Anthony Mitri

BTA 301 UNIT 9

Teacher: Ste.Croix

Task 1 Electronic Research Techniques

1. What is the difference between primary and secondary data? There are two types of data collected when you do research. Information collected directly from the source through surveys, interviews, or experiments is known as primary data. Information that has already been gathered by other individuals or groups and is available through a published source is known as secondary data. 2. Lift five common search methods and suggest how they work. Search Method 1. Google www.google.ca How it works Performs keyword searches for information on the internet

2.

Metasearch www.metacrawler.com

Sends your keywords to several search engines at the same time engines. This is the best way to look for a specific piece of information. The Ask/AJ/Ask Jeeves search engine is a long-time name in the world wide web. The super-clean interface rivals the other major search engines, and the search options are as good as Google. Ask is a major search engine which is growing by the minute. Bing is Microsoft's attempt at unseating Google. Bing used to be MSN search until it was updated in summer of 2009. Touted as a 'decision engine', Bing tries to support your researching by offering suggestions in the leftmost column, while also giving you various search options across the top of the screen. Yahoo is several things: it is a search engine, a news aggregator, a shopping center, an emailbox, a travel directory, a horoscope and games center, and more. This 'web portal' breadth of choice makes this a very helpful site for Internet beginners.

3.

Ask www.ask.com

4.

Bing www.bing.ca

5.

Yahoo ca.search.yahoo.com

Anthony Mitri

BTA 301 UNIT 9

Teacher: Ste.Croix

3. Complete the following chart and answer the questions that follow: i. Which method returned the most results? Why? Using the Boolean operator OR returned 345 million pages. Using AND returned about 60 million ii. Google uses the same Boolean operator for a two word phrase. Which one is it? Explain. The results for Google and using the Boolean operator AND were nearly the same. When you use two keywords Google looks for all instances of both words on the pages. If you want to search a specific phrase, then put quotation marks around the whole phrase. iii. Which method returned the BEST results for your purposes? Why? Less is more. You do not have time to look through millions of pages. You can also limit your results by either using an advanced search, changing your keywords to make them more specific, or search other terms within the results. iv. Why do the results change when you perform the same search using the same terms and techniques? Page on the internet are always moving and changing around since the web owners may make changes. Not all of the pages are available all the time. There may be down times caused by internet traffic and the dependability of web hosts. Also, search engines are continually spidering the web to index, add and remove pages from their database.

Anthony Mitri

BTA 301 UNIT 9

Teacher: Ste.Croix

Task 2 Evaluating Websites

1. When doing electronic research, what are the basic criteria for evaluating website? When you are doing electronic research, the basic criteria for evaluating website include: usefulness, accuracy, validity, bias, appropriateness and currency. 2. Visit each website below. Evaluate each website by placing a B for Bogus and V FOR Valid in the centre box. Explain your evaluation in the box on the right.

Website Evaluation
Visit and evaluate each website 1. Bogus The Whitehouse www.whitehouse.net/ 2. The Whitehouse www.whitehouse.gov 3. Preparing for Emergencies www.preparingforemergencies.co.uk Bogus Valid Bogus or Valid Explain your evaluation. The Whitehouse is part of the government, hence, the ending of the website is .gov For this reason, this website is not valid. This website is valid since the Whitehouse is part of the US government. This website is bogus because it does not relate to the topic Preparing for Emergencies This website is bogus because it doesnt/ no longer exist.

4.

Preparing for Emergencies www.preparingforemergencies.gov.uk

Bogus

5.

Boilerplate http://bigredhair.com/boilerplate/

Bogus

None of the books listed in the biography exists. For this reason I consider this website bogus. This is a valid website as it is useful, accurate, valid, bias, and appropriate and has currency. It looks very professional and has a copyright on the bottom of the page.

6.

RYT Hospital: Dwayne Medical Center www.rythospital.com

Valid

Anthony Mitri

BTA 301 UNIT 9

Teacher: Ste.Croix

Task 3 Electronic Research Project

State the objectives of the survey: The objective of my survey is to collect information from other students at Mary Ward C.S.S to better understand the impact we have on our environment in our community and society. This survey will provide us with data to help us understand our strengths and weakness to become a better community and greener community. Create questions (at least 6) to ask for opinion: Attached 1. Are you apart of GreenQuest at Mary Ward C.S.S.? 2. After using the computer at school, do you turn off the monitor to save electricity? 3. Do you regularly use the green recycling bins at Mary Ward C.S.S.? 4. What is your thought of the new water fountains in our school? - Very environmental (I use it all the time) - Makes a difference (I use it sometimes) - Does not make a difference (I dont use it; I bring my plastic bottles to school) 5. Do you think that Mary Ward uses too much paper? 6. Do you currently have an online learning network account such as Edmodo or Eclass? 7. What is the major contributor to unfriendly environment at Mary Ward? - Too much garbage waste - Too much water usage - Electricity - Other 8. How did you find this survey? Your suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Use spreadsheet software to tabulate the results of the survey: Survey link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QFR3N6S

Anthony Mitri

BTA 301 UNIT 9

Teacher: Ste.Croix

Tabulated Results

Anthony Mitri

BTA 301 UNIT 9

Teacher: Ste.Croix

Anthony Mitri

BTA 301 UNIT 9

Teacher: Ste.Croix

Anthony Mitri

BTA 301 UNIT 9

Teacher: Ste.Croix

Anthony Mitri

BTA 301 UNIT 9

Teacher: Ste.Croix

Research online (at least 2 websites) to find out whether your suggestions are feasible and if possible predict results.
Would using drinking fountain retrofit for refilling water bottles help the environment?

Website evaluation form attached Source: http://celebrateusa.hubpages.com/hub/Waste-Aware Out of all the plastic used in water bottles only about 30% are recycled Tap water cost 1 cent per litre compared to bottled water which costs $2.53 per litre Over 400,00 barrels of oil is used per year in Australia to manufacture the plastic to make water bottles Water refill stations save more than 370,000 plastic bottles around the world There are 200 billion litres of bottled water consumed worldwide with an estimate of $100 billion dollars

Does turning off computer monitors at the end of each period save electricity? Website evaluation form attached Source: http://www.ucalgary.ca/sustainability/computers The average computer uses 150 watts (75 watts for the screen and 75 watts for the CPU) whether youre using it or not. 75% of the energy used by your computer is used by your monitor Power management features on your computer and monitor can help your save energy You should turn off your monitor when you wont be using it for at least 20 minutes. Turn off your computer if you wont be using it for at least 2 hours+

Anthony Mitri

BTA 301 UNIT 9

Teacher: Ste.Croix

Report - The Environment and Mary Ward C.S.S.

Our high school Mary Ward C.S.S. is taken up the challenge to become a greener and environmental conscious school. After creating a survey with seven questions, I asked five Mary Ward students from grade 9 to grade 12 to complete my survey; I asked different grades because I needed my survey to be as accurate as possible. I tried my best to make the survey as simple as possible as I did not want students to rush through it and provide bogus information. I wanted the survey to be as accurate as possible. After viewing the result of my survey, I transformed that data into several bar graphs. I was honestly surprised by the results as it awoke my attention toward my community and the Mary Ward ecological footprint. According to my data only 20% of the students surveyed agreed that they use the green recycling bins found throughout the school. In return, this tells us that 80% of Mary Ward students dont use the recycling bins at school. That is 960 students out of 1200 that do not use the green bins. This is an astonishing number and must change! These results were surprising and made me understand that our school has a relatively large ecological footprint which can definitely be much less with the help and dedication from everyone. On the contrary, 4 out of the 5 students said that they use the new water re-fill stations all the time and in return, they stopped using plastic water bottles at school. That is 80% of the school population around 960 students that stopped using plastic water bottles. If each student stayed with their promise and stopped bringing plastic water bottles to school, as a school we would be saving 960 water bottles from being used each day. The re-fill station saves the school 192,000 plastic bottles each school year. That is if each student brought 1 water bottle to school each day. Becoming a greener school isnt an easy task; it takes effort from every student. After analyzing these results, I would conclude that our school has a relatively large environmental impact. I would suggest that the school installs more water re-fill stations, as my data proves that it is being used. I would also suggest that less paper be printed, use online learning networks such as eclass to post electronic units, why print? Also, to help reduce electricity consumption, students must turn off computer monitors after use. All in all, Mary Ward C.S.S. is a large school with hundreds of students that follow a different learning system (units) but if we all work together, and put our minds together, we can achieve a lower environmental impact on our community. It starts with reducing, reusing and recycling. One Cent at a Time. 101 Ways to Save Energy and Environment March. 03, 2011 http://onecentatatime.com/101-ways-to-save-energy-environment/

Anthony Mitri

BTA 301 UNIT 9

Teacher: Ste.Croix

Task 4 Electronic Communication Tools

Tool Email Unique Uses Email is short for electronic mail, the transmission of message over communications networks. The messages can be notes entered from the keyboard or electronic files stored on disk. Most mainframes, minicomputers, and computer networks have an e-mail system. Using email will give someone the ability to send messages or documents to any other email address. Nowadays fax machines are one of the most important office equipment. They send and receive a document through a telephone line. Using a fax machine will give someone the ability to send documents to any point of the world as very convenient and easy. Vendor/Developers URL

http://www.hotmail.com

Fax

http://www.brother.ca/enCA/Products/Fax

Cellular/Mobile Phone

A mobile phone (also known as a cellular phone, cell phone and a http://www.bell.ca hand phone) is a device that can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link while moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile phone operator (Bell, Rodgers) allowing access to the public telephone network. In addition to telephony, modern mobile phones also support a wide variety of other services such as text messaging, MMS, email, Internet access, short-range wireless communication and applications.

Anthony Mitri

BTA 301 UNIT 9

Teacher: Ste.Croix

Task 5 ETIQUETTE
(EMAIL SENT TO suzanne.ste-croix@tcdsb.org) Dear Ste.Croix, Everyday millions of emails are sent from people to people. For work, personal and family matters. Emailing is now being used more than ever. It takes just a click to send a message that would haven taken months by mail. It can also change the way people communicate, and treat each other. My definition of email etiquette is very simple to understand. Etiquette is the way in which you communicate by email. Communicating in the Online Environment is very important and I've written some essential rules for communicating effectively online. My Essential Rules for Communicating effectively online 1. Try to keep emails short 2. Double check spelling and grammar before sending 3. Properly format emails 4. Do not use profane language 5. How would I feel if I received this message 6. Attached your signature

I would like to thank you for reading my essential rules for communicating effectively online rules. I hope this was informative. Thanks, Anthony Mitri BTA301 - 02 - UNIT 9 Anthony Mitri Mary Ward Student Phone: 416 6685 22XX Fax: 4852 5885 2225 Address: 3200 Kennedy Rd, Toronto ON ++++++++++++Please consider the Environment before printing this email+++++++++++