OCR Information and communication technology GCSE : student's book.

Libro de texto sobre tecnologías de la información y la comunicación (TIC), aprobado por el OCR (Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations) para la especificación GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education) de enseñanza secundaria. Cubre el temario de las cuatro unidades del examen oficial: las TIC en el mundo actual, aplicaciones prácticas de las TIC, las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación en contexto, uso creativo de las TIC. Incluye ejercicios y preguntas tipo examen para controlar el progreso del alumno.

OCR Information and communication technology for A2 : revision guide.

Guía de repaso para los alumnos de enseñanza secundaria, bachillerato, que estén preparando el examen de tecnologías de la información y la comunicación (TIC) según la especificación del OCR (Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations) para el nivel A2. Es un resumen básico de los temas principales que se evalúan en la prueba oficial y cubre las siguientes áreas: ciclo de los sistemas, diseño de sistemas de información, redes y comunicaciones, aplicaciones de las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación, implementación de sistemas de información, implicaciones de las TIC.

OCR Information and communication technology for AS : revision guide.

Guía de repaso para los alumnos de enseñanza secundaria que estén preparando el examen de tecnologías de la información y la comunicación (TIC) según la especificación del OCR (Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations) para el nivel AS. Es un resumen básico de los temas principales que se evalúan en la prueba oficial y cubre las siguientes áreas: datos, información, conocimiento y proceso, componentes de software y hardware de los sistemas de información, características de las aplicaciones de software estándar y áreas de utilización, conceptos de hojas de cálculo, conceptos de bases de datos relacionales, aplicaciones de software usadas para la presentación y la comunicación de datos, papel e impacto de las TIC.

Information, communication & technology AS Level.

Este libro ha sido editado y actualizado para satisfacer las necesidades del AQA examen de secundaria proporcionando grandes oportunidades para el trabajo práctico. Los temas del libro son: salud y seguridad y el uso de sistemas ICT, análisis de problemas y software (crear una hoja de cálculo, crear una página web), diseño de soluciones (ejemplos, elección de un software), selección y uso de dispositivos de almacenamiento, pantallas, impresoras, altavoces, un sistema ICT y sus componentes, los datos y la información, características de los usuarios, transferencia de datos: redes, factores que afectan el uso de las nuevas tecnologías, las consecuencias de su uso y el impacto que provocan.

AQA Information and Communication Technology: The Essential Guide.

Este libro ha sido editado y actualizado para satisfacer las necesidades del AQA examen de secundaria de la asignatura Información y Tecnología de la Comunicación proporcionando grandes oportunidades para el trabajo práctico. Los temas del libro son: los sistemas de ordenador, el sistema operativo, redes de comunicación y entretenimiento, el ciclo de vida de los sistemas, procesador de textos Word, presentación del software, diseño de la Web, software para audio y DVD, transfiriendo datos entre aplicaciones, hojas de cálculo, bases de datos, redes sociales y foros, cuestiones legales relacionadas con el uso de las nuevas tecnologías, un comportamiento responsable online.

Motivation, communication, satisfaction : on apprend car est motivé et on est motivé car on est intéressé. Une fois appris ce que l,on voulait apprendre, on est donc satisfait. 'Motivación, comunicación, satisfacción : se aprende si se está motivado y se está motivado si se tiene interés. Una vez que se aprende, se está satisfecho'.

El aprendizaje no depende exclusivamente de la pericia del profesor. La relación interpersonal entre alumno y profesor, el contexto en el que vive el alumno y la motivación para el aprendizaje influyen bastante. En un curso de lengua extranjera, la primera competencia que se promueve es la comunicación, pero se deben promover otras cualidades como la creatividad, la iniciativa y la motivación. Se analiza la relación entre motivación y satisfacción de los alumnos.

El profesor de apoyo a la integraci??n : un perfil a redefinir mediante la colaboraci??n = Redefining the role of the achers responsible for the mainstreaming process, through collaboration with other teachers

Resumen basado en el del autor

Information and communication technologies for development : examples from India and Uganda. 'Tecnologías de la información y la comunicación para el desarrollo : ejemplos en India y Uganda'.

Monográfico con el título: 'La Alfabetización Tecnológica y el desarrollo regional'. Resumen basado en el de la publicación

Conversations about self-identity in Alzheimer disease : Argumentative and Alternative Communication memory books as an aid

Resumen basado en el de la publicaci??n

The effects of information and communication technologies on the banking sector and the payments system

This dissertation studies the effects of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) on the banking sector and the payments system. It provides insight into how technology-induced changes occur, by exploring both the nature and scope of main technology innovations and evidencing their economic implications for banks and payment systems. Some parts in the dissertation are descriptive. They summarise the main technological developments in the field of finance and link them to economic policies. These parts are complemented with sections of the study that focus on assessing the extent of technology application to banking and payment activities. Finally, it includes also some work which borrows from the economic literature on banking. The need for an interdisciplinary approach arises from the complexity of the topic and the rapid path of change to which it is subject. The first chapter provides an overview of the influence of developments in ICT on the evolution of financial services and international capital flows. We include main indicators and discuss innovation in the financial sector, exchange rates and international capital flows. The chapter concludes with impact analysis and policy options regarding the international financial architecture, some monetary policy issues and the role of international institutions. The second chapter is a technology assessment study that focuses on the relationship between technology and money. The application of technology to payments systems is transforming the way we use money and, in some instances, is blurring the definition of what constitutes money. This chapter surveys the developments in electronic forms of payment and their relationship to the banking system. It also analyses the challenges posed by electronic money for regulators and policy makers, and in particular the opportunities created by two simultaneous processes: the Economic and Monetary Union and the increasing use of electronic payment instruments. The third chapter deals with the implications of developments in ICT on relationship banking. The financial intermediation literature explains relationship banking as a type of financial intermediation characterised by proprietary information and multiple interactions with customers. This form of banking is important for the financing of small and medium-sized enterprises. We discuss the effects of ICT on the banking sector as a whole and then apply these developments to the case of relationship banking. The fourth chapter is an empirical study of the effects of technology on the banking business, using a sample of data from the Spanish banking industry. The design of the study is based on some of the events described in the previous chapters, and also draws from the economic literature on banking. The study shows that developments in information management have differential effects on wholesale and retail banking activities. Finally, the last chapter is a technology assessment study on electronic payments systems in Spain and the European Union. It contains an analysis of existing payment systems and ongoing or planned initiatives in Spain. It forms part of a broader project comprising a series of country-specific analyses covering ten European countries. The main issues raised across the countries serve as the starting point to discuss implications of the development of electronic money for regulation and policies, and in particular, for monetary-policy making.

Eye tracking data representation and visualization : on information and communication studies at CETAC.MEDIA

Eye tracking has become a preponderant technique in the evaluation of user interaction and behaviour with study objects in defined contexts. Common eye tracking related data representation techniques offer valuable input regarding user interaction and eye gaze behaviour, namely through fixations and saccades measurement. However, these and other techniques may be insufficient for the representation of acquired data in specific studies, namely because of the complexity of the study object being analysed. This paper intends to contribute with a summary of data representation and information visualization techniques used in data analysis within different contexts (advertising, websites, television news and video games). Additionally, several methodological approaches are presented in this paper, which resulted from several studies developed and under development at CETAC.MEDIA - Communication Sciences and Technologies Research Centre. In the studies described, traditional data representation techniques were insufficient. As a result, new approaches were necessary and therefore, new forms of representing data, based on common techniques were developed with the objective of improving communication and information strategies. In each of these studies, a brief summary of the contribution to their respective area will be presented, as well as the data representation techniques used and some of the acquired results.

Günter Strauss e a Colecção de Minerais do Museu Mineiro do Louzal

Günter Strauss is Ph.D. in geology from the University of Munich in 1965. He is a German living by long time in Spain. Naw he is a SAPEC High Advisser His doctoral thesis, submitted in 1965, with the title "About the Geology of the Province of pyrite Southwest of the Iberian Peninsula and its oil fields, especially in the pyrite mine Louzal - Portugal" Systematized the term" Iberian Pyrite Belt ", called for the deposits of iron ore cuprífera, rich in sulfur and other metallic minerals, which occurs between the rivers Sado and Guadalquivir, where they settled several mining complexes, of Louzal, Rio Tinto, through Castro Verde, Santo Domingo and Tharsis. Local mining tradition with an ancient where today seeks to preserve the legacy and memory of mining through measures to enhance equity. The result of work carried out Louzal then formed the basis of geological and documentary collection that has survived and has been proposed for cultural units under the activities of the mining museum Louzal. The richness and importance of this collection, consisting of several hundred documents, geological samples classified, minerals and cartography, comes from its presence Situ"In its state of preservation, that despite the various threats it is still within reach of their preservation, and the relative rarity of such collections, with the units of mining production. This communication aims to reveal the contribution of Mr Strauss for the formation of this collection and submit his proposal for cultural units, with the hope that those responsible for safeguarding them understand the need for its preservation and dissemination. So discuss the scientific and professional way Günter Strauss, a geologic formation of the estate of Mines Louzal, and the draft musealization proposition.

A gestão pedagógica do ensino e aprendizagem on-line : especificidades

A gestão pedagógica do ensino e aprendizagem on-line: especificidades abordam os desafios da Gestão do Projeto Pedagógico que tem as Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação por base didático-pedagógica. O fenômeno constitui-se na gestão do ensino-aprendizagem de curso lato senso a distância, no uso do computador conectado à internet, e a formação do educador especialista responsável pela coordenação, ensino, avaliação e/ou monitoria a frente do trabalho educativo. Reflete sobre os desafios da práxis pedagógica, subsidiada pela busca questionadora das tecnologias, a fim de responder também à demanda por inclusão sócio-digital. A abordagem metodológica de natureza qualitativa pauta-se na interpretação da realidade, de caráter hermenêutico com o intuito de considerar a experiência vivida pelos sujeitos na educação on-line a partir de uma visão crítica. Questiona o descompasso da educação formal brasileira e os avanços sociais com as incorporações de novas tecnologias de aprendizagens. Estabelece nas análises, a relação entre as teorias que sedimentam os objetivos do curso, as práticas de gestão e as influências ideológicas que marcam esse cenário, no PIGEAD da Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro Brasil, período de 2010 a 2012. Os resultados desta pesquisa mostram que a interatividade, diferencial que aproxima o indivíduo e o torna parte da comunicação estabelecida na EAD on-line, não ocorre plenamente entre os sujeitos do processo. Além disso, a gestão democrática participativa declarada em seus objetivos de formação se mostra na realidade como prática centralizadora, sinalizando um descompasso entre teoria e prática. Esta pesquisa, entre outros, oferece elementos de avaliação e aprimoramento ao PIGEAD.

Centros de recursos tecnológicos na Educação especial : um contributo para a sua avaliação

Na sociedade do conhecimento em que nos encontramos entendemos que todos os alunos devem ter acesso à informação e ao conhecimento, independentemente das suas capacidades e limitações. As novas tecnologias da informação e da comunicação constituem-se como uma mais-valia para os alunos com necessidades educativas especiais (NEE), sendo os apoios tecnológicos uma das soluções existentes para minorar as suas limitações físicas e intelectuais, aumentando deste modo, a qualidade de vida, a participação na sociedade e integração profissional dos mesmos. Para incluir digitalmente estes alunos, o Ministério da Educação criou os Centros de Recursos de Tecnologias da Informação e Comunicação (CRTIC, 2007), no sentido de cumprir com o Plano de Ação para a Integração das Pessoas com Deficiência (PAIPDI, 2006) e a reforma a Educação especial com a aplicação do decreto-lei n.º 3/08, de 7 de janeiro. Por conseguinte, decidimos investigar, após ter conhecimento da criação dos CRTIC para a Educação especial, realizando um estudo em cinco centros, a nível nacional, optando por uma investigação de natureza qualitativa, com entrevista, observação e pesquisa documental. O nosso principal objetivo foi verificar se estes centros disponibilizavam meios tecnológicos a todos os alunos com NEE, de acordo com os princípios da educação inclusiva ou se eram só para alguns. Após a análise dos dados recolhidos consideramos que existem algumas diferenças no cumprimento das normas orientadoras estipuladas pelo governo, no que diz respeito ao funcionamento e funções da equipa responsável, isto é, os responsáveis pelos centros incrementam a sua atividade essencialmente em duas vertentes: na avaliação dos alunos para adequação de tecnologias de apoio e acompanhamento/monitorização dos processos. Os docentes utilizadores dos centros disseram que os centros são úteis para a educação especial, no entanto, existe algum desconhecimento sobre os serviços prestados pelos mesmos.

Identification of resilience factors in rail engineering work

This paper discusses an ongoing project that aims at improving the potential for resilience of a system responsible for the planning of rail engineering work delivery. It focuses on the use of a human factors based approach as a way to achieve this end. In particular, the paper discusses the initial data collected by means of interviews and how this process gave way to a two fold goal: Understanding how the planning process works in reality and identifying any critical aspects of the system from a Resilience Engineering perspective. Given the nature of the process under study, information flows and communication issues have been given particular attention throughout the data collection and analysis stages. Initial data confirms that the planning process is greatly reliant on the capability of people using their knowledge and skills to communicate in a dynamic informational environment. Finally, the added value of the interviews is discussed from a human factors perspective and as a mean towards the aim of better understanding resilience in rail engineering planning.