..Making our lovely college website!

Today we spent an hour and a half on our college website assignment. We didn't want all 4 of us trying to do the same thing so we split what we had to do up, making it easier to get our work done. Sophie was in charge of the story boarding. She also made a flow chart which showed the buttons we would have on our website. Louis was working on Flash to get more of an idea on how our website would work. Josh was using Adobe Premier to edit the video's we got from students around college. I started to make a photoshop mock-up which would show the home page of our interactive wesbite. I used Google earth to get a birds eye view of the college. At the moment I am still at college and because only the minority of the computers in college have Adobe Software on them I cannot complete the mock-up until I get home. I will definitely be finishing this tonight as tommorow our group will be showing Julian what we have done so far and I don't think a simple mock-up will be too impressive! I think today went really well in general, although I wasn't too happy with the quality of the image I was using from Google Earth. I'm really pleased how our group is working together and I'm sure the end result will show how much effort everyone has put in to it.

Revolting ART + DESIGN

Be daring, be different,
Be all you can be but have integrity, imagination and purpose.
Believe in what you do.
Don’t be a slave to mediocrity or convention but contribute something new and exciting and different.
Everything else is just about being the same.
- 

Ross Cleaver, Creative Director of Revolting Art +Design

LEARNING - What we should be doing at college, right?!

I read Sophie's post and learnt that GPRS was developed to try and help 2G with the speed it can send and receieve data. GPRS allows you to be receiving information as well as being on the phone at the same time.
In 2000, GPRS was released, it was known under something called phase one, phase one only allowed you to send information to one device at a time. GPRS is hoping to bring out phase 2 which will allow you to send information to more than one device at a time.

Thank you Sophie for helping me understand what GPRS is about.

If i have made any mistakes, don't hesitate to correct me :)

>> 3G << This took me ages.. so READ!!!

3G technology  first started in 2000, since then it has become more and more popular. In 2000, 3G was a completely new technology out, it was not linked to 2G technology. As it was something new on offer it started off with a few problems. 3G’s biggest problem was that it was extemely expensive.  In order for 3G to work, new networks had to be built which added to the cost. After a year of getting 3G together, Japan launched 3G in 2001.

3G allows network providers to offer their  customers more. For instance, people with 3G on their mobile phones can video call. Other advantages include having the internet wirelessly whenever you need it. 3G systems provide quick internet access to all kinds of data like map and positioning services. 3G can be used for whatever you choose whether it’s multi-player gaming or even shopping whilst you are sitting at home.  (obviously being able to shop 24/7 is my favorite feature of 3G!!)

Although 3G is now being put onto even the most basic phones, it wasn’t like that the entire time. 3G was only a feature which was added to smart phones such as the iPhone, Blackberry and other brands which sell more advanced mobile phones.

Interviewing

At college today we had to interview students about how they feel they are getting on at Weymouth College. I arranged the interviews at the weekend so it made it easier to get the videoing completed more quickly. We used the equipment which we booked out for today which was a small video camera, tripod, spare battery, microphone and a wind protector. We did the majority of our videoing in the student lounge whilst it was quiet this morning but we also did some filming in the performing arts department and in the college square. We got all of the interviews done we wanted which was good because we had only booked the equipment out for one day. Also, we uploaded the video's onto the computer which allows us to get editing shortly. We will be importing our files on to Adobe Premiere and getting them ready so that they can be used on our website.

WAP and GSM

WAP is an application communication protocol which is used to access services and information. WAP is for mobile phones and other hand-held devices. It is a protocol designed for micro browsers (a small piece of software that makes minimal demands on hardware, memory and CPU.) which allows you to create web applications for mobile devices. HTML, XML and TCP/IP) are the internet standards which WAP standard is based on. 

WAP can be used for many different things, such as checking weather conditions, purchasing tickets, looking up addresses and even looking up sport results as well as many other things. WAP is good as it provides people with a service which they can use wherever they are, this allows you to get information quickly.

GSM (global system for mobile communications) is used all over the world to allow people to roam between mobile network operators. GSM can be used for practical and every day services. GSM offers more than other network technologies and offers users a wider international roaming capability. GSM uses digital technology and is a second-generation [2G] cell phone system.

Mobile network T-Mobile uses GSM technology for its cell phone network. This allows T-Mobile users to access information and services whenever they need to.

Some of the advantages of using GSM include: 

.A stable network which had robust features.

. You’re more likely to maintain a good amount of signal inside a building

. GSM covers virtually all parts of the world so international roaming is not a problem.

Using a forum on Moodle

Today I added my own discussion to Moodle about saving files in different formats on Photoshop. I got positive feed back and other students thought my post was helpful. I also commented on other discussions and gave my opinion on what they had to say. I found the forum useful as it allowed me to communicate with other people in the class without having to speak to the face-to-face. I will definitely be adding some more posts to the forum and if I ever find something difficult I will definitely be asking for help!