Assignment

Assignment U01-A2

Characteristics

Issue date:     W/C 18/11/2013

Submission:   W/C 09/12/2013

Scenario

Your boss is impressed with your work on the training materials and has asked you to share your IT experience with other employees.

Task

[P5] You are to set up and use a blog to communicate and exchange information. You have been provided with the instructions to do this. (work for the rest of this assignment should be posted to this blog) [P6] Since personal computers were introduced in the 1980s so much has changed. The last 10 years has seen a huge surge in the use of mobile devices. You are to post an article to your blog entitled “The social impacts of the use of IT” and in it explain how things have changed in the way IT is used over the years and importantly what IT has done for us and society. [M1] Post an article to your blog entitled “Blogs – What’s good about them?” [M2] Along with all of the benefits that IT has introduced there are as many threats. These range from security to health issues. Add an article to your blog that discusses the full range the potential threats which the use of IT has introduced. [D1] Continue your ‘threats’ article to explain how to ensure safe and secure use of a specialist communication channel such as a blog.