.com/flat-education/previously/web-1-0-vs-web-2-0-vs-web-3-0-a-bird-eye-on-the-definition/

http://www.slideshare.net/joh5700/web-40-and-beyond-18806151

Write short notes on the following;
 Define each term listed here: wikis, blogs, micro-blogs, RDF(resource description framework), RSS (really simple syndication) feeds, mashups, forums, social bookmarking, online collaborative applications, podcasts, photocasts, vidcasts, social networking sites, templates, tagging, viral marketing, webcasts, widgets, virtual worlds and learning environments.


Internet Services

- What are web database? Give examples of web database you know.
- Describe the different online marketing technologies available
- Describe what a content management system is. an examples is Moodle
- Distinguish with examples between push and pull technologies
- Describe the following E-commerce technologies; B2B, B2C and C2C
- Describe the different online payment services; e.g Paypall


Internet Security
 Internet security can be provided by using Firewalls, Proxy servers, Encryprions, and Digital signatures
  • Using diagrams explain how firewalls work
  • Describe the role of proxy server in the management of Internet security.
  • Describe what SSL is
  • What is encryption and how is Public key different from Private key encryption. Use diagrams where possible.
  •  Describe what digital signatures are and explain how they function.
  • Describe other internet security measures in place and describe how each of the works.
Internet Threat
Describe each of the internet threat below and suggest the several solutions with examples where possible for each of the threats.
  • Viruses
  • hackers
  • Phishing
  • Spaminng
  • Pharming
  • Spyware
  • Adware

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Paper 2 Practice

Sample Articles


Example of Marked Responses



Paper 2 News Articles

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43459156


Criterion A - The issue and stakeholder(s)
Describe one social/ethical concern related to the IT system


Describe the relationship of one primary stakeholder to the IT system


Criterion B - The IT concepts and processes

Describe, step by step, how the IT system works



Explain the relationship between the IT system and the social/ethical concern described in Criterion A



Criterion C - The impact of the social/ethical issues on stakeholder
Evaluate the impact of the social/ethical issues on the relevant stakeholder




Criterion D - A solution to a problem arising from the article
Evaluate one solution that addresses at least one problem identified in Criterion C

Mid-term DS Paper 3 Research Activities

  See below the assigned area of investigation Az-zara:  AI-Based Hiring Platforms: HireVue Objective: Research how HireVue uses AI-driven...