BPT1501 Assignment 5

BPT1501 Assignment 5 16 April 1.1) Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) and General Packet Radio Services (GPRS) embedded in in micro-browser equipped mobile phones or embedded handheld computers are two examples of ICT Tools that are currently being used to link students that aren’t based in the same geographic location. Emails are also an ICT tool which break geographic barriers. ( Construction tools such as Microsoft Word and Powerpoint can be used to overcome linguistic barrier, other tools can include Google translate which is another literacy initiative. 1.2) Wireless Application Protocol is a communication protocol that allows for wireless data access through most mobile wireless networks. It facilitates instant connectivity between interactive wireless devices and the internet, thus allowing persons from different geographic locations to have contact with one another. GPRS is mobile data which allows for global cellular communication, this can be used from different places on the globe. Emails is another ICT tool that can be used to send communication or work to other email users wherever they are in the world, this platform allows for people to communicate with one another and send each other attachments in the form of videos, photos, presentations, etc, and it can all be sent to each other wherever, as long as a connection is present. Microsoft Word and PowerPoint are software applications which are used by a large number of consu