ePortfolio: Week 4- Data Handling, Internet and Website Development

Data Handling

“The process of ensuring that research data is stored, disposed of and archived in a safe and secure manner during and after the conclusion of a research project. This includes the development of policies and procedures to manage data handled electronically as well as through non-electronic means” (Data Handling, n.d.). Issues that must be considered in data handling include:

- Type of data being handled and the impact it will have on the environment

- Type of data and its storage capacity, handling and storage requirements, reliability, longevity, retrieval effectiveness, and ease of upgrade to newer media.

- Data handling responsibilities and privileges. Meaning who can handle which portion of data

- Data handling procedures. This will describe how long the data should be kept and when and how data should be handled for storage, sharing, archival, retrieval and disposal purposes.

Internet

The Internet is a vast computer network linking up smaller networks worldwide. The Internet is made up of a series of networks such as commercial and governmental, which make the Internet whole. As teachers we can use the Internet for many different purposes such as lesson preparation, class activities, assignments and research tasks.

Website Development

Web design is the process of designing and building the pages that make up your web site. The key to successful web design is to register your domain name, have your web pages professionally designed, get your web pages hosted on a secure server, promote your web site and keep it up to date.