E-governement

Is also known as Elctronic-governement. This refers to the use of information technology to exchange information and services with citizens, businesses, health an other arms of government. E-government describes the use of technologies to facilitate the operation of government and the disbursement of government information and services. E-government deals heavily with Internet and non-internet applications to aid in governments. Before E-government was introduced, taxes and other bills were paid through licenses. The primarily delivery models are Government-citizens or government to customers, government to business, government to government and government to employee

The main focus for all government services is DirectGov. Direct Gov is the UK government digital services for people in the United Kingdom, providing a single point of access to public sector information and services. Direct gov which was formed in 2004 has over 300,000visit a month to over 10,000,000 and it involves 18 government departments. Such as

Education and learning
Environment and green living Health
Well being
Employment
Money tax and benefits etc.

E-government is gone online because the government considered it cheaper than employing people and paying wages, also you will find there are computers in every public library. This allows a much larger amount of viewers to this site.

Advantage of E-government
The main advantage of an e-government is that it improves the efficiency of the current system. That in turn saves money and tie.
Moving away from a heavily paper based system to an electronic system would reduce the need for manpower. Thus, this would allow the process to be handled by lesser employees and therefore reduce operation cost.
The society is moving towards the mobile connections. The ability of an e-government service to be accessible to citizens irrespective of location throughout the country brings the next and potentially biggest benefit of an e-government service.
Online transactions are faster than face-to-face transactions. Paper processing is automated, reducing time and the risk of clerical errors. This allows state agencies to focus on providing better service for the customer.
Environmentalists might argue that E government is a good idea because it means that they don't have to waste paper in order to get information they can just let the person go online and give it that way.
Not all decisions are made between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. during a weekday. If you are looking for a house, you may want information about an area during a weekend. E-government gives you 24-hour access to this and other information
Broadens public participation

Disadvantages of E-government


Web site cost: building a maintaining governmental websites can require a lot of time and money. Apart from the technical cost, there are also important human resources cost: any existing or new staff working on the web must be trained both on technical and communicational aspect.

Publishing information of legal values or granting access to information databases through a website can pose a security danger to the government organisation as malicious users (hackers) can break into a website via internet.

E Government does have its draw backs for example in the future citizens might be told to communicate with their Government via the internet and this would mean that a lot of information that the citizens have given online could be exploited which means a lot of peoples information will be in the hands of the Government and this would mean that people have no personal privacy which is not a good thing and I am sure that a lot of people would be reluctant to give there information online.

 I personally don't use any of these  website services  neither do my parents. they prefer paying through a local shop.But my borough council  website provides  provides information relating relating to Tunbridgewells borough. which includes
Telephone payment
council taxes
mortagages

E-education

Online education has revolutionised the way education works in school. Today, internet is often used instead of a library. The World Wide Web has a major effect on education and it’s likely to stay long and develop further more. Teachers can now set homework assignments on the internet and students can complete the task at home on their computers, Such as my maths.Online education doesn’t require student to visit an actual classroom and listen to an instructor face to face.Online education is truly about student convenience. Students can check in, work assignment and turn them in when their schedules permit.

There are many websites that allows children to revise their work example of these includes
BBC website
My maths
You-tube
Excel
VLE (Virtual learning environment)
Online forums

One of the most popular education services is the one offered by mymaths and BBC bite size. This is effectively a large database of knowledge applicable for students studying GCSES and A-levels.

BBC website: this site is a great revision website for student of all ages from KS2 all the way to KS4. Bite size in invaluable because it is easily accessible from home or school and it has such wide publicity. Revision is made easier in the site as it provides student with what they need to revise, and then test them on it. As well as being able to read information online, you are also able to listen to different topic, (very good for audio learners) this gives a more personal experience when using the website. BBC bite size gives GCSE student the ability to top test themselves on their different subjects as well as revise previous work. One advantages of bite size is that when a student is seriously sick and missed so many classes, they can catch up on whole topics, therefore preventing them from falling behind. Coming to UK in 2008 and stating school in 2008, I found it very difficult to understand the teachers, but after been introduced to BBC bite size, thing became easier for me as I began to understand thing more.

My maths:  is a subscription websites for schools across the world. My maths is used in 70 countries and around 4million student every years uses it. My maths offers a fully interaction online solutions for all ages and abilities. And it can be enjoyed 24hours weather from school or home. My maths works is by getting logging provided by the school this allows teacher to monitor your progress. My maths works through traffic light system, which is a clear indicator on how well you did in a subject. There are interactive lessons games and worksheet which are linked to a powerful assessment and also management system that allows you to teach in fun and dynamic way while tracking progress effectively.  Students and teachers have access to the results via the website; it also specifies what subjects need to be worked on, how many times it has been tried and when it was last attempted. with mymaths,Teachers can set specific lessons and homework’s for a wide range of topics.

YOU-TUBE: you tube is a collection of videos uploaded by members for sharing and watching by other member. Over the year, you-tube has attracted millions of viewers. Although this site uploads videos for personal use, many use it as an educational tool. The video ranges from teaching science, solving maths and learning how to draw and paint. You tube is not just academic, it can also be use by skilled students such as: dancing, cooking and hairdressing. However, these video are done by the user and the information given isn’t always correct.

Advantages
Very good for visual learners and audio learners
You tube also allows user to post comment and review videos meaning that others can look at the rating to enable them know what video to watch.
Have many clips in one topic, you can pick from anyone

Disadvantages
Sometime videos are not high standard
Works on download base, so for people with dial up connection and broadband limits it can become rather expensive.
Can have viruses attached to some videos.

Online forums

Online forums such as “student rooms” are seen as a free online education website this is a text based website. Here, student can interact with other student s through asking question and discussing it. One advantages of this is that you see other people view and opinion and the disadvantages is that other peoples view can be wrong and the information provided may not be 100% true or reliable. Many see this as another useful tool to revision.

Advantages of online education
Students can learn at their own pace
Work on assignment and turn them in when their schedules permits
The fact online education is free, students can research their homework’s and teacher can also use this to help students
Can give people who are unable to afford learning resources such as text book the opportunities to access education for free.
Cost: online education doesn’t require that you relocate to a new place or that you can forgo full time work.

Disadvantages of online education
May provide information of a poor standard and may be irrelevant, so its important that the site you are learning is reliable.
There is no face to face communication this is why so many people choose not to use online education.
Student can cheat through online education by also copying and pasting when giving course works

I personally use my maths frequently. As I am doing mathematics and statistics a-level, my maths have helped me a lot to understand what I didn’t get in class, as it goes through it slow. With my maths, I work at my pace and I can go back to it easily and revise that particular topic until I become an expert on it. Though online education is important and very helpful, but it’s also very difficult for me to concentrate sometime.

Commerce: is a transaction that occurs over the internet. The buying and selling of goods over the internet would be an example of E-commerce. An electronic shopper is called e-costumers. E-commerce has become very important in our world today. According to the U.S Census Bureau, 2008 third quarter ecommerce spending totalled $34.4billion. On average, sales on the internet have been there are certain websites that you can buy their products online such as Amazon, Sainsbury and Bhs etc. It’s also critical to make a safe online transaction, to allow the site to be secured, ensure you can see the https on the web address.

 

Characteristics of commerce.
The payment has to be done online. This can be done through the use of cards. Either debit or credit cards.
The online service is a 24/7 which is an advantage as you can shop and pay whenever you want to.
After shopping online, there is a always a delivery option, its either you chose the standard which might take time to arrive and pay less, or chose the express option which arrives earlier and pay more.

Advantages of E-commerce.
Can be more convenient- shopping in comfort of your home.
Save money- cheaper items online (Huge offers available to costumers).Can be delivered at same day.
No queuing therefore saves time.
Its 24/7, so you can shop anytime.
House delivery- convince .
Saves fuel.

Disadvantages
Payment for postages and delivery.
You cannot touch the product yourself and information may be limited.
No visual contact, therefore you might not know if the sellers are reliable.
Some software may contain virus.

ONLINE BANKING: allows customers to conduct financial transaction on a secure website operated by their retail or Virtual bank, Credit union or building society. The purpose of this is to make the movement of funds more convenient and less costly. Online banking is becoming much more common. You can pay your bills online and access a record of your checking account transaction online. Online banking is a great feature and most banks offer it. It makes everything you do with finance a bit easier. You can access the information anywhere that you have access to internet.

Advantages of online Banking.
Transfer money instantly: online banking allows you o transfer money between accounts much quickly. It’s more convenient than using the automated phone service, and can save you a trip to the bank.

Pay your bills online: You can pay your bills online. This will eliminate the needs of stamps and protect you from check being lost in mail. Most banks will have a section in which you set up payees. You will need to fill out the information, and then you can simply choose that profile every time you pay online.

Viewing your transaction: online banking allows you to access your account history and transaction form anywhere. This is the quickest way to check and see if a transaction has cleared your account. This can help you to find out the amount of a transaction after you have lost your receipt. It also allows you to find out about unauthorized transaction quickly and helps you resolves the issue more quickly.

No queuing: it allows you to perform transactions, pay bills and check balances 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The bank virtually never closes because it is as accessible as your PC or laptop computer.

Disadvantages of online banking
It’s very easy to make mistakes, but difficult to correct.

Another issue for people is trust. They may wonder if their transaction went through successfully or if they clicked on the correct button.

Security: even with the tops of the line of security systems online banks offer, there is of curse an increased risk for identity theft or fraud when your personal data is accessible online.

A lack of print documentation.

It’s anonymous/no reaction form another human being and you might run into bad customer services.

ONLINE SHOPPING:E commerce with shopping comes with both advantages and disadvantages. The massive serge in retail stores transferring to online transactional businesses means more people are shopping online.

Advantages of shopping online

Incredible convenience: online shopper can choose anytime of the day or night to get on the website and shop. This is very useful for people that are home-bound or simply in times of inclement weather.Price comparison: when you visit a shop, you most likely to have a settle for whatever price the seller has placed on a particular item, but with online shopping, you have the ability to compare prices from hundreds of different sellers.

Infinite choices: there is variety of goods to choose from. Plus of you don’t see what you want in one store online, you simply move to the next one.

Cheaper running coat: for the manager it’s cheaper to run an online shop as there is no running fee. Also you don’t have to pay for employee.

Verification sites: verification on online shops means that there is safety when purchasing from that store, this reassure customers when parting with their deals.

Reviews: you are able to see other people’s views and opinions on the product and hot they rate it before purchase

trust main issue online

DISAVANTAGES OF SHOPPING ONLINE
You can’t try things on: if you are buying a clothing item, you don’t have the ability to feel the material, try it on and see how it’s made.

You can’t talk to someone immediately: if you have a question about what you are looking at, you probably will have to wait at least 24hrs to get a question answered. However, many sites now have instant chats enabled to take care of issues.

Waiting time- there can be long periods of waiting time for your product and you don’t receive it instantly.

EBAY
E-bay is another type of e-commerce. It’s a world online marketplace: a place for buyers and seller to come together and buy or sell goods. It was founded in 1995 and has grown so successful to be one of multiple billion dollar business in the world

Disadvantages of e-bay online services

Quality of goods: sometimes the seller sells damaged, fake or faulty good to the buyer.

Trust: some people pay money and will not receive goods. Or late delivery by the seller. Scams- some people online can rip-off people into believing they are buying designer items or concert tickets, however the product are often counterfeit and fake

 Advantages

You have a number of sellers to do business with. Since many sellers are selling the same products or similar products, you have the option to choose who you want to do business with.

Reviews: one of great benefit of shopping on eBay is the feedback given to buyers and sellers. If you purchase an item from someone who has high feedback rating, you can pretty count on the fact that you will be given great service that was given to the sellers past customers.

It’s very easy to use and shop or search around

Good deals: when bidding on auction sites you can receive items for under their price cost.

Real time Information

Real time data is one of the gretest changes made by advancing  technology avaliable to us ; it  denotes information that is delievered immediately after collection. Thereis no delay in the timeliness of the information provided and its uploaded constantly. Realtime data is often used for navigation, tracking,Traffic, Ticket booking , Parcel tracking and news.  Real time informationns palys a huge part in the daily lives of eveyr individual whether they view the information themselves or hear about it through another individual.

Advantages of real-time information.
The system is immediately updated therefore providing vital information for people. For example passenger waiting for Train or flight.
There will be (in most cases) no processing lag caused by the system.

If purchasing ticket, that same ticket cannot be sold to some else after already being sold to someone.

The weather forecast is an example of real time data. You can use real data to find the weather report in your area. The weather report is often updated online, therefore making people aware of the weather condition and making them plan for the day. The use of weather forecast through real-time isn’t just shown on websites and T.V. it can also be used within mobiles provided the mobiles have application to allow this. As our world develops, it’s easier for almost every member of the public to gain access one way or the other to real time information. I personally check the weather updates on BBC before school especially during winter. If it’s going to be a snowy day or a rainy day, I get prepared by getting my willies on, rain coat and umbrella.

Another example is the information screen which you can see in the airport, bus stop and train stations. This is very important because it use in keeping customers informed about delays and scheduled changes. Though public address system have traditionally been the communication system of choice with familiar announcer calling a common sound in most railway station. But LCD screens provide railway and station operators an ideal platform for keeping customer informed and displaying timetable information, news of delays and scheduling changes.

Advantages of using information screen.

The great advantage of using a LCD screen is for the immediacy. As soon as the station hears of delays, this information can be uploaded to the screen for the customer to see.

Disavantages of using Information screen.

If the information is displayed for public screen viewing for example in an airport , You will have to keep referring back to the source to find out the main information rather than a beneficial paper based copy for your personal viewing. Going back to the screen may prove time consuming.

Task

We were asked to plan a Romantic holiday for 2 in Paris. Don’t make use of private transport

Leave school on Friday after school by 3.30; get to the train station around 4.00.

screen information

 Get the 4.10 train to London Bridge.
Get the Jubilee Lane underground towards (Stanmore) takes about 8mins 4stops.Get the Jubilee Lane underground towards (Stanmore) takes about 8mins 4stops. Walk to Green Park (2mins) and take the Piccadilly lane underground towards Heathrow (46mins, 17stops). Check in and get the flight to paris that leaves by 7.25

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Online communication

  Communication: is the activity of conveying meaningful information. The ways communication is used are becoming very essential around the world today such as the use of mobile Phone, email, instance message and social websites. Communication requires a sender and an intended recipient, although the receiver needs to be present or aware of the senders intent to communicate at the time of communication, thus communication can occur across vast distance in times and space. I personally use mobile phones when am in an emergency.  It’s also easier to use mobiles phone as people often reply quickly to mobile messages than emails. Expect from that, my family use skype, to contact friend back in Nigeria. It’s cheaper and we can get to see them through their live webcam.  http://www.skype.com/intl/en-gb/home. Skype is not only used at home. You can also get skype for business. You can Collaborate, communicate and work smarter with colleagues, customers and clients by putting Skype to work in your business. You can also get skype on you mobile phone. You must be on laptop or computers to be on skype. You can also get skype on the TV, make free widescreen video calls from the comfort of your living room.

Disadvantages of using skype.

If the internet connection is slow, and you can make calls, in this case, the sound may be a bit jaggy or you may have awkward delays in transmission

Advantages of using skype

It’s excellent for calling international

If you don’t have skype number, it doesn’t matter where in the world you are, you can still get hold of that person. If you are out, the calls will be forwarded to your phone.

You can check the prices of calls to different destinations on the Skype home page - http://www.skype.com/intl/en/ Calls to other Skype users anywhere in the world are free.

It’s unlikely to get viruses through skype. You don’t have to receive any files from people who you don’t trust. You can refuse to accept any file sent to you over the chat programme. It's worth, however, looking at the privacy settings in the Skype software to restrict who is allowed to call you - unless you want to be pestered by strangers from all over the world at all hours.

You don’t have to be on the computer or laptop to access skype. You can get in your mobile, Television etc

Advantages of online communication

The speed of delivery is faster and saves time. For instance you wouldn’t have to read a whole dozen of books to get information’s, you can easily type the words and search it.

The ability to send to multiple recipients. This is very useful in a school organisation such as if the school conveys a survey, rather than posting it to each parent, they can email to all parents at once.

Easy to stay in contact with you families in other countries or distance from you.

It’s made a major elimination of language barrier in the fact that people speaking different languages can connect socialise or trade via the internet with the now use of a language translator

Disadvantages

A significant disadvantage is that older generation finds it difficult to catch up with the ever changing and numerous technologies available today.

In some communication, there is no substitute face-to-face meeting. (Non verbal communication is lost).

Online communication is now used in creating riots such as use of twitter and face book etc .The event that started the riot in North Africa was through the use of face book.

You can enjoy skype :

At the comfort of your home

in you office

 



on you phones, i-pod, Tv and Xbox

                                         







Introduction to my E-book

The main purpose of these blogger is to enhance people the importance of ICT. In fact, IT has taken over nearly every aspect of our daily lives from entertainment to commerce and even communication. Today, mobile phone, emails, hand held devices, computers and the use of internet have played vital role in our day to day operation. ICT has made global social and cultural interaction very easy. We now live in a mutually dependent society, where people can interact and communicate swiftly and efficiently.  News and information can now be transmitted in minutes. Individual can easily stay in contact with members of their family who resides in other countries or make new friends across