OCR Nationals

Technological Innovation and E-Commerce

Unit 8 -June 2013 version

Welcome to Unit 8

Unit 8 is a homework unit that you are to complete at home and then print out in school

You are to take three months over this

The deadline for this unit is by the end of December 2012

How to complete this assignment

In Unit 8 we are going to investigate how information technology has changed people’s lives.

You will need to do your own research to be able to answer the questions.

You will find website links for section ao5 on last few slides

This assignment must be completed on a word document in a report format

You must spellcheck your report.

Our age is one defined by technology. Never before in human history have we had access to so many ways of communicating.

The internet has given people access to information on a scale that would have been unimaginable only fifteen years ago. But how do you know it’s true? You can buy almost anything on the internet but that doesn’t just mean CDs. How about babies? Guns? People’s credit card details?

This new technology exposes us to all sorts of dangers and it has opened up a minefield of new moral dilemmas.

I hope that by completing this unit you will gain a thorough understanding of technological innovation and e-commerce.

Introduction

At the end of this unit you will be able to…

• Identify the effects of ICT on the individual

• Describe an innovation in ICT

• Investigate how e-commerce has affected The way people buy goods and services

• Investigate one e-commerce website, and

• Understand legal and moral issues in the digital age

Task 1-Identify the effects of ICT on the individual

For each technology heading below,choose one subcategory (in blue) to base your report on :•Internet -email, WWW, messenger, chat rooms •Communication- mobile phone, video phone, video conferencing, information points•Entertainment - games console, MP3 player, digital TV•Mobile access: laptop, PDA, wi-fi, WAP•Data capture: digital camera, voice recorder, scanner•Financial transactions: atm/epos/smart card

Go to slide 7 and then comment how:

•How this technology is used

•Benefits eg: speed, ease of use

•Disadvantages eg: cost, theft, limitations of the chosen technology

Then consider the effects of these items on people.

Discuss:

• How this technology is used

• Benefits eg: speed, ease of use

• Disadvantages eg: cost, theft, limitations of the chosen technology

Task 2 - Describe an innovation in ICT

Innovation: The introduction of new ideas, goods, services, and practices which are intended to be useful.

Task 2

Identify one innovation in ICT e.g. Bluetooth, TV on demand, GPS systems, mobile phone technologies.

Describe:• its purpose• the extent to which it achieves its purpose• how it works • benefits and limitations

The innovation MUST be relatively new. An investigation into the introduction of IT into offices is not an acceptable topic of study.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/guides/about-bluetooth

Click here for an example

Task 3 – Investigate how e-commerce has changed the way people buy goods and services.

(a) Give a definition of e-commerce.

Task 3(b) Explain how e-commerce has changed the way people buy goods and services eg:

• choice

• location

• convenience

• cost

• flexibility

Click here for an example-this is not to be copied

Useful Sites

Follow this link to a list of useful websites.

Task 4 - Investigate two ecommerce

websites

Examples of these are: Auction sites e.g. EBay Online shops e.g. amazon.co.uk, play.com Digital download site e.g. itunes.com

Click here for an example

Task 4

You must: Identify its audience and purpose. This means

say who it is meant for and what the site is for e.g. to sell CDs, DVDs and games.

You need to provide annotated screenshots of its e-commerce features. This means things like search facilities, shopping baskets, encryption and user accounts.

• Describe and illustrate the services provided eg buying/selling products. You will need to use annotated screenshots to show you understand what these are.

Task 5 – The legal and moral aspects of the digital age

Explain the main requirements of legislation relating to data protection, copyright and computer misuse.

You must give reasons for the requirements. •Computer Misuse Act•Data Protection Act•Copyright Designs and Patents ActYou must research the above and provide recent examples of the law in action

This must be done on a word documenthttp://curriculum.ttsonline.net/natcert2/skills/sww/safe_working.html

Click here for an example only

Computer Misuse Act

Research the above law.http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/ict/

legal/1dataandcomputermisuserev2.shtml

Do not copy and paste from web sites You are to write up in your own words what this

law is aboutGary Mackinnon is a good example to use of

someone who broke this lawhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_McKinnon

Data Protection Act

Research the above law.

Do not copy and paste from web sites You are to write up in your own words what this law is about

Click the link below to find out more http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/ict/legal/0dataprotectionactrev1.shtml

Click the below link to provide detail of example to relate to in report:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/mobile-phones/6591726/T-Mobile-customers-hit-

by-data-sale-scandal.html

Copyright Designs and Patents Act

Click the below link to locate info about this law

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/ict/legal/2copyrightrev1.shtml

All about peer to peer web siteshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/

ict/legal/2copyrightrev1.shtml

Moral issues associated with computer usage

You must describe at least two different moral issues related to the use of digital technology, explaining why they have occurred and discussing opposing opinions.

You must use a range of examples to illustrate the issues.

You must give accurate descriptions