Transcript Phone features - ICT is Awesome

Networks and Coverage
What do you already know?
• Ever wondered how a mobile phone works?
Though you don’t need to know all of the
technical details, as savvy users you should
have a basic understanding.
In this lesson students are learning
about:
• mobile phone networks and coverage
• possible health risks associated with mobile
phone networks/usage
• connection types (GPRS, EDGE, 3G)
• environmental issues related to the
manufacture, use and disposal of mobile
phones
At the end of this lesson students will
be able to:
• explain in basic terms the principles of cell
networks
• explain the difference between connection
types and check coverage in a particular area
• describe health concerns associated with
mobile phone networks/usage
• describe the environmental issues associated
with the manufacture, use and disposal of
mobile phones
How does it work?
• http://www.missphones.co.uk/article/gsmcircuit-switching/
Task:
• Using this page write in your own words how a
mobile phone network works:
• http://www.missphones.co.uk/article/gsmcircuit-switching/
• http://www.missphones.co.uk/article/gprs/
• The following key terms should be included:
• GSM
• Circuit switching
• GPRS
What’s all the fuss about? 15 minutes
• Some people are concerned that their health and well-being are
being put at risk by mobile phone radiation. Make one page
Maximum of notes to cover the following:
• Work in pairs to investigate what experts say about the possible
health risks posed by mobile phone networks/usage.
• Think carefully about the sources you use when investigating health
risks.
• Take note of the provenance of the information they discover. Who
might have a vested interest in playing down possible health risks?
• How can Mobile phones be safely and responsibly disposed of?
What did you find out?
Network coverage
• Task: Create an infographic (http://piktochart.com/) which covers
the following
• What are the differences between GPRS, GSM, EDGE and 3G mobile
data networks and how they affect what you can effectively do with
your mobile phone?
• Which parts of the country have access to high speed data
networks? Which don’t? Why is this?
• Are people in areas with limited/no access disadvantaged?
• What is HSPA and 4G