the start of 3.1

we were doing unit 5 and now we're doing 3.1. I am confused.

anyway time for communication unit.


Hello everyone.

Unit 3.1 is a nice easy break from network and database theory. Even so, I’m struggling to keep up with everything. I’ve yet to start a Duke Of Edinburgh award and I’ve got coursework for all of my subjects and I’ve got two different types of maths exams, three different types of English and coursework for all that on top of all this. Not forgetting work experience and other out-of-school activities!

Anyway, the diploma is the subject at hand now. I must now produce information on communication.

Thank You.

The Muffin


3.1 A: Communication
There are different types of communication. Some are more obvious than others. Some are first hand and others are second but they all, near enough, do the same thing. The different types are as follows:
• Face to face
• Telephone
• Video
• E-mail
• Blogs
• Media

Media is a category within itself. The different types of media are as follows:
• Magazines
• Newspapers
• Texts
• Books

All the types of media above all have their time and their place when they are needed the most. For example: Face to face is best used when you want to talk to somebody when they are standing right next to you. It would not work when you are trying to talk to somebody face to face when they are in another country or very far away in general. Face to face is good because this shows, especially in business, that you are capable of being confident enough to confront the desired person you wish to talk to and talk to them. However, you cannot write the things that you say down. At least not in your average situation in the office you can’t.

Telephone is a good source of communication when you are in one office and the target person you wish to talk to is in another office generally far away. This is about it. It doesn’t really work when you are in the office next to them. Not only will you make an idiot of yourself you are also wasting money and time trying to just connect so you can call them and waste more money and more time and make even more of an idiot of yourself.

Video communication is basically face to face except you can ship the video file over great distances using your network or internet. It is a very good way of face to face communication because you can play the video clip as many times as you want. It is efficient. However, it is not efficient when you want to say a one word answer or statement. You also make an idiot of yourself by sitting on a folding chair or your very uncomfortable office chair and talking directly into a camera with a horrible little optical lens.

E-mails are becoming the biggest and for some reason the best form of communication. This is not a very good type of communication simply because if you E-mail somebody you are failing to demonstrate any real skill of communication within your work group. This is not helpful as your employer or boss will not think much of you if you cannot talk to people up-front and personally.

Blogs are very efficient and useful. Reason being: if you’re a devious foreign to my blogs and have not seen any of my other ones (please do) then you will not be aware that my blogs are very, very long and there’s a lot to read. With blogs you can upload mass amounts of information to the internet. The only thing it comes down to after that is weather the information helps. Please answer the poll.

Newspapers just make things up

Magazines distort the news.

Texts aren’t in English and they are usually off the subject.

Books never help in any situation.

Thank You

The Muffin