Use of networks at work and at home

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Use of networks at work and at home

• 3.3.4

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The aim of this presentation

• You will need to be able to Discuss the use of
  networks both in the workplace and at home.
• Because of this, you will need to
• identify different uses, their short term impact
  and long term consequences for different groups
  of people or
• identify the pros and cons of networks and the
  impact and consequences they have.

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Introduction

• Networking computers has made information and
  data sharing easier than ever before
• And as such, communication has been even easier!

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Introduction

• People used to communicate information using
  basic methods which made use of Light and Sound.
  Setting fires was one of the fastest ways of
  providing warnings about enemies attacking.

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Introduction

• But times have changed since then
• And an uncountable amount of data is transferred
  across networks each day.
• Data is transferred for different reasonsboth in
  the workplace and at home
• The list is exhaustive and cannot be completely
  covered in this presentationso it will be down
  to you to find other examples that arent
  included.

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The Internet

• The Internet is the best example of a network.
• Computers connected all over the world sharing
  information.
• It is used by many different people for many
  different things

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Networks at work

• The use of networks is key for management and
  communication.
• Work files can be shared and can be
  collaboratively worked on from different work
  stations.
• Printing can be centralised and software updates
  installed easily.
• Also, networks allow workers to be monitored and
  their actions recorded. Files can be kept secure
  using user access rights.

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Networks at home

• Allows multiple devices to be connected together
• Laptops and PCs
• Consoles
• Wireless photo albums and music hubs
• Many households now make use of network storage
  devices to store all media on including Films,
  Music and Pictures.
• Printing can also be centralised.

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How to take this further

• Now that you have identified some of the basic
  uses of networks
• You need to talk about short term impacts and
  long term consequences from different points of
  view.
• For example, you might like to talk about how a
  student makes use of a network and how a parent
  might make use of a network at home.

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In the text book

• Rather than telling you all about it
• There are some excellent examples in the text
  book on pages 137 to 140.
• Read through the examples and mind map out ideas
  for the following things
• What are the uses
• What are the short term impacts
• What are the long term consequences
• Any pros and cons that you have found

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Example Questions

• Describe how a family might make use of a home
  wireless network.
• 6 marks
• Discuss the use of networks in the home.
• 11 marks
• Explain how the management could make use of a
  network at work.
• 4 marks
• Discuss the use of networks in the workplace.
• 11 marks